Lighthouse...Christian Dream and Vision Interpretation

[HumbleBee]

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[angelwind]

I had kind of a troubling last night. I was in a small, cold bare room...seemed to be lying on a cot...sort of sick and infirm. I was against the wall...looking up at a window and could see dark sky and rain outside. Although the glass was closed there was a breeze coming thru the window, blowing very pretty, pure white curtains.

Then there is some kind of confusion and I'm outside...I see a big knarled hedge and it seems like twisted snakes are out to strike at me. They looked like knarly branches...but became snakes...one snake even fell out of a tree in front of me.

I was not terrifed, I did not run, but it gave me a cold feeling in the pit of my stomach.


I must send His blessings to you too. I have been praying for you.

 

[HumbleBee]

God's sweet peace be multiplied to you angelwind! TY TY TY for your prayers! Your dream confirms that you been in a place of dreary (dark sky and rainy) isolation, backed into a corner, so to speak. However, Jesus has sent you refreshing comfort (blowing) by His Spirit and encouragement through His Word (pure)! White could well symbolize your receiving healing and that our Lord is working His holiness deep into your character!

Curtains, meaning as in the end of a performance. As the glory of God moves in to flush out demonic schemes (snake falling out of the tree), the devil may try to attack. However, Jesus will put an end to his strongholds (gnarled hedge) once and for all!

You not fearing nor running, really shows the strength of your faith and of your trust in Christ to protect you! Hmmm, you were outside when you saw the snakes, this could also be a cautioning to not hurry your healing, make sure our Lord gives you the go ahead to venture out and or it could indicate to be on guard about the devil trying to attack, especially after you have received a victory from above!

In any case, would certainly seem that our Mighty God be bringing you out of isolation to shine for His glory! His light in you, your testimony, and your praises will send the devil fleeing! As a Psalm exhorts...let no one harm His anointed (Psalm 105:15) and in Galatians...let no one trouble you for you bear on your body the marks of our Lord Jesus (Galatians 6:17)!

I had kind of a troubling last night. I was in a small, cold bare room...seemed to be lying on a cot...sort of sick and infirm. I was against the wall...looking up at a window and could see dark sky and rain outside. Although the glass was closed there was a breeze coming thru the window, blowing very pretty, pure white curtains.

Then there is some kind of confusion and I'm outside...I see a big knarled hedge and it seems like twisted snakes are out to strike at me. They looked like knarly branches...but became snakes...one snake even fell out of a tree in front of me.

 

[angelwind]

Here i am again.

I dreamed last night...this dream, I think I have it dreamed before a long time ago, but I'm not sure.

My husband and I were in a very large, dark, room or building...it had very a high
ceiling, reminded me of an old drugstore or some kind of business...it seemed his father was there and I knew this building or business was an inheritance for us. There was merchandise in the building [for sale?]. I am aware of seeing fish coming from out of darkness below me...they are fresh water goldfish and I see below me but close, that they have laid lots of eggs in a long spike like cluster.

It seems the whole inside of this building is an aquarium..we are living and breathing in this water. I look acroos the room and see bubbles and light and there are more fish there, but salt water fish and I am perplexed how the 2 waters can be in the same {room} and support fresh and salt water fish.

Then I am outside and looking at the property...outside, It is a large rectangle...meadow like with tall pine surrounding the perimeter...very nice, had the feeling of level ground in the mountains. I think in the dream it would be a great place to keep a horse. [I am a horse owner]

You know, I sort of know what this means and it making me cry to share it...but I don't get the fuller picture.

My love and His blessings to you Humblebee....angelwind

 

[Maharg]

Thank you for your interpretation humblebee

Another one for you . . .

I dreamt that I was going to visit my great aunt and her daughter in hospital. They were in beds next to each other but were lying in opposite directions (so my great aunt was lying with her head nearest the wall and her feet outwards wheras her daughter was lying with her feet closest to the wall). My great aunt actually died the November before last when I was in the middle of a really difficult time at work.

