Bad dream - help

[Christa T]

Ok, this dream happened three years ago. I am disabled, and I was living with my parents for 5 years, until I could find housing (looooong story). In the meantime - transitioning from full freedom in my own apartment, come and go as I please, to living under my parents roof.... my car was gone, I didn't have any friends from church, starting ALL over. Now completely dependent on my parents to get me around. My life was misrable. And it was during this time the enemy REALLY laid it on thick with attacks. Mainly in my dreams. I had MANY a night terror, always being woken up by mom to get me to stop screaming in my sleep. My dreams consisted of demonic attacks, satan himself attacking me (the dreams - I may write a book on the dreams I had), but this one particular dream stands out the most to me. Lets get one thing straight - I do NOT believe in aliens. I believe aliens are interdemensional beings, demonic, nephillim. They don't fool me. And I'm not afraid of them. But this dream - I'll start: It was night time and somehow I was lead out of my house to go downtown - big chunk of time missing - time gap - I find myself standing in line to go into this 8 story fully blacked out glass building. Nobody talked, because we were told to be silent. When my turn arrived at the front of the line, there was this room in front of me. Completely black, except in the middle of the room a glowing light - but there was no light source. The creatures were not seen, they were behind walls.... somehow I ended up floating in that light, on my back, like a crane picked me up by the torso. I was hovering like I was trapped between two magnets. I couldn't move. I heard voices asking me all kinds of questions, all overlapping, and they were trying to invade my mind. I forced them to not hear me, I fought so hard to keep them out of my mind. I didn't answer not one of their questions. Then all of a sudden I found myself outside the building as tho they were finished with me and moved on to the next person in line. My mom came in my room to wake me up because apparently I was screaming in my sleep again.

This dream REALLY bothers me. What just happened to me? Was it just a dream? I don't believe in "just a dream" because God gives us the ability to dream, and sometimes He gives us dreams. (not the demonic kind of course)..... I was pretty miserable living with my parents, and I suffer ... well.... what doctors have diagnosed as mental illness. I just believe that my senses are heightened because I'm a seer. I see the spirit world. Not all the time, but enough to know they are all around us, just on the the other side of that thin veil. Praise God we have our holy armor to put on, and we walk under the shadow of the Almighty. There's a history of oppression, that I believe I started, in my teens... in my parents house. Tragic events in my life caused me to have psychotic breaks, mental institutions, medication you name it. They say I have PTSD from being kidnapped by my ex - won't go into THAT.... I'm not really looking for interpretation of this dream, because to me, it's pretty obvious what was going on. But I would like to hear what your opinion is about this dream. Remember Proverbs 3:5-6 when doing so. God bless!!! and thank you!

 

[com7fy8]

So, your mom has the right idea . . . if something horrible happens, wake up from it and be with God in His light of how His love has us seeing things.

 

[Christa T]

So, your mom has the right idea . . . if something horrible happens, wake up from it and be with God in His light of how His love has us seeing things.

Amen. I'm a strong believer in Genesis 50:20 - what was originally intended for evil against me, God will change it to good.... for His glory. Right now I live in my own place, and to be honest, I have not remembered ONE dream since I moved in, and that was Jan 2020. I'm not kidding. I have not retained one dream since moving in to my new place. That is something I'm working out with Father... and I know that if He wants me to have a dream, He will help me remember it. But not one demonic attack dream since moving, either. Nothing. Blank. But since I've moved, I have seen more in the spirit while awake. God is awakening me for something....He is preparing something for me, and I don't know what it is. Thank Him that there's no fear in that. I fully rely on Him, for everything.

 

[com7fy8]

It was night time and somehow I was lead out of my house to go downtown - big chunk of time missing - time gap - I find myself standing in line to go into this 8 story fully blacked out glass building. Nobody talked, because we were told to be silent. When my turn arrived at the front of the line, there was this room in front of me. Completely black, except in the middle of the room a glowing light - but there was no light source. The creatures were not seen, they were behind walls.... somehow I ended up floating in that light, on my back, like a crane picked me up by the torso. I was hovering like I was trapped between two magnets. I couldn't move. I heard voices asking me all kinds of questions, all overlapping, and they were trying to invade my mind. I forced them to not hear me, I fought so hard to keep them out of my mind. I didn't answer not one of their questions. Then all of a sudden I found myself outside the building as tho they were finished with me and moved on to the next person in line.

I do not claim to be an interpreter of dreams, but I appreciate using dreams for getting lessons about how we do well to do things with God.

You say you were led there. Jesus was led into the wilderness to be tested by Satan. So, I would say it is possible that God will bring us into situations where we will be tested.

The atmosphere of the place seems how it would be with Satan and his . . . dark, with ones hiding who they are while yet demanding answers from you. I see how ones hostile to Christianity can ask questions, but they are not hoping to get good answers; they could be trying to get you to doubt, and they can be just trying to shoot down your beliefs, and even maybe seduce you to do what they want. Or, that's the only way they know how to try to communicate with you, and your answers could help them . . . could be used by God. So, we do well to be guided by God who knows each person.

