Spiritual activity in my bedroom.

[Neenie]

I think it's best to post here instead of telling my friends this, so they don't think I’ve gone nutso

OK, this feels a little embarrassing saying this. But last night when I woke up from a bad nightmare, I felt alot of dread and fear in our bedroom. I stayed in bed awake for a while, and really felt something was there, I then automatically become paralyzed and heard whispering. I couldn't move at all and couldn't scream (which I tried) but it lasted a while, and my husband was asleep through it. I haven't told him any of this. The feeling of fear lasted a while, and I've been up since 3am.

I'm sure this has something to do with my drifting away from Christianity early this year, and I had to change my icon back to "Christian" to post in here. I feel very confused about my beliefs with God and overall find Christianity very confusing, I have also had bad experiences with many Christians who have *superiority* complexes - all of this made me doubt it allot. I haven't been to church in ages, my husband keeps encouraging me to go (I want to) but I don't feel much love towards God.

I'm not sure what advice I'm asking for, but would like to here if anyone else has gone through the same thing. Or maybe I'm just going crazy

 

[Johnnz]

You are not at all crazy. My wife has has a few experiences such as yours, and I have had similar dreams. It has usually been a spiritual attack, and once Jesus' name is mentioned, even through a struggle, it begins to recede.

It is quite possible that it is an atttempt to keep ypu from returning to active christian commitment.

Feel free to PM me if you have some questions about your experience, or your faith (or lack thereof)

Bless you
John
NZ

 

[Stormboy]

You not crazy Neenie
I have weird dreams to but think will post em here
Falling etc I hate those

 

[Wakeup2god]

I think you need to get back to church for this reason only. To seek the Christ of the Christianity not the Christianity of the Christ. Christianity is a religion that many paople claim to follow where as Christ is a real living person who wants to know you personally.

The bible tells us to 'seek out our own salvation'. People will always let us and god down but God never will. You seem to be blaming God for things people have done or said. You need to seek Him for yourself. Have you ever had any dealings with the paranormal (spirits etc). These things can come back to haunt us (for want of a better phrase). Whatever it is though they have no authority. Jesus has complete authority over all but it's no use just quoting his name like you know Him. You have to be in a relationship with Him so as to receive His authority.

Go back to your Father, He loves you and is waiting for you.

P.S. Happy birthday Johnzz...

 

[Neenie]

Thanks guys.

Wakeup2god, unfortunately I'm blaming God for things people have done. I don't think I'll be going to church for a while, I don't seem to fit in with Christians socially as much as I do with other people. I find that my non-christian friends are nicer people. Not that there aren't nice christians out there, there is a few - even here. I just seem to meet the not so nice most of the time.

I've never had any dealings with the paranormal, but what I went through last night was very scary and very real. Since then I have been thinking all day that I need to fix my relationship with God, I want the Holy Spirit to come into my life like it used to. Reading the bible is a start, I have to reach out to God for him to reach out to me. I won't feel close to God until I'm in tears, I want that time to come again.

 

[Wakeup2god]

Thats great Neenie, I'm sure there'll be many folks praying for you.

Draw near to God and He'll draw near to you - That's promise made by God to you.

 

[Ir0nClad]

Posted this in another thread, but it applies here too.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 2nd Timothy, chapter 1, verse 7

My story sounds familiar to yours.
Pick up This Present Darkness and Piercing the darkness by Frank E Peretti
They are fiction, but gives what I believe is an accurate portrayal of spiritual warfare.

Just keep saying that verse out loud over and over and over and it will help. Heard this from Joel Osteen:

"One of our members at the church came to me recently and said he had a nightmare. He described it as being a perfectly round room with him on one end, and the ugliest, meanest, and scariest looking creature he had ever seen opposite from him. He was paralyzed and couldn't move, he was so afraid. He instantly knew it was the devil. He tried quoting scripture and everything he knew to try and rebuke and scare off satan, but to no avail. After a few minutes of being in the room and trying everything he knew how, he felt as if the devil was about to strike and end it all. At that exact moment, to his left the wall just opened up and a bright light came in. He couldn't turn his head and look, he was so focused on satan in front of him. A figure walked throguh the door heading toward the center of the room, and about half way there, the man began to recognize him as Jesus. Finally Jesus gets in between him and the devil and apparently there is some sort of exchange. Jesus then starts to back up slowly, one step at a time, and our friend lost the peace he had gained when Jesus stepped in between them. He began to think why are you backing up Jesus, and all of the why questions.

