Very different dreams

[cmefly]

I'm having several dreams that I can remember detail for detail. I can recite them unlike I can my 'normal' dreams.
When I dream, I always realize that we are in the end of times, and this is what makes them all stand out to me.
I don't know why I am dreaming like this. The dreams are so clear to me, and it would take a very long time to write out my dreams here because I'd have to really write them out first then condense them or they would go on for hours.

 

[anonymousAdviser]

I'm having several dreams that I can remember detail for detail. I can recite them unlike I can my 'normal' dreams.
When I dream, I always realize that we are in the end of times, and this is what makes them all stand out to me.
I don't know why I am dreaming like this. The dreams are so clear to me, and it would take a very long time to write out my dreams here because I'd have to really write them out first then condense them or they would go on for hours.

A lot of people are having such dreams. You can search the forums. I am not sure how good the search engine functionality is.

If you already know the interpretation of a dream, then it may just be for that. Sometimes, Christians do not understand how to seek God on such matters or to find the truth, even when God shows them.

Dreams and such of a very detailed message from God can help us a lot in our spiritual journies to fill in blanks and be able to believe future confirmations and things we need to do from God.

Summaries can work, but it also might be wise to write out the full dreams on a blog, such as what Christian forums provides here, then post summaries and link to the blog.

Dreams and visions are for, ultimately, the edification of the Church. That does not mean every dream and vision is for public purposes, however. But, ultimately, every such dream and vision is for public purposes because they help shape what we say and who we are.

 

[cmefly]

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[cmefly]

In many of my dreams lately, I along with another family member are asleep and I awake because I sense we are being watched. I wake up and see a lion looking at us, stalking us, and I know we are his prey.

We get away each time but are stalked by a lion all throughout the night (in my dream) and they are so very scary. It feels so real. I know it's 'just a dream' but they weigh on my mind for a few days afterward.

I'm open to anyone helping me find the meaning. I was shown a verse just a few days ago about the devil roaming LIKE a lion. But he is not a lion.

A little background. The past year I have been praying and reading and studying the word, and am at a place in my life where I feel I am spinning my wheels. I have asked God to open my eyes as to what I need to do or what is going on that I feel this way. I have heard a speaker I like a lot say that sometimes doors do not open for us while God prepares us. I feel I have been preparing a long time for something and feel I am close to knowing what God's will is for me next. I don't feel anything is an accident, and I know I came along this website as a part of learning and growing.

 

[anonymousAdviser]

In many of my dreams lately, I along with another family member are asleep and I awake because I sense we are being watched. I wake up and see a lion looking at us, stalking us, and I know we are his prey.

We get away each time but are stalked by a lion all throughout the night (in my dream) and they are so very scary. It feels so real. I know it's 'just a dream' but they weigh on my mind for a few days afterward.

I'm open to anyone helping me find the meaning. I was shown a verse just a few days ago about the devil roaming LIKE a lion. But he is not a lion.

A little background. The past year I have been praying and reading and studying the word, and am at a place in my life where I feel I am spinning my wheels. I have asked God to open my eyes as to what I need to do or what is going on that I feel this way. I have heard a speaker I like a lot say that sometimes doors do not open for us while God prepares us. I feel I have been preparing a long time for something and feel I am close to knowing what God's will is for me next. I don't feel anything is an accident, and I know I came along this website as a part of learning and growing.

I had a dream, not long ago, about a number of things. It was long, involved, and involved my co-workers and such. At the end of the dream, I ended up flying. There was one part in it where I was trying to close a window... and suddenly I saw these kittens in there. I started to get the kittens out when this wild cat... some type of wild cat, came out. Bobcat, mountain lion, lynx, something like that.

I locked the cat up, told my boss about it and he sent in a guy with a dog. Thinking I was joking or something. They ended up in a tree. Which was, yes, in the room.

All of the events ended up coming true shortly afterwards, but they were all metaphoric. The flying, for grace from God, in this case, meant success at work. The window problem, a problem I discovered in our work, for which I was initially not taken seriously for.

This dream helped presage a new stage, a very productive and successful stage in my career and get me out of a rut I was in... well, that is, the grace of God got me out the rut. The dream sealed that it was of Him. Because of these problems. These stupid problems which only I can fix.

So, we should remember well that adversity, whatever adversity comes upon us, God is in complete control.

So, the lion can represent many things.

I have also had other dreams where I would come upon a bear, a lion, or another wild animal... and the senation was completely real. I do not know what all these dreams purpose served, but I am sure they served a purpose, regardless. Some dim reminder in the back of my head of some incoming danger which I have long sense faced.

The reoccurence of your dream, makes me wonder if it is not speaking of Satan stalking your family. But do remember, God is in complete control. Satan may be there, constantly accusing you, but it is God who says or does not say if he can do anything. Just like in Job.

It is in God we 'move and live and have our being'. So, there is no challenging of the power of the Almighty.

Evil is given allowances, freedoms, to do certain evil things. But that freedom is only temporary.

Any one's accusation who is found to be false, receives the punishment they were seeking:

Deuteronomy 19:17-19
17 the two men involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time. 18 The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against his brother, 19 then do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from among you.

While none of us are truly innocent, Jesus is truly innocent.

And He gives us that innocence to us, by taking upon Him the curse of the Law.

Anyway, I would not worry about impending threats, but rather trust in God and put all worries up to Him. Pray to Him over such matters and ask for mercy from Him. He is good to give it.

As far as for seeking on what one must do... one must do good. It really is that simple. What power we get from the Lord depends on what it is we need to do. And what we need and want to do depends on whom we love and how badly they need God.

Who do you love.

Who is it that need's God's grace, who is it that need God's power?

