• Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

  • CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.

A Prison Dream

W

Wakeup2god

Guest
I had a dream a while back

Myself and two African brothers from church (we are all part of the worship team) were walking along a road when we were arrested and imprisoned. We were taken to an old wild west type jail, stone walls, bars at the window etc. All the guards were black men which led me to believe we were in Africa. Later my two African brothers were released but I was kept locked up. My girlfriend came to visit me while I was there. Also during my time there another prisoner was goading me, mocking me. I testified that God was in control and throughout I felt peaceful and in control although I was in prison. Also all throughout there was a fourth person with us although I never saw his face I think I knew who it was.

Are there any Josephs out there who can help?
 

Evie

what he said! <img src="http://www3.christianforum
Jun 28, 2004
4,002
66
57
✟27,030.00
Faith
Christian
Wakeup2god said:
I had a dream a while back

Myself and two African brothers from church (we are all part of the worship team) were walking along a road when we were arrested and imprisoned. We were taken to an old wild west type jail, stone walls, bars at the window etc. All the guards were black men which led me to believe we were in Africa. Later my two African brothers were released but I was kept locked up. My girlfriend came to visit me while I was there. Also during my time there another prisoner was goading me, mocking me. I testified that God was in control and throughout I felt peaceful and in control although I was in prison. Also all throughout there was a fourth person with us although I never saw his face I think I knew who it was.

Are there any Josephs out there who can help?
maybe that significent other was Christ!
 
Upvote 0

talitha

Cultivate Honduras
Nov 5, 2004
8,365
993
61
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Visit site
✟37,601.00
Gender
Female
Faith
Charismatic
Marital Status
Married
Wakeup2God,
I tend to agree with Evie; your dream does remind me in some ways of the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, from Daniel (though of course it's not a parallel story). from Daniel 3:
  • ....our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods....
  • "Look!" he answered, "I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."
  • "....there is no other God who can deliver like this."
But before I thought of that story I thought of this:
  • ....and [pray] for me [Paul], that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. (cf Eph 6)
I believe that you may have a special calling as a missionary and/or evangelist.

As for the specific symbols, I'm not receiving revelation at this time; perhaps someone else.....

blessings
tal
 
Upvote 0

LLC3GUYS

Active Member
Mar 2, 2005
150
11
Branson, Missouri
✟369.00
Faith
Christian
Politics
US-Republican
Wakeup2god said:
I had a dream a while back

Myself and two African brothers from church (we are all part of the worship team) were walking along a road when we were arrested and imprisoned. We were taken to an old wild west type jail, stone walls, bars at the window etc. All the guards were black men which led me to believe we were in Africa. Later my two African brothers were released but I was kept locked up. My girlfriend came to visit me while I was there. Also during my time there another prisoner was goading me, mocking me. I testified that God was in control and throughout I felt peaceful and in control although I was in prison. Also all throughout there was a fourth person with us although I never saw his face I think I knew who it was.

Are there any Josephs out there who can help?
This is meant for hindsight, not foresight. He'll bring it to your mind, when it is time. It will bring you peace and power when you need it. For now, just put it away.
 
Upvote 0

Organist

Hammond A102
Nov 12, 2004
4,091
220
California
✟27,880.00
Gender
Female
Faith
Eastern Orthodox
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Republican
It is the condition of the world that wants to lock up the Word and keep it from being spread. The jail represents a "shutting up" of the Good News. The inmate mocking you could represent a fellow believer that is trying to discourage you. (We all know those type.) ... This story does remind me of the story in Daniel. In your dream you believed God was in control, and you had peace about it. This is the way you should look at everything in life.
 
Upvote 0