During the dream I think I remembered that my nan was dead. (She died on Christmas Eve 2003), and i became really upset. i was in my mum and dad's kitchen. they have just reorganised it, and it was in the dream as it is at the moment. I said something about my Nan and how angry I was about my job. (Last January I was removed from my job on the pretext of being given time off for my nan's death, but later found out that it was an excuse to get rid of me because they did not want me there). My Dad became angry and blamed me in some way for something, and I felt this indescribable anger and distress. I felt like I was in anguish inside. I ran away, but I am not sure where I was running to. I found a peat bog, and was running along the peat bog stepping on the harder pieces of peat where I would not sink. The ground was rising upwards. I reached the top of the area and there were paving slabs and went to look for a gap in the fence that I knew would be there, but when I got there someone had built a new fence and I couldn't get through. I turned and ran back down, but slipped and fell, and got my rear covered in peat, which I then wiped away.

I was still feeling angry and then came across a field where lots of teenagers were in the middle of putting up tents but there were also little alcoves around to hide behind. I ran around the alcoves hiding myself and then screaming to let off steam. As I continued doing this I remembered that one of the fruits of the spirit was self-control and that I was reacting to things my dad had said and should forgive him for hurting me, and that things would look different if i spoke to God about them.

When I woke up, I felt really upset and cried about my Nan dying, but felt weird about crying.

I prayed to God to take the unpleasant feelings from the dream away, but I really don't understand its meaning.

 

[HumbleBee]

angelwind, come back as muchhhhhhhhhhhhh as ye like! Hope this helps...

***My husband and I were in a very large, dark, room or building...it had very a high ceiling, reminded me of an old drugstore or some kind of business...it seemed his father was there and I knew this building or business was an inheritance for us. There was merchandise in the building [for sale?].***

An old dark drugstore type building seems to speak about your hubby's emotional ills of the past, since his father there. The high ceiling could symbolize your husband's high mindedness (pride) and or your receiving revelation from above and or that Jesus has given you a high tolerance (great grace) for your hubby's foibles.

You could have inherited the affects of his rocky relationship with his Dad. This could also make it difficult for him to accept Christ's unconditional love that he doesn't have to earn through works. The merchandise could be that your husband needs to 'sell', let go of his hurtful past.

***I am aware of seeing fish coming from out of darkness below me...they are fresh water goldfish and I see below me but close, that they have laid lots of eggs in a long spike like cluster.***

Goldfish tend to symbolize Christians! You as a Christian have indeed planted so many spiritual seeds in your hubby's heart! The long spike like cluster could represent the spikes that nailed Jesus to the Cross of Calvary! He a man of sorrows who has borne both your griefs and your hubby's! (Isaiah 53)

***It seems the whole inside of this building is an aquarium..we are living and breathing in this water. I look across the room and see bubbles and light and there are more fish there, but salt water fish and I am perplexed how the 2 waters can be in the same {room} and support fresh and salt water fish.***

You both living and breathing in the water could well signify the Holy Spirit been living in your midst and could also foretell of an coming awesome personal encounter with you both being totally immersed in the Spirit! The fresh and salt water fish remind me of the verses in James 3 that ask how can a fountain send forth both sweet water and bitter? The sweet water could represent you and the bitter, your husband. The bubbles and light could speak of Christ percolating His wonders in your hearts, especially making your sweetheart, much sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeter! (Percolating, to become lively or active; to spread slowly or gradually!)

***Then I am outside and looking at the property...outside, It is a large rectangle...meadow like with tall pine surrounding the perimeter...very nice, had the feeling of level ground in the mountains. I think in the dream it would be a great place to keep a horse. [I am a horse owner]***

Surrounded by tall pine could symbolize you been privately enduring a long season of mourning, yet as a result, you have become more grounded in the Word! Being outside and a horse seem indicative that Jesus about to liberate you from seclusion by giving you a mountaintop experience!

 

[angelwind]

Yes, I have been enduring a long period of mourning...for many things...but it seems to be coming to a "real" end.

And the Lord was speaking to me about mountains this am.

O Zion
You who bring good tidings,
Get up into the high mountain;
O Jerusalem,
You who bring good tidings,
Lift up your voice with strength,
Lift it up, be not afraid;
Say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!" Isaiah 40:9

 

[HumbleBee]

Huggggggggs Marg!

***I dreamt that I was going to visit my great aunt and her daughter in hospital. They were in beds next to each other but were lying in opposite directions (so my great aunt was lying with her head nearest the wall and her feet outwards wheras her daughter was lying with her feet closest to the wall). My great aunt actually died the November before last when I was in the middle of a really difficult time at work.***

This seems to show that you may have felt like you were being pulled apart, in 2 different directions. Already stressed at work and then having to mourn over your great aunt.