Studying the misery of the oppressed is a very worthy pursuit for such matters. Few wish to bother their comfortable lives with thoughts of the afflicted. We prefer, much moreso, to consider our comfortable sorroundings and not look into the horrible suffering of others... for doing this brings their sufferings into our lives.

But it is this very empathy, this very love, which gives our life all meaning.

We find more life this way, for love is life and that love is what connects us with these people. This can not be found while studying the lives of the comfortable and the rich in spirit of this world.

 

[cmefly]

My dreams just left me with a feeling of being vulnerable to attacks from Satan.

I know my husband and I are in counseling for some issues in our lives. I am not worried about separating or divorcing. But I prayed and felt led to tell my husband how much I needed him to pray with me, and also encouraged him to take back his role as spiritual leader in our home.
I told him how safe it makes me feel when I know he is blessing our meals, speaking of God and our faith more openly to our children, reading our devotional with me, and praying together.

I didn't nag him but spoke from my heart and I saw tears come to his eyes, as they did mine, and today he asked me if we could spend time in the morning doing our devotionals. He said it would work better in the morning, because in the evening we are spent.

So I feel as if part of my dream was from a real fear of our family being open to attacks.

Thank you for replies.

 

[anonymousAdviser]

My dreams just left me with a feeling of being vulnerable to attacks from Satan.

I know my husband and I are in counseling for some issues in our lives. I am not worried about separating or divorcing. But I prayed and felt led to tell my husband how much I needed him to pray with me, and also encouraged him to take back his role as spiritual leader in our home.
I told him how safe it makes me feel when I know he is blessing our meals, speaking of God and our faith more openly to our children, reading our devotional with me, and praying together.

I didn't nag him but spoke from my heart and I saw tears come to his eyes, as they did mine, and today he asked me if we could spend time in the morning doing our devotionals. He said it would work better in the morning, because in the evening we are spent.

So I feel as if part of my dream was from a real fear of our family being open to attacks.

Thank you for replies.

I am not a big fan of making one's religion very public, because of the wicked, deceitful nature of the heart and the warnings of Christ on these matters, quite frankly.

This said, I am about as religious as people can get, because internally I always have to consider what is the best right to do at anytime and constantly look out for hypocrisy.

I think this may be too challenging to say, so I would offer it only as another perspective.

What is important here, from what I can see, however is that you should never, ever live in fear of the Devil. Your fear should be in God. The Devil can do nothing unless God allows it, as Job makes very, very clear.

That... is a crucial thing to understand. Our sin is up to God. When Christians sin we get punished for it today, by God, through the devil. This is why we go to God for prayer and repentance...

It is crucial here to study Job so that one knows all of the main points and arguments, in my belief.

 

[cmefly]

I think I see what you're saying, Anonymous. Yes, I fear God. The devil has no power over us. I do feel our disobedience to God is a reason we are having so many problems.
I have to read and study more because I don't know if God punishes us by allowing the devil to do what he does. Or if he allows it for other reasons. But if he does allow it for being disobedient, as punishment, then it would make sense to me.
I just know that we need to draw closer to God and I need my husband's help. I need him to reaffirm his commitment to God. I feel as if it's sort of been put on the back burner with everything that's been going on and my dreams tells me we have to find time for God. When we did draw close to him by going to church services every Sunday and bible study, and prayer at home, and studying the word, there was peace in our hearts even though we weren't having peaceful times.
If that makes sense.

 

[anonymousAdviser]

I think I see what you're saying, Anonymous. Yes, I fear God. The devil has no power over us. I do feel our disobedience to God is a reason we are having so many problems.
I have to read and study more because I don't know if God punishes us by allowing the devil to do what he does. Or if he allows it for other reasons. But if he does allow it for being disobedient, as punishment, then it would make sense to me.
I just know that we need to draw closer to God and I need my husband's help. I need him to reaffirm his commitment to God. I feel as if it's sort of been put on the back burner with everything that's been going on and my dreams tells me we have to find time for God. When we did draw close to him by going to church services every Sunday and bible study, and prayer at home, and studying the word, there was peace in our hearts even though we weren't having peaceful times.
If that makes sense.

I assure you... we get punished for disobedience from God... and yes, this is through the evil spirits, but as with Job they can only do what God allows them to do.

As for temptation, Job was tempted to hate God through these horrors. Even temptations are not allowed unless God allows it.

And as in Job's case, bad things can happen to us even if we are doing everything right.

But, when I sin, I start having a really bad day. No joke. Bad things happen to me when I sin. Do bad things ever happen to me when I stay away from sin (generally, for instance, no one can completely stay away from sin, of course)... yes, they do. Sometimes.

In anything, however, the whole focus is on God.

Whether we are falsely accused, attacked, punished for something we did, attacked for the basis of real or false accusations... the one deciding and with all power there is God.

This... can be very hard to even try and comprehend when we consider all of the horrible,. horrible evils which go on in this world.

It is wise, also, to be very aware that our lives are very much like court cases in these sense. The Devil is always there, ready to accuse us and try and be allowed to bring about some test or punishment against us.

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On the other part... I think having a continual focus on God is what is important. Always think of the will of God and seek out His face. Be very careful in everything you judge, to stay up to the very standard you use for others. And in all matters try and consider what God would have you do.

Whatever works and brings you guys goodness... I am not fully aware of the full circumstances or anything, but just noting something which could possibly help somewhere.

Hopefully, you guys can get over these difficult times, regardless.

In all things we can take to prayer for God to have mercy on us. It is crucial to do the prayers you want answered in secret. And if one really wants something (like for some major problems to go away), it is easier to fast from sin and food... just do be sure and keep such things hidden even from your husband and children to not lose the reward.

That would be my primary concern...on those matters...

Do recognize I take that directly from Jesus. [That is, from His sayings in the Gospels...]

I keep my such things state secret from my wife.