Acts 13:2
While they were worshiping 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 children of Israel.
2 Timothy 1:11
for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher,
Acts 8:29
And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and join this chariot."
Acts 14:26
and from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.
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 Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
1 Corinthians 12:11
All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
Galatians 1:15
But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace,
Numbers 8:11-14
and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that they may do the service of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 10:8
At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORDto stand before the LORD to minister to him and to bless in his name, to this day.
1 Samuel 2:11
Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. And the boy ministered to the LORD in the presence of Eli the priest.
1 Chronicles 16:4
Then he appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the LORD, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.
1 Chronicles 16:37-43
So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister regularly before the ark as each day required,
Daniel 9:3
Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
Matthew 6:16
"And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. 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 earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
Luke 2:37
and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
Luke 10:1
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on 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
And while Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Behold, three men are looking for you.
Acts 10:30
And Cornelius said, "Four days ago, about this hour, I was praying in my house at the ninth hour, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing
Acts 13:3
Then after fasting and praying 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
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
Romans 10:15
And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the 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 may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 7:5
Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
2 Corinthians 6:5
beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger;
2 Corinthians 11:27
in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.
Galatians 2:8-9
(for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine 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
And say to Archippus, "See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord."
1 Timothy 2:7
For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
2 Timothy 2:2
and what 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
As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
2 Timothy 4:11
Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry.
Hebrews 5:4
And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was.