{"id":856,"date":"2016-09-22T21:21:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T21:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bibletop10.com\/?p=856"},"modified":"2017-01-20T21:19:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T21:19:02","slug":"top-10-unlikely-people-god-used-purposes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bibletop10.com\/top-10-unlikely-people-god-used-purposes\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Most Unlikely People God Used For His Purposes"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the great lessons from the Bible is that God does extraordinary things through ordinary people.\u00a0 In most cases, all God asks is a willingness to serve his purposes.\u00a0 From leading his people out of slavery, to giving birth to the Savior of the world, God offers humanity the opportunity to play a part in fulfilling his purposes. So if you have ever felt like God can\u2019t use you, check out our list of the Top 10 Most Unlikely People God Used For His Purposes.<\/p>\n

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#10: Shepherds, Who Were Despised, Were The First To Learn And Share The News That Christ Had Been Born<\/strong><\/p>\n

Luke 2:8-20<\/p>\n

Chapter 2<\/h4>

8<\/small><\/span> In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night.<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened.<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> But the angel said to them, \"Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people;<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> \"This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.\"<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> \"Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased.\"<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds began saying to one another, \"Let us go straight to Bethlehem then, and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us.\"<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He lay in the manger.<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> When they had seen this, they made known the statement which had been told them about this Child.<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> And all who heard it wondered at the things which were told them by the shepherds.<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart.<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> The shepherds went back, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as had been told them.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n

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#9: Moses, A Wanted Murderer \u201cSlow Of Speech,\u201d Leads The Israelites Out Of Slavery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exodus 3:1-22<\/p>\n

Chapter 3<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> So Moses said, \"I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up.\"<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, \"Moses, Moses!\" And he said, \"Here I am.\"<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> Then He said, \"Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.\"<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> He said also, \"I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.\" Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> The LORD said, \"I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> \"So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> \"Now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> \"Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.\"<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> But Moses said to God, \"Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?\"<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> And He said, \"Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God at this mountain.\"<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Then Moses said to God, \"Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may say to me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?\"<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> God said to Moses, \"I AM WHO I AM\"; and He said, \"Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'\"<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> God, furthermore, said to Moses, \"Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations.<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> \"Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, \"I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt.<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> \"So I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.\"'<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> \"They will pay heed to what you say; and you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt and you will say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please, let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.'<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> \"But I know that the king of Egypt will not permit you to go, except under compulsion.<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> \"So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My miracles which I shall do in the midst of it; and after that he will let you go.<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> \"I will grant this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be that when you go, you will not go empty-handed.<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> \"But every woman shall ask of her neighbor and the woman who lives in her house, articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and daughters. Thus you will plunder the Egyptians.\"<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n

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#8: Peter, A Self Described \u201cSinful Man,\u201d Drops Everything To Follow Jesus And Become A \u201cFisher Of Man\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Luke 5:1-11<\/p>\n

Chapter 5<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the people from the boat.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, \"Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.\"<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> Simon answered and said, \"Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.\"<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> When they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break;<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> so they signaled to their partners in the other boat for them to come and help them. And they came and filled both of the boats, so that they began to sink.<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus' feet, saying, \"Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!\"<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of the catch of fish which they had taken;<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, \"Do not fear, from now on you will be catching men.\"<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n

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#7: Gideon, Who Was Hiding In Fear From The Midianites, Became A \u201cMighty Man Of Valor\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Judges 6:11-16<\/p>\n

Chapter 6<\/h4>

11<\/small><\/span> Then the angel of the LORD came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> The angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, \"The LORD is with you, O valiant warrior.\"<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Then Gideon said to him, \"O my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, 'Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?' But now the LORD has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.\"<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> The LORD looked at him and said, \"Go in this your strength and deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?\"<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> He said to Him, \"O Lord, how shall I deliver Israel? Behold, my family is the least in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father's house.\"<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> But the LORD said to him, \"Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat Midian as one man.\"<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n

Judges\u00a07:17-25<\/p>\n

Chapter 7<\/h4>

17<\/small><\/span> He said to them, \"Look at me and do likewise. And behold, when I come to the outskirts of the camp, do as I do.<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> \"When I and all who are with me blow the trumpet, then you also blow the trumpets all around the camp and say, 'For the LORD and for Gideon.'\"<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands.<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> When the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing, and cried, \"A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!\"<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> Each stood in his place around the camp; and all the army ran, crying out as they fled.<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> When they blew 300 trumpets, the LORD set the sword of one against another even throughout the whole army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> The men of Israel were summoned from Naphtali and Asher and all Manasseh, and they pursued Midian.<\/p>