Finally Jesus was right in front of him, back turned, still walking backwards, and He stepped into our friend. Suddenly, even though he still felt paralyzed under satans gaze, his arm raised up, pointed straight at him and said "You will bow, in the name of Jesus" ... and the beast instantly obeyed"

I found that to be a pretty cool story, hope it helps you in some way

 

[Nathan55]

I haven't been to church in ages, my husband keeps encouraging me to go (I want to) but I don't feel much love towards God.

Go to church. God loves you, even if you dont feel it. Its there. Ask Him to enter your life. He will make Himself known to you, and knowing that God is on your side if a great thing to feel!

Nathan55

 

[Daughter of His]

Neenie,

Wow, just today I was thinking of a similar thing that happened to me years ago. I remember I was paralzyed with fear as you said and I struggled and struggled to call the name "Jesus"outloud, and I called out His name over and over and it became easier to say until I was able to say it regularly. The power in the name of Jesus is awsome.

I so hope you will start reading your Bible again, you don't have to read a lot, just some everyday, you will be blessed.

 

[mikeforjesus]

Yesterday something really strange happened to me.. and it doesnt usually happen. In my dream there is someone telling me a story of a christian who the person tried to describe as being like myself but then who killed themselve I awoke straight away so quick and when I woke up it was like a demon was trying to kill me (Its like I could see it choke me - but I didnt see anything its strange - but then it ran away quickly because I wasnt afraid of it I knew God had it undercontrol I thought maybe it was angry because of God protecting me and I was almost laughing at its silly attempt to kill me haha but this could of all been part of being half awake/half asleep).. After that my body felt strange.. But I dont feel like its something to worry about... but another day I had a dream of a dog chasing me it would never get me but it would never give me rest - some people think it could be God warniing me from danger of the enemy... I really need prayers to God to protect me from pride.

 

[trust_faith]

something like Ghost pressing on you is it? My friends and my mom also have this experiences before... I didn't know whether is Ghost or what..but according to some doctor, is just oxygen cant flow tru your body. WHich I dun believe what the doctor says.. haha..

I think is some spirituat activity pressing on you. shout for Lord's name !

 

[Stormboy]

Thanks guys.

Wakeup2god, unfortunately I'm blaming God for things people have done. I don't think I'll be going to church for a while, I don't seem to fit in with Christians socially as much as I do with other people. I find that my non-christian friends are nicer people. Not that there aren't nice christians out there, there is a few - even here. I just seem to meet the not so nice most of the time.

I've never had any dealings with the paranormal, but what I went through last night was very scary and very real. Since then I have been thinking all day that I need to fix my relationship with God, I want the Holy Spirit to come into my life like it used to. Reading the bible is a start, I have to reach out to God for him to reach out to me. I won't feel close to God until I'm in tears, I want that time to come again.

for You Neenie

 

[KrazyPhish]

WOW Neenie you sound just like me...

I have nightmares a lot But sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and the nightmare seems to continue on when I'm awake. It first happened last year, I was having nightmare that I was wake in my room and there was some one there with me that wasn't meant to be there, I started to wake up from the nightmare and I'm so sure I felt something next to me in my bed I literally woke up screaming!
Earlier this year, I woke up and turned my head and I could see a silhouette of a person, it was so weird for some reason I sensed that it was female and that it was young. I was quite disorientated and thought I was at friends house at first, but then I sat up and realized I was at home.
THEN about a month ago, I woke up suddenly, I thought I heard whispering and I could sense several entities all around me, this was the scariest experience I'd had with this sort of thing.
There were a few times when I thought I felt something brush against my fingers or lightly tug my hair.

