This week in our “Games People Play” series we will be talking about “Taboo!" A game that keeps us from speaking certain words that gives away the actual word that we are trying to get our team to guess.
Games People Play Taboo!
Ephesians 4:29 (AMP)
“Do not let unwholesome [foul, profane, worthless, vulgar] words ever come out of your mouth, but only such speech as is good for building up others, according to the need and the occasion, so that it will be a blessing to those who hear [you speak].”
In the game of Taboo, there are certain words that you are not allowed to use to get your team to guess the word on the players' card. For example, the giver might have to get their team to deduce the word "baseball" without offering the words "sport", "game", "pastime", "hitter", "pitcher", as clues. The giver may not say a part of a "taboo" word; for example, using the words "base" or “ball” for the word "baseball" is taboo.
Just as we must keep our tongue from speaking taboo or forbidden words. The Bible says that “No man can tame the tongue.” (James 3:8) This is true, but with The Holy Spirit’s supernatural Grace and assistance, it can be done.
Think about it, wild beasts and angry animals can be tamed. But the tongue needs to be restrained by the help of God. The Holy Spirit is our tongue-tamer.
As Christians, we must keep our speech clean of vulgarity, lying, or words that are in bad taste. We must be setting examples of Christ. If you wonder what words are acceptable, imagine Jesus speaking the words that you think are okay to speak. If you do not know if it is acceptable or not, then the best thing is to not speak that word at all.
Proverbs 21:23 (NKJV)
“Whoever guards his mouth and tongue, keeps his soul from troubles.”
By a constant watchfulness over our words, we shall prevent an abundance of misbehaviors that an ungoverned tongue runs us into. Keep your heart, and that will keep your tongue from sin; keep your tongue, and that will keep your heart from trouble.
Those that desire to keep their souls from evil, we must keep a watch before the door of their lips, must keep their mouths by self-control and being determined that no filthy communication will come out of their mouth.
There have been some “Christians” that speak with an ungodliness that has my spirit grieving. As Christians, we are to act Christ-like, we must BE Christ-like! The next time you are around a Christian who is spouting off vulgarity, it would be better for them as well as for yourself that you correct them, with Love, of their err.
Blessings,
~ Dr. Rachinda Sutterfield
This week in our ”Games People Play” series we will be talking about “Parcheesi!" We must choose to move forward!
Games People Play: Parcheesi
Philippians 3:13-14
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”
The winner is the first player to move all pawns "home". This is a game of chase, race, and capture. A game where your opponent tries to keep you from reaching your home base. Your opponent is constantly trying to knock you back to where you started from. It takes a certain role of the dice to even get you out of the holding spot and put you on the board.
This is so much like the enemy. The only difference is that we have the CHOICE to get on board to move forward. It is not rolling the dice and see if you can. YOU choose to move forward. The choices that you make will “cause” you to either move forward or be knockback where you began. Sometimes we do get knocked down, but that should not stop us from getting back up and continuing where we left off. Forgetting the past and look toward our goal. Reach for the high calling that you were called to.
Wherever there is true grace, there is a desire for more grace and a pressing towards the perfection of grace. What I am trying to say is that when you truly receive the Grace of God you WILL press towards your goal of having grace for others, this includes yourself. Forgive yourself as Christ has forgiven you and press towards the goal of reaching your “final destination”, Heaven.
We can look at the past, learn from the past, but we cannot live in the past. We must give our past to Jesus. The devil is the Accuser. He will always bring up our past mistakes. If you have confessed it and repented of it, stop letting the accusation of the enemy keep you from victory. Look who wrote these words! Paul imprisoned and who at one time had killed Christians! If he can move forward, through Jesus, so can we! You may not have killed anyone physically, but words can damage a person’s reputation and cause them to not want to live anymore. Think about that!
Do you want to be the cause of other people not wanting to live life fully? Or would you like to be a source of hope and forgive those who have wronged you? I choose the latter.
Make sure the prize you are chasing after is to be a Blessing to others to have the same hope and goal that we have as our hope is in Christ. The prize is to be in the will of God right now, tomorrow, and for all eternity.
Which do you choose?