Maybe we could consider that you floating with the soft light could be like resting in Jesus while we go through things. It could show you are not alone while you go through things.

Plus, by the way, even while we might seem alone, we have our other Christian brothers and sisters who may be praying for us. So, we should not let ourselves feel we are on our own . . . do not let ourselves get isolated with our own selves and our own abilities!

And I would say it is good if you share with mature Christian people you know personally.

But I would say . . . about not answering questions . . . Jesus did answer to Satan. And Jesus used the word of God to prove Satan wrong. But if these beings were just machine-gunning you with questions to shoot you up . . . I am not saying you should have tried to answer anything. After all, when Jesus was on trial, there was at least one time when Jesus answered nothing, right?

So, yes God might have us resisting Satan, by not answering to his questions.

"Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." (James 4:7)

You say you forced and fought hard to keep from answering the questions. I think God is able to have us doing what He wants without forcing. We are wise to not try to use our own ability to resist and refuse to answer to Satan, but first be submissive to God so we do what He has us doing . . . including guiding if we answer to people or not. So, you forcing yourself not to answer questions could mean you still are depending on your own self and strength . . . because God is almighty so His grace can have us easily do what He has us doing.

That soft and gentle light of Jesus is powerful enough to make Satan flee and hide. Those questions and attacks can be coming from ones afraid and cowardly and bullying but in their dark.

And unforgiveness can make us more available to the things of darkness. Unforgiveness can make us weak so we give in and struggle instead of snuggling with Jesus and one another.

Plus, His peace is almighty to guard our hearts and minds . . .

"the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." (in Philippians 4:6-7)

So, yes I myself can have stuff getting to me, in my mind; so I understand God is able to keep this from happening; so I pray and trust God to have me thinking what is right.

But we need for God to decide what He wants us to think, and trust Him to have us thinking these things . . . I think. I should not just sit and try to get myself to think up good stuff. Because God is so greater and better than we are, and He is able to give us thoughts so better than we can try to think in our own self controlling and so-called positive thinking. We can get isolated with our own selves, in trying to think good things . . . things which could be mainly about our own selves and certain ones we care about > instead, God wants us to love any and all people, and pray with hope for anyone, at all > 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Philippians 4:6-7, Ephesians 6:18, Matthew 5:46.

I need to submit to Him and trust Him to decide and guide what I think and pray. But, in any case . . . in my case, Christa . . . I can have a lot of stuff that is certainly not positive; so at least I can refuse to trust that stuff, though I might not have obviously better and right ideas.

But God's thoughts toward us are without number, whether we know what they are, or not. And if we were to start thinking all His thoughts . . . how long would this take?

 

[Christa T]

I do not claim to be an interpreter of dreams, but I appreciate using dreams for getting lessons about how we do well to do things with God.

You say you were led there. Jesus was led into the wilderness to be tested by Satan. So, I would say it is possible that God will bring us into situations where we will be tested.

The atmosphere of the place seems how it would be with Satan and his . . . dark, with ones hiding who they are while yet demanding answers from you. I see how ones hostile to Christianity can ask questions, but they are not hoping to get good answers; they could be trying to get you to doubt, and they can be just trying to shoot down your beliefs, and even maybe seduce you to do what they want. Or, that's the only way they know how to try to communicate with you, and your answers could help them . . . could be used by God. So, we do well to be guided by God who knows each person.

Maybe we could consider that you floating with the soft light could be like resting in Jesus while we go through things. It could show you are not alone while you go through things.

Plus, by the way, even while we might seem alone, we have our other Christian brothers and sisters who may be praying for us. So, we should not let ourselves feel we are on our own . . . do not let ourselves get isolated with our own selves and our own abilities!

And I would say it is good if you share with mature Christian people you know personally.

But I would say . . . about not answering questions . . . Jesus did answer to Satan. And Jesus used the word of God to prove Satan wrong. But if these beings were just machine-gunning you with questions to shoot you up . . . I am not saying you should have tried to answer anything. After all, when Jesus was on trial, there was at least one time when Jesus answered nothing, right?

So, yes God might have us resisting Satan, by not answering to his questions.

"Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." (James 4:7)

You say you forced and fought hard to keep from answering the questions. I think God is able to have us doing what He wants without forcing. We are wise to not try to use our own ability to resist and refuse to answer to Satan, but first be submissive to God so we do what He has us doing . . . including guiding if we answer to people or not. So, you forcing yourself not to answer questions could mean you still are depending on your own self and strength . . . because God is almighty so His grace can have us easily do what He has us doing.

That soft and gentle light of Jesus is powerful enough to make Satan flee and hide. Those questions and attacks can be coming from ones afraid and cowardly and bullying but in their dark.

