"But when they are made to stumble they will be helped with a little help" (Dan 11:34) I had a dream last night in which I was home. As I looked out the windows I noticed the homes around me were on fire. As I called for a friend in another room I noticed they were different as they came to me, as if they had an agenda on there mind that was not in my best interest. At that moment I came to realize that I was dreaming. I realized that what was happening wasn't in the real world but in my mind, and as this person approached me I said a prayer to Jehovah in my dream. I still remember what I said. As they grabbed me I fought them, I gained some ground, but they were stronger, and ultimately I could not overcome, and as they started to gain the mastery over me I woke up with a jump to a sitting position! Now, I've had maybe two unpleasant dreams in my past almost 40 years, and this one taught me something. I realize that regardless of where our contentiousness is or where we are at, Jehovah hears us. It reminds me there are forces out there that do not have our best interest in mind, and they are powerful, but, I won last night because I relied on him...
You know, further contemplation on this dream and I have come to a realization. It was basically a metaphor of what all of us deal with in this plite of life as slaves of sin. It's very easily explained with a thought experiment... Ok, here we go. What I want you to do is to stop reading for a full minute, but try to not think of the word "Frog". It's impossible isn't it? That's because we cannot overcome sin on our own, we must rely on Jehovah. (Psm 55:22)
Some interesting thoughts there. There are 2 other things that stand out to me as well. Firstly your own home is not on fire - a possible indication that you feel a measure of security and safety around you - I am speculating here, maybe that represents you sensing Jehovah's protection. The other point I noticed is that you woke up when your friend was about to get the upper hand in the fight. It's common for people to wake up when their safety is threatened in the dream i.e. waking up before they hit the ground when dreaming that they are falling. A safety mechanism of the mind. (Have a job with many roles - often I have to try to "get inside other people's heads" so to speak.) Wallflower
Very true... The homes around being of flames and mine protected. It also gave me the impression of the battle we deal with every day with sin, and we wage war with it. I'm thankful that I have the desire to overcome, yet I am ill equip on my own without Jehovah to do anything about it. It took me a long time to learn that in life. Sometimes ones may think it's a matter of will power...
guess we've all considered them .. Night Vision www.facebook.com/notes/michael-miller/night-vision/373694710980
Yep, we can't overcome our own sin but Jesus has already managed to do it through his death (Hos.13:14). As a Christian, our struggle isn't to fight sin by being told what to do or not to do through childish reminders because that's a fleshly way to spiritually help others but it should be more to help others to acquire Holy Spirit because the latter only can really help humans to overcome their sinful tendencies. "For this is what the love of God means, that we observe his commandments; and yet his commandments are not burdensome, because everything that has been born from God conquers the world. And this is the conquest that has conquered the world, our faith." - 1 John 5:3-4 "On the other hand, the fruitage of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness, self-control. Against such things there is no law." - Gal.5:22-23 No matter how hard we try, we can't overcome our sinful tendencies. Instead of trying to fight them through fleshly ways, we should instead ask Jehovah for his Spirit so we/it can master them successfully.
It isn't, in my opinion, and that's about which the GB is wrong in the way they teach the JWs regarding the struggle against sin and sinful tendencies. Most of people already know what they must do or avoid to do. People don't need to be told what to do or not to do but need to have a strong relationship with Jehovah and beg for His Spirit because as I said previously, only the HS can help them to overcome sin and its deadly power.
You know my brother, your English has gotten better over the years...lol One would be hard pressed to think it is not your first language... and in reality It's probably your third! Ha... Even though I did not grow up in the truth, but came across it in my teens, sometimes our upbringing can play a roll as to understanding how to rely on Jehovah. To some it can be an easy concept to rely on someone else, however, it can be a difficult concept to others who may have never had that privilege, hence why sometimes I rely on those with more knowledge of Jehovah's love... It's a good idea to understand our weaknesses. Prophecy on the other hand is my work... As I mentioned to you Utuna, I will be posting my work soon after correcting a tweak in chronology...
Had an odd dream last night - I dreamed that I had become mother to twin baby girls. I go real estate hunting and am in the market to buy a house, not just an average size house, it has to be a REAL BIG house because I have got TWINS. I cart the twins around in 2 car seats while house hunting. The real estate salesman keeps offering to carry one for me but I tell him they're mine and I'll carry them. I'm not struggling with carrying the car seats - the theme was that I had to get a REAL BIG house. Finally I buy a place that is the size of a mansion - it is out in the country. The next night I take the twins to the meeting. One of the sisters comes up to me and asks "what are the girls' names?" At that point, I woke up and sat upright - and felt the bed around me to make sure I was not sharing the bed with twins. Sometimes when people dream they are going to give birth/ have given birth, it can mean that they are starting out on a new endeavour or project. Not sure what to make of this one. Wallflower
I posted this sometime ago on Robert's forum. It was a dream that I used to have frequently as a youngster. I used to dream that I could fly - I could do all sorts of fancy stuff! Loop-the-loops, barrel rolls, bank to the side suddenly, nose-dive towards the ground at break-neck speed and pull up at the last second without crashing into the ground and fly upside-down. Occasionally I flew in reverse. I had one problem - I could not fly above the power lines. I could fly in between the power lines and do loop-the-loops around them but could never fly above them. I could also circle the telegraph poles (that held up the power lines) at break-neck speed. I could do all this great stuff but could never fly above the power lines. (I remember someone posted that I couldn't touch the power lines because that would be the end of me and the dream would end - or something along those lines.) I never had the dream as an adult. Wallflower
My memory is a little hazy here - niggling at the back of my mind - I think it was either Utuna or Tsaphah. (One of the "T" brothers.)
I remember having talked jocklingly about it to JIG (merguez sausage... lol) but it was about another subject.