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NAPSV Bible
'Net-Automated Personalized Scripture Verses

Click on the scripture you want below, and when a pop-up window appears asking for a name, enter the name you want in the scripture. Hit enter, and you'll see the verse come up with the name filled in for you. If you want to review the scripture first, leave the pop-up window empty and hit 'enter' or click 'OK'. To view it with a different name, just use the 'refresh' or 'reload' button in your browser. Printing advice is found here.

Psalms

• Psalm 1 (October, 2001)
• Psalm 5 (October, 2001)
• Psalm 6 (October, 2001)
• Psalm 11 (For Americans Today) October, 2001)
• Psalm 11 (February, 2004)
• Psalm 13 (May, 2002)
• Psalm 16 (May, 2002)
• Psalm 18, verses 27-42, "The Soldier's Psalm" (June, 2003)
• Psalm 20
• Psalm 23
• Psalm 27
• Psalm 31 (February, 2004)
• Psalm 34
• Psalm 43 (July, 2003)
• Psalm 46 (February, 2004)
• Psalm 54 (February, 2004)
• Psalm 91 (The 'Psalm of Protection', September, 2001.)

Other Hebrew Testimony
(often called the Old Testament)

• Proverbs 30:4-9, commonly known as Agur's Prayer (September, 2003)
• Encouragement, taken from Isaiah 41, 43, 44 and Zephaniah 3 (June, 2002)
• the angel's visit to Gideon to encourage a man,
• 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 The Prayer of Jabez. (September, 2001)
• God's Plan for You (Jeremiah 29:11-14) (October, 2001)

Christian Testimony
(often called the New Testament)

• The Angel's Visit, to encourage a woman (the first NAPSV, June 1996)
• The Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5, (October, 2001)
• The King's Gratitude, (Matthew 25) to thank a compassionate person.
• The Lord's Prayer (November 2002)
• Romans 8 to encourage a believer.
• Romans 12, A note on how to live. (June 2003)
• 1 Corinthians 13 (May, 2003)
• Colossians 3 Wedding Prayer (June, 2002)
• 3 John, A Letter Encouragement from God (June, 2003)
• Titus, Chapters Two and Three (August, 2001)
• 2 Timothy 2 A reminder to a believer about their role.
• James, Chapter One (August, 2001)

Other Prayers

• Children Learn What They Live! (March, 2003)
• Desiderata (March, 2003)
• The Lord's Prayer (November 2002)
• The Complete Serenity Prayer (December 2001)

If you have any that you would like added, please .

History behind the NAPSV

I 'became a Christian' on July 4th, 1979, and was baptized on December 30th, 1979. (See my spiritual journey in sequence by clicking here.) Way back in the early 1980's, I got sick and tired and bored with reading the Bible. (Hey, doesn't it say to confess your sins one to another? For the other side of the coin, keep reading!)

I was unable to regain the deep desire for reading it, in part, because I had already read EIGHT different English language translations cover to cover, taking notes and highlighting as I went. I felt I had read enough! (You can bet I was very unpopular with those that believed I was deep in sin!) Well, it turns out that it was only a step towards something else that God was calling me toward.

I am multi-lingual, (in fact, I have had conversations with people in at least eight different languages, and on five different continents, in person) and have been bi-lingual from home. I knew the limitations of reading the Bible only in English and wanted more. I wanted to know the Author and His intentions and desires better. So God moved my heart to buy an Apple //e computer with AppleWorks software so that I could ... paraphrase the entire New Testament into my own words. I used several English versions as my starting point. Once I finished that three-year long project, I also did Proverbs. I never intended and do not intend to ever publish that work. In fact, the only part of it that which survived the computer changes over the years is 1st Corinthians, Chapter Seven. It is on this site as the last page of my presentation on divorce. The whole project was a very personal study which took me over three years and was finished back in 1984 or 1985.

That isn't the end of the story. I must confess while I love scripture, I love the Author more. Yes, author, singular. I believe that God used dozens of people over thousands of year to assemble the Bible. It is a wondrous document. It is more than we realize, and like it's Author, it is much more than we can imagine or conceive. Others research awesome and fascinating things like the Bible code, or the ultimate fulfillment of prophecy upon the return of the Lord. I have even come to realize that the Greek Mythology is based on Noah and his family!

I have found that personalizing scripture to an individual's specific need at the time of their life, is as powerful as any wonder drug ever found on the market. I have been a leader on dozens of spiritual weekend retreats and used scripture powerfully to heal hearts. Several such projects are listed above. The list below doesn't link to articles, but to a personalized piece of scripture, which I call "NAPSV". Instead of being generic, these are individualized, written to a specific person.

These are great up lifters and gifts for people. I know, because that's what started them years ago, before the Internet. I repeat, THESE ARE POWERFUL when completed! But they are NOT free.

All I ask, is that once you give them to someone, that you give the value of their reaction to a charity. (If the receiver doesn't like it at all, you are off the hook!)

Give to a charity to which your heart wants to give. If you do not find such a charity, then please consider Children Are Hope, Inc. They are doing wonderful things with orphans in Ukraine, my parents' homeland. Another great cause is Insight, Inc, a group of people that are teaching us to "trust the process".

Whenever I re-write, or re-paraphrase scripture for this project, I call it the APSV. Once it stood for the APS (those are my initials) Version. Now, as this is my second translation project, it means "'Net-Automated Personalized Scripture Verses".