Is there anything wrong with playing the Ouija Board?
According to Wikipedia: The Ouija board is used to communicate with spirits of the dead.
The Bible says....
Deuteronomy 18:10-14
10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, 11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. 12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD, and because of these detestable practices the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you. 13 You must be blameless before the LORD your God. The Prophet 14 The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so."
Leviticus 19:31
“Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God."
2 Kings 21:6
"He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, provoking him to anger."
1 John 4:1-3
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
Isaiah 8:19-20
When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
Testimonies from those who have used the Ouija Board, got involved in witchcraft, and Tarot cards.
I was eighteen years old. The summer was long and boring. One day I decided to purchase a Ouija Board. My friend and I attempted to work the board for about three days. Finally the wedge began to move from letter to letter. There were no clear messages for several days. My friend grew tired and fearful of the board. She decided not to play the game anymore. She would not touch the board again.
The garbled messages only peaked my curiosity. I attempted to move the play the game alone. The first day or two the wedge did not move. Finally, the wedge seemed to come alive moving from letter to letter. The messages were finally clear. The board told me that a spirit came to me through the board. The spirit said it was to be a friend who was to protect me from the dangers in life. It would guide me to a better life because it knew the future.
I spent all my free time with the board. The spirit told me that it loved me and I should let it direct the activities of my life so that my future would be secure and happy. We discussed life and love through the board. It kept promising happiness and security if I would listen and do what it said.
This continued all summer and then it was time to go to college as I planned. I took the Ouija Board with me to school. I spent all my free time with the board and found it cumbersome. I had roommates and it looked weird for me to work the board alone. The spirit suggested through the board that it use my hand for automatic handwriting. I tried that but all I could get was the figure "8" drawn over and over again. I spent all my time tying to get messages. Of course, there was no time for study--I failed out of college. I returned home pale, tired and nervous. I kept communicating with the spirit through the board for the remainder of the year.
Year Two
The spirit suggested through the board that I attempt to let it use my voice. The automatic handwriting did not work since I could only manage to get "8" on a paper. I thought I would try that so I just permitted the spirit to speak through me. I let it use my voice and words started to form. At first gibberish then other words. It would use my voice when I was alone.
During this time I worked at a full-time job. I was not very good at the job because my concentration was bad. The spirit kept wanting my attention--my tapping my finger--attempting to make letters with the movement of my finger. I could keep the spirit from using my voice and the finger movements if I concentrated but it detracted from my concentration.
Year Three
One day the spirit was using my voice--curses and obscenities were being spoken. The cursing and obscenities were about Jesus Christ. I was in shock that these words were coming from my voice. It told me to kill myself. I could feel hatred that I never felt before. This made me step back and look at myself. What kind of spirit was this? What had I done?
I finally took a good look at myself in the mirror. I was pale, tired and nervous. I wanted the spirit to leave. It would not go. The spirit became more aggressive and would fight for control of my voice. I would be talking and sometimes the spirit would speak. I had to control my every word and movement. My hands and arms moved overly fast sometimes. I could not sleep peacefully. The nightmares began of creatures chasing and laughing at me. I slept with a knife under my pillow. I dreaded sleep.
One day my Dad said that he saw a large, ugly devil in our house. He said that he chased the thing and it left through our dining room window. He kept talking about that experience all day. I just made jokes and laughed.
I decided to ask God for help. Who else could help me? Anyone else would probably send me to a mental hospital. I began to pray and fight for control of my mind and body. I always believed that Jesus existed and now it was time to see if Jesus was real. Obviously, the spirit hated Jesus because of it's cursing of Jesus.
Year Four
I began to gain some control of my mind and body. I decided to ignore the spirit as much as possible and enrolled in a local college. While attending the college, I joined a Christian group called "Campus Crusade For Christ." The people in that group taught me how to communicate with Jesus. They taught me how to read the bible and I went to church. The people did not know about the spirit. I was too ashamed to tell them or ask them for help.
