DAILY DEVOTIONAL THURSDAY MAY 26, 2022

(Philippians 4:7; Proverbs 4:23)

***DAILY PERSONAL PRAYER FOR YOU: Dear Lord, help me to do whatever part You are asking me to play in helping to turn this nation back to You and Your Truth! I know that Your judgment is upon our nation, and that our time is very short. Leading our nation back to You oh God can bring a “stay” of Your hand of judgment for a season and we can see a mighty harvest of souls for the Kingdom here and around the world. In the fact of such blatant evil that exists, show yourself strong oh Lord, rise up, use me and those who will not bow our knee to baal for Your glory. May this world see the power, might, and majesty of Almighty God, a God who will not be mocked! USE ME OH GOD…USE MY LIFE! In the name of Jesus I pray…AMEN!

***THE DAILY LIVEPRAYER TV NUGGET: WHEN WILL THIS NATION ACCEPT THAT WE HAVE A NON-EXISTENT MENTAL HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE AND GET SERIOUS ABO! UT THIS
EPIDEMIC? As craven politicians immediately ramp up their “gun grab” hysteria after every one of these senseless mass killings, they never want to address the real issue, MENTAL ILLNESS! When confronted with the mental illness thread that runs through every one of these tragic incidents, they are quick to claim that other countries have mental illness but don’t have these type of events with the frequency we do in the United States. What they fail to state is that other countries have a legitimate mental health infrastructure in place that we don’t! We have fallen back on using the prison system as our de-facto mental health infrastructure, something it was NEVER designed to be. We spent trillions of dollars on the Chinese bio-weapon they unleashed on the world. In just the last 4 months we have sent $60 billion dollars to a country that has zero importance to our national well-being. The point is, we can find literally TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS when we want to! To that e! nd, it is
inexcusable that there isn’t an armed security officer at every school just like there is at every bank. With the hundreds of billions we spend annually on education, there are more than enough dollars to harden the access to our schools and have an armed security guard at each one. However, until we get serious about re-establishing a mental health infrastructure, the mentally ill will continue to act violently and take innocent lives. While the Texas elementary school is a dramatic event, EVERY SINGLE DAY the mentally ill are killing random innocent people. Just this weekend in New York City, an investment banker took the subway to brunch with friends. A mentally ill man walked up to him on the subway and for no reason shot him dead. THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY EVERY DAY!!! For 20 yrs I have advocated for a very simple and legal way to at least begin to address this issue. Before a child starts school they must have a series of vaccines. That is standard. Fin! e, at that
time they should be given a standard mental evaluation suitable for their age, 6 or 7, that becomes part of their school records. When that student begins junior high, they should once again have a standard mental evaluation suitable for their age, especially since this is a difficult time for many children as they begin puberty. Sadly, with the high school drop-out rate increasing each year, those students being prime targets to keep tabs on. As a student goes into the 9th grade they should have another mental health evaluation. Finally, when a student is ready to graduate, they should have one more mental health evaluation. These basic mental health evaluations are designed to at a minimum red flag students who could be dealing with legitimate mental health problems. At a minimum, even if a student drops out of high school there are 3 evaluations, 4 if they graduate. This at least begins the process of identifying people who may be experiencing mental health issues like we! would
identify people with a disease such as cancer. MENTAL HEALTH CAN BE JUST AS MUCH OF A DISEASE AS CANCER IS! At that point, it is a matter of the states earmarking funds thru their state health department, to hire a sufficient number of mental health professionals to begin dealing with those whose evaluations calls for a follow-up. The last piece of such an infrastructure would be new facilities to actually house and give 24/7 treatment to people who require such attention. Obviously there are many legal issues involved, but they need to be addressed and worked through. The fact is, the United States of America in the year 2022 has an epidemic of mental health disease that we have totally ignored, and until we deal with it, innocent people will continue to lose their life to those who in many cases should not even be in public because of their mental illness!

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Video games can be as addicting as drugs and alcohol. One of the issues from the horrible shootings we see too frequently and the media refuses to talk about is the role video games, especially violent video games, might have played. I have shared for over 20 years now how damaging these games can be, and how they foster a glorification of death and cheapens how precious and special life is.

FACT: The human brain is not fully developed until apx. age 22. The hours and hours of putting images of death into a young persons’ mind cannot be underestimated!!!

The world of video games has surely changed since the days of “Pong” and “Pac Man.” Those innocent games are long gone, having been replaced by video and computer games that promote and glo! rify every
kind of evil, debauchery, and sin the human mind could possibly dream up. While these incredibly violent and often sexual “games” are primarily marketed to young adults, even though many have “adult only” warning labels, they are being played by children as young as 10. A very popular genre of games are played “real time” on the computer via high speed internet connections with people all over the world. Most of these video and computer games involve the player taking on a role or character and the line between reality and fantasy becomes blurred.

