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NeedingHelp7 · 11-25-2008, 12:12 PM

I had a dream a few nights ago of AH.

He was in bed having s_x w/ someone. He was on top. I saw this at a slight distance.

Then I was shown up closer and I saw his "bottom" with open sores all over it and hands holding his bottom.

NH7

Eleison · 11-25-2008, 12:16 PM

I've lots of experience of working with dreams.

I'm wondering if maybe your dream reflects how you see your own addictive tendencies. And how open and sore your wounds from the addiction/relationship are. So exposed, something that should be so private.

But those are just my thoughts.

NeedingHelp7 · 11-25-2008, 03:46 PM

Eleison,

My AH and I have been living seperately for almost 2yrs now. Last I knew he had a girlfriend, unless things have changed since last month. That is the first and last time I saw him parked at her apt. I never looked after that. I just let it go. I have never seen the other woman.

I wondered if this dream meant I am being shown "his bottom" with cancer/STD or something?
He has been very sick for the past month (I mean the vomitting kind of sick, but he's been mentally/addictively sick for a very long time). He's not saying anything to me except he's sick.

splendra · 11-25-2008, 04:24 PM

I have been doing a self study of dreams for many years. Something interesting that I learned that I like to apply to my dreams is that everyone and every thing is about some aspect of myself. The woman is you underneath him his broken out bottom maybe be about your bottom as in you have reached your bottom.

NeedingHelp7 · 11-25-2008, 04:37 PM

Splendra, I thought if you are watching/observing in a dream but not actively involved in the dream then it would not be about me.

In the beginning of the dream, I was seeing/observing this from a distance away from the end of the bed, then I was moved closer in the twinking of an eye (that fast) and saw that there were hands on his bottom, and open sores all over his bottom.

NeedingHelp7 · 11-25-2008, 05:58 PM

I looked up the word "sore."

Figuratively it means...grief, affliction, trouble, difficulty.

There was a sentence after this definition that says...."I see plainly where his sore lies."
by Sir W. Scott.

I believe this dream is about AH, and the "unknown" woman I have never seen before. I am just being shown things concerning my AH and her. AH is very secretive, but my Lord keeps no secrets from me.

I think figuratively this may be his bottom.

Thanks2HP · 11-25-2008, 06:36 PM

This doesn't fit your situation really but it's interesting...

S_x

To dream about sex, refers to the psychological completion and the integration of contrasting aspects of the Self. You need to be more receptive and incorporate aspects of your dream sex partner into your own character. Alternatively and a more direct interpretation of the dream, may be your libido's way of telling you that it's been too long since you have had sex. It may indicate repressed sexual desires and your needs for physical and emotional love.

To dream about sex with someone other than your spouse or significant other, suggests dissatisfaction with the physical side of your relationship. On the other hand, it may be harmless fantasy. In such situations, you may find that you are less inhibited sexually and you can even bring that sense of adventure to your existing relationship.

To dream that you are having sex with an ex or someone who is not your current mate, denotes your reservations about embarking in a new relationship or situation. You may feel nervous about exposing yourself or currently feel a resurgence of those old emotions and feelings that you felt back when you and your ex were together. Believe it or not, it is not uncommon for people approaching their wedding to experience especially erotic adventures with partners other than their intended spouses. This may be due to the intensity of your sexual passion with your fianc�. It also relates to the new roles that you will be taking on and the uncertainty that that may bring.

If you are heterosexual and you dream that you are having sex with someone of the same sex, signifies not necessarily homosexual desire, but an expression of greater self love and acceptance. You need to be in better touch of your feminine or masculine side.

To dream that you are having sex with a celebrity, indicates your drive to be successful. Consider what movies your associate this celebrity with for clues as to where and what you want to achieve success in.

To see your parents having sex in your dream, indicates that you are seeing similar aspects between their relationship and your current relationship. Most of us cringe at the thought of our parents having sex, so this dream imagery is really trying to get your attention. Consider your parents' real life relationship together and what you can learn from it.

To dream that you are the opposite sex, suggests that you exhibit or need to incorporate those qualities of the opposite sex. Ask yourself, how do you feel being a man or a woman? In what ways can you incorporate those feelings into your waking life.

