1. Matthew, a government empoyee who became an apostle.
2. Gideon, a common laborer who became a valiant leader to men.
3. Jacob, a deceiver whose name became Israel
4. Deborah, a housewife who became a judge
5. Moses, a stutterer who became a deliverer
6. Jeremiah, a child who fearlessly spoke the Word of the Lord
7. Nicodemus, a pharisee who became a defender of the faith
8. Aaron, a servant/slave who became God's spokesman
9. David, a shepherd boy who became a king.
10. Hosea, a marital failure who prophesied to save Israel
11. Joseph, a prisoner who became prime minister
12. Esther, an orphan who became queen
13. Elijah, a homely man who became a mighty prophet
14. Joshua, an assistant who became a conqueror
15. James and John, fishermen who became close disciples of Jesus and were known as "sons of thunder"
16. Abraham, a nomad who became the father of many nations
17. Jacob, a refugee who became the father of the twelve tribes of Israel
18. John the Baptist, a vagabond who became the forerunner of Jesus
19. Mary, an unknown virgin who gave birth to the Son of God
20. Nehemiah, a cupbearer who built the wall of jerusalem
21. Shadrach, Meshach, and abednego, Hebrew exiles who became great leaders in the nation of Babylon
22. Hezekiah, son of an idolatrous father who became a king renowned for doing right in God's sight.
23. Isaiah, a man of unclean lips who prophesied the birth of God's Messiah
24. Peter, a businessman who became the first preacher of the church era and one of the strongest leaders of the gospel ambassadors of the New Testament.
25. Paul, a persecutor who became the greatest missionary in history and author of two-thirds of the New Testament.
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