Don't Get Trapped

Can there really be harm in a Ouija Board? Many say "no." They believe it's just a game: but do they really know? Did you know this board was first known as a "witch board?" Even Parker Brothers have stated they doubt that this should be regarded as a game.

Let me share my experience with you. I was hungry, spiritually drained, looking for God, and not finding Him in the church I was attending. I felt lost and hopeless. I didn't leave my church but started to meddle into things I should have known better than to touch.

My friends and I started "playing" with a Ouija Board, and found it rather exciting. In a short time, we were bored and started digging into deeper things. We went to table tapping (making a wooden table walk and communicate with us by tapping a leg), and very soon this too got to be "kid stuff."

Once again we started searching and came upon a name of a spiritualist medium (or fortune teller, though they don't like to be called that). We went to her, and found some answers to our searching questions, but we weren't completely satisfied. We went to a spiritualist church and wow! Things really began to happen! We could see no wrong in this, as they lived like we did, and taught us to live good moral lives. They used many Scriptures. Two that are used all the time are the 23rd Psalm and the Lord's Prayer. They even sang hymns that we sing in our church-except songs on the blood of Jesus Christ. They recognized Jesus as God's Son; so you can see how a Christian can be led astray.

Satan knew he had us interested and eager for more. Like it says in II Corinthians 11:13-15, "Be on guard, Satan comes as an angel of light." We even went to the spiritualist pastor's home for many "readings."

On three occasions, I went forward for healings, and was completely and immediately healed. Little did I know I'd pay a tremendous price for this later! We always came away feeling God was really working, and that we were growing so much spiritually.

While in spiritism, we experienced and tried many things such as seances, levitation, tarot cards, glass-moving, use of a pendulum, following our horoscopes (even living by them somewhat), yoga, and transcendental meditation. Even the gift of tongues was counterfeited many times, and I experienced this myself. WE became very superstitious. NOTICE HOW I PROGRESSED FROM BEING ENTERTAINED TO HAVING MY LIFE COMPLETELY WRAPPED UP IN THE OCCULT!

One of the main lessons I've learned through this is: "Dearly beloved friends, don't always believe everything you hear Just because someone says it is a message from God: test it first to see if it really is. For there are many false teachers around" (I John 4:1 LB). Satan counterfeits everything God does for us. This is what really trapped me. I could see no wrong in what I was doing, for Satan had given me a counterfeit peace. I could have, and would have very easily and innocently gone to hell from a church pew-but for the grace of God!

You ask how I finally got out of this. Not without experiencing some hell on earth. One day, a couple of girls from work and I went to a black witch's coven. I will never forget it as long as I live! We went down into an underground store. There she had potions bubbling, death skulls hanging all around the walls, incense burning, and a whole display of potions, etc. for sale. As I looked over a few things, I almost swooned in the dark, sickeningly sweet, oppressive atmosphere. Then I heard the still small voice of God speaking to me, 'Bornie, where are you going? What are you doing here?" I had started with a Ouija Board Just three years ago. In three years I ended up here! I knew this had to stop. But I was trapped, and Satan was having a heyday with my life. Notice the longsuffering of God. Three years, and yet God had never turned His back on me. I'm sure it is because I was innocently doing this, but still God didn't have to put up with it. In Deuteronomy 18:10-12 it says, "Anyone doing these things, such as calling evil spirits, consulting witches, mediums, wizards, etc. is an object of horror and disgust to the Lord."

I did not have such Scriptures at my finger tips. I did not even realize we are warned about these things in the Bible. I would to God these Scriptures were pointed out to me long before they were.

I had made spirits welcome for messages, but little did I know I had also "welcomed" them into my life. This happened simply by welcoming thefr messages for me. They now controlled certain areas of my life. I thank God for sending a pastor and wife, who understood such things and were able to help me. It wasn't long before my pastor realized what was happening and we started seeking for my deliverance. By now he knew I was demon-possessed!

I could not be left alone for fear of what might happen to me. Spirits-actual demons!-not only tried to take my life, but also tried to get me to destroy myself. I went through many terrifying and agonizing experiences such as strangling, intense pain in various areas of my body (particularly those over which mediums had "prayed" for my healings), twisting of my limbs to the point of putting my shoulders out of socket, and having my breathing stopped many times.

Many times when I began to desperately cry out to God for help, demons would take over my faculties and jabber in counterfeit tongues. These spirits denied the Lordship of Jesus Christ when asked.

We have seen many miracles performed in my life. Our church has had a spiritual revival, and I can say, 'As far as I am concerned, God turned into good what you meant for evil, for He brought me to this high position I have today so that I could save the lives of many people" (Genesis 50:20 LB).

I say in closing, stay away from the edge of the road. Do not rest on the idea that now that you are saved, God isn't going to let you fall. Live so that you are constantly walking closer and closer to God: so that you want only what He has for you. Let Him lead you.