Without the Word we are spiritually blind. ‘If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit ‘(Matthew 15:14). Maybe that is why the world is going the way it is going?

Recently we received the following email: (original in Spanish)

Estimado equipo de Wordproject:
Dios les bendiga.
Soy el creador de una aplicación gratuita para personas invidentes (Ciegas) llamada Biblia Viva Dunamis (BVD), que permite acceder a la Palabra de Dios por comandos de voz. Hemos integrado 16 capítulos de audio directamente desde su sitio web, mientras que el resto de los audios bíblicos los alojamos localmente para evitar saturar su ancho de banda, como muy bien lo especifican.
No reclamamos autoría de los audios, ni lucramos con la app. Es un ministerio cristiano gratuito.
Y en la Aplicación BVD para los No Videntes(Ciegos), le damos el crédito, por su excelente trabajo del audio Bíblico.

(translation:) Dear Wordproject Team:
God bless you.
I am the creator of a free app for blind people called Biblia Viva Dunamis (BVD), which allows access to the Word of God through voice commands. We have integrated 16 audio chapters directly from your website, while the rest of the Bible audios are hosted locally to avoid saturating your bandwidth, as you clearly state.
We do not claim authorship of the audios, nor do we profit from the app. It is a free Christian ministry.

Here at Wordproject we always try to support this kind of projects. Since we cannot reach everyone, others may help. Wordproject offers the tools for evangelization. This is one of our goals.

Reactions from users of our Apps are also encouraging this month:

Thank you for this App. I have been looking for apps within IOS and Android to learn Mandarin and read the Bible. This new updated UI makes this the best tool available for doing so. Now with Hangping PRO and this app I believe I am set. May God Bless you all in Jesus Christ. I am highly grearful and will donate as soon as I can to support this work. IO

Thanks for this app. I'm just starting to use it and I'm really enjoying it because it's the classic Reina Valera, based on the Receptus Text. JLC

Sensational!! A practical application and accessible language. I loved it!! JJS

Thanks to those who support making such good work AN

Many thanks to the person who made this app. This app is very useful for the people of God and for every believer. So, that is why I request you, whoever has made this app, to keep this app free for life so that every believer can have a good change in their life and no person can stray from the words of God. Thank you. MC

This app is the best and always will be. EZ

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Work at WP is never finnished – that is why we call it a project. There is always something to fix or improve. This is a message we received just a few days ago:

PBG - Polska Biblia Gdańska 1881
"There is associated bible digitalization project to fix existing typos. Project is still in the progress, although many typos were already fixed.
Here is the link to the mentioned digitialization project:
The goal of the project is, among other things, to faithfully reproduce the printed edition of the Gdańsk Bible from 1879. Therefore, the corrections are strictly limited to eliminating discrepancies between the printed edition and the digital text. The current digital version available on your website contains significantly more typos that hinder readability.
The project started in 2023, and the corrections to the digital text of the 1879 edition are nearly complete. This means that the most significant changes have happened since 2023. That’s why I’d like to update the text on your website — I’m not sure when the project will be fully finished.
You can find the text files for the Gospel of Matthew here:
Please let me know what file format and extension you require. I assume you expect a single file containing the full Bible text? If so, I’ve attached a file in .ont extension, which has a verse count compatible with the King James Version. Pawel."

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The WP video shorts had less viewers this month. We are always at the mercy of the YT algorithms, whatever that is, and whoever controlls them. We are doing what we can do, praying for the best.

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WP continues to support several ministries in Africa, both financial and also with technical assistance, like hosting websites, and maintaining domains, etc. This is only possible because of our few, but very faithful, supporters. We thank you once again and pray for your kind heart and your continued trust.

Love and prayers

WP

And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:  Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 2 Thessalonians 2:8-11

Recently I heard a professor from Oxford University saying that AI, Artificial Intelligence, is not real intelligence but could actually be a new religion – that is, something we worship and trust as god.

In fact, some AI systems are beginning to display the kind of capacities usually ascribed to deities, such as immortality, omniscience and omnipresence. He says that deep fake and deception is the biggest thing to watch out for in our times.

This professor also mentions that this is the time to take a closer look at the Book of Revelation, in the Bible.