Blessings,
~ Dr. Rachinda Sutterfield
This week in our ”Games People Play” series we will be talking about “LIFE!" We must not waste our life with things that do not Glorify God!
Conclusion for Games People Play: LIFE
James 4:14
“Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your LIFE? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.”
We play games as entertainment, to spend time with our kids, family, and friends, or just for the plain enjoyment of the game. We think of games as lighthearted things, but everyday living isn't quite so lighthearted. We move space to space and hit high-points and low points along the way. The thing is though is that we don't move around that great game-board of life by taking some dice in our hands, rolling, and seeing what numbers come up before we move. Our spaces and directions we move in are all by our own CHOICES!!
Our Life is full of decisions that we make every day. It is full of joys, sorrows, excitements, and disappointments, but God is the only One who can make our LIFE Beautiful. WE have the power to decide which way we are going to go, how many steps we are taking, and how long we will stay at a point. Our Life should be hidden in Christ. Allowing Him to shine through.
We don't go along and have to stop and spin the wheel or pick up a card that says, "Today you will spend time with the LORD in prayer" or "Today you will sin." It doesn't work that way! We CHOOSE what we end up doing! We have control of the board. Sure, circumstances and things come up in our lives but only we choose how we deal with them and how we are going to live from day today. It is OUR choice to give control over to God to take us in places that HE has planned for us. The thing is, our Life is short! How we treat others and how we treat God will determine how our “Game of LIFE” will end up.
James 4:14
“Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your LIFE? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.”
Joshua chapter 24, it is talking about where Joshua brought all the tribes of Israel together and reminded them Who God was. The people had gone off to serve other gods and Joshua gave them a powerful demand that day,
"Choose you this day whom ye will serve".
It's what we have to do every day. Are we going to move toward God and serve the LORD today as we take LIFE step by step?
Joshua 24:15 “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
So, how are you playing the game of LIFE?
Blessings!
~ Dr. Rachinda Sutterfield
This week in our ”Games People Play” series we will be talking about “Balderdash!" As Christians, we must be people of integrity, not people who talk rubbish and others do not trust a thing that we say. Speaking balderdash to try to hide the truth or to make yourself look better than them.
• Balderdash •
Titus 2:7-8
“And in all things show yourself to be an example of good works, with purity in doctrine [having the strictest regard for integrity and TRUTH], dignified, sound and beyond reproach in instruction, so that the opponent [of the Faith] will be shamed, having nothing bad to say about us.”
Are you trustworthy? Can people believe that you are telling the truth, or do you have a habit of saying things that are not so, and it is hard for them to trust what you say? When people trust you, they can be at peace around you. Not having to try to decipher whether you are lying.
The people who call themselves people of God will not act like the world and speak rubbish. They are Children of God and therefore, will behave as their Heavenly Father has taught them in His Word. This core Holy people will not purposefully do wrong.
They will not lie; they will not use words to flatter or seduce just to get attention or to seek glory for themselves. For they know that the Glory belongs to God and they are content with who they are and where they fit in His Kingdom. They are not anxious but are a people who live in peace.
Can people trust what you say? Or do people look at you as if you are telling “another” tall tale. Trust is dependability – a deep confidence in someone. We tend to trust people who are reliable, who are consistent and who don’t change with the season or the wind direction. Ever think that maybe God is looking for people He can trust?
Some Christians has a Faith that varies daily. But what if our Faith was strong enough and we became solid enough that God felt He could trust us?
Trust killers include:
· Losing Faith in God the minute circumstances don’t go our way.
· Putting ourselves at the center of our relationship with God, rather than God at the center. (What can I do for God, rather than what can God do for me?)
· Keeping God at the periphery of our lives, not at the center.
Trust is the Glue of Life! We must live our life so when God looks upon our hearts, He can TRUST what we say! Speaking lies, “balderdash”, senseless talk and not trustworthy when you do talk, can cause a great divide between you and God.
In the game of BALDERDASH, you make up answers for a word and mix the truth in with the senseless answers, then you must decipher the truth! How many times do people have to decipher whether you are telling the truth or not?
Ladies, live a life where people do not have to think twice if you are telling the truth!
Blessings!
