strange dream

[Guest sonchild]

I don't pay to much attention to dreams. I have had a few, where there was mental or emotional torment, and I could only think the name Jesus but could never seem to get it out of my mouth.

Then one night, I really don't know what the dream was except there was extreme mental and spiritual anquish. I was not only able to get the name Jesus out. I screamed it out. Woke myself up and my husband who has problems hearing. My throat was sore from the intensity of the effort, but I awoke feeling only very tired and emotionally drained, but not remembering the dream.

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I do have dreams that I know are definitely from God. Not all of my dreams are but I recognize those that are from Him. Scriptures tell us in Joel that there will be dreams and visions and there are many scriptures telling of visions and dreams in both the OT and the new. I use to try to "figure out" what the dream meant, but found that I was generally in error and over the years found that for me the best way for dream interpretation was to ask God for it and wait on Him for it. I also found a lot of error when I asked others to interpret a dream or a vision for me or at least to help me with the interpretation.

Once in a while, I immediately after the dream just "know" what God was telling me in it.

I have had few visions over a long period of time. About 25 years ago I did have a vision while I was awake and sitting at the breakfast table. It lasted maybe a few seconds. Instead of asking God the meaning (some of it I did know), I tried again to decide myself and I was terribly wrong. Really off base. I didn't know it for years. I still believed in that vision. Well, the time came when I did know what the true vision really meant and I found I had made mistakes because I mis interpreted it and it had caused me a lot of pain because of it.

So, now I generally just hold it in my heart and write it down and pray for God only to show me any meaning He hadn't already. Since then I haven't made such a mistake. When He did show me the meaning, it was just crystal clear at that point and I saw how greatly I had missed what He was telling me.

This is just my experience. Others may be totally different.

Edited April 7, 2005 by sonchild

[oliveoil]

Wouldn't it be terrible if we ALL ended up going there?

Something to think about.

Praise Jesus that we are NOT going there.

I don't think that I would handle it very well.

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If it were I who had that dream I would pray about it. Ask the lord if there was something he was trying to show me. It seems as though the lord is perhaps showing you there is a hell and satan is real and most important Jesus is the only way to be saved. Him and him alone can save you from the pit. Really all the dream points too is some bible facts.