Indeed, technologies offer no answer to our deepest questions, such as: Who are we? Where we come from? Where are we going? Except when they help us to find the Way, the Truth and the Life through His Word.

That is why people are excited when they use WP Apps, as you may notice in the following comments received this past month:

• Amazingly useful, simple and versatile for anyone who wants to simply read yet listen if needed so as well as bookmark and underline verses. 10 stars. AD

• I’ve been searching for this a lot, this eloquence. Thank you? AG

• Very good… Mostly the Luganda version….. The Luganda author deserves a big recognition KH

• A heavenly app ? very good app CF

• practical and simple compared to meditation. DC

• Great job! SF

• the app is very very good, the voice pronunciation is wonderful LM

• EXCELLENT. . .I HIGHLY RECOMMEND. . .HAVE BEEN USING IT FOR YEARS. . . RH

• my experience has been very good. and I will like to say much thanks, to everyone who made it possible. shalom PM

• Excellent App: Objective, light and practical. HS

We can only thank the Lord.

Back in the 19 century, the excitement about the Bible was already there. Gustave Dure, for example illustrated the Bible amazingly with a series of images that can be seen in WP site resources. Wikipedia says this: The illustrations were immensely successful and have been reproduced countless times worldwide, influencing the visual arts and popular culture in ways difficult to measure. The series comprises 139 plates depicting scenes from the 
Old Testament, including the deuterocanonical books, and 81 from the 
New Testament. (click the image below to see link)

WP video clips on YouTube are also bringing the Word to many people around the world. To have an idea of its multi-language impact, please scroll through the following list of the cities and countries where most viewers of WP video clips were located this past month: (with the number of views from that city)

Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy 1457; Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1196[ Hong Kong 1059; Kyiv, Ukraine, 966; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 659; Singapore 653; Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire 572; Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 532; Moscow, Russia 529; Prague, Czechia 473; Almaty, Kazakhstan 373; Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy 309; Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, 279; Dushanbe, Tajikistan 263; Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile 232; Samarkand, Samarqand Region, Uzbekistan 222; Amsterdam, Netherlands 205; S. Paulo, State of S. Paulo, Brazil 193; Copenhagen, Denmark 182; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo 164; Libreville, Gabon 156; Madrid, Spain 134; Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, 128; Paris, France 108; Lomao, Togo 107; Bologna, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Italy 91; Palermo, PA, Italy 84; Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico 84; Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy 80; Turin, Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy 74; Bari, Metropolitan City of Bari, Italy 68; Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 68; Port-au-Prince, Haiti 65; Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, 55; Astana, Kazakhstan 49; Lima, Peru 49; Odesa, Odesa Oblast, ; kraine, 47; Frankfurt am Main, Germany 46; Dakar, Senegal 43; Lisbon, Portugal 41…etc

If your city is not in that list, maybe you can recomend your local friends to watch our videos clips every day. It won’t damage them to learn at least a verse a day and God knows the difference it will make in their lives. The link is HERE.

Sample:

Summary of last month YouTube shorts:

The WP webpage continues to be a reference for online Bible reading and a blessing to many around the world:

Full stats are HERE:

Online Stats

We are thankful for all those who make this ministry possible with their prayers and support.

Love and prayers.

WP

Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand. —Mark Twain
The New Testament is the very best book that ever was or ever will be known in the world. —Charles Dickens

The above quotes are compiled in the page below, on WP Resources pages:

There, you will find more quotes about the Bible.

Indeed, the Holy Scriptures contained in the Bible are the best reading one can find. Particularly in times of stress and difficulties.. That is why so many people read the Bible when they have problems. They should read it before though, avoiding many problems and crises that come upon them.

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. ..It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. Psalms 119:67, 71

Here at Wordproject we aim to connect people with the Word. The ‘Daily Verse‘ feature is part of it: The Short Video Clips also. In the month of April, these short videos gained considerable noticeability.

On another front, Cloudflare tells us that 5.95 Million visitors accessed WP website. Supposedly reading 9.75 million pages.

We thank the Lord for that and we also thank you for your vision in prayers and support.

