Verse 4

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.

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  • Acts 1:14 : 14 They all continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women, Mary the mother of Jesus, and His brothers.
  • Phil 1:9-9 : 9 And this is my prayer, that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight. 10 So that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ. 11 Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  • Col 1:9-9 : 9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, 12 who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of His holy people in the kingdom of light. 13 He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves,
  • Col 2:1 : 1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me in person.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you. He is always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
  • Col 4:17 : 17 And say to Archippus, 'Pay attention to the ministry you have received in the Lord, so that you may fulfill it.'
  • 1 Tim 4:13-16 : 13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching. 14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy when the elders laid their hands on you. 15 Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that your progress may be evident to all. 16 Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in them, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.
  • Acts 2:42 : 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
  • Acts 13:2-3 : 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.' 3 Then, after fasting and praying, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
  • Acts 20:19-31 : 19 'I served the Lord with all humility, with tears, and with trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews.' 20 'I did not shrink back from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house.' 21 'I testified both to Jews and to Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.' 22 'And now, behold, I am bound by the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.' 23 'Except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that chains and afflictions await me.' 24 'But I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus—to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.' 25 'And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again.' 26 Therefore, I testify to you today that I am innocent of the blood of everyone. 27 For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole plan of God. 28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood. 29 I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. 30 Even from among your own group, men will rise up, speaking twisted things to draw away the disciples to follow them. 31 Therefore, be watchful, remembering that for three years I never stopped admonishing each one of you with tears, night and day.
  • Rom 1:9 : 9 For God, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, is my witness that I unceasingly mention you
  • Rom 12:6-8 : 6 We have different gifts according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophecy, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; 7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then do so generously; if it is leading, do it diligently; if it is showing mercy, do it cheerfully.
  • 1 Cor 9:16 : 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am compelled to do so. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
  • Eph 1:15-17 : 15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 I never stop giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better.
  • Eph 3:14-21 : 14 For this reason, I kneel before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of the riches of His glory, He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, 21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
  • Phil 1:4 : 4 Always, in every prayer of mine for all of you, I pray with joy.
  • 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and teaching.