24<\/small><\/span> Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, \"Come down against Midian and take the waters before them, as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.\" So all the men of Ephraim were summoned and they took the waters as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.<\/p>

25<\/small><\/span> They captured the two leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at the wine press of Zeeb, while they pursued Midian; and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon from across the Jordan.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n

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#6: Esther, A Young Jewish Girl, Became Queen Of Persia And Saved Her People From Annihilation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Esther 2:1-18<\/p>\n

Chapter 2<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> After these things when the anger of King Ahasuerus had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> Then the king's attendants, who served him, said, \"Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> \"Let the king appoint overseers in all the provinces of his kingdom that they may gather every beautiful young virgin to the citadel of Susa, to the harem, into the custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let their cosmetics be given them.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> \"Then let the young lady who pleases the king be queen in place of Vashti.\" And the matter pleased the king, and he did accordingly.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> Now there was at the citadel in Susa a Jew whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> who had been taken into exile from Jerusalem with the captives who had been exiled with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had exiled.<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle's daughter, for she had no father or mother. Now the young lady was beautiful of form and face, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> So it came about when the command and decree of the king were heard and many young ladies were gathered to the citadel of Susa into the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken to the king's palace into the custody of Hegai, who was in charge of the women.<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> Now the young lady pleased him and found favor with him. So he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and food, gave her seven choice maids from the king's palace and transferred her and her maids to the best place in the harem.<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> Esther did not make known her people or her kindred, for Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make them known.<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> Every day Mordecai walked back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and how she fared.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> Now when the turn of each young lady came to go in to King Ahasuerus, after the end of her twelve months under the regulations for the women--for the days of their beautification were completed as follows: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and the cosmetics for women--<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> the young lady would go in to the king in this way: anything that she desired was given her to take with her from the harem to the king's palace.<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> In the evening she would go in and in the morning she would return to the second harem, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the concubines. She would not again go in to the king unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her as his daughter, came to go in to the king, she did not request anything except what Hegai, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the women, advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of all who saw her.<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus to his royal palace in the tenth month which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she found favor and kindness with him more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> Then the king gave a great banquet, Esther's banquet, for all his princes and his servants; he also made a holiday for the provinces and gave gifts according to the king's bounty.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"honorable-mention\"<\/p>\n

Most Unlikely People God Used For His Purposes Honorable Mentions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing makes the ordinary extraordinary like experiencing the life changing salvation of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 Though we couldn\u2019t include them all on our list, here are three such people who were changed by meeting Jesus who, in turn, went on to share the good news with others.<\/p>\n

Matthew\/Levi, A Despised Tax Collector, Goes On To Become A Disciple Of Jesus Christ<\/strong><\/p>\n

Matthew 9:9-13<\/p>\n

Chapter 9<\/h4>

9<\/small><\/span> As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax collector's booth; and He *said to him, \"Follow Me!\" And he got up and followed Him.<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples.<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, \"Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?\"<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> But when Jesus heard this, He said, \"It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> \"But go and learn what this means: 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,' for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.\"<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n

A Demon Possessed Man Living In Tombs Is Set Free By Jesus And Returns Home To Share His Story With His Family<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark 5:1-20<\/p>\n

Chapter 5<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> When He got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him,<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> and he had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain;<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and gashing himself with stones.<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him;<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> and shouting with a loud voice, he *said, \"What business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!\"<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> For He had been saying to him, \"Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!\"<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> And He was asking him, \"What is your name?\" And he *said to Him, \"My name is Legion; for we are many.\"<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> And he began to implore Him earnestly not to send them out of the country.<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> Now there was a large herd of swine feeding nearby on the mountain.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> The demons implored Him, saying, \"Send us into the swine so that we may enter them.\"<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Jesus gave them permission. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they were drowned in the sea.<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> Their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and in the country. And the people came to see what it was that had happened.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> They *came to Jesus and *observed the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the \"legion\"; and they became frightened.<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> Those who had seen it described to them how it had happened to the demon-possessed man, and all about the swine.<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> And they began to implore Him to leave their region.<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed was imploring Him that he might accompany Him.<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> And He did not let him, but He *said to him, \"Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.\"<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n

The Samaritan Woman At The Well Shares Her Story And Helps Many Find Salvation<\/strong><\/p>\n