***During the dream I think I remembered that my nan was dead. (She died on Christmas Eve 2003), and i became really upset. i was in my mum and dad's kitchen. they have just reorganised it, and it was in the dream as it is at the moment. I said something about my Nan and how angry I was about my job. (Last January I was removed from my job on the pretext of being given time off for my nan's death, but later found out that it was an excuse to get rid of me because they did not want me there).***

Kitchen, as in heart of the home, tends to represent heart, so this could be a picture of what is in your heart, yet Jesus encouraging He will heal your heart and set things right...bringing forth your justice as the noonday! (Psalm 37) Anger, an expression of being rejected.

***My Dad became angry and blamed me in some way for something, and I felt this indescribable anger and distress. I felt like I was in anguish inside.***

Signifies your frustration and brokenness at being falsely persecuted!

I ran away, but I am not sure where I was running to. I found a peat bog, and was running along the peat bog stepping on the harder pieces of peat where I would not sink. The ground was rising upwards. I reached the top of the area and there were paving slabs and went to look for a gap in the fence that I knew would be there, but when I got there someone had built a new fence and I couldn't get through. I turned and ran back down, but slipped and fell, and got my rear covered in peat, which I then wiped away.

Running away could suggest your trying to escape from the emotional pain and distress in your life. Peat translated is Peta and could refer to Peter whom Jesus likened to be a rock of character. So maybe like Peter, you have continued to lean on Christ the Chief Cornerstone, persevering in your faith, and hopeful for a reprieve, even though you seem to keep meeting with one hardship after another.

***I was still feeling angry and then came across a field where lots of teenagers were in the middle of putting up tents but there were also little alcoves around to hide behind. I ran around the alcoves hiding myself and then screaming to let off steam. As I continued doing this I remembered that one of the fruits of the spirit was self-control and that I was reacting to things my dad had said and should forgive him for hurting me, and that things would look different if i spoke to God about them.***

You could be angry at whyyyyyyyyy circumstances been so constantly grievous for you. The alcoves could symbolize the secret place of prayer where God will give you wisdom, peace, and more to help you deal with the adversities of life.

***When I woke up, I felt really upset and cried about my Nan dying, but felt weird about crying.***

You rightly still mourning your Nan. You may have felt weird about crying because it been a year, since she passed away. You may think you should be done grieving her by now, however this a testimony to just how much you loved her. Jesus wept and in your distress, He is certainly distressed too!

Psalm 37; 46 (and many others), Isaiah 53, the Beatitudes, 2 Corinthians 1, and 1 Peter 1 will help comfort you!

 

[Maharg]

Thank you Humblebee.

Your interpretation is a blessing to me,

Maharg

 

[HumbleBee]

Mrs. B's dream

***I dreamed that I was walking with some people and I climbed up a hill and was walking on a road that was parallel to the way the other people were walking. Next scene: I went in my house and then I noticed somebody was in the tree in our back yard. I opened the back door and told the person (I thought it was a child) to get out of the tree. I then saw that It was a young man and he got really mad and started yelling at me. I went on outside and wanted to get him to calm down. His father came outside because he heard his son yelling. I spoke softly to them and explained that I didn't want any branches broken. Then I noticed the tree had been cut across the top. I told them I hadn't realized it, but they both became more agreeable and were talking about what you can make with the wood from that type of tree. I think it was maple.***

This dream seems to indicate that Jesus is shining His light through you...leading others to Him and His higher way of living! Though they may be contentious at first, you responding to them peaceably will diffuse their strife and make them more receptive to the sweet (maple) gift of the Gospel, bringing them to a clearcut decision for their Saviour! You not wanting the branches broken symbolizes and confirms that arguing isn't an effective way to witness, though meekness certainly is! These Scriptures help sum up your dream...

Matthew 5:14-16 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Isaiah 42:1-4 "Here is My servant, whom I uphold, My chosen one in whom I delight; I will put My Spirit on Him and He will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or cry out, or raise His voice in the streets. A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not snuff out. In faithfulness He will bring forth justice; He will not falter or be discouraged till He establishes justice on earth. In His law the islands will put their hope."