Sores

To dream that you have sores on your body, suggests that you are keeping in some negative emotions and attitudes that need to be released and expressed. Consider the symbolism of the body area where the sores are located. Perhaps the dream is an indication that you are still feeling sore and resentful about some situation or relationship.

Stubborn1 · 11-25-2008, 06:40 PM

I believe him in bed with someone else is your own insecurity of him moving on or leaving. The sores represent someone else having him accepting him with his own afflictions as raw as they may be. You're scared you are going to lose him to someone else even as yucky as you may see him right now.

NeedingHelp7 · 11-25-2008, 09:35 PM

Thankyou all for your insightful replies...It will all come together I know.

Amazingly....I just found some scriptures that sound just like the dream....A psalm of David 38.

When I was moved closer in the end of the dream, the hands may have been Gods hands. "AH bottom is in Gods hands." And in my heart I have known this all along.

Psalm 38
A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.
1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!
2 For Your arrows pierce me deeply,
And Your hand presses me down.

3 There is no soundness in my flesh
Because of Your anger,
Nor any health in my bones
Because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head;
Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds are foul and festering
Because of my foolishness.

6 I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly;
I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are full of inflammation,
And there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and severely broken;
I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.

9 Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.
10 My heart pants, my strength fails me;
As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.

11 My loved ones and my friends stand aloof (At or from a distance, but within view)(also aloof means without sympathy, unfavorably) from my plague,
And my relatives stand afar off.

As far as finding out my husband has been with another woman (it's not the first time), I was angry at first, then I just became indifferent to it. I didn't pursue looking for her, to find out what she looked like or anything. I did want to see where she lived once, and drove by, and AH car was there. So I just distanced myself more from AH (going to text messages, to avoid talking to him as much as possible). I took care of and loved AH through much illness (in sickness and in health), and he hurt me, the children, and lied to me through every illness he had (whether intentional or not). So no I don't look favorable upon him any longer. I really have lost all sympathy and respect for him. When he tells me he is "sick" I have no feeling or response about it. So finding that out about the other woman helped me to let go of him all the more, and place him in Gods hands.

NH7

NeedingHelp7 · 11-25-2008, 10:36 PM

Wow!!!...And just days earlier the Lord told me this.....

Psalms 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.

IO Storm · 11-25-2008, 11:55 PM

NH..

Hun. The feeling I get is you saw it and the current situation as sick. Plain and

simple. As in...."How sick is that." As you become more well, it may become more

clear how sick "that" is.

Hugs

Lily · 11-26-2008, 07:52 AM

I personally do not put much stock in my dreams. I really like to think on things I know to be true. His holy WORD is truth.

Finally brethren whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good rapport, if there is any virtue, and if there is anything praiseworthy, meditate on these things. Phil. 4:8

It just really helps my life to be less complicated. I know as a recovering addict, alcoholic I can really complicate things. Today I strive to not whenever possible.

Blessings, Sheila

NeedingHelp7 · 11-26-2008, 08:01 AM

IO....Yes, I see it for what it is.....very sick!!!!

NeedingHelp7 · 11-26-2008, 08:42 AM

Lily, God has shown me many things through dreams and visions. I am thankful for this.

Do I meditate on all the sickness no, not anymore. I used to. I was given this dream for a reason. God knows I like dreams too, because they are like putting a puzzle together.
Then I see the whole picture.

The dreams I have are not all pleasant. Sometimes I am shown horrible scary things to pray.

For example I had this dream the night of Nov 16th.....I write all my dreams.....

It was dark out, like it was night time. I couldn't see very well, but enough to see what I saw. I saw many people drowning (I was under water seeing this). Just as I saw one drowning I would look at another area and see others drowning. Also I saw others floating as like dead, only face up, on the water.

Interpretation.....Last night on Fox news there was a report of a ship that was blown up on that night. An Indian ship blew it up thinking it was a pirate's ship. They just found out on last nights news that it was a cargo ship of Ti's (Tialand men not pirates). The one man that I saw that was floating face up in my dream looked Ti. The news reported that one man floated to safety. He was the only one saved out of 14.

