These were originally posted there but has been moved here. My job is to "sow the seed" friend, the rest I leave to the Lord. God bless.
Please define who and what you consider to be your lord. The word has various meanings for different people.
I use the word "Lord" for God the Father/ God the son Jesus or God the Holy Spirit, interchangably for different contexts.
The dreams that I dream-20-In Hell, for a little while I have often longed to have a glimpse of ‘Heaven’ in a dream and have prayed for the same many a time but that prayer has not yet been answered. On the contrary, I have never prayed to the Lord to show me ‘Hell’ in a dream, because of the tendency to get frightened seeing the torments (as described in the Bible) there, yet some months ago the Lord showed me some sections of hell for a while in a dream. I did not feel frightened seeing the sights there, perhaps because the Lord shielded me from feeling fearful. Actually the Lord showed me 3 distinct sections of “Hell” (perhaps there are many). In the dream, a door opened to me to enter one section of ‘Hell’ where it was very dark and I could see the skeletons of people there. Though they were just skeletons, they seemed to be moving and speaking and were grieving for things done in their past. I moved from there and walked into another room and here was a ghastly sight. Body parts were scattered here and there on the floor and though they were not in the bodies that they belonged to, they had life and were quivering and trembling with fear and pain. I moved on from there to another room where there was weeping and gnashing of teeth, but no one to be seen as such. The sights that I saw were so intriguing that I waited for some time, just to observe it longer. Suddenly I heard a sound behind me and looking back, I saw that the door that I had entered through was slowly closing. Till then I had been calm and composed but when I saw the door closing, fear gripped me and I ran back and exited the door just before it closed shut, heaving a sigh of relief that I had escaped. Hell is a reality, whether anyone believes it or not. And Heaven is a reality too, whether anyone believes it or not. Better believe and take a decision for our own good. No time to argue once we are dead.
The dreams that I dream-21- He will guide us Early in my ministry, most of the members of my church in South India, were from the lower strata of society, many of them, daily wage earners. Sometimes I felt that it was because of these poor people that the well to do people avoided joining my church. So I started praying to the Lord for well to do families to accept the true gospel and join our church instead of people from the lower strata of the society. It was during one of those early days of my ministry that the Lord showed me this dream. I am climbing a mountain and there are a lot of small houses here and there on the mountain. The people living there seem to be poor and destitute. There is a father like figure walking beside me as we begin the climb. The father like figure is guiding me as I enter each house. I speak to the people about their life and share a small message from the gospel in one house as he looks on. Next we proceed to another house and there too I speak to the residents. On the way up the mountain, there are a few reptiles lying on the path, but they don’t attack me because the father like figure protects me from them. After a while, I develop a dislike for these poor houses and think of how to avoid these. I start moving away from the path, but the father like figure holds my hand firmly and says, “Not that way son, this way” and again leads me into another small house with poor people. After we exit many such houses, we both look towards the mountain top and smile at each other, me acknowledging that the father like figure is the best guide for me and he affirming to me that he is there to guide me till the end of my journey. God has cut a clear cut path for each of us in our work for Him. If we let Him guide us, He will be with us continually, even though the path cut out for us be as one climbing a mountain with hurdles on the way. And if He has called us to work among the poor, that would be the best place for us to be, as He showed me in this dream.
The dreams that I dream-22-Rolling Rocks Once in a dream, I saw myself standing beside a path with a father like figure (one that I have mentioned in other dreams). The path is quite strange because it is full of rocks that are rolling through the path at high speed. We both observe this for a while and then he tells me, "Come let us walk through that path." I say, "No way, I am not going to walk through those rolling rocks, they'll surely crush me." But he insists and holds my hand and says, "Come". Hesitantly, I give in to his call. And we start walking. In an instant there is a great change because as soon I start walking with him, it seems like we are floating over the rocks. What I thought was we would be walking amidst those rolling rocks and be knocked over, but to my surprise we were miraculously walking over the rocks. The dream ended there. When I meditated upon this dream the next day, the Holy Spirit spoke to me saying, "That's a life of faith. Giving yourself completely into the Savior's hand's and letting him lead you. There may come problematic circumstances in your life, where you may think that you will be crushed by their intensity, but if you give yourself into the Savior's hand, he will lead you out of them all, without letting you getting harmed." And how true. The Word promises us, "The LORD watches over you-the LORD is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD will keep you from all harm- he will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore."(Psalm 121:5-8) Praise the Lord!
Dr. Cherian: From looking at your blogspace, I assume that you are a native of India and have lived there all of your life. Is this correct? Other questions: -Were you raised as a Christian, or did you convert from another faith? -If you did convert, which faith did you convert from and what motivated that conversion? Thanks sincerely...
