The Marines boot camp really helped my nephew, Joshua, get more free of these games. He hardly plays at all now that he's on leave. So there is one getting delivered! Pray he continues to draw close to the Lord, so the Lord becomes His all, and he doesn't need video games for escape.

Nephew, David, in some ways is close to the Lord, but still fills so much time with video games....

My sister-in-law asked my nephew, Nick (Nicholas), "What do you want to be known as? The guy who plays video games? No-one really knows who Nick is, except the guy who plays video games." (He says because he works all day, he's entitled to relax with the games in the evening.)

I found out my nephew's Live 360 can connect them to my nephew-in-law, Ted, so they are playing against each other. Right now, he's in prison for almost committing a crime, but the idea is this is not a healthy relationship.

Well, I continue to pray that all our broken of these addictions. With men it's video games; with women it's TV. I tend toward Television. Or if I don't like what's on TV, make up my own stories. We all seem to have our methods of escape.

Dear Lord, please show all people with video game addictions their need to get free and their way to get free. Show them the way of escape. Wake them up to the life to be lived. I pray they quit spending HOURS on these games, when they could be seeking You or ministering for You. Call to them through the din of the video games. Get their attention! Tell them plainly what You have in store for them...outside the world of video games. I pray their minds are cleared of these games and their ideas. I pray they are ALERT and AWAKE to You. Move mightily in people's lives so they no longer need the thrill of the video game, because they have found the thrill of You. Show them there is NO high like he MOST HIGH and that whatever satisfaction they are deriving from the video game can't compare to what's to be found in You. I pray to see young men and women growing up o love and serve You, NOT video games! Send deliverance to your people, Lord. Set SO many FREE of this bondage! I ask and pray, in Jesus Name, amen. JeriRose

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24 But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the LORD. (Jeremiah 9:24)

Well, I'd be skeptical about classifying video games at addiction level, if people can still go to work and function properly and only plays them when get home after that. Most addicts of drugs, alcohol and gambling among others, live homeless lives, as thier addiction interferes with thier whole life as a person.

A friend, EB as is known, yes, he is only a social alcoholic who drinks from the moment off work till he goes home at closing time. but, he is now divorced and job not doing well at all.

Being all people are individual, thus different, what things I do to relax, may make others more tense and not relaxed. What they do to relax, may be worse for me. Same with others and your form of relaxation.

People are known to need a release from the tensions of work daily. That can be a wide variety of ways, knowing the number in population.

My friend Lyle's son was a clear picture of an addict, knowing he played all day long and ended up trying to live out a game with his family and ended up in jail.

we need to be more careful how we classify people who play these games. because we could then classify people who ride thier atv's right after work all evening most every day, or go fishing every evening or do other things every evening repetatively as addicts too, tho they are not. They have a love for such things because its a release for them from work tensions, but thats all, its not an a true addiction.

And I've been one and God turned me around to help enough to know we need to be more sure of things before just justifying something in our own eyes.

It does not matter if its food, play toys of some kind or particular activities, all can be abused. Yet, not all are abusing it either. Some can handle them, where others may be weak to them.

God speaks of our knowing the difference between balancing our activities, to becoming a gluton. Let us not condemn any particular activity unless God speaks directly against such. For those God does not speak against, are allowable, so long as they are kept in balance with all other things.

Here, you could say the people are addicted to fishing, golfing and more, because its the main activities most everyone does daily. But, they are not. this is a major tourist area and those activities go on daily for residents and visitors and vacationers here.

so, lets be more careful how we guage such things. I know some have a strong conviction against such things. Thats fine. No arguement there. but, put that sincerity to good Godly use by focusing on only the Satanically abusive part without condemning the whole point. Thats like dumping out a whole barrel of apples, if one rotten one is found at the top. Not good people.

think about it.

God Bless!!

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I agree with these prayers. Please God, remove the desire to play from my son and other teens like him. Pleae have mercy and fill these children with a desire for You and to obey and worshi You in spirit and Truth. Jesus, please heal them of whatever has caused them to become under the sway of these games. Lord, I ask that you enable my son and others like him to receive the healing and the renewal and Godly desires you have for them. Block their paths in these video games Jesus and do not let them grow. Lord, help me and parents like me have Your guardian angels and the blood of Jesus to remove these games and consoles. Lord, please. This is no light matter.