John 4:1-42<\/p>\n

Chapter 4<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> (although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were),<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> He left Judea and went away again into Galilee.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> And He had to pass through Samaria.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> So He *came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> and Jacob's well was there. So Jesus, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> There *came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus *said to her, \"Give Me a drink.\"<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> Therefore the Samaritan woman *said to Him, \"How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?\" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> Jesus answered and said to her, \"If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.\"<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> She *said to Him, \"Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water?<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> \"You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?\"<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Jesus answered and said to her, \"Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again;<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.\"<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> The woman *said to Him, \"Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way here to draw.\"<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> He *said to her, \"Go, call your husband and come here.\"<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> The woman answered and said, \"I have no husband.\" Jesus *said to her, \"You have correctly said, 'I have no husband';<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly.\"<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> The woman *said to Him, \"Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> \"Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.\"<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> Jesus *said to her, \"Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> \"You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> \"But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.<\/p>

24<\/small><\/span> \"God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.\"<\/p>

25<\/small><\/span> The woman *said to Him, \"I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.\"<\/p>

26<\/small><\/span> Jesus *said to her, \"I who speak to you am He.\"<\/p>

27<\/small><\/span> At this point His disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, \"What do You seek?\" or, \"Why do You speak with her?\"<\/p>

28<\/small><\/span> So the woman left her waterpot, and went into the city and *said to the men,<\/p>

29<\/small><\/span> \"Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ, is it?\"<\/p>

30<\/small><\/span> They went out of the city, and were coming to Him.<\/p>

31<\/small><\/span> Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, \"Rabbi, eat.\"<\/p>

32<\/small><\/span> But He said to them, \"I have food to eat that you do not know about.\"<\/p>

33<\/small><\/span> So the disciples were saying to one another, \"No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?\"<\/p>

34<\/small><\/span> Jesus *said to them, \"My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.<\/p>

35<\/small><\/span> \"Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.<\/p>

36<\/small><\/span> \"Already he who reaps is receiving wages and is gathering fruit for life eternal; so that he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.<\/p>

37<\/small><\/span> \"For in this case the saying is true, 'One sows and another reaps.'<\/p>

38<\/small><\/span> \"I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.\"<\/p>

39<\/small><\/span> From that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, \"He told me all the things that I have done.\"<\/p>

40<\/small><\/span> So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.<\/p>

41<\/small><\/span> Many more believed because of His word;<\/p>

42<\/small><\/span> and they were saying to the woman, \"It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is indeed the Savior of the world.\"<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n

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#5: David, A Shepherd Boy, Becomes King<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Samuel 16:1-13<\/p>\n

Chapter 16<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Now the LORD said to Samuel, \"How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons.\"<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> But Samuel said, \"How can I go? When Saul hears of it, he will kill me.\" And the LORD said, \"Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> \"You shall invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for Me the one whom I designate to you.\"<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> So Samuel did what the LORD said, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him and said, \"Do you come in peace?\"<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> He said, \"In peace; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.\" He also consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> When they entered, he looked at Eliab and thought, \"Surely the LORD'S anointed is before Him.\"<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> But the LORD said to Samuel, \"Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.\"<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, \"The LORD has not chosen this one either.\"<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> Next Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, \"The LORD has not chosen this one either.\"<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. But Samuel said to Jesse, \"The LORD has not chosen these.\"<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> And Samuel said to Jesse, \"Are these all the children?\" And he said, \"There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is tending the sheep.\" Then Samuel said to Jesse, \"Send and bring him; for we will not sit down until he comes here.\"<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, \"Arise, anoint him; for this is he.\"<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n

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#4: Rahab, A Prostitute, Helps Israel Inherit The Promised Land<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joshua 2:1-24<\/p>\n

Chapter 2<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as spies secretly from Shittim, saying, \"Go, view the land, especially Jericho.\" So they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lodged there.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> It was told the king of Jericho, saying, \"Behold, men from the sons of Israel have come here tonight to search out the land.\"<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> And the king of Jericho sent word to Rahab, saying, \"Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered your house, for they have come to search out all the land.\"<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them, and she said, \"Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> \"It came about when it was time to shut the gate at dark, that the men went out; I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.\"<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them in the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> So the men pursued them on the road to the Jordan to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut the gate.<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof,<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> and said to the men, \"I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before you.<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> \"For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> \"When we heard it, our hearts melted and no courage remained in any man any longer because of you; for the LORD your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> \"Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's household, and give me a pledge of truth,<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> and spare my father and my mother and my brothers and my sisters, with all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death.\"<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> So the men said to her, \"Our life for yours if you do not tell this business of ours; and it shall come about when the LORD gives us the land that we will deal kindly and faithfully with you.\"<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall, so that she was living on the wall.<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> She said to them, \"Go to the hill country, so that the pursuers will not happen upon you, and hide yourselves there for three days until the pursuers return. Then afterward you may go on your way.\"<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> The men said to her, \"We shall be free from this oath to you which you have made us swear,<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> unless, when we come into the land, you tie this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you let us down, and gather to yourself into the house your father and your mother and your brothers and all your father's household.<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> \"It shall come about that anyone who goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we shall be free; but anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head if a hand is laid on him.<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> \"But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be free from the oath which you have made us swear.\"<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> She said, \"According to your words, so be it.\" So she sent them away, and they departed; and she tied the scarlet cord in the window.<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> They departed and came to the hill country, and remained there for three days until the pursuers returned. Now the pursuers had sought them all along the road, but had not found them.<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> Then the two men returned and came down from the hill country and crossed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and they related to him all that had happened to them.<\/p>