Also, in our email box we received the following letter:

I wanted to take a moment to sincerely appreciate the incredible work you are doing. A few years ago, while searching online for an Amharic Bible using my PC, I came across your website. Although I don't recall the exact day, I have been using and admiring your platform ever since. It has been a truly valuable resource, and I am grateful for the effort and dedication that clearly goes into it.  Inspired by your mission and the impact you are making, I would love to offer my support by volunteering on any tech-related tasks you might need help with. I am a Senior Software Engineer with over six years of experience working for global companies. Currently, I am serving as an Engineering Lead at Amplitude Ventures. I would be honored to contribute my skills and experience to your project in any way I can. Please feel free to reach out if there is an opportunity for me to assist. I would be excited to learn more about your needs and how I can be of help. Thank you again for the wonderful work you are doing! Best regards, S.G.

Once again, this is a testimony of how appreciative people are of our efforts and their willingness to participate.

Hison, our developer in Korea, gave the final touches in the IOS Wordproject app. He also stabilized the Android version. Both apps are now running well. At the moment, near 100 thousand people are using our apps.

Maybe you have not realised that this latest App contains a powerful search engine that works in more than 70 languages of the world. You should test it yourself. In the search below, i was looking for love (amor, in Portuguese) and I found it… 97 times, just in the New Testament.

For this and many other reasons, we are honored to be part of this effort. I am sure you are too.

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
Psalms 68:11

Love and prayers

WP

Full stats in the following link:

Online Stats

The Bible: ‘Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe, and practice it to be Holy… it should fill the memory, rule the heart, and guide the feet… it is given you in LIFE, will be opened at the Judgment and be remembered FOREVER‘.

If you have not seen this short video, now is perhaps a good time:

As you know, Wordproject aim is to let the Bible be known and available in the whole world, in as many languages as possible. Consequently, we receive all sorts of reactions and comments every month. Here are a few emails we received this month on WP mail box: (translated by Google)

Hey my name is Abdul K., i came from a 100% Muslim family and background i was fortunate to be invited into a church program since that day I became a Christian and I also have a charity that’s helping blind people back home and if i am able to get some of this audio bibble I will be able to share them to community where people can’t read and also to the blind people that my charity is helping to help spread the word of god and help them know more about the bibble regards. A.

Wordproject tnx a lot, l found a lot of information in your platform about bible verses. l need a lot of support to grow spiritual & how to explain bible verses infront of human beings. TS.

Greetings to you, I am Subhashini from India. I am from India. I saw this word project, and  I felt happy, I  have a Request from  you, I want to  use bibles from  this word project and try to make easy to reach many people  from my YouTube  channel, so that it can reach many,  as are in end times, Hence I Request you to ask  If I can I use bible.  Thank you sir. Kindly respond me, God Bless, (our reply: ... it is just fine with us. You may use WP for evangelization purposes. Just read the disclaimer in our website. Blessings to you and your family.) WP

We believe that adding 《圣经新语译本》 to your platform would greatly benefit Chinese-speaking believers worldwide by providing them with a faithful and high-quality biblical resource. We would love to explore the possibility of partnering with you to make this translation available to your users.  For more details about our translation and mission, please visit our website: https://www.xinyubible.org/. (from Association who wishes to use our site to publissh this new translation - please comment if you speak Chinese)

This month, the online reactions or comments in the wordproject Plus App, (Android platform) were also interesting:

God bless you so much for this wonderful app...i can now eat and drink in the lord anywhere through my ear phones.. SR

Thank you so much! It's practical, it helps me in meditation and searching for verses. impeccable reading. especially since I can download and listen offline. May our LORD JESUS ​​CHRIST bless you abundantly. AMEN A.A.

 You can listen to the books/chapters, even offline, day after day. This allows us to advance in reading the Bible and knowing the mind of God (the Word was God John 1:1). BB

I have been using this application for over two years, and it has been very useful to me, I have learned the Bible with ease and agility, for this I am very grateful. BI

Excellent application to be able to listen to the Holy Bible and above all, once you have downloaded the books, you do not need the Internet AAL

Excellent, very good, the application has helped me a lot with the audio and the lyrics can be enlarged, I recommend it, excellent, super, I would say, it is the best, it has a good voice. Excellent application DL

Great app to hear the Word spoken by native speakers. JH

As you may notice, there is a thankful tone to these comments and you should feel elated by the fact that you are also part of this effort with your support and your prayers. Thank you.

