Your Words Shape Your Home | Shannon O'Dell

Family Game Night, Week 2: Scrabble | Pastor Shannon O'Dell | Brand New Church

In Scrabble you don't just play the first word you see. You look at the tiles you were handed and work for the best possible play. Pastor Shannon uses that picture to talk about communication in your home. Most relationship problems come down to a communication problem, and the words we throw out reactively are usually the ones that do the damage.

This week covers six things worth scratching out better words for: your feelings, conflict, priorities, habits, building people up, and honor. Honor is the one that changes the game. Mark 6 says Jesus could not do miracles in his hometown because they would not honor him, and dishonor at home still costs us more than we realize.

10 verses to center your home on:

Philippians 2:14

Proverbs 26:18-19

Proverbs 10:19

Joshua 24:15

Philippians 4:13

1 Corinthians 15:33

Hebrews 10:35

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Philippians 2:4

1 Corinthians 13:5

Also referenced: Proverbs 3:3-4, Philippians 2:5, Ephesians 4:25-26, Matthew 6:33, Ephesians 6:1, Colossians 3:20, 1 Peter 2:17, John 1:14, Mark 6:4-5, 1 Peter 3:7

All of these verses are in the Brand New Church app, ready to copy and send to yourself.

0:00 Scrabble, and why the tiles matter

2:01 Stop throwing out reactionary words

4:52 10 verses to center your home on

6:17 "I'm just kidding" and the damage it does

7:03 When words are many

8:14 Bad company corrupts good character

10:25 Don't be a one-upper

12:41 Your spouse and kids are the gift

13:36 Proverbs 3: don't lose your grip on love and loyalty

15:26 Feelings

17:07 Conflict, and don't waste a good fight

21:08 Priorities

24:48 Habits

26:23 Yes sir, yes ma'am, and why it still matters

30:19 Build people up

31:26 Grace and truth

33:06 Honor changes the game

34:05 A prophet without honor in his own home

36:02 A word to married men

37:35 Response and prayer