ConnectingEveryone, Everywhere To God’s Word, Every day

"I got my first Bible when I was sixteen years old, when a missionary came to my community with a bag full of Bibles. I went to college to become a missionary but was rejected. Now I serve on the YouVersion Content Team, translating Plans into Spanish. I always wanted to be a missionary, and now I am a digital missionary reaching millions of people."

"My friend Adriano has a terminal illness, and despite the physical limitations it puts on him, he uses the Bible App every day. Through the Community feature, I noticed Adriano had highlighted Isaiah 40:31. Seeing other people engage with Scripture in the Community feature gave me encouragement and accountability."

"As a baby, I was brought to an orphanage in Nepal. I didn't have a name, so they named me Priya Balika, which means "beloved orphan girl. When I was two, I was adopted. I had a really hard time watching my friends connect to their biological parents in a way that I felt I was missing out on. My birth name, Balika, kept coming back to mind: "orphan girl."l was in the Bible App, and came across the verse in Romans 9 where God says, "for her who was not called beloved, I will call beloved." Today, my friends call me "Priya" - to remind me that I'm beloved. My story has come full circle, and it's all because God's Word is speaking—it's alive!"

"When I was 23 years old, I was a victim of sexual violence. I needed resources and had no way of getting them, so I created Grace Ministries. Soon after, I reached out to YouVersion to get Plans on the Bible App. This has taken us from just being able to reach people locally to reaching them globally. Now, people all around the world, from California to the Philippines, can connect with God's Word and find help and hope."

"I have always had trouble reading the Bible in its traditional paper form, so my pastor encouraged me to use the Audio Bible feature in the Bible App.
Now, I've been able to listen to the Bible multiple times a year.
The Bible App has changed my life and grown my faith more than I ever believed it could."

"On April 4, 2022, I discovered that I had a tumor in my chest. I didn't know what to do other than to turn to God. I opened the Bible App, and the first verse I read was Psalm 118, verse 17, which said, "I will not die, but live, and proclaim what the Lord has done." If I didn't have the Bible App, I'm not sure I would have gotten through the journey as successfully as I did, because I was filled up with fear. It was through turning back to God, through His Word each and every day, that the fear was taken away.
God did what He said He was going to do: He let me live, and He was with me every step of the way."

"Before I had my daughter, I was struggling with addiction. But when I found out I was pregnant, I knew I had to make a change for myself and my daughter. That's when I decided to give my life to God, and my mom told me about the Bible App. It made the Bible come alive. Now, I'm raising my daughter to have a relationship with God through His Word, too!"