I couldn't believe my eyes what I was seeing on the news last night. This was the first I was heard of it. There was a clip of the ship blowing up, and it was pitch dark outside all you could see was the flames on top of the water. I checked my dream journal see if that dream was on the same Sun. night and it was. I had posted the dream Monday morning the 17th. God never ceases to amaze me.

NH7

IO Storm · 11-26-2008, 11:23 AM

NH..

You know, it's strange. I dreamed the other night..that the news on TV was good.

I awoke mmm..probably three times, and had the same dream, over and over again...about good news on

television. It occurred to me later that day, suddenly, that I may receive some type

of good news. I have been praying about a tax problem..working on it,

of course, and leaving the result in God's hands.

Sure enough..two days ago..I got a letter from the IRS. My delinquent amount has

again been reduced. By thousands. If I file two more years, the problem may be erased.

Hallelujah!

So..dreams certainly can be analagous.

Blessings

NeedingHelp7 · 11-26-2008, 11:59 AM

That is good new IO, Hallelujah!!

Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors is a big thing, and it happens.

I'm happy for you.

Lily · 11-26-2008, 03:09 PM

NH,

I am sorry, I did not mean to offend. I guess I have not experienced that. I know there were dreams in the OT that were interpreted. I am not saying I do not believe it could be for today cuz i am not one to limit God.

For me and my mixed up dreams, which I do tend to remember almost every morning they usually are subconscious thoughts of someone I had thought of briefly that day or a situation I am in, etc.

here is a good article I found on Yahoo about dreams:

Prophetic Dreams
Anyone can have a prophetic dream from God. The purposes of these dreams are varied, but usually concern things of direct relevance to the dreamer. For example, Joseph had dreams concerning his future, and Pharaoh and Nebuchadnezzar had dreams concerning the future of their countries.

The meanings of prophetic dreams and visions are not apparent, and require an interpretation. The Bible calls them 'dark sayings'. And he said, Hear now my words, If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak to him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. With him I will speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches. God is able to give understanding to people concerning these dreams. The Bible says that the meaning of prophetic dreams belongs to God (Genesis 40:8). This is most evident in the case of Daniel when King Nebuchadnezzar forgot his dream and required his wise men to tell him the dream and it's meaning. Only God knew the dream and could reveal it to Daniel.

Warning Dreams
Warning dreams in the Bible are straight forward. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken, for she is a man's wife. The angel of the Lord appeared unto Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. Dreams Concerning the Will of God Dreams concerning the will of God are similar to warning dreams, where God or an angel appears and clearly says what a person should do. But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

Dreams Caused by the Business of the Day
Maybe the main reason Christians don't study dreams is that the Bible dismisses many common dreams and warns against false and misleading dreams. For a dream cometh through the multitude of business. This verse means that dreams may simply reflect the busy day that you had. For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. This verse warns against getting caught up in common dreams. There are many dreams you don't have to pay attention to, and spending a lot of time trying to understand them might not get you anywhere.

False Dreams
When a person wants to believe something they may very well have a dream that tells them what they want. Then they begin to believe in their dream, considering it a spiritual revelation. This seems to be the basis for false dreams and false prophesy. For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye caused to be dreamed. For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. If you study dreams from a Christian perspective I believe God will give you understanding of the interpretation, and also wisdom to tell which category a dream falls under. With this in mind, I don't know why more Christians don't study dreams.

11-25-2008, 12:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
NeedingHelp7 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NY Posts: 1,057	Any Dream Interpreters Here? Warning - kindof graphic I had a dream a few nights ago of AH. He was in bed having s_x w/ someone. He was on top. I saw this at a slight distance. Then I was shown up closer and I saw his "bottom" with open sores all over it and hands holding his bottom. NH7 __________________ "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you." (Jerem 29:11-12)

11-25-2008, 03:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
NeedingHelp7 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NY Posts: 1,057	Eleison, My AH and I have been living seperately for almost 2yrs now. Last I knew he had a girlfriend, unless things have changed since last month. That is the first and last time I saw him parked at her apt. I never looked after that. I just let it go. I have never seen the other woman. I wondered if this dream meant I am being shown "his bottom" with cancer/STD or something? He has been very sick for the past month (I mean the vomitting kind of sick, but he's been mentally/addictively sick for a very long time). He's not saying anything to me except he's sick. __________________ "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you." (Jerem 29:11-12) Last edited by NeedingHelp7; 11-25-2008 at 04:13 PM.

