My dream started out with my husband at I at some weird event where he and a competitor were in two lanes and were tossing coins of some sort down a lane... almost like drag racing, but very heads or tails-ish. Somehow my husband did something that was very rare and got him disqualified and all the crowds were booing at him being disqualified because they were fans of his. He came back over to me and I was consoling him when this big hairy italian almost looking man started storming our way. I was standing in front of Jack and apparently got in the way of this man's fist as he punched me square in the face before sucker punching my husband too. As I recovered and pulled myself together I began to yell at him and call attention to it, somehow no one saw this man and no one could hear my yells about what kind of an evil person he was.
Jack and I manage to leave this event and all of a sudden everyone is hurrying to their cars as if something bad were chasing them or something bad was going to happen and we ran into the van we came in and hid below the windows as these flourescent ghost like things went by on a train through the town. Then all of a sudden we look up and see my dad walking out with that man who punched me and Jack.
Dad has this man get in the passenger front seat and for some reason doesn't hear mine and Jack's protests. Doesn't even get upset about our yelling (and my dad HATES yelling in a car) and completely ignores us and starts driving. As we're driving I'm commanding the evil spirits out of this evil man as I have seen that he is filled with the enemy. The evil spirits are not budging so Jack and I pray and then begin to command the evil spirits out of my Dad in Jesus' Holy Name and one pops out of him, a flourescent colored ghost, almost like a burp. And my dad looks at it and kind of laughs,
"would you look at that?" he says. Apparently even though we had commanded the evil spirit out of him, my Dad was enamored by this evil man still. To everyone else he appeared very kind and very loving except Jack and I could see the truth.
Then we began to ask God to reveal this man's true person, to reveal his soul so my dad could see what an evil being he was. The amount of evil that began to show itself was unbelievable and yet my dad drove on. He just believed whatever came out of this man's mouth and never questioned it. He then told us that he was taking us all to this man's house and we were going to respect him because we would be staying the night in his home.
Then I looked around the van. Somehow there was an infant baby in the carseat in between Jack and I and it was my little sister in the dream (I do not have a little sister and my only younger sibling is a brother that's 23 months younger than me) and I began to worry about her soul and then I was comforted by knowing that God will save the innocents. Then I looked in the back seat and there was a golden retreiver that was apparently our dog. He knew something was wrong and as one of God's creatures, made and designed to ONLY worship God, he too had a problem with the man in the front seat.
All of a sudden as I'm assessing the situation, trying to figure out if Jack and I can escape, this evil man starts climbing from the front seat to the back seat. He sat himself right next to the dog. The dog growled and bared his teeth and this evil man didn't pay any attention. He just kept talking about how he loves dogs and my dad ate it up.
It was like this man KNEW how much we didn't want him close to us and he got as close to us as he could.
We began to chant "Jesus Saves" over and over and over and eventually we pull up to this mansion. There are big scary dogs roaming around and my sister was already in this mansion. She comes out to greet us with a big plate of food and says come on inside, I have to go, my food is getting cold. (I am surprised that in my dream, the people who I know in real life that are not saved (sister) or are just pretending to be saved (dad) how they would react and treat the enemy. I am amazed at how God portrayed these people and their actions in my dreams and I do not doubt that is exactly what they would do if they did meet the enemy face to face. They'd go to his elaborate home and eat chip dip with him.)
So my dad gets out and trots in along with this evil man. Jack and I are trying to figure out what to do when the dogs start growling and nipping at us. At this point we refuse to go and stand up to the evil spirits (that we could see but to everyone else they looked like dogs) and refused to follow. We did not go and said "We have faith that our God will deliver us from this, and if He doesn't, we STILL refuse to go walk hand and hand with the devil."
It was amazing. I woke up still in the fight satan mode and once I woke up all the way I began to think about what God had revealed to me through this dream. He showed me that no matter WHO was around, no matter WHAT I was up against, I could always call on the name of the Holy Spirit. That I can use the protection of the spirit. That Satan was and IS no match for the sword of the Holy Spirit. God is far more powerful than anything Satan can dream up and I am so happy and thankful and in love with the amazing God we have!
Praise God for the courage and renewing of my faith 100 fold that has been given to me as a gift through this dream!