~ Dr. Rachinda Sutterfield
This week in our “Games People Play” series we will be talking about “Chutes and Ladders!" The journey that we travel in this life, as Christians, is full of traps that the enemy has placed to try to trip us up! If you fall for the lie, you slide down the "chutes" to lose ground in your walk with Christ, but if you avoid the pitfalls, you will advance on the "ladder" upward in your faith walk!
• Chutes and Ladders -
Philippians 3:13-14 (AMPC)
“I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward.”
First, before anything else, I want to say that you can NOT "earn" your way to Heaven, it is a free gift! But if you are not careful of the pitfalls that the devil puts before you, there is a consequence to falling for the trap. You have to keep moving upward with the guidance of the LORD. Are you growing and moving onward and upward?
The "ladders" represent virtues such as generosity, faith, and humility, while the snakesrepresent vices, such as lust, anger, murder, and theft.
The morality lesson of the game is that a person can attain salvation through doing good, this is the so many of us view salvation. If at the end of my life I have done more “good” than I have bad … then I win. If I climb the ladder of goodness, I “earn”God’s Love. This is the wrong view of Christ's act to stand “guilty” in OUR place. God’s Love can never be earned, it can only be received.
So, like our Christian lives, here we are moving ahead and climbing higher, and if we don't stay in the Word, we start skipping (things important to our walk with Christ), and swishing (becoming unsteady in our faith), and sliding (down the chutes), and have to pick ourselves back up and push forward and upward again.
In our journey on earth, we have ups and downs, but if we keep our eyes on the prize of the high calling, we will continue to move upward and onward.
Avoid the snakes and traps that cause you to go sliding backward and lose ground in your walk of Faith. But like in the game, just keep climbing the "ladders"and avoid the "chutes" along the way.
Unlike the "Chutes and Ladders" religions of the world, Jesus does not tell you to work your way up to Him. Instead, He walked down the "ladder" and carries us up to be with Him.
Jesus never said to “fix yourself” on the cross. He said, “It is finished”!
John 19:30
“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, ‘It is finished:’ and He bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.”
What does that mean for you today? Have you been trying to climb "ladders" to receive God’s favor?
You don’t need to; all you need to do is recognize your need for Him and invite Him into your life and receive all that He has for you.
Blessings,
~ Dr. Rachinda Sutterfield
This week in our ”Games People Play” series we will be talking about “Trouble! There are two kinds of Trouble: The kind that stirs up strife… aka… Trouble, and the good kind of trouble that stirs up hope in the ears of the listeners.
Are you a troublemaker?
Do your actions cause others to fall?
Romans 14:13
“Let us not, therefore, judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.”
Matthew 5:9
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”
Romans 16:17 (NKJV)
“Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them.”
The mark of a mature Christian is to be a peacemaker and not a troublemaker. You’re Blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of competing or fighting. That is when you discover who you really are, and your place in God’s Family.
Peacemakers are happy people. They love, desire, and delight in peace; peace of God and with God, and be ready to make peace with others; to do all we can to accommodate it, and be repairers of the breaches.
When we are called to be peacemakers, we are commanded in two different ways to be peacemakers. First and foremost, to make peace with God, we need to get our hearts right with the LORD Jesus Christ, and then we need to make peace with one another. To cause trouble unjustly is not God’s will for the Church but instead, God wants His Children to live peaceably.
Acts 17:5-7 (NKJV)
“But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, ‘These who have turned the world upside down have come here too. Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus’.”
There is a certain kind of trouble God calls us to make! The world calls us troublemakers when we tell them about Jesus. Schools call us troublemakers when we speak against certain issues that they teach our Children. City officials call us troublemakers when we go out into public areas, such as parks or on the street preaching Biblical Truths. Councilmen call us troublemakers when we show up at public meetings to try to get things changed that are unjust for Christians. Even some of our Families call us troublemakers just because we call ourselves Christians and live it.
Jason and his “band” were "troublemakers" because they turned the city upside down for Jesus! They were arrested for it because they were thought to be troublemakers. Are you willing to be arrested for speaking the Word of God openly?
Blessings,
~ Dr. Rachinda Sutterfield
"Sorry!" is a board game from the many ways in which a player can negate the progress of another while issuing an apologetic "Sorry!"