2 Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

2 Timothy 2:23-26 But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.

 

[altya]

Can you please try to explain this dream to me

In my dream, I was talking to a group of young people who wanted to watch a movie. The person told me that if you want to see the special effects in this movie you have to make the room pitch black, and that even the ice cubes in the coke must be black or else the special effects won’t work. (The ice cube part was a horrible though to me in this dream it was as if they wanted to block out the Holy Spirit)

I said to them that I feel this movie is very wrong to watch, but they just laugh at me. I talked then to my daughter who was with them and said that I will not feel happy if she is going to go with the crowed. In this conversation, I also said to her that this movie ‘Beelzebub’ is more demonic as the other movie ‘Azazel’ that she had seen a time ago. I asked her if she can remember the feeling of contamination that went through her spirit with the Azazel movie, and said that the “Beelzebub’ move will leave her with a greater of feeling despair and contamination. Then she decided to go with me and I took her to a place where it was very light and she had a choice between several good movies.

(This dream seems to me as if God may want to use me in an Evangelic ministry too. I am flowing for years in the Prophetic and Teaching ministries. )

 

[HumbleBee]

Insight interspersed altya...

In my dream, I was talking to a group of young people who wanted to watch a movie. The person told me that if you want to see the special effects in this movie you have to make the room pitch black, and that even the ice cubes in the coke must be black or else the special effects won’t work. (The ice cube part was a horrible though to me in this dream it was as if they wanted to block out the Holy Spirit)

Making the room pitch black shows the sinfulness of the group's motives, as the Gospel of John admonishes that men love darkness, lest their evil deeds be brought into the light of Christ's righteousness. Ice cubes tend to symbolize cold relational reception, so the black ice cubes indeed confirm that they wanted to block out the Holy Spirit! The next part of your dream could be literal, a Divine foretelling of your daughter having to make a choice for Jesus and stand against peer pressure?

I said to them that I feel this movie is very wrong to watch, but they just laugh at me. I talked then to my daughter who was with them and said that I will not feel happy if she is going to go with the crowed. In this conversation, I also said to her that this movie ‘Beelzebub’ is more demonic as the other movie ‘Azazel’ that she had seen a time ago. I asked her if she can remember the feeling of contamination that went through her spirit with the Azazel movie, and said that the “Beelzebub’ move will leave her with a greater of feeling despair and contamination. Then she decided to go with me and I took her to a place where it was very light and she had a choice between several good movies.

(This dream seems to me as if God may want to use me in an Evangelic ministry too. I am flowing for years in the Prophetic and Teaching ministries. )

 

[altya]

Thanks HumbleBee, I agree with you - one more question. I believe this part have more to it.

I also said to her that this movie ‘Beelzebub’ is more demonic as the other movie ‘Azazel’ that she had seen a time ago. I asked her if she can remember the feeling of contamination that went through her spirit with the Azazel movie, and said that the “Beelzebub’ move will leave her with a greater of feeling despair and contamination.

Beelzebub: - a name of Satan (Mat 12:24)
Azazel: - scapegoat (Strongs)

Lev 16:8 and cast lots over the two goats, one lot for GOD and the other lot for Azazel.

 

[HumbleBee]

altya, the second part of your dream could be a cautioning for your daughter that while by the grace of God she escaped (only remembers) the affects of the Azazel movie...if she rebelliously chooses to see the Beelzebub movie, the spiritual contamination won't be as easy for her to shake off. Peer pressure will draw her more into darkness, however your dream certainly exhorts her to respect you who will lead her more into the light and goodness of Christ!

 

[delvaughn]

I'm glad I found this forum.

A little background on me: I was baptized when I was about six or seven, maybe eight, but life happened and I rejected God for a long time. I became addicted to drugs and alcohol and led a hedonistic, promiscious lifestyle. Early last year, I finally listened to His call and came back to the Lord. Now, I am spirit-filled, have been "slain" in the Holy Spirit, and speak in tongues...and what a difference in my life it has made! I'm not sure if I've had visions, though, so I'm going to post my experiences her for any insight you might have!

The first one happened several years ago while I was still drinking and drugging (so it could well have been the chemicals but....I don't know). I was at our favorite bar with friends. I'd noticed this older guy several feet away from us, playing a video game. I had a strange feeling that made me keep glancing over there -- the kind of feeling you get when you pass a wreck: you know you shouldn't look, but you can't help it. When the man went to leave, he walked right past the half-wall we were standing around. He looked straight at me but I never saw his face; it was his eyes that sent ice cold shivers down my back. I can almost feel them right now as I type this, and I've been clean and sober for over three years! Anyway, my friends could tell something had spooked me and when I tried to tell them, they just told me I was drunk and imagining things, that they'd never even seen that guy. All I could think at that time is, "The Grim Reaper just gave me a warning."