24<\/small><\/span> They said to Joshua, \"Surely the LORD has given all the land into our hands; moreover, all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before us.\"<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n

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#3: Saul\/Paul, A Religious Leader Who Persecuted Christians, Accepts Christ And Goes On To Write Much Of The New Testament<\/strong><\/p>\n

Acts 9:1-22<\/p>\n

Chapter 9<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him;<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, \"Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?\"<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> And he said, \"Who are You, Lord?\" And He said, \"I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> but get up and enter the city, and it will be told you what you must do.\"<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one.<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus.<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, \"Ananias.\" And he said, \"Here I am, Lord.\"<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> And the Lord said to him, \"Get up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying,<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight.\"<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> But Ananias answered, \"Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem;<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.\"<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> But the Lord said to him, \"Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name's sake.\"<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after laying his hands on him said, \"Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.\"<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized;<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> and he took food and was strengthened. Now for several days he was with the disciples who were at Damascus,<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, \"He is the Son of God.\"<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> All those hearing him continued to be amazed, and were saying, \"Is this not he who in Jerusalem destroyed those who called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?\"<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> But Saul kept increasing in strength and confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus by proving that this Jesus is the Christ.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n

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#2: Mary, A Young Virgin, Becomes Mother Of The Christ Child<\/strong><\/p>\n

Luke 1:26-38<\/p>\n

Chapter 1<\/h4>

26<\/small><\/span> Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth,<\/p>

27<\/small><\/span> to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.<\/p>

28<\/small><\/span> And coming in, he said to her, \"Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.\"<\/p>

29<\/small><\/span> But she was very perplexed at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this was.<\/p>

30<\/small><\/span> The angel said to her, \"Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God.<\/p>

31<\/small><\/span> \"And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.<\/p>

32<\/small><\/span> \"He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;<\/p>

33<\/small><\/span> and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.\"<\/p>

34<\/small><\/span> Mary said to the angel, \"How can this be, since I am a virgin?\"<\/p>

35<\/small><\/span> The angel answered and said to her, \"The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.<\/p>

36<\/small><\/span> \"And behold, even your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age; and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month.<\/p>

37<\/small><\/span> \"For nothing will be impossible with God.\"<\/p>

38<\/small><\/span> And Mary said, \"Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word.\" And the angel departed from her.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n

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#1: Balaam’s Donkey Warns Him To Avoid Danger<\/strong><\/p>\n

Numbers 22:21-35<\/p>\n

Chapter 22<\/h4>

21<\/small><\/span> So Balaam arose in the morning, and saddled his donkey and went with the leaders of Moab.<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> But God was angry because he was going, and the angel of the LORD took his stand in the way as an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey and his two servants were with him.<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand, the donkey turned off from the way and went into the field; but Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back into the way.<\/p>

24<\/small><\/span> Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow path of the vineyards, with a wall on this side and a wall on that side.<\/p>

25<\/small><\/span> When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pressed herself to the wall and pressed Balaam's foot against the wall, so he struck her again.<\/p>

26<\/small><\/span> The angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place where there was no way to turn to the right hand or the left.<\/p>

27<\/small><\/span> When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam; so Balaam was angry and struck the donkey with his stick.<\/p>

28<\/small><\/span> And the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, \"What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?\"<\/p>

29<\/small><\/span> Then Balaam said to the donkey, \"Because you have made a mockery of me! If there had been a sword in my hand, I would have killed you by now.\"<\/p>

30<\/small><\/span> The donkey said to Balaam, \"Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden all your life to this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do so to you?\" And he said, \"No.\"<\/p>

31<\/small><\/span> Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed all the way to the ground.<\/p>

32<\/small><\/span> The angel of the LORD said to him, \"Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way was contrary to me.<\/p>

33<\/small><\/span> \"But the donkey saw me and turned aside from me these three times. If she had not turned aside from me, I would surely have killed you just now, and let her live.\"<\/p>

34<\/small><\/span> Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, \"I have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing in the way against me. Now then, if it is displeasing to you, I will turn back.\"<\/p>

35<\/small><\/span> But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, \"Go with the men, but you shall speak only the word which I tell you.\" So Balaam went along with the leaders of Balak.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n

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