I know what you mean by being let down by other Christians... PM me if you want more info about that.

I look back on all those weird things now and I wonder if it was just my imagination(I have a vivid imagination), even though I was so sure it was some supernatural at the time.

Have you heard of sleep paralysis? When you go to sleep you release a chemical around your body that paralyses you so you don't act out all your dreams. Some times when you wake up suddenly it hasn't worn off yet, so you feel like you body is heavy and you can't move it. I watched a documentary on it awhile ago, there were people that get this sort of thing every night, they wake up unable to move, they feel and see beings on their chests attacking them, "Night hags" I think they're called, there are supposed to be pieces of art dating back to the time of ancient Greece that depict people lying in bed with little demon like creatures sitting on their chest.

It's all so creepy

 

[Neenie]

Thank you all for your replies.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has had these experiences, after reading my thread and others just then.

KrazyPhish, that’s sounds awfully scary what you went through, especially after seeing a figure of a person in your bedroom

I know what you mean about sleep paralysis, it seemed too long after I woke up to be that. After the dream I was still able to move my body around, but fear feeling got denser after about 5-10 minutes. That’s when I become paralyzed.

Anyway, thanks to those who prayed for me. I certainly have felt God's presence around me today (which was odd) and I come home to find this thread with new replies...After months of having an agnostic icon beside my name on CF, this experience has made me believe more that spiritual forces are real and not *fake*. I suppose God let it happen for good to come out of it. But I don't want it to happen again!

 

[Anti Existance]

Demons are contantly hunting on people trying to make them angry and hatefull so they can go for a ride in their bodies. In your case it might have been a spiritual guide that was trying to protect you from demon activity. It all comes down to that you need to be a loving and helping person in your life. Pray for protection, and see your religion in a different light.

You see , you shouldn't compare Jesus to christians. Jesus warned us about people who are dressed in sheeps clothes and are wolves inside, this counts the same for the people you meet. Most people are very selfish, even when they call themselves Jews,muslims,christians, only God truelly knows our own heart and therefore people shouldn't judge eachother, or make you unhappy towards what you belief.

 

[searchingforGodlyanswers]

No, you're not crazy. The dream/spiritual phenomena is common. Just check out my other posts, if you'd like to read about similar experiences. There should be one in the marital or women's forums in response to another poster.

I've had professing Christians let me down and treat me so bad that I wonder how can someone be a Christian and do all that. When there was an incident involving my husband, a preacher, and me, I thought about doing more than just turning away, and it's been awhile since I have actually attended a sermon in church again recently as I have moved; I just feel safer watching the sermons on tv (my husband's parents have direct tv), reading religious books based on the Bible, and somewhat in coming here (but not 100% and I'm taking a risk saying this), but I know I need the fellowship of someone as I am so extremely isolated from people other than the ones I live with. I also lost my baby last year and I trusted God to perform a miracle by keeping her alive, and now I blame myself and others for things that have taken place. I still have not yet come to terms with this. I did not go back to church for a few months after that as well, because I was still sick and healing and so far away from the church I trusted, but it was a different church that I trusted, and when I was able to sit in front of the computer, I did a search one day and came to CF.
I also have come to the conclusion no one person is perfect, we will all fail each other at some point and time, and I wish these things were not so. But I still have not gone back to the church where the incident took place. I have even tried to reconcile, but to no avail.
I have even wondered how can I be a Christian with everything I have been through and have done. Sometimes I even wonder where I'll end up; I think I behave the way I have because of the things I've been through. Sometimes I wonder why I go through these things.... We all sin, and just because someone becomes a "Christian" does not make that person exempt from committing sin all together. There are those professing "Christians" who are saved and those who are not, but both types can hurt and fail people.
There is also something by Beth Moore called When Godly People Do Ungodly Things. There is also a book called Safe People and another one about Boundaries. Maybe if you read these, you can set boundaries for yourself so others won't be able to hurt you as easily even if they try. There are other books that can help with these and similar issues.
I still struggle with these things and others that have gone on in my life.
I am sorry that you and I and so many others are going through these experiences. It is all a part of the fall; even the purest people without a sin nature committed the first sin and brought this upon us, but if it had been us we would have fallen for some ploy too. I feel bad for our plights.
Have you tried to reconcile with these people or cut your losses with irreconciliable professing Christians?
As far as the dream, could it be that Jesus is seeking the 1 stray out of the 99? Or could it be a sifting? I heard a preacher on tv (I think it was T.D. Jakes) say something like if we are being challenged, God is stretching us out. The church I was in that I trusted and would not mind going back to had a "Changes That Heals" class, which offered large group therapy, small private group therapy, and one on one sessions with the counselors. It also had the Beth Moore Bible study.
I hope you feel better and closer to God. I have even felt sometimes distant from Him, but I have heard it is not how we feel but that we know we can trust in Him to be there for us, even when we cannot see Him, He is here, and that is what faith is all about, trusting in Him.