I learned how to fight a spiritual battle. I memorized and meditated on scriptures concerning the victory of Jesus over Satan. I claimed the blood of Christ every time the spirit attacked--it was so automatic that I claimed the blood of Jesus in my dreams. One night while sleeping, I woke with a sharp jerk to the muscles of my body. I knew the spirit was gone. My mind was clear and at peace. That was over 25 years ago. The spirit never returned.
I finished college and graduated with the BA Degree in Sociology and minor in Psychology. I thank Jesus every day for saving my life. I am the author of the Ouija Board Pages which were written to warn you not to channel the spirits.
Connie
Testimony from Katina
DELIVERED FROM WITCHCRAFT, TAROT
My name is Katina. I grew up in church all my life. When I was 17 years old I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord
and Saviour. I loved Jesus with all my heart. I was in church everytime the doors were open. It was a rare occasion that I
would miss a service and when I was absent it seemed like my whole week was unbalanced.
When I was 20 years old and still in college I became good friends with someone much older than me. He was going through a tough time and he confided in me about some controversial issues he was facing. I started slipping away from God because I didn't understand how to stay friends with this guy and serve God at the same time. Later on, I stopped going to church. Walking away from God was like killing a part of myself. I was so ashamed that I couldn't make myself go back to church. I just stayed in a state of denial.
At 27 years of age I was so far away from the Lord that I experimented with Witchcraft. My experimentation became a lifestyle. I used Tarot cards on a daily basis, I had an altar where I lit "special" candles and I used the ouija board. Don't be fooled like I was into thinking that people who have passed on are the ones talking to you. That's not it at all! You will come face to face with Satan himself because he'll be the one talking to you!
He'll tell you lie after lie and convince you that you're talking to a dead family member or some wise person whose passed away long ago.
Using the ouija quickly became an addiction. I would spend about eight hours per week in DIRECT contact with the devil. After awhile I started to experience strange things. For example: In the middle of the night I'd awaken by the sound of someone running down the hallway and opening or slamming the front door. I would get up to check it out, but there was nothing to see.
There were times when I would hear someone walking up my bedroom steps and walking across my floor towards me in bed. I would turn around, but no one was there. I would lie in bed and feel the entire bed shake as if it were pushed. Shadows would move across my walls when there was nothing to cast a shadow. A lamp that sat securely on my desk catapulted out at me. These were just the beginnings of more terrifying things that were yet to come.
You may be saying to yourself right now, "Why didn't you just turn back to the Lord?" It's because I really didn't know how! At this point my mind was not my own. You see, by stepping into the devil's playground I unknowingly gave him permission to control me. I was terrified! I was afraid to go to bed because I was tormented every night. I'd get up during the night to use the bathroom and I'd feel something walking behind me or hovering over me.
I actually know what the presence of evil "feels" like. If there's a bad spirit around me every hair on my body stands on end. There's also a "whoosh" feeling that starts in the pit of my stomach and moves straight up my body. It feels like the "going down" feeling on a roller coaster. This started happening more frequently and it got more intense to the point where it took my breath away. This was the turning point in my situation. Up to this point it had been going on for about a year and a half.
After that, changes started to quickly take place. I was in my room when I suddenly had the unquenchable desire to listen to Christian music. As the music was playing I looked over at my Tarot cards and I just couldn't stand to see them. Something big was happening in me that I didn't yet understand. I had such an urge to get rid of every occultic thing I had and that's exactly what I did.
That night I went to bed and had a dream that changed my life. Jesus stood next to me and said "I'm so jealous. You have time for your friends, you have time for your work, you have time for everything else, but you don't have any time for me." Then he put his arm up to his head and he started to weep. At that moment in the dream, all of the pain and sadness that he was feeling was transferred directly into me. I immediately knew that I'd been searching everywhere for answers when the answer was right there in front of me. I broke down and started to sob. I had an encounter with God and I knew he was my solution. He lead me to a wonderful, spirit filled church where the people are radically saved. I walked into that church on December 24, 1998 and re-dedicated my life to Jesus Christ and I walked out a new creation!
