SPAIN: HOW ONE GIDEON BIBLE SPARKED A REVIVAL

A few years ago in Spain a man named Antonio (name withheld to pro-tect his work) cried out to God: “If you're real, speak to me!” He was in an elevator on his way to a hotel room. Highly educated at 27 years old, he had taught chemistry and maths at a Catholic school in Spain. He knew of God, but didn't know Him personally. The porter helped him to his room where he found a Gideon Bible on his bed. When he asked why the Bible was on the bed, the porter told him it was for those who wanted “to hear God speak to them.” The same day Antonio accep-ted Jesus as his Lord and Saviour and he preached the Gospel to his entire family. In one week, 35 of his family members became believers. Along with Antonio, his family began to share the Good News with others. Within the span of a few weeks, 200 people were born again. That's not all. Antonio began preaching in the prisons of two districts in Spain, and many inmates gave their lives to Christ. He gradually expanded his outreach to other prisons in Spain, and today there are more than 100 home group churches inside those prisons. Antonio is still seeing between 10 and 15 people come to the Lord every week. The revival is also spilling over the border into Morocco, as a result of women in the city of Ceuta (Spanish territory in North Africa) coming to know Jesus and spreading it to other women in Morocco. Through Antonio's work, more than 100 house churches exist in Morocco today, and he shows no signs of slowing down. Because a man who is native to the land shared the Gospel with his family, and these natives went out and shared with their friends and neighbours, thou-sands of people have come to Jesus. This amazing movement is entirely organic! - Brittany Tedesco, Joel News International, 970, 13 Nov. 2015.