Acts 13:2

As they worship and fast, the Holy Spirit commands them to set apart Barnabas and Saul for his appointed work. God himself calls and sends his missionaries.

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• Gal 1:15But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
• Acts 9:15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
• 1 Cor 12:11But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
• Rom 1:1Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
• 2 Tim 1:11Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
• Acts 14:26And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
• Dan 9:3And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
• 1 Tim 2:7Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
• Acts 22:21And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
• Col 4:17And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
• Luke 2:37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
• Acts 8:29Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
• 2 Tim 2:2And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
• Matt 6:16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
• Acts 10:19While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
• 1 Sam 2:11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
• Gal 2:8–9(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
• Matt 9:38Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
• Acts 10:30And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
• Matt 9:14–15Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
• Deut 10:8At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
• Acts 16:6–7Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
• Eph 3:7Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
• Num 8:11–14And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.
• 1 Chr 16:4And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
• Rom 15:16That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
• 2 Cor 6:5In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
• Acts 13:3And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
• Heb 5:4And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
• 1 Cor 7:5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
• Acts 6:4But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
• Acts 20:28Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
• Rom 10:15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
• 2 Tim 4:5But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
• 1 Chr 16:37–43So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required:
• 2 Tim 4:11Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
• 2 Cor 11:27In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
• Luke 10:1After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

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