After that every time I would enter the church building I would get a splitting headache. I'd walk back to my car after each service holding both sides of my head because the pain was so severe. This happened week after week. Sometimes people who have practiced Witchcraft end up getting a "mind control" spirit attached to them. I was experiencing the classic symptoms.
At this point it was still really hard for me to talk to God because I was dealing with a lot of guilt. With my face buried in my pillow I began to pray. I went as far back as I could remember and repented of everything. I was trembling in fear because of all that was going on around me. After I let everything out I realized that my headache was gone. The terror I'd been feeling from the start had been replaced with such indescribable peace. Peace that passes all understanding! There was a barrier of protection and the loving warmth of Jesus' arms all around me. I stayed very still and quiet for along time and just nuzzled right into him. I knew my Jesus took care of everything. I had the most peaceful sleep for the first time in almost 2 years. And its been that way ever since! Now I know I have complete authority over Satan in Jesus' name. What an awesome God we serve! He deserves all of the glory and honor and praise! He had to stretch way down to lift me out of Hell. I'm thankful that God has long arms!
I hope this was encouraging for you to hear. I'm telling you this because prayer works. If you've been praying for a backslider don't give up!
It is never too late for anyone. It may not look like God is doing anything, but he is. He's looking for mighty warriors who are willing to stand in the gap and pray for lost souls. II Peter 3:9 says: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise as some men count slackness; but is long suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Don't give up on God. He's not slow, he's just on a different time table then we are. He's never early or late, but he's always right on time!
GOD BLESS YOU!!
Katina
When I was 20 years old and still in college I became good friends with someone much older than me. He was going through a tough time and he confided in me about some controversial issues he was facing. I started slipping away from God because I didn't understand how to stay friends with this guy and serve God at the same time. Later on, I stopped going to church. Walking away from God was like killing a part of myself. I was so ashamed that I couldn't make myself go back to church. I just stayed in a state of denial.
At 27 years of age I was so far away from the Lord that I experimented with Witchcraft. My experimentation became a lifestyle. I used Tarot cards on a daily basis, I had an altar where I lit "special" candles and I used the ouija board. Don't be fooled like I was into thinking that people who have passed on are the ones talking to you. That's not it at all! You will come face to face with Satan himself because he'll be the one talking to you!
He'll tell you lie after lie and convince you that you're talking to a dead family member or some wise person whose passed away long ago.
Using the ouija quickly became an addiction. I would spend about eight hours per week in DIRECT contact with the devil. After awhile I started to experience strange things. For example: In the middle of the night I'd awaken by the sound of someone running down the hallway and opening or slamming the front door. I would get up to check it out, but there was nothing to see.
There were times when I would hear someone walking up my bedroom steps and walking across my floor towards me in bed. I would turn around, but no one was there. I would lie in bed and feel the entire bed shake as if it were pushed. Shadows would move across my walls when there was nothing to cast a shadow. A lamp that sat securely on my desk catapulted out at me. These were just the beginnings of more terrifying things that were yet to come.
You may be saying to yourself right now, "Why didn't you just turn back to the Lord?" It's because I really didn't know how! At this point my mind was not my own. You see, by stepping into the devil's playground I unknowingly gave him permission to control me. I was terrified! I was afraid to go to bed because I was tormented every night. I'd get up during the night to use the bathroom and I'd feel something walking behind me or hovering over me.
I actually know what the presence of evil "feels" like. If there's a bad spirit around me every hair on my body stands on end. There's also a "whoosh" feeling that starts in the pit of my stomach and moves straight up my body. It feels like the "going down" feeling on a roller coaster. This started happening more frequently and it got more intense to the point where it took my breath away. This was the turning point in my situation. Up to this point it had been going on for about a year and a half.