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. (Matthew 24:45-46)

By the way, this app will look extremely good in your Android or IOS phone and it will be also a great asset to keep you connected to the Word. Try it here for Android phone and here for iphone, (if you do not have already).

Here are the video (shorts) stats for March:

and here are the stats for Wordproject main site (7 days only):

We are experiencing some difficulties with our App developper in Africa but we are being rescued by Hison, our dear friend and cooperator in Korea. As the technology progresses at warping speed, at times it seems overwhelming to deal with it. We are also thankful to those who help us with the technical part of this project.

Love and prayer

WP

Full stats here (click on the link):

Online Stats

From abortion to war, there is a culture of death that is prevalent in modern days. Everyday on the news, death, or initiatives that lead to it, are publicized with increased frequency.

To clear our hearts and minds from this mess, there is nothing like the Word from the Life Giver. At least 6 million people accessed WordProject last month and subsequently viewed more than 10 million Bible pages.

One of those pages was this one:

in it, the ‘Our Father’ prayer is on display, in many languages.

This prayer is simple and objective. Like a concentrated capsule of spiritual power, to be taken any time of the day, anywhere, under any circumstances.

The prayer is contained in the Gospel of Mathew chapter 6, verses 9-13.

Here is an email we reeived from China:

Youtube Bible Shorts

The above images are a summary of last month’s activity at the Wordproaction channel, where beautiful images of Creation ilustrate the Word of the Creator.

You may go there and place your like (hopefully you will like it), and maybe foward some of those clips to your best friends, and even your enemies, if you have any.

Our friend Raj, in India, is using some of our images at his channel and his viewership seems to be enjoying it. (see below)

The Apps:

The above app deserves your careful attention. You will find it for iPhone as well. Notice small details like font size and type and, in the new version, the ‘visited chapters’ tab. Most of all, the audio in your prefered language is there, thus there is no excuse to not embed your mind deep into the Word. You won’t regret it either!

Our audio is being downloaded by the terabytes (21 Terabytes last month). That is roughly 21 million chapters, in our mp3 format. That is the audio streamed from the apps and the website.

The above stats show the traffic that is going on in the highway of life, that is our site flowing into people’s computers and mobile phones. Mobile phones are probably one of the most used means to read the Word now-a-days, as you may see in the following caption:

We thank you once again for your prayers and support. You are a vital part of this endeavor and we are honored by your trust.

Love and Prayers.

WP

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Should the Bible be taught is public schools? This is a question that comes to many parents who struggle with problematic children and in fact everyone who is concerned with the increasing lack of morals and good customs in our societies. The answer is not easy because the Bible has been abused by political entities to justify all kinds of agendas. The dogmatic bias of different denominations can also be detrimental. We believe that, above all, the Bible should be taught at home – by the parents.

While searching for this topic online, we found the following questions and answers:

Why is Bible important to students?

‘Reading the Bible on a regular and consistent basis has several benefits. First, the Bible shows us God’s character and provides us God’s revelation of himself to his people. In each section of the Bible, we see God’s holy, unchanging, faithful, gracious and loving character.’

How does reading the Bible affect the brain?

‘According to Susan L. Davis, a Christian neuroscientist and author of How Reading the Bible Affects Your Brain, reading the Bible can release dopamine in our brain, which is a neurotransmitter that regulates mood, motivation, memory, and learning.’

What happens if you read the Bible every day?

‘This changes your outlook on life, your attitude, and perspective. Your goals and desires are shifted, too. The more you know God from reading the Bible, the more you desire him and are changed for the better. You experience more peace and live a better life overall by knowing your creator.’

Is reading the Bible good for mental health?

‘Those who read the Bible at least four times a week experience much better mental health. Specifically, they were found to have 30% less chance of struggling with loneliness, and 32% less chance of experiencing anger issues’

These are opinions and interesting studies that may encourage some to read more Bible. There is also the fundamental reason: the Spirit, as in John 6:63 – ‘It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.’

As we know, Wordproject exists for this reason. Whether at home, at school, at work or just about anywhere, anytime, one can have the Word in their language to read or to listen to. This is possible because God made it possible and has been using people like you to keep it up. We pray it will continue to be so.