Over the 20 years of Liveprayer, I have seen an alarming increase in the number of prayer requests from people regarding this issue. It is clearly a cultural problem that has not received much attention, but I can tell you from the real lives I deal with every single day, it is a growing and increasing issue in many lives from young children all the way to adults in their 40’s and 50’s. It is still primarily a problem faced b! y men.
However, 20 years ago pornography was largely a male problem and I can assure you that today there are as many women in bondage to pornography as men.

Now many people are probably wondering with all of the problems in the world, all of the problems people face each day, what the big deal about people playing video and computer games is. The big deal breaks down in four main areas. First, it desensitizes people, especially children, to violence and death. Second, it blurs the line between reality and fantasy and many people lose sight of how to live in the real world.

Third, many of these games deal with demonic things like witchcraft, sorcery, wizardry, and the occult. It opens the door to satan in the lives of those who play these games. Lastly, these games can become addictive to the point people stop going to work, stop taking care of their families, literally become so consumed that nothing else in their life matters.

One of the worst things about the l! atest
generation of these computer and video games is the incredible amount of violence and death. Killing is the ultimate goal to “win” many of these games. This is not healthy for a mature adult let alone a teenager or child. It leads people to not respect life and minimizes what a special gift from God life is and how important each person is who has been created in God’s image. All of these games require those who play them to either become a character, or take on some role in playing the game. The incredible technology of our day has made these games seem so realistic, many people who play them often begin to lose sight of what is reality and what is fantasy.

A real spiritual issue is the demonic presence in so many of these video and computer games. They literally take those who play them into the demonic world through the character’s involvement in things like magic, witchcraft, and sorcery. Never underestimate for a moment the pure and unadulterated evil of many of t! hese
games. The fact is many people become addicted to these games and they are no different than an alcoholic or a drug addict. They share the same problems. They end up losing their job. They quit being responsible for their families. They become anti-social. There is a real and legitimate bondage to these video and computer games like any other bondage you can name.

The Holy Spirit has led me to bring out this issue today because I know many who are reading these words are battling with this in their life right now, or have a family member or friend who is. Let me make this clear to you. AN ADDICTION TO VIDEO AND COMPUTER GAMES IS JUST AS REAL AS BEING ADDICTED TO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL AND EQUALLY AS DESTRUCTIVE! Just like I warn you to stay away from alcohol, to stay away from drugs, to stay away from abusing food, to not gamble, today I am warning you to be very careful when it comes to video and computer games.

Don’t even play those games that are full of violence an! d death.
There is a great computer adage, “garbage in, garbage out.” There is nothing positive about watching and participating in violence and death, even if it is a game. You wouldn’t eat garbage out of a dumpster, why would you put garbage into your mind! Run from these games that are clearly demonic and promote the things of satan. Don’t open your life and allow the enemy to have access to your heart and mind, even though something that may seem as innocent and harmless as a video or computer game. Parents, you need to be aware of the games your child has access to!!!

I realize that there are some more wholesome games out there. Like anything in life, we have to have balance and keep our priorities in order. Just keep in mind that they can be very addicting and to check yourself from time to time that you are not spending too much of your time playing these games or that it is affecting in any way your real life. If you are neglecting your family responsibilities, if it is ! keeping
you from being with other people, if it is getting to the point it is all you think about, you need to step back and realize that you could be getting addicted to these games. Just like you can become addicted to something as necessary as food, just like you can become addicted to something as necessary as shopping, you can also become addicted to something as seemingly harmless and innocent as a video or computer game.

I love you and care about you so much. I will be praying for you today. Praying for those reading this today who are in bondage to video or computer games to open your heart to the Lord and hear His voice speaking to you today. He wants to set you free. I pray that you will ask the Lord for the strength to find freedom from this bondage, find people who love and care about you to stand with you in prayer and hold you accountable, and that as you walk in His strength each day, you will walk in His victory over this bondage to video and computer games. I ! will also
be praying for those in your life who may be addicted to these video and computer games. Praying that they will come to a place of surrender and acknowledge this problem in their life and allow the Lord to free them from their bondage to these games.

You are not going to hell for playing a video or computer game. But you need to be aware of the incredible damage playing these games can possibly do to your life. We know that satan’s mission is to kill, steal, and destroy. He will use all kinds of ways to do that, even using something that seems as harmless as a video or computer!!!

In His love and service,

Your friend and brother in Christ,

Bill Keller