Playtime for Kids and It's Called Divination

[Chris]

Playtime for Kids and It's Called Divination
By Jan Markell
Olive Tree Ministries with Jan Markell
January 5, 2010

I was planning to write about a current event issue when this story hit my in-box. I am no longer shocked by issues like what I am about to report. Our kids and teens have been seduced for decades. Harry Potter hasn't helped nor has Twilight. Both kids and adults have been introduced to the paranormal in dozens of TV programs and movies. So much so, in fact, that the paranormal is the new normal.

So now ToysRus has a cute little pink Ouija board and one that glows in the dark, both marketed for children. They advertise that kids as young as 8 need to have these new sorcery objects! (Well, they don't call them "sorcery objects" but the Bible does.) I know it is billed as a "toy" but I have enough personal experience that I can tell you it is blatant divination.
pink ouija board

The Bible speaks extensively about "divination" and "sorcery." Entire civilizations have been wiped out because of sorcery. Those perpetrating this are aiming at younger kids every day. Serious reproach against witchcraft and divination is given in Deuteronomy 18:9-15.

Are Christian parents going to say that this new kids' Ouija board is "just a game," just like they say Harry Potter and Twilight are "just fiction" and can't hurt anyone? You can bet some will!

Let me tell you my personal ordeal with a Ouija board.

I was 23 years old. (I know that was back in the Bronze Age, but divination hasn't changed.) I was addicted to a Ouija board. I had people driving 100 miles to put their hands on the glass object, ask the board questions, and have it spell out answers. I was so good at it that the glass object could move with no hands on it.

It made predictions and many of them came true. It instilled power in me that was stunning. The glass object that spelled out words would often spin around the board in a frenzy, and it was always talking about dark, evil things. All predictions were negative. It scared many participants. It has supernatural power, but since it is of the devil, not all predictions came true because the devil does not know the future.

When I asked the board where it got its power, it spelled S-A-T-A-N.

One evening I put the board away and felt a presence in my apartment. I did not want to open my eyes because I knew I would see a demon.

If you think I am doing this for sensationalism, I can tell you that it has not been easy reliving my experience. I do it only to spare some of you from my mistakes.

I had roots in a solid church in my teenage years and I sensed I had crossed a line. I seriously repented, took the board and glass object out to a bonfire and forever said good-bye to its evil. That was in accordance with Acts 19 which says that those who practiced magic gathered up their instruments and burned them.

Sadly, I had obtained almost a lust for the paranormal from the Ouija board and that is why most participants then move to deeper and darker occultic practices. The Ouija board is stepping stone number one.

But isn't this just a game like Monopoly? you ask. Going back to my personal experience -- the glass object was profane, cursed God, and sometimes flew off the board in a rage. Evil spirits were present to be sure. So no, it's not just like Monopoly. This is playing with FIRE. If anyone you know, child or adult, is playing with this force of evil, warn them. March on over to ToysRus and register a complaint.

There are many Web sites that speak of people getting obsessed/addicted to this so-called game. Others say this was the start of their paranormal journey. Sadly, most toy stores will put profits before protecting children, but speak up nonetheless.

This is just another sign of the times and of the lateness of the hour. In these last days, evil will wax worse and worse. That is why we as believers are called to be salt and light in a dark world. If a Christian feels they can dabble in darkness and still be "light," they are seriously deceived.

To better understand such issues, visit our "Spiritual Deception" category at our Web site.

[Navyblue]

Thanks for posting this alert, Chris.

I played with one, once, over fifty years ago. We received some answers, to our questions (wife and I), which proved correct, later in life, like 'how many children,' etc. When we asked more intimate questions, the board got coy, and controlling. We bailed out of the session, and never went to another Ouija Board.

Children can, I am sure, get wrapped up into this Demonic device, and can be lost to Jesus, by the time parents find out how badly they are owned by Satan. I can think of no other power source than Satan, that can addict people playing with the Ouija.

Don't allow your family to have on in the house, or go to any home with one in it, that you know of.

In Messiah. His Protection. Arley

[WazOz]

Saw this also, how immensely stupid is Toys r us, and even more so any parent that buys this as a game, another one of Satans tricks to keep the innocents from being saved, this needs to be stopped, would contact all the Pollies you can and oppose this, it is literally opening the doorway to hell for kids, once in always in when you invite the evil One into your life, only chance is Salvation, but may be too late for some, Adults that buy this will play as well, using the word Play lightly, as it is not playing, also used them a long long time ago, they are pure evil, nothing good can come from this

[mikalikat]

To this day I am blown away by how many "Christian" parents will encourage their kids to read Harry Potter. I saw this story and immediately thought of the pink that identifies with the Susan G. Komen Foundation ribbons and how absolutely positive a light that color is shown in. It makes perfect sense to make a pink board (I won't even type in the name). Money is scarce and times are tight. What better way to make money than putting an enticing spin on evil and draw people into darkness they don't suspect.

[Olga]

I had a Ouija Board when I was younger. I could never get it to do anything. Looking back, that was probably lucky.

[bghtnpd4]

I had no idea Jan had that type of experience in her past. WOW. I am so glad she is speaking out about this. I had a friend when I was young who had one. We played with it one time and it scared us so bad we never played with it again...Thank the Lord!