1:1 Verses – 15 A Life of Ministry
Memory verse
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/1PE.2.9.NIV
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God’s co‑workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/1CO.3.9.NIV
Main passages
Matthew 4:19
“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/MAT.4.19.NIV
Matthew 4:23
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/MAT.4.23.NIV
Matthew 5:13–14
“You are the salt of the earth… you are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.”
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/MAT.5.13-14.NIV
Matthew 9:38
So pray to the Lord of the harvest, that he will send out workers into his harvest field.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/MAT.9.38.NIV
Ephesians 2:20–22
You are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.
In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/EPH.2.20-22.NIV
1 Peter 2:4–5
As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/1PE.2.4-5.NIV
1 Peter 2:9–10
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/1PE.2.9-10.NIV
Romans 12:6–8
We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;
if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach;
if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/ROM.12.6-8.NIV
1 Corinthians 12:8–11
To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge… to another faith…
to another gifts of healing, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/1CO.12.8-11.NIV
Ephesians 4:11
So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/EPH.4.11.NIV
Mark 3:13–15
Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.
He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach
and to have authority to drive out demons.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/MRK.3.13-15.NIV
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/ACT.1.8.NIV
John 17:18
As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/JHN.17.18.NIV
John 20:21
Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/JHN.20.21.NIV
Acts 8:4
Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/ACT.8.4.NIV
Acts 17:17
So he argued in the synagogue with the Jews and the God‑fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/ACT.17.17.NIV
Acts 13:2–3
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.”
So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/ACT.13.2-3.NIV