OVERCOMING DEMONIC DREAMS AND VISIONS Job 7:13-14 AMP When I say, my bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint, then You scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions. Job had been given over to satan for a season and he experienced demonic dreams and visions. The characteristics of dreams from the enemy are full of twisted accusations and darts that wound. Sometimes a dream will have knives, darts, sharp cutting instruments that inflict and cause pain. They may be threatening and tormenting. They may contain lusts of the flesh, eyes and world. They may contain violence, anger, wrath... arrogance, argument, debate and any number of the carnal works of the flesh. I can always tell an enemy dream because it is almost always a personal accusation to that particular day. The problem with enemy dreams is that there is always a measure of truth in them. So, after I take heed to the partial truth, I must then overcome guilt and condemnation and remember that I am covered by the blood of Jesus. I must also remember it is His righteousness that keeps me, not my own. The Lord does not want us buried in guilt that puts another layer between ourselves and His love. DEMONIC INTENTS OF A DREAM To thwart or kill faith Dump fear To impose guilt and condemnation about past To torment To intimidate To manipulate one’s will or decision To deceive To coerce one’s will to change To bring a veil or barrier to ones’ relationship with the Lord. To condemn and accuse. Enemy visions and dreams can have a numbing, immobilizing or even paralyzing influence over man’s will. This can happen with an inability to speak or move the body, or have a lack of freedom in exercising the will. Another characteristic of an enemy dream is the inability to wake up. Because the sleep is so deep, when the person does wake up in the middle of it, there is such a lethargic state that it is very difficult to stay awake. Frequently, there is the tendency to fall right back to sleep into the same enemy onslaught. One can learn to truly fight oneself awake, then stay awake to do adequate warfare to gain the peace of the Lord before going back to sleep. The dream can also be resisted and stopped by thinking “In Jesus’ Name” during the dream. If you unable to do this, pray that the Lord will help you to stand in your dreams and the Holy Spirit will remind you to do this while you are sleeping. If you suffer this, always remember that thinking or speaking the Name of Jesus will break the enemy restraint. His Name is a very powerful weapon.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 05:08:06 +0000
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