Afraid to sleep...

[FarFromHome]

I had this horrible dream last night and while I know it was just a dream I can't get past what happened in it. I don't want to go to sleep because I'm afraid that I might start having this dream again.

In this dream I have a dream that a friend of mine, Kellie, dies with me standing in the same room. She was talking on a phone and there was a lightning strike that travelled through the phone line and killed her instantly. I tried to revive her but to no avail. At this point I just start crying and crying and crying. I've never cried so much in my life. I show up at the funeral and her parents won't let me go in and that just makes me cry that much more. I'm crying out and cursing God for taking this friend away from me.

So I wake up from my dream within the dream, but I wake up in the same room with my friend and I watch her die again. Same dream sequence but at the end of this dream I go back to sleep. Once asleep I start dreaming again and I'm back in the room...

This loop continued far to many times for me to count. I couldn't wake up from this dream no matter how hard I tried. When I was finally able to wake my face was wet with real tears. I've prayed about this, but I'm unable to overcome this awful feeling.

Any advice?

 

[hey]

God might be trying to tell you something
It's really good to pray before you sleep
I always do it
It makes me happy!

 

[sOuLifieD]

Fear is often a demonic attack. The enemy tries as hard as he can to make us be afraid of things we cannot control...why? Because it causes us, in our flesh, to "retreat" and seek comfort in the FEAR rather than our faith in God. It causes us to question God's provision, it causes us to like Eve question whether God really does have the best plan for us. If He really is our protection and our hope. The enemy wants us to doubt those things so we draw away instead of pressing thru.
My advice is to not let your fear control you. Rebuke that spirit, take hold of the protection God has over us and fight with all of your might not to let Satan's attack beat you down to a place where you can't even fight back with the strength God has given you. We can pray all we want, but sometimes what is needed to overwhelm fear is to fight back. Stand up in warefare and in Jesus' name cast away the spirit of fear. Claim His protection and His truth. Take the sword of the word and shoot back at your fears with the truth of God's word.

Lord, right now I take hold of the fearing spirit that is trying to take hold of FarFromHome, God. I rebuke the attacks that the enemy is trying to place over him in the name of Your son, Jesus Christ. You are the Truth, Lord, and I claim that truth over him right now. In the name of Jesus this fear will no longer overwhelm him. Let your protection be around him, Father, and cast away every fear that this dream his inspired, Lord. Give him a peaceful night of sleep with good dreams, Lord. Increase his faith in You. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.

Hope to help.

 

[FarFromHome]

Thank you for the advice, I really appreciate it. Soulified, you are wise beyond your years. I always pray before going to sleep, but tonite I'm going to pray till I fall asleep. I ask that anyone who happens to read this keep me in your prayers for tonite as I'm so emotionally drained that I don't think I can handle another night of those dreams.

 

[JesusInMyHeart]

Dear Lord, I ask with a loving heart that You bind all dreams that are not of You. Lord, I pray for a peaceful sleep each night for this person. I BIND all enemy's of this person's thoughts and dreams. I believe Lord in Your promises that You will keep us at peace. I am believing this promise for this person. Lord, thank You in advance for answered prayers in the name of Jesus "Amen"...

 

[Aijin]

1) Is your friend a Christian? If so, then you have nothing to fear. Because
2) Your friend will be with God and be happier than she'd ever be in this world. She won't die before her time, so trust in God's wisdom. If she did die, you should think "While so many will be crying at her funeral, i will go up and say 'I'm happy for my friend, because she's in Heaven. She'll never cry or be afraid or hurt again. I can't wait till i get to see her and God too."

Hopefully, if you're at peace about this, your dreams will have no affect because instead of being scared, you'll be happy for her.

And if she isn't saved, then take this as an opportunity, because you really don't know when she will die, and you do want to see her with you in Heaven. You can tell her about your dream and say "I'm afraid i wont see you in Heaven because you don't know about Jesus."

I pray that you will be filled with the peace that is Christ.

 

[Periann]

Here are some verses For peaceful sleep:

Proverbs 3:24

Psalm 34:7

Psalms 103:20

Psalm 91:11

2 Corinthians 10:5

I suggest that you write these verses down on index cards and read them over before you fall asleep. The best way to retain things in memory is by rehearsal. Also, maybe you should think about praying for the health and safety for your friend as well.

 

[Mrs. Enigma]

Sometimes peoples dreams mean something. Does you friend know about Jesus?
I have had some really creepy and some very scarry dreams myself. I do not like it if I think I woke up, but did not really.
Has anything traumatic happened in your life recently? I still think that it could be a message for you, possibly, but not sure what.