After that, changes started to quickly take place. I was in my room when I suddenly had the unquenchable desire to listen to Christian music. As the music was playing I looked over at my Tarot cards and I just couldn't stand to see them. Something big was happening in me that I didn't yet understand. I had such an urge to get rid of every occultic thing I had and that's exactly what I did.
That night I went to bed and had a dream that changed my life. Jesus stood next to me and said "I'm so jealous. You have time for your friends, you have time for your work, you have time for everything else, but you don't have any time for me." Then he put his arm up to his head and he started to weep. At that moment in the dream, all of the pain and sadness that he was feeling was transferred directly into me. I immediately knew that I'd been searching everywhere for answers when the answer was right there in front of me. I broke down and started to sob. I had an encounter with God and I knew he was my solution. He lead me to a wonderful, spirit filled church where the people are radically saved. I walked into that church on December 24, 1998 and re-dedicated my life to Jesus Christ and I walked out a new creation!
After that every time I would enter the church building I would get a splitting headache. I'd walk back to my car after each service holding both sides of my head because the pain was so severe. This happened week after week. Sometimes people who have practiced Witchcraft end up getting a "mind control" spirit attached to them. I was experiencing the classic symptoms.
At this point it was still really hard for me to talk to God because I was dealing with a lot of guilt. With my face buried in my pillow I began to pray. I went as far back as I could remember and repented of everything. I was trembling in fear because of all that was going on around me. After I let everything out I realized that my headache was gone. The terror I'd been feeling from the start had been replaced with such indescribable peace. Peace that passes all understanding! There was a barrier of protection and the loving warmth of Jesus' arms all around me. I stayed very still and quiet for along time and just nuzzled right into him. I knew my Jesus took care of everything. I had the most peaceful sleep for the first time in almost 2 years. And its been that way ever since! Now I know I have complete authority over Satan in Jesus' name. What an awesome God we serve! He deserves all of the glory and honor and praise! He had to stretch way down to lift me out of Hell. I'm thankful that God has long arms!
I hope this was encouraging for you to hear. I'm telling you this because prayer works. If you've been praying for a backslider don't give up!
It is never too late for anyone. It may not look like God is doing anything, but he is. He's looking for mighty warriors who are willing to stand in the gap and pray for lost souls. II Peter 3:9 says: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise as some men count slackness; but is long suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Don't give up on God. He's not slow, he's just on a different time table then we are. He's never early or late, but he's always right on time!
GOD BLESS YOU!!
Katina
Should Christians use Ouija Boards?
Here are a few comments from those who don't want to believe in the Bible.
Comment 1: Are you kidding me? It's all explained by science. Look up the ideomotor effect. It's all harmless play, none of it is "real", and none of it is dangerous either. The only way I could see it being dangerous is if a kid stupidly followed whatever the board said as truth.
Comment 2: It's a toy... never has had any real occult effects unless you 'believe' in that stuff...One of the problems with 'faith' is that it lets you 'believe' all sorts of things without evidence and let it control your life... how sad... Source(s): IMHO
Comment 3: Yeah, why not? It's probably more fun than most of the things Christians do.
Comment 4: Ouija boards are just stupid plastic toys!
Comment 1: Are you kidding me? It's all explained by science. Look up the ideomotor effect. It's all harmless play, none of it is "real", and none of it is dangerous either. The only way I could see it being dangerous is if a kid stupidly followed whatever the board said as truth.
Comment 2: It's a toy... never has had any real occult effects unless you 'believe' in that stuff...One of the problems with 'faith' is that it lets you 'believe' all sorts of things without evidence and let it control your life... how sad... Source(s): IMHO
Comment 3: Yeah, why not? It's probably more fun than most of the things Christians do.
Comment 4: Ouija boards are just stupid plastic toys!
Who are you going to believe?