Here are our January Stats:

Online Stats

On other news, the video ministry continues to elate us with beautiful images of God’s creation. In spite of the cold winter in our area, new flights offer us different perpectives. Here the highest mountain in Portugal now covered with snow:

Raj, in India, is also using some of our images to illustrate his own channel, in Tamil. He has a good and increasingly viewed outreach.

Our video stats for the month are below:

There is a continuous flow of changes and improvements to be made at our websites and apps. This requires constant engagement with computers and devices. AI, the much trouted new frontier in human development, so far, is doing nothing for us. In fact, we do not believe there is real inteligence there, much less wisdom or discernment. Thus, we shall continue to plow the old way.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

Love and prayers.

WP

Great to be back in Macau and meet with dear friends and family. It is such a blessing to be where we spent more than 35 years of our lives. You may remember back in the 90’s, when we were trying to take Bibles across the border into China and often we were stopped. We had to bring the Bibles back home. It was then that we figured that a computer digital Bible, would be a much easier way to get the Bible into the hands of the people, as we could duplicate them on CD. Before the internet became fast and widespread, we had a CD duplication machine that we used extensively. Today, in our office here in Macau, we found CDs and labels left from those precious days. (see below)

We have been able to go across the border and meet with brothers/friends who have helped us to implement the Audio Bible Players project. Robin and Raj have been a great help in the development and distribution of S100 and SR600 audio players. The design of the S100 was made by Tim, a Chinese brother from Singapore, while the Nano chip and the circuitry were designed by an Australian brother, Steven. The Sr600 was designed in China, by Robin and some Chinese electronic engineers.

So, just the other day, we met with Raj and Robin, and among other things, we discussed future plans for spreading the Word, including production of Audio Bible Players. Covid restrictions and financial constrains brought production and distribution of audio Bible Players to an halt, and we are praying for the financing that will enable us to resume their production and distribution.

Meanwhile, on a cloud never far from us, the Wordproject website is in great demand. We received more requests for permission to use our materials:

I've been working on a project to produce offline Bible servers.
These are stand-alone devices which provide both text and audio Bibles through WiFi or a local network to a household or small group.  These devices do not need any need connection to the internet.
Additionally, there is a self-duplication tool to "clone" additional servers offline.
I'm wondering if I can get permission to redistribute text and audio Bibles from Wordproject.org?  Currently these devices include content from eBible.org, but Wordproject.org has some translations and audio that are not available on eBible.org.
Thank you so much, and I pray that God will continue to bless your ministry and enable you to keep sharing His word and the Gospel with everyone.  Until He comes! GW

another request, just a few days ago:

I am currently working on a personal project to create a website that serves as a resource for the Telugu-speaking community to read and reflect on the Bible. My intention is purely non-commercial, aimed at fostering spiritual growth and bringing the Word closer to those who need it. 
I am writing to kindly request access to the Telugu Bible database that you have developed. I assure you that this resource will only be used for good purposes, strictly adhering to the following guidelines:
It will not be used for any commercial or profit-driven activities.
The content will not be altered, misused, or distributed without proper acknowledgment.
Full credit and references will be given to WordProject for the source of the database.
If you require more details about the project or additional assurances regarding its purpose, I would be more than happy to provide them.
Thank you for considering my request. I pray for continued blessings upon your work and ministry. Looking forward to your response.  MA

App recent reviews:

Thank you for this App it's very good  though it had stopped working on my tablet,so I had to uninstall and reinstall again. thanks for helping me know more about my GOD through this App, GOD bless you. RN

It is a wonderful application to study the Bible. MR

I have for a long time desired a King James Bible in Swahili. Next should be in Kisii language. CN

Very good application to study and learn the word of God. MA

I love this app. Very easy to go thru the books. It has audio too and as you read it Ji automatically scrolls down. This is the best app compared to the other Bible apps. FG
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On the Video front, we have uploaded a few recent clips with images from Macau and the South China Sea. Raj, in China, has started a channel of his own and shares the Word in Tamil. (he is from Tamil Nadu, in India). Together we brushed up on new methods to produce short clips.

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Christmas: John 1:14 – ‘And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.’

New Year: Psalms 84:11 – ‘For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.’

Wish you a very Happy and Prosperous New Year. Appreciate your prayers and your support.

Love and Prayers.

WP

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