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God's Word Changes Lives

Nowhere is the impact of sharing God's Word more clearly illustrated than in the testimonies of changed lives that we receive almost daily. We hope you are inspired by these testimonies of lives changed through Gideon-placed Bibles and New Testaments.


Giving Up Everything (India) - Read
…His income increased and he became well off financially. Simultaneously he started smoking, drinking, visiting bars, pubs and dance clubs…
A Worn New Testament Touches Many Students And Teachers' Lives
...She then reached into her large school bag that she carried with her and pulled out a worn and ragged Gideon-placed Scripture...
A Hospital Patient Is Grateful For God’s Word (USA) - Read
I am writing this note on top of a Bible you placed in the mental hospital where I am currently a patient.
The Impact Of A Single New Testament (South Africa) - Read
The more I fed myself with the Scriptures, the more zeal I had to start preaching. I then went to my teachers and asked for permission to share my faith at the assembly…
A Testimony From The 2011 Colombia Scripture Blitz - Read
While I was distributing New Testaments at Universidad Industrial de Santander in Bucaramanga, Colombia, a young couple came up to me and began asking questions.
A Thank-You Note From A Young Student In Finland (Finland) - Read
Later that day, I went to the Mission church. We listened to songs of praise, etc.
A Prison M.D. Discovers The Great Physician – Read
“You are a wonderful physician, Omar, but you have only one hope,” said one of the Gideons. “And that hope is Jesus Christ.”
How A Single Copy Of God’s Word Can Touch Many Lives - Read
“. . . He placed a copy in the hands of Craig, a young fraternity student who was on a collision course with God. . .”
God’s Word Reaches A Young Man Before It’s Too Late - Read
“...However, while there in his jail cell, he received a Gideon-placed Bible...“
God’s Word Impacts A Czech Biker (Czech Republic) - Read
"...I reached into my pocket and behold, there was the Gideon New Testament."
A Christmas Regret That Led To A Decision For Christ - Read
". . . But when Christmas Eve came, he instead went drinking with some buddies. That night, his grandmother suffered a stroke. . ."
A Page From Scripture Becomes A Lifeline Of Hope (Ukraine) - Read
"Feeling very desperate, I decided I would drown myself in the Dneiper River..."
Defeated at check-in, but delivered before check-out - Read
“One night, I sat in my hotel room, totally defeated by self and sin. Through my excesses, my health was deteriorated...”
County Fair Testimony: Helping a soul off the rollercoaster of doubt - Read
“She handed him a Personal Workers Testament and asked, “George, if you were to die tonight, are you sure if you would go to Heaven?”
A sidewalk, a Youth Testament and a funeral - Read
“. . . the principal came outside and marched back and forth in front of The Gideons while telling students to refuse the Testaments. . .”
God’s Word falls into the right hands - Read
". . .When I saw that Bible in my hand, I suddenly had a strong desire to open it. . ."
A Father’s salvation, remembered on Father’s Day - Read
“After he died, a nurse who was making his bed found a New Testament provided by the Gideons under his mattress...”
A college Testament sets a young man on the right course - Read
"I had tried everything else that was supposed to bring happiness–career, success, money, relationships, etc...yet nothing worked..."
Choosing between a pistol and a Gideon Bible (United States) - Read
"In that motel room, I had a pistol and nothing left in life. I was bitter against law enforcement. I had to blame somebody, and decided I would shoot a policeman..."
A college student’s thankfulness for The Gideons - Read
“I realized I was in over my head this time. I was pregnant, unwed, and an alcoholic who was addicted to drugs…”
The Cost Of Being Different - Read
In Jordan, Nizar’s friend asked him, “Why are you different?” Nizar replied, “Jesus Christ is living in me and His Word made me different.”
A Troubled Teen Is Saved From Throwing It All Away – Read
"Then one day at school, she was given a Gideon Testament. Her first reaction was to throw it away…"
The Light Of God’s Word Lights Up The Holidays (United States) - Read
That New Year’s Eve, Lowell found himself alone in a Las Vegas Hotel, unable to sleep.
A New Year’s Prayer Answered (United States) - Read
“On New Year’s Eve I felt I could go no farther. Life had become intolerable. That night, I prayed.”
A Christmas Regret That Led To A Decision For Christ (United States) – Read
“But when Christmas Eve came, he instead went drinking with his buddies. That night, his grandmother suffered a stroke.”
She turned to Christ…and found new peace (Chad)—Read
After praying to receive Jesus, she read her New Testament all day.
Owusu finds the way to heaven (Ghana) - Read
"…but as I left the second class, the young man, Owusu, approached and asked ‘how can I go to heaven?’."
Light of God’s Word penetrates the shade (Ghana)—Read
“As she sat down in the shade, she called over four of her friends to sit with her.”
School punishment leads to salvation for two (Colombia) - Read
“…They said nothing, but went right to the Decision page at the back of the Testaments and signed their names there straight off.”
His life was miserable without Jesus (United States) - Read
"Since being ‘born again,’ I have seen my house become a home."
Testament shows her the true God…and she shows others (United States) - Read
“Because of that Gideon Testament, I found the only true God and He changed my life.”
Would-Be Suicide Turned From Evil Purpose (United States) - Read
"He read these two selections, threw the bottle of poison out of the window..."
The Book Is to Read, Not to Smoke (Thailand/Laos) - Read
He would tear pages out of the book to roll cigarettes to smoke, and after removing all the pages from one Testament, he asked for another...
Comfort and Hope at a Local Hospital (U.S.A.) – Read
"The doctors called me out of the room to ask if I realized that my husband was in very critical condition and subject to die at any moment."
Out of prison...and into the Word of God (East Africa) - Read
"A few months later, the man from that Gideon’s village was released from prison, and the Gideon was surprised to see him come to his church."
"My dad threatened to burn my New Testament, but my mother stopped him."
(United States) - Read