 

[happily_saved]

Thank you for the advice, I really appreciate it. Soulified, you are wise beyond your years. I always pray before going to sleep, but tonite I'm going to pray till I fall asleep. I ask that anyone who happens to read this keep me in your prayers for tonite as I'm so emotionally drained that I don't think I can handle another night of those dreams.

Father God,
I just pray right now Lord that you will work in your sons life. I pray that whatever is causing these dreams of his that you will help him to realize what it is. Lord God you may be trying to tell him something, but it could also be satans easiest way of attacking him. God, you know that I also know how this feels from the events in my room, I just pray right now that you would help him to distinguish the cause and set him at peace, comfort him Lord and help him to know you are Always there. In Jesus Name!

Amen

 

[Living4Him03]

Did the dreams stop? I definitely think dreams can be part of spiritual warfare. I've had dreams that are similar where I've seen all these bad things happen and can't seem to wake up, because in the dream I think I'm awake! Hang in there, and ask God to protect you from satan's mind games! Pray for your friend and have faith that God will protect her. Also, it helps me when I know satan is trying to attach to say "in the name of Jesus, get away from me"...I know this sounds crazy to some, and i am in no way charismatic, but I do believe relying on God's power to fight the battles we have with satan and his demons is important. Calling on His name to help me does help. God bless! I hope the dreams have subsided!

 

[FarFromHome]

I did have them one additional time a few days later, but through the prayers of friends, CFer's and myself they seem to have stopped.

I want to thank everyone who kept me in their prayers during my time of need. You'll never know how much it is appreciated!

 

[Desert Walker]

Dear FarfromHome,

Last year, I found myself in a terrible situation full of fear, sleep was terrorising as well. A combination of dreams, good and bad. The good ones were so nice, warm, loving etc. and I just didn't want to wake up, the nightmare for those was when I awoke and found that it was only a dream. The other dreams, the nightmares, were horrible, evil, hurting, it brought fear to myself to even think of sleeping. I feel for you, perhaps these two verses may help. I stumbled across them when I was going through this;

l both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. - Psalm 4:8

For this one, I claimed to God through my prayers that since His word is true, then this verse is also true. Regardless of where I lay my head last year, regardless of how terrible it wsa, the Lord protected me both physically and spiritually in my sleep.

The other verse is this one:

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. - Psalms 127:2

In this one, I realized that God was in control of everything, sure I wondered why I couldn't get even rest from my situation, even in my sleep, but God knew. Perhaps part of it was so that I could encourage you at this time.

One last thing that I found may help. Perhaps all this is for you to actually pray for your friend. I'll give you a story. When my last son was born, it was a nasty delivery, we almost lost both him and my wife. Thank God, they both pulled through, though it was tough, they are fine now and that was 4 years ago. During the long night, I prayed and prayed, a few days later I gave a small testimony of God's goodness to our family, allowing them to pull through. I gave this report to our Sunday School class. At the end, several ladies told me that that same evening they either couldn't sleep or were woken from their sleep. All those effected had my wife on their minds for some reason. None of them knew of the situation, they all decided that the Lord had pricked their hearts for a reason, so since sleep was not coming to them, they prayed for her. I truly believe the Lord woke them to pray, I am so greatful to those servants who followed the Masters request. Perhaps God is pricking your heart for your friend. You may say, "yeah but she's alright", true, the qeustion is, is that maybe because people prayed. Just a thought in case this occurs again.

Finally, I find falling asleep in pray very soothing, I find I wake in a state of prayer. I'm definitely no kind of prayer warrior. I know those who frown on my drifting to sleep in prayer, but for me, I find it is such a soothing feeling that my last thoughts were of God before I fell asleep and likewise the first thoughts I have were of Him when I woke.

All the best

 

[Jaywalk]

I had this horrible dream last night and while I know it was just a dream I can't get past what happened in it. I don't want to go to sleep because I'm afraid that I might start having this dream again.

Any advice?

Before assuming that this is a spiritual attack, look to your physical and psychological needs. Are you getting enough exercise? Eating properly? Do you have friends you can talk to?

I'm not saying not to pray or not to keep the spiritual aspect in mind, but you'll be in no shape to deal with deeper issues if you haven't attended to your own basic needs. Sometimes it seems like some of my worst problems were best handled by a hot shower and a little perspective.

Peace,
Jaywalk