And unforgiveness can make us more available to the things of darkness. Unforgiveness can make us weak so we give in and struggle instead of snuggling with Jesus and one another.

Plus, His peace is almighty to guard our hearts and minds . . .

"the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." (in Philippians 4:6-7)

So, yes I myself can have stuff getting to me, in my mind; so I understand God is able to keep this from happening; so I pray and trust God to have me thinking what is right.

But we need for God to decide what He wants us to think, and trust Him to have us thinking these things . . . I think. I should not just sit and try to get myself to think up good stuff. Because God is so greater and better than we are, and He is able to give us thoughts so better than we can try to think in our own self controlling and so-called positive thinking. We can get isolated with our own selves, in trying to think good things . . . things which could be mainly about our own selves and certain ones we care about > instead, God wants us to love any and all people, and pray with hope for anyone, at all > 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Philippians 4:6-7, Ephesians 6:18, Matthew 5:46.

I need to submit to Him and trust Him to decide and guide what I think and pray. But, in any case . . . in my case, Christa . . . I can have a lot of stuff that is certainly not positive; so at least I can refuse to trust that stuff, though I might not have obviously better and right ideas.

But God's thoughts toward us are without number, whether we know what they are, or not. And if we were to start thinking all His thoughts . . . how long would this take?

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my post. You really hit the mark on my attitude and actions during that time. I did behave very selfishly at times because I didn't rely on Father's patience.... I didn't rely fully on the fruit of the Spirit to manifest in my life. I've always struggled with impatience. If I don't get it by a certain time, I will bug a person or do myself. I do believe, by God's grace alone, I have come a long way since then. It's funny how hindsight is always perfect vision, if you see that you were incorrect. If you cannot see your "humanness" in the situation, you can easily get caught up in selfish and impatient pride. I'm thankful to Father for His patience with ME. His longsuffering, forever long as long as the heavens are wide and deep and length.... after all, His ways are higher than ours, His thoughts are higher than ours. How marvelous it is to know that this Almighty God - ruler and maker of the heavens and earth, wants to get up close and personal with me. I look back at my journey since that dream, and where I am now, and I see the hand of God throughout. In my humanness, I have made many a mistake, and I'm not ashamed to admit it, because I am human. Flawed. But HE CHANGES ME. As long as I am willing to be changed by the master Potter, it's not that difficult to bend and sway at His command.

 

[com7fy8]

I'm thankful to Father for His patience with ME. His longsuffering,

It helps me to see that how God is unconditionally loving with me is my example . . . required of me, of how He expects me also to love unconditionally . . . any and all people! And as I keep trusting Him to do this with me, I get stronger so it is easier to say no to the nasty stuff of Satan . . . partly because I am becoming busier with loving, and because in God's all-loving love we enjoy His almighty immunity against sin-sick and cruelly stupid emotional stuff of Satan. Instead, we grow and learn how to love >

"with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love," (Ephesians 4:2)

I note how we need this "longsuffering" in our relating as God's family. I would say our Father tells us this because He knows that even our most real and genuine Jesus family people can fail, at times. And so, we need to always be ready to be longsuffering even with the ones who are very good for us. And this can keep us from getting hurt and giving up on someone who really is a truly good friend.

And though I see how I still can give in to stupid nonsense, do not give up on myself, but trust myself to God who is the only One able to make us real with Him in His way of loving.

 

[Brihaha]

I am fascinated by our dreams. They are open to so many interpretations. I usually try to find the simplest explanation first before moving to other theories. This dream you had seems vivid and somewhat terrifying. Because of the fact you had just moved back in with your parents and described being miserable, this dream could merely symbolize your fear of depending on others and missing your freedoms. That seems like the simplest explanation, especially given the dreams ended upon you moving back in to your own place. We humans complicate things, often unintentionally. I try to rule out the simple things first before complicating my investigation into dreams. I'm glad you have overcome the terrible nightmares with your faith intact. That is inspiring. I'm also inspired by your independence and ability to be self sufficient. I admire your attitude and courage. Peace

 

[Albion]

This dream REALLY bothers me. What just happened to me? Was it just a dream?

yes.

I don't believe in "just a dream" because God gives us the ability to dream, and sometimes He gives us dreams.

He has been known to do this, but it's foolish to think every dream that every person experiences has been put there by God in order to convey some message. It's clear that this topic is much on your mind during waking hours, so that is the impetus for your mind to rehash and rework the same theme while you're asleep.

 

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Evil dreams can be cancelled through prayer or just by simply ignoring them, while you rest in the Lord.

 

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To add just a bit!

Some people experience evil dreams which eventually manifest in real life. For example, people may dream of illness, death & other tragic events & unfortunately, if nothing is done about it, it will eventually happen exactly as they saw it. Some say this is demonic whilst others say, The Lord can speak to us through dreams at times.

I will put it like this, If it is the devil's plan and not in God's will, this can be cancelled through prayer and it will indeed be done...