"Since then, my father has threatened to kick me out of my home if I go to church any more."
"Aloy...began to witness to the Muslim waitress." (Niger) - Read
"...God just ‘shut down that restaurant’ as no other diners came in for several hours."
"I have seen a number of people pray to receive Christ in restaurants, but this was as close to a ‘restaurant revival’ as I have witnessed."
(Mexico International Scripture Blitz) - Read

"We gave out so many New Testaments that we had to go to our car to get more."
"With tears in his eyes and deep emotion in his voice, Kevin signed his name in the New Testament..." (2008 Gideons International Convention) - Read
"I feel different now. I feel like crying. I don’t cry easily. It’s weird!"
"I felt God was calling me, and I stood up…" (Ukraine/International) - Read
"All of my family members were unbelievers."
I did not know anything about God." (Ukraine/International) - Read
"All of my family members were unbelievers."
I found comfort, faith and salvation in God’s Word. (United States) - Read
"There is absolutely nothing like the Word of the Lord! It spoke to my heart in this time of great need."
The only book I had to read in a New York prison. (United States) - Read
"While I was reading John 11:25, I suddenly realized the Bible wasn’t just a book of interesting stories. It was the Word of God."
I doubted God could forgive me. (United States) - Read
"I called out to God, ‘If You are real and if You can forgive me, please show me somehow!’"
Twins turn to Christ on the same day. (United States) - Read
"One day, Kevin was walking to class when he saw a man holding a box and offering small green books to the students."
I Found Things I Never Knew Before (United States) - Read
"One day, in a submarine off the Atlantic coast ..."
May I also accept Christ? (Peru) - Read
"... Gideons from the Lima Central Camp in Peru had gone to distribute Scriptures to personnel at an Air Force base ..."
Miracle from a Helicopter (Siberia) - Read
"...A Bible fell from the sky and landed near him."
Asha's Legacy (India) - Read
"...Asha prayed that, even if she had to give up her life so that her father and mother would come to faith in Jesus, she would be willing to do so."
A Chance Meeting (Uruguay) - Read
"...As they heard the Gideons give testimonies about taking God's Word to the world, they both started to cry."
A Stolen Opportunity (Brazil) - Read
"...A young man from Brazil was skilled at stealing wallets. One day, he took something that looked like a wallet full of money "
A Change of Plans in the Philippines (Philippines) - Read
"...So he decided to become a taxi driver and learn English so he could take advantage of foreigners riding in his taxi. One day he borrowed a book from a friend."
A Russian Murderer (Russia) - Read
"... much-feared man—a known killer—in the village of Virirba, Russia, obtained some pages torn from a Gideon New Testament. "
On the Streets of Nepal (Nepal) - Read
"...A Nepalese Gideon and his friends were walking down the street witnessing about Jesus when they realized that they were being followed by plainclothes policemen."
A Colombian Drug Lab (Colombia) - Read
"...There was a drug lab hidden in the jungle in Colombia. In it were many chemicals, guns, and dangerous men. But this lab was different because it also contained a Gideon New Testament. "

I found comfort, faith and salvation in God’s Word.

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“For three months, I stayed with and waited on my husband who was dying of cancer at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital. I found a Gideon placed Holy Bible on the dresser in the hospital and began to read it as my husband slept.

There is absolutely nothing like the Word of the Lord! It spoke to my heart in this time of great need. I found comfort, faith and salvation.

By the time I read through the Gospel of John, I had accepted Christ as my personal Savior. My husband accepted the Lord as his Savior through the 23rd Psalm, which I read to him two weeks before he died. And on the day he went to be with the Lord, God comforted me with Psalm 34, especially verse 4: ‘I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.’

I am indeed grateful for the Bibles which are placed by Gideons everywhere—in hospitals, in hotels, in doctors’ offices, in prisons—for the Word of God does not return void. Praise His wonderful name!”