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Although Christmas is meant to be joyous, the week leading up to it can often feel overwhelming. How do we prepare our hearts when we barely feel prepared at all? This week, get ready for Christmas by seeking God through a Christmas Plan.
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Despite the global challenges of this year, God has used every situation to draw people closer to Him. Before the pandemic even began, God was preparing His Church to be a beacon of hope and healing to a hurting world.
“Every day I wake up and there’s this longing to pick up my phone to see what God says. [YouVersion] has helped to keep my life in check and to read God’s Word on a daily basis. It has given me a lot to meditate on, and the different translations YouVersion offers have given me a clearer understanding of what the Scriptures say. I’m glad I’m part of this move of God.”
—Blessing, Nigeria
God’s Spirit is moving, drawing people to Himself in numbers we’ve never seen before, in a year we couldn’t have anticipated.
Even in our world’s hardest moments, God’s light is growing stronger.
“My life had been a rollercoaster until God revealed Himself to me. I sold drugs for a living and was addicted to many of them. I was tired of living and thought earth would be a better place without me. But after a lot of uneasy consideration, I decided to give it one more shot. I had been to many traditional rehabilitation centers, but I finally went to a faith-based program. God presented Himself almost immediately once I made it to the program and started seeking His Word. Every time I open YouVersion, God’s light grew stronger and my withdrawals dissipated. Eventually, it led to where I’m at now—filled with His Word and four months clean with no urges to use or sell drugs.”
—Justin, USA
These are just a couple of stories. Now, take a moment and think about your own journey. Where were you when you first heard about YouVersion? In what ways has God used the YouVersion Bible App to encourage you?
There are millions of people around the world just like Blessing and Justin—and just like you. And when you give to YouVersion, you help us reach them.
In the first half of 2020, YouVersion experienced over one million more people engaging with God’s Word than ever before.
Your giving allows us to make sure that every person, speaking any language, can experience the life-transforming power of Jesus.
God is changing millions of lives around the world through His Word. And when you give to YouVersion, you help us provide a way for these people to draw closer to God…right when they need it most.
Today, together with our partner OneHope, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Bible App for Kids in Gujarati, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Punjabi, & Myanmar Burmese (Unicode). Now, more children than ever have the opportunity to enjoy a Bible experience all their own.
Switching between languages is easy, right in the app’s Settings:
) to open Settings.The audio will now play in that language, and any text will appear in that language, too!
Please help us celebrate this great news!
About the Bible App for Kids
Developed in partnership with OneHope, the Bible App for Kids is from YouVersion, makers of the Bible App. Designed to give children a delight-filled Bible experience all their own, the Bible App for Kids has already been installed on over 58 million Apple, Android, and Kindle devices, and it’s always completely free. Kids from all over the world are now enjoying the Bible App for Kids, in 60 languages — now including Gujarati, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Punjabi, & Myanmar Burmese (Unicode)!
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For years we’ve offered Plans from select partners that featured custom audio narration. Now, using a brand new text to speech engine, you can listen to almost any Bible Plan we offer!
When you’re browsing Plans, just look for the 
icon. When you start a Plan that has audio, simply tap the icon on the devotional, then press 
. And, if the Bible version you’re using offers audio, the Bible App will even read that day’s Scripture selection to you!
Let God’s Word speak life into your day, all day.
Months before the pandemic began, God was already at work in our world. Only He knew that COVID-19 restrictions would require the global Church to find digital ways to seek Him daily in community.
2020 has been full of unprecedented times, but we’ve also seen God move in unprecedented ways:
This year, the amount of people turning to God and His Word increased.
52,000,000+ installs in 2020
Because God had already positioned and prepared our team, we were honored to take part in providing spiritual resources for people in crisis.
So right now, let’s reflect on God’s faithfulness by celebrating all that He’s done through the YouVersion Community in 2020.
“The ability to share prayer requests, praise, and also pray for others has really helped the feelings of fear and isolation. The Holy Spirit has used it to give me prayers and inspiration to encourage others to lean into God during these uncertain and difficult times.”
—Donna
YouVersion Prayer was created to help people have honest conversations with God, in community. And since its launch in March 2020, this is what’s happened:
Prayers created
Have you ever tried to study God’s Word but you didn’t know how to begin? Through reflection questions, daily prayers, Bible Plans, and video content from global leaders, Verse of the Day Stories is helping thousands of people like Blake draw closer to God.
“We have a 6-year-old daughter who loves to read. However, we could never get her interested in reading the Bible. That is, not until we uploaded the Bible App for Kids. Now she asks to read through it and share it with her friends. So as a 6-year-old, she is sharing the Gospel of Christ.”
—Johnnie & Blanche
Bible App for Kids installs in 2020
The YouVersion team, along with our partners at OneHope, is rejoicing over how God is using Bible App for Kids to provide comfort and support to children navigating uncertain times.
Bible App for Kids story completions
How can we wrap our minds around these giant numbers? By remembering what they represent:
Moments when people reached out to God, and He touched their hearts.
The Bible verse shared, bookmarked, and highlighted most often by the global YouVersion Community during 2020.
The Bible verse shared, bookmarked, and highlighted most often by the global YouVersion Community during 2020.
Total Verses Shared
The countries showing the greatest increase in Bible engagement during 2020.
Plan Days Completed
Audio Chapters Played
Videos Played
Highlights, Bookmarks, & Notes
Since 2017, the YouVersion Community in partnership with Life.Church has helped provide funding for Bible translation projects that have the potential to reach over 7.5 million people who have never had God’s Word in their heart language. And this is only the beginning of what we believe God is going to accomplish in the years to come.
Since 2017
Raised for Bible Translation
People Contributed
In one of the hardest years, God’s light has brightly shined. Let’s continue to celebrate what God is doing by committing to finishing 2020 strong!
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