The Recipe Song

For ages I have been looking for the lyrics to this song.  I finally found it.  I remember my sister having this one on a video that she used for worship with her kids at school.

I hope you have a blast from the past with this song and remember that it came from Vol. 9 of Psalty the Singing Song Book.




The Recipe


Gonna make a recipe
I just can't wait to start,
It's not the kind you serve at meals,
you make it in your heart.
If you've never tried it
you've got to have a taste,
so come into the kitchen and 
we'll make a batch of praise.

First you take a cup of faith
and stir it all around;
add some joy and laughter
till it makes a bubbly sound. 
Mix in some agape love
till it begins to ring
Pour into a willing heart
and serve it to the King!

Glass or Water

It's just amazing where you find information these days.  I read this quote on FB and just had to share it with you all.

‎" Is the glass half full or half empty? Neither; 

I just keep filling it up. Be happy. Think positive. 

Life is a great experience for all to enjoy. 

When the glass loses water, it's up to you to fill it up. 

Put some flavor in there and enjoy the taste. 

It's FANTASTIC!!"

-Allen Steble

Energised by Eating the Word

This week the book of readings I use as part of my devotional time had this reading in it.  It was too good to keep to myself, so here I am sharing this with all of you.

Your words were found, and I ate them, 

and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; 

for I am called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts. 

Jer. 15:16 NKJV

NOTHING COULD BE more mundane and universal than eating.  Yet everyone loves it!  If only we loved the eating of the Word as well.

Eating is a fine art in the Orient, where the proper balancing of the different kinds of foods is important: salty, sweet, spicy, sour, M-m-m, what might the Word look like as a sample Menu? Piquant Proverbs Appetisers; Fragrant Genesis Soup; Kings and Chronicles Fibre-rich salad; Isaiah Sweet-and-sour; Four-Gospel Casserole; Revelation Rhubarb Pie; Creme Brulee a la Galatians; Philippians Sparkling Beverage! Have you eaten a healthy balance today?

What it takes to enjoy the  Word is similar to what it takes to enjoy food.


"Your words were found." Real food preparation requires personal effort.  "Finding" entails seeking and seeking takes time.  Food preparations demands time with appropriate tools and strong flame.  You've got to put yourself into the cooking before you put the cooking into you!  Do you see the parallel to Bible study?

"I ate them."  To eat means to put food in your mouth, chew, and swallow.  Fibre-rich foods yields only to patient mastication.  Preparation remains unfulfilled purpose until the food touches your tongue, teeth, and stomach.  And just as physical digestion can be hindered by distractions, trying to do too many things at once also hinders the digestion of the Word.

"Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart." You can't taste how good a dish is until your nose, lips and tongue have done their work.  Only then can a deep savouring sigh and a smile emerge.  Real joy is a whole-body experience.

Ingest the Word; put the Word in you as you put yourself in the Word.  For example, put your name into Ps. 91:14 - 16 and experience the energising effect.

Because (Name) has set (his/ her) love upon Me,

therefore I will deliver (him/ her);

I will set (Name) on high, because he/she has known My name.

(Name) shall call upon me and I will answer (him/ her):

I will be with (Name) in trouble; 

I will deliver (him/ her), and honour (him/ her).

With long live will I satisfy (Name), and show (him/ her) my salvation

Did you feel energised after reading yourself into Scriptures?
That's what eating the Word is all about!

Ruth E Burke

(Kuzma. K. (2005). Fit for ever. One day devotionals for Body, Mind and spirit.  Review and Herald Publishing Association.Hagerstown USA. p.298).




Places to go and get ideas to study the bible.

Various methods of studying the bible

Getting started
How to Enjoy Bible Study
How to Bible Study clip.

Bible versions/ Commentaries

Bible study tools
Bible Gate way
Bible Keeper

If you are one of those who likes to study themes then there are some awesome sites that I know allow you to actually study deeper and find meaning in the Word.

Discovery Courses
Voice of Prophecy
Amazing Facts


Have a go and enjoy a change of pace and direction in your study.  May it be a delight to you, something that you look forward to every day.

Spiritual Snicker Bars

"Taste and See that the LORD is Good"  Psalm 34:7-9

Over the past week I have been reading a book called "Having a Mary heart in a Martha world", byJoanna Weaver.  In one of the chapters she was comparing her snacking on a Snicker bar to what we do with getting our spiritual dose with GOD.

I liked her idea so here is an extract from her book.  Her pastor's wife told the story of how one afternoon when preparing food for a big dinner she didn't eat lunch so felt hungry.  She couldn't eat her beautiful dinner as she was full from the snicker bar she had as a snack.

"The Lord spoke to me at that moment" Terri says."He showed me that we often fill our lives with spiritual Snicker bars - things like friends, books, and shopping.  They may be good things, completely innocent things - but when they take the edge off our hunger for God."

Terri's illustration has stayed with me for years because it applies so aptly to my own life.  I constantly fight the tendency to fill the God-shaped hole he created in me with fluffy stuff. I don't like loneliness, so I fill the space with phone calls and social events and trips to the mall - but loneliness as my friend Jeanne Mayo puts it, "God;s call to fellowship with him."  I don't  like quietness, so I fill it up the silence with sitcoms and talk shows, Christian music and CNN- but it was in the quiet of the night that Samuel heard God's voice.

We were designed to be close to God.  Just as our bodies hunger and thirst for food and drink, our spirits hunger and thirst for his presence.  But just as it's possible to bloat our bodies with empty calories we can find ways to pacify our spiritual cravings with out really getting the nourishment we need.  We can fill up with spiritual Snicker bars while all the time our spirits are withering for want of real food.

If you're having a little trouble feeling close to God - or even wanting to draw close - you might want to consider what activities you are using to fill the empty places of your life.  What's taking the edge off your hunger for him?.

Then again, it could be that you just need to starting "eating" the good things of the Lord to find out how spiritually hungary you really are.  You see, spiritual hunger and thrist don't work the same way as our physical needs.  When our physical body feels hunger we eat and our hunger is satisfied.  But spiritually speaking, it isn't until we "eat" that we realize how famished we are.  As we feast at God's table, something strange happens.  We get hungier. Thirstier.  We want more!  WE have to have more.... For even Snicker Bars taste flat in comparison to the sweetness of the Lord's presence.  When you sampled the best of the best, you'll be willing to skip the junk food this world offers in order to have a real sit-down meal with the Saviour.

(Having a Mary Heart in a Martha world. (2000). Waterbook press. pp.69,70)