11-25-2008, 04:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
splendra the girl can't help it Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: splendraville Posts: 5,508 Blog Entries: 3	I have been doing a self study of dreams for many years. Something interesting that I learned that I like to apply to my dreams is that everyone and every thing is about some aspect of myself. The woman is you underneath him his broken out bottom maybe be about your bottom as in you have reached your bottom. __________________ nice has a hisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

11-25-2008, 04:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
NeedingHelp7 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NY Posts: 1,057	Splendra, I thought if you are watching/observing in a dream but not actively involved in the dream then it would not be about me. In the beginning of the dream, I was seeing/observing this from a distance away from the end of the bed, then I was moved closer in the twinking of an eye (that fast) and saw that there were hands on his bottom, and open sores all over his bottom. __________________ "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you." (Jerem 29:11-12) Last edited by NeedingHelp7; 11-25-2008 at 04:56 PM.

11-25-2008, 05:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
NeedingHelp7 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NY Posts: 1,057	I looked up the word "sore." Figuratively it means...grief, affliction, trouble, difficulty. There was a sentence after this definition that says...."I see plainly where his sore lies." by Sir W. Scott. I believe this dream is about AH, and the "unknown" woman I have never seen before. I am just being shown things concerning my AH and her. AH is very secretive, but my Lord keeps no secrets from me. I think figuratively this may be his bottom. __________________ "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you." (Jerem 29:11-12)

11-25-2008, 12:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
Eleison Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: London UK Posts: 242	I've lots of experience of working with dreams. I'm wondering if maybe your dream reflects how you see your own addictive tendencies. And how open and sore your wounds from the addiction/relationship are. So exposed, something that should be so private. But those are just my thoughts.

11-25-2008, 06:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
Thanks2HP Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Hotel California Posts: 175	http://www.dreammoods.com/ This doesn't fit your situation really but it's interesting... S_x To dream about sex, refers to the psychological completion and the integration of contrasting aspects of the Self. You need to be more receptive and incorporate aspects of your dream sex partner into your own character. Alternatively and a more direct interpretation of the dream, may be your libido's way of telling you that it's been too long since you have had sex. It may indicate repressed sexual desires and your needs for physical and emotional love. To dream about sex with someone other than your spouse or significant other, suggests dissatisfaction with the physical side of your relationship. On the other hand, it may be harmless fantasy. In such situations, you may find that you are less inhibited sexually and you can even bring that sense of adventure to your existing relationship. To dream that you are having sex with an ex or someone who is not your current mate, denotes your reservations about embarking in a new relationship or situation. You may feel nervous about exposing yourself or currently feel a resurgence of those old emotions and feelings that you felt back when you and your ex were together. Believe it or not, it is not uncommon for people approaching their wedding to experience especially erotic adventures with partners other than their intended spouses. This may be due to the intensity of your sexual passion with your fianc�. It also relates to the new roles that you will be taking on and the uncertainty that that may bring. If you are heterosexual and you dream that you are having sex with someone of the same sex, signifies not necessarily homosexual desire, but an expression of greater self love and acceptance. You need to be in better touch of your feminine or masculine side. To dream that you are having sex with a celebrity, indicates your drive to be successful. Consider what movies your associate this celebrity with for clues as to where and what you want to achieve success in. To see your parents having sex in your dream, indicates that you are seeing similar aspects between their relationship and your current relationship. Most of us cringe at the thought of our parents having sex, so this dream imagery is really trying to get your attention. Consider your parents' real life relationship together and what you can learn from it. To dream that you are the opposite sex, suggests that you exhibit or need to incorporate those qualities of the opposite sex. Ask yourself, how do you feel being a man or a woman? In what ways can you incorporate those feelings into your waking life. Sores To dream that you have sores on your body, suggests that you are keeping in some negative emotions and attitudes that need to be released and expressed. Consider the symbolism of the body area where the sores are located. Perhaps the dream is an indication that you are still feeling sore and resentful about some situation or relationship.