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Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego explanation .... taken from Bible Stories for Kids:
King Nebuchadnezzar was at it again.
This time he had a giant statue set up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. It was made of gold, and taller then a nine story building.
Then King Nebuchadnezzar called all his royal officials - the satraps, the prefects, the magistrates, the treasurers, judges and counselors, and all the officials of the provinces - to come to the dedication of the golden statue King Nebuchadnezzar had set up in the plain of Dura.
A herald announced in a loud voice, “People of all nations, races, and languages! When you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the trigon and drum and all the musical instruments, you are commanded to bow down and worship the golden statue King Nebuchadnezzar has set up in the plain of Dura. Whoever hears the sound of the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the trigon and drum and all the musical instruments, and does not fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up in the plain of Dura - they shall be thrown into the fiery furnace.”
And so, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the trigon and drum and all the musical instruments the people of all nations, races and languages fell down and worshiped the golden statue King Nebuchadnezzar had set up in the plain of Dura.
All except Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
They worshipped God alone.
One day under the hot sun, the king’s magicians, sorcerers and wisemen saw that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego did not fall down and worship the golden statue (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were the Babylonian names King Nebuchadnezzar had given Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah).
They were jealous of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego because they knew that God was with them. This was a perfect chance to get rid of them.
And so the magicians, sorcerers and wisemen reported to the King.
They said, “O Great and Mighty King, may you live for ever! You have made a decree that whenever people of all nations, races, and languages hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the trigon and drum and all the musical instruments they are to fall down and worship the golden statue you have set up in the plain of Dura. And whoever hears the sound of the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the trigon and drum and all the musical instruments, and does NOT fall down and worship the golden statue you have set up in the plain of Dura shall be thrown into the fiery furnace.”
“Yes, this is so,” said the king.
“Your Majesty,” said the magicians, sorcerers and wisemen, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego do not worship the golden statue you have set up in the plain of Dura.”
King Nebuchadnezzar flew into a rage.
He ordered Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought immediately before him.
The King bellowed, “Is this true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that when you heard the sound of the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the trigon and drum and all the musical instruments, you did not fall down and worship the golden statue I have set up in the plain of Dura? Listen to me! When you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the trigon and drum and all the musical instruments, if you do not fall down and worship the golden statue I have set up in the plain of Dura, you shall be thrown into the fiery furnace! Who do you think can save you?”
“The God of heaven can save us,” answered Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. “His power is greater than yours, and he can save us from your fiery furnace. But even if he chooses not to save us, we will not worship your god, or bow down before the golden statue you have set up in the plain of Dura.”
The king’s face turned red with anger.
He ordered his men to heat the furnace seven times hotter than ever before. And then he ordered his strongest men to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
When the fiery furnace was blazing seven times hotter than ever before, the king’s men tied up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego - in their shirts, their robes, and caps and all - and threw them into the fire.
The fire was so hot, it burned up the mighty men who threw Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego into it.
Suddenly, King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet.
“Didn’t we tie up three men and throw them into the blazing fire?” he asked his magicians, sorcerers and wisemen.
“Yes we did,” said the magicians, sorcerers and wisemen.
“Then why do I see FOUR men - walking around in the fire!” The king said, “They are not tied up, and they are not hurt - and one of them looks like a god!” (Well, it WAS God, as a matter of fact, the one true God!)
So King Nebuchadnezzar went to the door of the fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the One True God! Come out!”
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stepped out of the fiery furnace.
All the magicians, sorcerers and wisemen gathered around them in complete amazement. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were not hurt by the fire in any way! Their hair was not singed, and their clothes were not burned. There wasn’t even the smell of smoke on them.
King Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He has sent his angel and rescued the men who serve him so faithfully! They disobeyed my orders and did not fall down and worship the golden statue I have set up in the plain of Dura. They risked their lives. They would not worship any other god except their God, and their God has saved them.”
And then King Nebuchadnezzar commanded, “Listen people of all nations, races and languages! Whoever speaks disrespectfully of the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses will be made a pile of ruins!” (You didn’t want to mess with King Nebuchadnezzar!)
“There is no God who can save like the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego!!”
(Daniel 3:1-30)
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