The second one happened in my church while we had a guest speaker with us. This man is heavily anointed and works in war-torn areas to spread the Gospel. His daughter, probably in her early 20s, came with him. As she was giving a prayer to bless the service, she began praying in tongues. I was also praying in tongues, as was most of our church, and my eyes were closed. Her prayers became louder and sounded urgent to me. As she continued to pray in tongues, it sounded as if she passed down the aisle I was sitting on. In my mind, I saw her pull a man from his row. Then, I saw her repeating the same phrase over and over again in tongues; I can still hear the last sound/word because it stuck out so much to my ears -- "Katzah!" (Just in case anyone has any clue what that part means.) Still in my mind, I saw her as she was saying this, and it looked like she was standing over someone. She had her left hand pointed down over the person, palm down, like she was holding them down, and striking him/her/it with her right fist clenched like you would if you were pounding your fists on the table. At this point, though, I wasn't able to see who this person was. I did not see the man from the congregation anymore, and at this point, it ended. I had the feeling, though, that she had just driven an evil spirit out of the place, and as I've been typing this, it has dawned on me that perhaps the evil spirit had been dwelling in the man that she pulled out of his chair.

I'm going to post a couple more in a new post.

 

[delvaughn]

In the third experience, it was again during the prayer to bless the service between praise and worship and the service. Most people, myself included, were praying in tongues, when I saw a blue light reaching out from my mouth. It looked like a satiny ribbon that you could see through, but it definitely gave out light. It came up from my mouth and floated toward the ceiling. It then floated to the front of the sanctuary where the pastor was also praying in tongues. From his mouth flowed an identical blue ribbon and the two came together. At this time, I opened my eyes fully expecting to see this, along with ribbons coming from the mouths of everyone else praying in tongues at that moment, all bound together as one and being lifted toward Heaven.

This is the last one:
I'm on the praise and worship team. In addition to our weekly practice, we meet an hour before church starts to practice for about a half-hour, break for about 10 minutes, and then gather in a small room off the side of the sanctuary to pray. Two Sundays ago, we were praying in a circle with everyone holding hands. As the prayers turned to tongues, the youth pastor (who's also on the praise and worship team) began to exhort the team in his own tongue, interspersed with Spirit tongues. I began to strongly feel the presence of the Holy Spirit and pictured us all, still standing in a circle, but now closely (kind of like a football huddle). Then all our hands came up together from the center into what looked like one joined arm, again pointing straight up to Heaven. When I we finished praying, I was actually shocked to see that we were still all standing in our widely spaced circle, holding hands. (The fact that I was holding hands with somebody on each side in a large circle never even registered in my mind when I saw this.)

So....these, in addition to the two in my last post....are these visions? If so, what do they mean? If not, what are they????

Thank you so much!
Tracy

 

[HumbleBee]

Tracy glad you stopped by and here's insight as follows. At this link http://www.christianforums.com/t736671-lighthousechristian-dream-and-vision-interpretation.html&page=30 are 2 other Grim Reaper dream interpretations that admonish to get one's life back on the right track. So your GR experience was certainly a Divine Wake Up Call to spur you back to Jesus, the Prince of Life!

As for the second happening you have shared, seems very clear...God showing you what was going on in the spiritual realm because of that woman's prayers in tongues. He confirming His anointing upon her and you! About the word Katzah, is Hebrew, and found this info...MUKTZAH - The word Muktzah (from the word "Katzah") literally means "set aside at the far edge [of one's intentions for use]." The term is used to describe items that are set aside not to be used on this day, such as wood stacked away in storage (the word for a storage area is "Muktzah"). In a broader sense, the word Muktzah includes anything that a person did not intend to use at the time of the onset of Shabbos or Yom Tov, for whatever reason. So surmising the woman was shouting Katzah repeatedly to drive out an evil spirit that was getting ready to disrupt the flow of the Holy Spirit!