Ephesians 4:32
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
Remember when you were a kid and someone said you had “cooties”, or they got mad and hit you. If their parent saw them, they came over and scolded the kid that hurt you and then (here is the keyword) MADE them say they were “Sorry”. And they said “Sorry”, but it was said in a half-hearted way while looking at the ground. They did not mean it, you knew they did not mean it, and their parent knew they did not mean it. But the word was used to quickly resolve the situation and move on.
Why does saying “Sorry” not seem to solve the issue? The answer: The issue is not one of saying or being “Sorry”, instead the issue is our resistance in asking for “Forgiveness”. Saying Sorry is just one of those relational “Games People Play”.
This week in our Games People Play series we will look at the difference between being sorry and asking for forgiveness, the steps we need to take to forgive when we are hurt, and how to go about asking for forgiveness when we are the ones who have done the hurting.
When we humbly ask for forgiveness, Christ, who died in our place on Calvary, FORGIVES us COMPLETELY!
He forgives us in some remarkable ways:
1. He forgives us GRACIOUSLY: (Romans 5:8)
While we were YET sinners, God forgave us for Christs’ sake.
2. He forgives us FREELY: (John 3:16)
We do not have to buy it; it is free to all who believe.
3. He forgives us DEEPLY: (I John 1:9)
We can be assured that no matter how deep our sin goes; God cleans ALL of it.
4. He also forgives us REPEATEDLY: (Matthew 18:21-22)
He forgives us every time we confess (I John 1:9)! He forgives every time we ask.
Hope this inspires you to make amends with those who have wronged you, or that you have wronged.
Blessings,
~ Dr. Rachinda Sutterfield
Do you take chances with the way you are living? Are you showing up in places or doing things that you know could tempt you? Do you do things that can cause some risky consequences? Or that could ruin your testimony? Your witness to those around you could be damaged by the wrong choices that you make carelessly. For sure you are taking a RISK as being a witness for Christ.
Colossians 3:4-6 (AMP)
"When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. So put to death and deprive of power the evil longings of your earthly body [with its sensual, self-centered instincts] immorality, impurity, sinful passion, evil desire, and greed, which is [a kind of] idolatry [because it replaces your devotion to God]. Because of these [sinful] things the [divine] wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience [those who fail to listen and who routinely and obstinately disregard God’s precepts]."
In the game, “RISK”, you roll the dice to see who wins the area that is in play. Sometimes, we “roll the dice” so to speak, for areas in our life that we take a risk with. The problem is that if you make the wrong choices, you will lose ground. I do not think as a true Christian, you want that. But we must do that which is pleasing to God!
For when we please God, there is no “RISK” involved. We will be victorious in the ground that we conquer for Christ.
God sees what you do, and hears what you say in secret; and, when He wants to, He can bring it to light by strange and unsuspected ways. For instance, it says in:
Ecclesiastes 10:20
“Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.”
When it speaks of that which hath wings, in my opinion, could be angels who carry what we say. So, when we speak things that are not pleasing to God, He knows, and the angels of Heaven will make sure that what you say is brought to light. Are you willing to take that RISK?
Ladies do not take a RISK with your life. You never know when Christ shall return, and you may be caught unaware. If you must take a RISK, move boldly into the unknown with The Holy Ghost as your guide.
Blessings,
~ Dr. Rachinda Sutterfield ~
Are you twisted up with sin? Sin has a way of entangling you. You cannot serve two masters.
Matthew 6:24
“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
You cannot worship two gods at once. Loving one god, you will end up hating the other. Adoration of one will feed contempt for the other. You cannot worship God and Money both. We must caution against making the things that are seen, that are temporal, our best things, and placing our happiness in them. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth (Matthew 6:19-21).
A treasure is an abundance of something that is in itself, at least in our opinion, precious and valuable. We must not lay up our treasures on earth, that is, we must not count these things the best things.
When a person is trying to serve God and mammon (money), they will be twisted up inside and be miserable! We must not call that glory! We must not covet an abundance of these things, nor be still grasping at more and more of them, and adding to them, as women who are greedy and never knowing when we have enough. Neither should we put our confidence in their worth. But we should be WISE Daughters of God who know where our provision comes from… and it is not from this world but from our Abba Daddy God!