Dear God please help us in our faith and help us heal, if these things be in Thy will. In Jesus' Name, Amen

 

[Godsgirl481]

If you've been ponding about God lately...then I am almost positive that's what this is. The spiritual battle is a real one...and Satan will do all he can to keep you in his grasps.

My parents were into Wicca and Satanism when I was a child...so I grew up around a lot of evil things. I have found that if I try to press into God...the voices, the visions, the evil nightmares...and the overall spitiual torment comes back...and comes back strong. I am not a strong enough person or Christian to fight them...but what I learned to do when I was little was to simply sing Jesus loves me...outloud. They go away. I think they have to if they hear the name of the Lord...but reguardless whether they have to or not...they do.....

 

[Chavez]

I think it's best to post here instead of telling my friends this, so they don't think I’ve gone nutso

OK, this feels a little embarrassing saying this. But last night when I woke up from a bad nightmare, I felt alot of dread and fear in our bedroom. I stayed in bed awake for a while, and really felt something was there, I then automatically become paralyzed and heard whispering. I couldn't move at all and couldn't scream (which I tried) but it lasted a while, and my husband was asleep through it. I haven't told him any of this. The feeling of fear lasted a while, and I've been up since 3am.

I'm sure this has something to do with my drifting away from Christianity early this year, and I had to change my icon back to "Christian" to post in here. I feel very confused about my beliefs with God and overall find Christianity very confusing, I have also had bad experiences with many Christians who have *superiority* complexes - all of this made me doubt it allot. I haven't been to church in ages, my husband keeps encouraging me to go (I want to) but I don't feel much love towards God.

I'm not sure what advice I'm asking for, but would like to here if anyone else has gone through the same thing. Or maybe I'm just going crazy

FINALLY!
I'm not alone!
It's called sleep paralysis....
I thought I was the only one who suffered from this until I went a-searching!
I remember it happened to me on 7 different occasions on 1 night...I'd wake up afraid and not able to move....but then one morning i woke up and i was lying on my back and i could hear music playin getting louder and the gradually gettin lower...Somebody was in the room watching me and turnin my radio up and down...I was terrified and I couldn't move.....a few seconds later [felt like eternity] my leg finally moved and then it was like the rest of my body moved along with it...i nearly started crying and went down to my sis...It was BAD!
It's happened to me about 20 times in the last 2 years..and it comes in bouts.
Sometimes when I'm going asleep at night I can feel my body about to slip into it..so I have to stay awake..it gets bad.

 

[SugarMag]

I was thinking of sleep paralysis too.

When it hits me - many times I see a demon perched at the edge of my bed.
Freaks me beyond belief....

Succubus and Incubus - the female and male demons that come to you in sleep to have sex with you. This is from way back legends. Now science calls it sleep paralysis.
The theory is as well that ppl who claim to see aliens in their house or are abducted, are actually in a sleep paralysis situation.

 

[Neenie]

I think you're right, it is sleep paralysis. I haven't been getting enough sleep, and I've had stress. I dismissed it at the time, because I genuinely thought was something spiritual. To believe it was spiritual is too far removed from reality.