11-25-2008, 06:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
Stubborn1 Ph.D in insanity!! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 698	I believe him in bed with someone else is your own insecurity of him moving on or leaving. The sores represent someone else having him accepting him with his own afflictions as raw as they may be. You're scared you are going to lose him to someone else even as yucky as you may see him right now.

11-25-2008, 09:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
NeedingHelp7 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NY Posts: 1,057	Thankyou all for your insightful replies...It will all come together I know. Amazingly....I just found some scriptures that sound just like the dream....A psalm of David 38. When I was moved closer in the end of the dream, the hands may have been Gods hands. "AH bottom is in Gods hands." And in my heart I have known this all along. Psalm 38 A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance. 1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure! 2 For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin. 4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are full of inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart. 9 Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. 10 My heart pants, my strength fails me; As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me. 11 My loved ones and my friends stand aloof (At or from a distance, but within view)(also aloof means without sympathy, unfavorably) from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off. As far as finding out my husband has been with another woman (it's not the first time), I was angry at first, then I just became indifferent to it. I didn't pursue looking for her, to find out what she looked like or anything. I did want to see where she lived once, and drove by, and AH car was there. So I just distanced myself more from AH (going to text messages, to avoid talking to him as much as possible). I took care of and loved AH through much illness (in sickness and in health), and he hurt me, the children, and lied to me through every illness he had (whether intentional or not). So no I don't look favorable upon him any longer. I really have lost all sympathy and respect for him. When he tells me he is "sick" I have no feeling or response about it. So finding that out about the other woman helped me to let go of him all the more, and place him in Gods hands. NH7 __________________ "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you." (Jerem 29:11-12)

11-25-2008, 10:36 PM	#10 (permalink)
NeedingHelp7 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NY Posts: 1,057	Wow!!!...And just days earlier the Lord told me this..... Psalms 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye. __________________ "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you." (Jerem 29:11-12)

11-25-2008, 11:55 PM	#11 (permalink)
IO Storm IO Storm Wheel Of Fortune Champion! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 18,504 Blog Entries: 2	NH.. Hun. The feeling I get is you saw it and the current situation as sick. Plain and simple. As in...."How sick is that." As you become more well, it may become more clear how sick "that" is. Hugs __________________ "God holds me still in the eye of the Storm"

11-26-2008, 07:52 AM	#12 (permalink)
Lily Grateful Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Midwest Posts: 2,504 Blog Entries: 11	I personally do not put much stock in my dreams. I really like to think on things I know to be true. His holy WORD is truth. Finally brethren whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good rapport, if there is any virtue, and if there is anything praiseworthy, meditate on these things. Phil. 4:8 It just really helps my life to be less complicated. I know as a recovering addict, alcoholic I can really complicate things. Today I strive to not whenever possible. Blessings, Sheila

11-26-2008, 08:01 AM	#13 (permalink)
NeedingHelp7 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NY Posts: 1,057	IO....Yes, I see it for what it is.....very sick!!!! __________________ "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you." (Jerem 29:11-12)