The first one happened several years ago while I was still drinking and drugging (so it could well have been the chemicals but....I don't know). I was at our favorite bar with friends. I'd noticed this older guy several feet away from us, playing a video game. I had a strange feeling that made me keep glancing over there -- the kind of feeling you get when you pass a wreck: you know you shouldn't look, but you can't help it. When the man went to leave, he walked right past the half-wall we were standing around. He looked straight at me but I never saw his face; it was his eyes that sent ice cold shivers down my back. I can almost feel them right now as I type this, and I've been clean and sober for over three years! Anyway, my friends could tell something had spooked me and when I tried to tell them, they just told me I was drunk and imagining things, that they'd never even seen that guy. All I could think at that time is, "The Grim Reaper just gave me a warning."

The second one happened in my church while we had a guest speaker with us. This man is heavily anointed and works in war-torn areas to spread the Gospel. His daughter, probably in her early 20s, came with him. As she was giving a prayer to bless the service, she began praying in tongues. I was also praying in tongues, as was most of our church, and my eyes were closed. Her prayers became louder and sounded urgent to me. As she continued to pray in tongues, it sounded as if she passed down the aisle I was sitting on. In my mind, I saw her pull a man from his row. Then, I saw her repeating the same phrase over and over again in tongues; I can still hear the last sound/word because it stuck out so much to my ears -- "Katzah!" (Just in case anyone has any clue what that part means.) Still in my mind, I saw her as she was saying this, and it looked like she was standing over someone. She had her left hand pointed down over the person, palm down, like she was holding them down, and striking him/her/it with her right fist clenched like you would if you were pounding your fists on the table. At this point, though, I wasn't able to see who this person was. I did not see the man from the congregation anymore, and at this point, it ended. I had the feeling, though, that she had just driven an evil spirit out of the place, and as I've been typing this, it has dawned on me that perhaps the evil spirit had been dwelling in the man that she pulled out of his chair.

I'm going to post a couple more in a new post.

 

[HumbleBee]

Again, both these experiences affirm that God's anointing rests on you, on your pastor, praise and worship team, and on those in your midst, as it clearly indicating the unity of the Spirit! So much so that your hearty voices rise as one voice up to God! Here are some applicable Scriptures:

1 Corinthians 14:2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

Psalm 133:1-3 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; as the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

Romans 15:5-6 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Nod would classify your enlightening experiences as visions! TY for posting here!

In the third experience, it was again during the prayer to bless the service between praise and worship and the service. Most people, myself included, were praying in tongues, when I saw a blue light reaching out from my mouth. It looked like a satiny ribbon that you could see through, but it definitely gave out light. It came up from my mouth and floated toward the ceiling. It then floated to the front of the sanctuary where the pastor was also praying in tongues. From his mouth flowed an identical blue ribbon and the two came together. At this time, I opened my eyes fully expecting to see this, along with ribbons coming from the mouths of everyone else praying in tongues at that moment, all bound together as one and being lifted toward Heaven.

This is the last one:
I'm on the praise and worship team. In addition to our weekly practice, we meet an hour before church starts to practice for about a half-hour, break for about 10 minutes, and then gather in a small room off the side of the sanctuary to pray. Two Sundays ago, we were praying in a circle with everyone holding hands. As the prayers turned to tongues, the youth pastor (who's also on the praise and worship team) began to exhort the team in his own tongue, interspersed with Spirit tongues. I began to strongly feel the presence of the Holy Spirit and pictured us all, still standing in a circle, but now closely (kind of like a football huddle). Then all our hands came up together from the center into what looked like one joined arm, again pointing straight up to Heaven. When I we finished praying, I was actually shocked to see that we were still all standing in our widely spaced circle, holding hands. (The fact that I was holding hands with somebody on each side in a large circle never even registered in my mind when I saw this.)

 

[delvaughn]

Thank you, Humblebee!

I do feel that the Lord has changed me SO much more than I could ever explain in the past 9 months. I think that the devil sees the changes going on and tries to make me doubt that I'm worthy enough because of my past.

 

[delvaughn]

I had this dream in fifth grade, so I was 10 at the time. All I remember, though, is this part (and I can still see and hear it):

My dad is walking along the edge of a cornfield next to a row of trees across the gravel road from the house we lived in at that time. The next thing I know, my dad exploded -- nothing gory or anything, didn't even see it but just know. I heard a loud shrieking noise like some fireworks make, followed by what looked like a firework speading up to the sky, smoke trailing it, and ending with one little burst of light.