Demonic Dreams?

Strength from Within said:

but my lips won't open (only mumbles in my throat come) && it's like I am being held down && unable to move.

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Aino said:

Have you ever heard of sleep paralysis? It can be really scary, just the kind of things you described you and your son had. It's possible to get rid of it ith some efforts. Google it, you'llfind out more about it.

I think a lot of christians over emphasize demons and satan, it almost sounds like they enjoy talking about satan and whatever he does and all that nonsense. A lot if things are just normal phenomenons that are explained with satans influence. Jesus has conquered death and all forces of evil. You don't have to fear them, you don't even have to talk about them. Concentrate on Jesus instead.

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Emli said:

Jesus ministry was actually very much focused on deliverance. He cast out demons everywhere He went, and He asked his disciples to do the same. And even though I agree with you to some extent, I can testify that evil spirits are very much real and able to affect us and torment us, if we give them a place in our lives. And yes, they are completely and utterly defeated by the Cross, but only if we make sure to actually cover ourselves in His grace and in His blood. Sometimes there are parts of our lives where we haven't done that, and I believe that is true for all of us. That is where evil spirits can be allowed to have a place.

Before I was saved, I was living in a lot of sin, including witchcraft, and I suffered from so much pain, illnesses, mental and physical, depression and all kinds of suffering. After I was saved, all of that went away, but it didn't until I repented from all sin, and that is, as I'm sure you can agree to, a huge process for all believers. As the Lord helped me clean out my apartment, and pointed me to objects that were of my past, all of my troubles, that medical science deemed incurable or couldn't even find a reason for, just went away. That included stomach problems (no matter what I ate), migraines (completely gone now), epilepsy, sleep paralysis, troubles breathing, pain in my shoulders, borderline disorder etc etc.
God is a miracle worker, but we have to allow Him to do His miracles and heal us, and to deliver us, and that means we have to completely lay our lives in His hands and stay true to His Word. And that means we need to focus on the issue according to Him, and not what we perceive the issue to be according to our natural minds. We cannot just ignore the evil forces in this world, and Paul urged us to be very much aware of the Devil's schemes, and to wear our armor of light in order to stand against them.

I'm NOT starting an argument. I only wanted to give you my perspective and my experiences. God has done a lot for me, and I wish that everyone would experience His glory in that way, and receive much needed healing. We receive that by faith.

God bless you, and I wish you all the best,
Em

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Strength from Within said:

Ok.... I haven't had a dream like this in a couple months. I've had 3 total. They are all pretty much the same. It is very realistic I am laying in bed, my son && husband beside me (in the dream).... I feel a presence in the room. The 'presence' or force drags me out of bed and around it && throws me back in it During all this I am trying my best to scream for help && trying to tell my husband && son to leave the room but my lips won't open (only mumbles in my throat come) && it's like I am being held down && unable to move.

My son is terrified of his room && our bedroom (he's almost 5). He says he has seen dark things going into his room? I have prayed prayers of protection && quoted scriptures ALL through my house. I pray every night && have taught him to pray too.

Even though I haven't had a dream like that in a while the last few nights in my home I have been restless && completely unable to sleep..... I feel that this is demonic.... I just have a deep gut feeling but I'm not really sure so if ANY of you have had experience with this please share your advice or what worked for you!! Thanks so much...

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Aino said:

Thanks for sharing. I agree and now that I read some of the posts on this thread this all makes more sense too. Yes, evil forces exist and it's possible that you have them attacking, if you've let them into your life. Like doing witchcraft and such. In that case the best solution is to give up fooling with whatever other religion and such, and pray to God to remove those attacks altogether and stop them as son as they start.

That being said, I do also want to stick to my first post. If you're not 100% sure that you've knowingly let those demons into your life then it would also not be 100% certain that you have any demons in the first place. Try thinking about your past, and pray about it in the daylight, while everything is ok. Sleep paralysis can often be a very normal thing that could happen to anyone and can also go away with normal means. Even if the visions you have include evil spirits. But obviously, I have no idea of the opening postets past or present so I can't say which one it is. I just think that maybe the more natural explanation is more common.

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Spirit Reborn said:

I always pray this, outloud, every night and it seems to work: I plead the blood of Jesus Christ to cover and protect me and my family from head to toe, to cover this entire house and our car(s) throughout the entire night tonight and day tomorrow. Please bind and rebuke any evil and demonic spirits that are around us and in this house. Surround my family and I as well as our house and car(s) with Your hedge of protection throughout the entire night tonight and day tomorrow. Keep us safe from the enemy's lies, schemes, and attacks. In the Name of Jesus Christ I ask these things..Amen. ♥

About..3 nights ago, I was hearing this scratching noise above my head- like an animal trying to scratch at the wall. It would stop as soon as I prayed that or just by claiming my authority in Christ by saying outloud: I bind and rebuke all of these evil spirits in the Name of Jesus Christ.

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tdidymas said:

Are you sure it's not an animal in the wall or attic like a mouse or squirrel? An animal would be still if it heard you talking.
TD

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timewerx said:

You can mumble the name of Jesus if that happens again.

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GandalfTheWise said:

FWIW, I've had similar experiences. They first started when I became a campus minister in my early 20s. I would on occasion wake up from dreams where I was feeling like I was being choked as I was waking up and found myself saying the name of Jesus out loud as I was waking up. This occurred sporadically over the years. Later, I'd find myself having a typical random dream, and then something wouldn't feel right and there would be something in my dreams that simply felt like it wasn't supposed to be there. In my dreams, I'd start addressing whatever it was in the name of Jesus, and I'd find myself waking up saying the name of Jesus out loud. Even later over the years, it was like all I had to do was become aware of something in my dreams, it was sort of like I would wake up and become intent and alert within the dream and see some element of the dream that wasn't supposed to be there, this something would realize I was aware of it, and it would immediately disappear before I had a chance to say the name of Jesus. The interesting thing that I would note is that I wasn't consciously deciding to say the name of Jesus out loud. It was just something I woke up finding myself doing. This is interesting in that most of the time I pray, I usually use Lord, Father, or the like (or when I'm alone more familiar terms for Father).

For me, I guess I never really told people about this much except when they mention similar things. It's not the typical subject of conversation to bring up.

I'm not sure what to say in terms of advice beyond what others have said already. Overall though I'd tend to note that my dreams like that seemed to be at times I had become more involved with particular churches and ministries that were having major spiritual problems. I don't journal or keep a diary, but I have the general sense that these types of "dreams" seemed somewhat correlated to when I was involved in tougher spiritual situations.

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