So, Ladies, do not be twisted up by where your provision will come from. God will take care of you when you trust Him enough to be faithful in giving to Him first. If you put Him first, you will never be last! Give Him the BEST of everything that you have!
Blessings,
~ Dr. Rachinda Sutterfield ~
When my Husband’s family gets together, they are always playing some kind of board game. We enjoy it!! They play card games, too, like “Hand and Foot” and “Back Alley”. We have played all kinds of games.
Our board games are all stacked up in the closet of our hallway pantry. Have you ever looked at the names of some of the board games they have out? Some of the words they use for games makes you think about choices we make in our lives:
So, we are going to do a short series about "Games People Play!"
Last week was Monopoly; this week it is Clue:
CLUE -
Get a CLUE about who your enemy is, for we are NOT ignorant of his devices!
2 Corinthians 2:(10a),11
“Forgive … lest satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.”
Do you have a CLUE about what you believe and why? Ultra-liberalism is a belief in or support for an extremely open-minded/liberal political party or doctrine.
He is calling for His Church to stand up for Righteousness and to denounce radical, ultraliberalism. I am not trying to get you to stand for any politician, but I am asking you to pray before you do any kind of voting that could change the foundation of this Country.
Just do not be someone who doesn’t have a CLUE what they are doing. Seek God for the answers to questions you may have. Find out all the mysteries of the Bible by studying and praying for understanding.
Sometimes it seems like Christians act more like the world than they do Christ! They do not have a CLUE who Jesus is and what He gives to those who stand for RIGHTeousness.
Ultraliberalism has sneaked its way into the very foundation that our forefathers fought, bled, and died for to give us the freedom from tyranny and to live for God the way that the Bible teaches us to. We do not want to unwittingly give satan an opening for him to give us yet more mischief — for we are not oblivious to his sly ways!
If the believer cultivates in his life any known sin, he is allowing the devil to get a foothold in his life. They do not have a CLUE the door that they just opened for the devil to enter. If satan sees the ways of the world in you, he will then use this opportunity to invade and take over other areas.
Paul warns us in Ephesians 4:27:
“Give no place to the devil!”
This includes thinking the way the world thinks. This is called “stinking thinking!” Ultraliberalism is seeping into this Nation people begin thinking that it may be the way to go. But that thinking will creep into your heart and you will give place to the devil in other areas besides politics.
Let Christ be your guide. Figure out your weapons and know the weapons that the enemy uses against you! GET A CLUE from the Word of God and through prayer.
Blessings,
~ Dr. Rachinda Sutterfield ~
When my Husband’s family gets together, they are always playing some kind of game. We enjoy it!! One of my favorite games is “Scattegories”, and the game that my Husband’s family used to play the most was “Monopoly”. They play card games, too, like “Hand and Foot” and “Back Alley”. We have played all kinds of games.
Our board games are all stacked up in the closet of our hallway pantry. Have you ever looked at the names of some of the board games they have out? Some of the words they use for games makes you think about choices we make in our lives:
So, we are going to do a short series about "Games People Play!"
This first one is.·
Monopoly -
What's monopolizing your time and your thoughts? What is monopolizing your life?
Philippians 4:8
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
As you read through this lesson, it may seem to be a good time for solitude, personal devotion, quiet time, JAM (Jesus And Me) time, morning/evening watch times or any number of things you may call one-on-one time spent with God.
If we want to keep our hearts pure before God and move forward in the right direction, instead of being “monopolized” by the things of this world, and sacrificing our righteousness, we must give a shout out to God for the tools that we can use to SOS!
S.O.S. = Saving Our Standards.
Isaiah 59:19
“So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and His Glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a STANDARD against him.”
When we sin, our shame stands up and accuses us before God. The key to keeping the shame at bay is to confess to God immediately our faults and sins and allow Him to cleanse our hearts. When we fear God, we will keep our hearts and minds stayed upon Him and purified through the Blood of Jesus!
So, Ladies, keep your S.O.S. tools ready to be able to help when others try to throw us off track.
Blessings,
~ Dr. Rachinda Sutterfield ~
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