Lead by the spirit?

Jasonspaulding01

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Last year my girlfriend and i took a drive through the hills of West Virginia. During our drive we visited a community called Falls View. As we drove through we came across an abandoned Church. The church was not extremely old but had fallen into disrepair. I said to her "would'nt it be an interesting project to photograph some of these empty churches and put together a photo album". We completed our drive and i never did anything with the idea. The image of that church has never left me...it haunts me daily. The image of that church became a symbol to me, of everything that is wrong with this great country. And now the crazy part..the dream. Black and white images of churches of every type empty and dark. Some pristine but empty some broken and grown over and some even burned. In the dream I am acting out the project the images my pictures and i find myself before a ruined pulpit. As i approach my foot drops through the floor and in the space i find a bible. I hear the voice of my mother who says..I have always seen great things for you. In the dream this was paraphrased "great things". I have no idea what this means and I have found my self snapped to reality in the middle of the day at work having drifted into this dream. I am terrified of what this means only because i dont know whats being asked of me. My mother thinks God is knocking on my heart to do what I dont know. Can someone help me figure this out am i being led by the spirit down a mew path or am i going mad? I cannot now even think about this without loss of composure i weep when i review the imagery every time. So many men in my family are men of God. My fatjer was a pastor my cousins sing in a gospel group amd another is a pastor. Please help me decipher the meaning of this. Thank you.
 

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Don't fear the leading of the Holy Spirit. God spoke to those in ancient times through dreams, and He still does today. (Sometimes I think it's because we quit listening IRL lol).... ASK God... tell Him you're willing but apprehensive... He can remove all anxiety. Welcome to CF, btw. ;)
 
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Welcome to CF!

Dreams are tricky things. Yes, God can speak to us through dreams, but so can evil spirits or our own thoughts. It is usually wise not to place too much importance on dreams alone. I wouldn't presume to give you an answer, but anytime a dream speaks "great things" to us, it can appeal to our pride, and that is not something God would do (He does not tempt, especially not with so spiritually dangerous a sin as pride). Also when something makes you feel anxious or driven rather than peaceful or joyous ... that can be time to double- and tripe-check the influence.

The safe thing to do is to read the Scriptures, pray regularly, seek guidance from someone who you trust and who is living a holy life. If God needs to make you know something, He will. But "working on ourselves" always comes first ... the Psalms say that God will first create a clean heart in us, renew us to repentance, and THEN sinners can be brought to repentance through us. Until then, we are not ready.

I don't know you of course, so I'm not making a comment about you personally. Only about how things work in a general sense. :) God be with you!
 
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