Acts 6:4
But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."
Acts 1:14
All these were busily engaged with one mind in prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brothers.
Acts 2:42
And they were devoting themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayers.
Acts 13:2-3
And [while] they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart now for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
Acts 20:19-31
serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews--
Romans 1:9
For God, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, is my witness, how constantly I make mention of you,
Romans 12:6-8
but having different gifts according to the grace given to us: if [it is] prophecy, according to the proportion of [his] faith;
1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I proclaim the gospel, it is not to me a reason for boasting, for necessity is imposed on me. For woe is to me if I do not proclaim the gospel.
Ephesians 1:15-17
Because of this I also, hearing of {your faith} in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
Ephesians 3:14-21
On account of this, I bend my knees before the Father,
Philippians 1:4
always in my every prayer for all of you, making the prayer with joy,
Philippians 1:9-11
And this I pray: that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
Colossians 1:9-13
Because of this also we, from the day we heard about [it], did not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled [with] the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual insight,
Colossians 2:1
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on behalf of you, and those in Laodicea, and all those who have not seen my face {in person},
Colossians 4:12
Epaphras, who is [one] of you, greets you, a slave of Christ always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
Colossians 4:17
And tell Archippus, "Direct your attention to the ministry that you received in the Lord, in order that you may complete it."
1 Timothy 4:13-16
Until I come, pay attention to the [public] reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
2 Timothy 4:2
preach the word, be ready in season [and] out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all patience and instruction.