11-26-2008, 08:42 AM	#14 (permalink)
NeedingHelp7 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NY Posts: 1,057	Lily, God has shown me many things through dreams and visions. I am thankful for this. Do I meditate on all the sickness no, not anymore. I used to. I was given this dream for a reason. God knows I like dreams too, because they are like putting a puzzle together. Then I see the whole picture. The dreams I have are not all pleasant. Sometimes I am shown horrible scary things to pray. For example I had this dream the night of Nov 16th.....I write all my dreams..... It was dark out, like it was night time. I couldn't see very well, but enough to see what I saw. I saw many people drowning (I was under water seeing this). Just as I saw one drowning I would look at another area and see others drowning. Also I saw others floating as like dead, only face up, on the water. Interpretation.....Last night on Fox news there was a report of a ship that was blown up on that night. An Indian ship blew it up thinking it was a pirate's ship. They just found out on last nights news that it was a cargo ship of Ti's (Tialand men not pirates). The one man that I saw that was floating face up in my dream looked Ti. The news reported that one man floated to safety. He was the only one saved out of 14. I couldn't believe my eyes what I was seeing on the news last night. This was the first I was heard of it. There was a clip of the ship blowing up, and it was pitch dark outside all you could see was the flames on top of the water. I checked my dream journal see if that dream was on the same Sun. night and it was. I had posted the dream Monday morning the 17th. God never ceases to amaze me. NH7 __________________ "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you." (Jerem 29:11-12)

11-26-2008, 11:23 AM	#15 (permalink)
IO Storm IO Storm Wheel Of Fortune Champion! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 18,504 Blog Entries: 2	NH.. You know, it's strange. I dreamed the other night..that the news on TV was good. I awoke mmm..probably three times, and had the same dream, over and over again...about good news on television. It occurred to me later that day, suddenly, that I may receive some type of good news. I have been praying about a tax problem..working on it, of course, and leaving the result in God's hands. Sure enough..two days ago..I got a letter from the IRS. My delinquent amount has again been reduced. By thousands. If I file two more years, the problem may be erased. Hallelujah! So..dreams certainly can be analagous. Blessings __________________ "God holds me still in the eye of the Storm"

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11-26-2008, 11:59 AM	#16 (permalink)
NeedingHelp7 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NY Posts: 1,057	That is good new IO, Hallelujah!! Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors is a big thing, and it happens. I'm happy for you. __________________ "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you." (Jerem 29:11-12)

11-26-2008, 03:09 PM	#17 (permalink)
Lily Grateful Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Midwest Posts: 2,504 Blog Entries: 11	NH, I am sorry, I did not mean to offend. I guess I have not experienced that. I know there were dreams in the OT that were interpreted. I am not saying I do not believe it could be for today cuz i am not one to limit God. For me and my mixed up dreams, which I do tend to remember almost every morning they usually are subconscious thoughts of someone I had thought of briefly that day or a situation I am in, etc. here is a good article I found on Yahoo about dreams: Prophetic Dreams Anyone can have a prophetic dream from God. The purposes of these dreams are varied, but usually concern things of direct relevance to the dreamer. For example, Joseph had dreams concerning his future, and Pharaoh and Nebuchadnezzar had dreams concerning the future of their countries. The meanings of prophetic dreams and visions are not apparent, and require an interpretation. The Bible calls them 'dark sayings'. And he said, Hear now my words, If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak to him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. With him I will speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches. God is able to give understanding to people concerning these dreams. The Bible says that the meaning of prophetic dreams belongs to God (Genesis 40:8). This is most evident in the case of Daniel when King Nebuchadnezzar forgot his dream and required his wise men to tell him the dream and it's meaning. Only God knew the dream and could reveal it to Daniel. Warning Dreams Warning dreams in the Bible are straight forward. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken, for she is a man's wife. The angel of the Lord appeared unto Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. Dreams Concerning the Will of God Dreams concerning the will of God are similar to warning dreams, where God or an angel appears and clearly says what a person should do. But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life. Dreams Caused by the Business of the Day Maybe the main reason Christians don't study dreams is that the Bible dismisses many common dreams and warns against false and misleading dreams. For a dream cometh through the multitude of business. This verse means that dreams may simply reflect the busy day that you had. For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. This verse warns against getting caught up in common dreams. There are many dreams you don't have to pay attention to, and spending a lot of time trying to understand them might not get you anywhere. False Dreams When a person wants to believe something they may very well have a dream that tells them what they want. Then they begin to believe in their dream, considering it a spiritual revelation. This seems to be the basis for false dreams and false prophesy. For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye caused to be dreamed. For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. If you study dreams from a Christian perspective I believe God will give you understanding of the interpretation, and also wisdom to tell which category a dream falls under. With this in mind, I don't know why more Christians don't study dreams.