Acts 13:2
While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;
2 Timothy 1:11
For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.
Acts 8:29
And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot."
Acts 14:26
From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had completed.
Acts 22:21
And he said to me, 'Go; for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"
Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God
1 Corinthians 12:11
But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as he wills.
Galatians 1:15
But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother's womb and called me through his grace, was pleased
Matthew 6:16
"And when you fast, do not look gloomy, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
Matthew 9:14-15
Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"
Matthew 9:38
Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
Luke 2:37
and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, but worshipped with fasting and prayer night and day.
Luke 10:1
After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
Acts 6:4
But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."
Acts 10:19
While Peter was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Behold, three men are looking for you.
Acts 10:30
Cornelius said, "Four days ago to this hour, I was praying in my house during the ninth hour; and behold, a man stood before me in shining garments,
Acts 13:3
Then after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
Acts 16:6-7
And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
Acts 20:28
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he purchased with the blood of his Own.
Romans 10:15
And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!"
Romans 15:16
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 7:5
Do not deprive one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
2 Corinthians 6:5
in beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, sleeplessness, hunger,
2 Corinthians 11:27
I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.
Galatians 2:8-9
(for he who effectually worked for Peter in his apostleship to the circumcised effectually worked for me also to the Gentiles),
Ephesians 3:7
Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace which was given me by the working of his power.
Colossians 4:17
Say to Archippus, "See to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it."
1 Timothy 2:7
For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
2 Timothy 2:2
And the things you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
2 Timothy 4:5
But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
2 Timothy 4:11
Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me in my ministry.
Hebrews 5:4
And no one takes the honor upon himself, but he is called by God, just as Aaron was.