Quotes About Calling

So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:

And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.

“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.

But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ëGo, prophesy to My people Israel.í

Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,

Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.

Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”

This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.

For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

Then the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:

In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:

Even those far away will come and build the temple of the LORD, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.”

He will say, ëI am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.í

This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ëPrepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.í”

As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

And at once they left their nets and followed Him.

Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,

and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.

Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.

But go and learn what this means: ëI desire mercy, not sacrifice.í For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”