Thanks for asking sanatan. I was born in a Christian family. You can read my testimony here http://www.riverofgod.com/test.html
The dreams that I dream-23- O, me of little faith Early in my career as a doctor, once in a dream I saw myself and a few others riding bikes on a highway. After sometime we turn to the left and traverse a narrow path that leads to a steep staircase. When we near the staircase/steps, my companions just increase the speed of their bikes and ride effortlessly on the steps and go away. But I stop my bike at the foot of the staircase and look dejected that I cannot do what the others did. After waiting for sometime there, with much effort, I push my bike upstairs. As the dream ended, I could see myself dejected and upset about the whole thing. When I woke up, I couldn't really decipher what the Holy Spirit was hinting about, but I prayed that I may not land up in any problems that day. I had a hectic day at the clinic. Many patients and not a minute of rest till around 1.30 pm. As we (me & my wife) sat for lunch that day, I could hear some commotion in the examination room. My assistant informed me that a patient (10 yr.old boy) who had come that day had been brought again because he had giddiness and vomiting on taking the medicines. When I enquired, the parents told me that they had given the medicines on an empty stomach. The boy looked pale and was restless and the parents were tense. Suddenly, I panicked and instead of reassuring the parents and the boy, I told them to take the boy to one of the bigger hospitals in the area. Though I prayed about the matter all through that evening, I feared of something catastrophic happening to the boy. Would he die? What would be the consequences? I became very dejected and it upset me a lot. I couldn't really believe that God is able to handle every problem that comes my way. What the Holy Spirit had shown in the dream was true. Others would have been cool in a situation like this (effortlesssly riding on the steep staircase) but I would handle the situation differently (pushing the bike up the staircase with much effort and dejection) Nothing really happened to the boy, he was given a couple of drips in the other hospital and he was well (I enquired the next day), but I had spent an evening in unbelief, doubt and dejection. Will God really take care? is the question that often arises in the minds of believers even after they pray much about some matters. Doubts and unbelief persist. Jesus seeing the unbelief of his disciples once asked them, "Where is your faith?" Sometimes He asks us the same thing--"Where is your faith?
The dreams that I dream-24- The importance of a good fellowship Some of the dreams that I dream are like short movies and this was one of them. I saw this dream long back, when I was a new believer and not yet in the ministry. In this dream, I was being chased by a villian with a revolver. He's shooting at me and some of the bullets just graze my body. I run through alleys and through the streets as fast as I can and escape his attack narrowly. As I heave a sigh of relief, he's back again, now chasing me with another dangerous weapon. He almost gets near me and tries to knock me down with the weapon in his hand, but I escape and run away from him. While running I pray to the Lord and say, "Lord, I don't think I'll survive another such attack, so help me." Before I finish praying, I see the enemy approaching me with a machine gun, laughing viciously, telling me that there's no escape now. He aims at me to fire, but before that, suddenly out of nowhere, I see the members of the fellowship that I worship with, come around me and join hands to form a cordon around me. The enemy starts firing furiously, but the bullets just bounce off the cordon of the believers around me. After firing for some time, the enemy gets tired and feels insulted that he's not able to even cause a minor bruise and walks away dejected. Through this dream the Holy Spirit was indicating that all believers need corporate prayer and the support of believers who worship in spirit and in truth to ward off the attacks of the enemy. A "spiritual wall of prayer support" is essential for every believer. It is God's will that each of us have "corporate prayer support" from believers who worship in spirit and truth.
The dreams that I dream- 25- One eyed man Some Christians are so legalistic in their living that they cause harm and misery not only for themselves but also for others. There was a fellow who was healed miraculously by God of a life threatening illness. He was given the best of medical care but he went from bad to worse and finally was written off by doctors as a “cold case” meaning nothing more can be done medically and his relatives were informed of the same. Even during the prolonged illness several believers were praying for him and he was healed totally by God after he was written off by the doctors. Since God had healed him totally he took a decision not to use medicines anymore in his entire life. That may have been ok because it was his personal matter, but he also took a decision that none of his family members should take medicines when they are sick but should only pray to God and receive their healing. This man had 3 children and the children suffered because of the decision of their father. They were put through much pain because they were not given medicines when they were sick. It so happened that this man was coming to my house because he was on vacation. The night before his arrival in town the Lord showed me a dream. In the dream I saw this man coming with his family to meet me at my home. They come in a car and as this man steps out of the vehicle and approaches me, I notice a peculiarity. He has only one eye instead of two and that eye is located in the centre of his forehead. All the while that he is with me I keep looking at his unusual appearance and marvel. The dream ended there. The Holy Spirit here was indicating how some people observe everything only according to their own perception. One eye, here shows how this man looked at everything according to his own thinking. Perhaps he could have restricted the “not taking medicines decision” to himself, but his decision of not letting his children also take medicines resulted in so much pain and misery for them. He was a man with a “one eyed vision” Undue legalism in our Christian lives tends to hurt many. One miraculous healing from God doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t take medicines never ever in our lives again. A balanced view regarding medicines and many other things in life helps so much in alleviating pain and misery.
The dreams that I dream-26- The Immovable Rock During a period of intense struggles in my life, one night in a dream, I saw myself walking through a wilderness. There's no one with me and I feel tired because of the hot sun bearing down upon me. Suddenly there is an earthquake and the earth below me starts caving in. I run here and there trying to escape being sucked into the huge gaps in the earth below. On seeing a rock, I climb on top but the earth below the rock starts shaking and I jump onto another rock. In my mind, I feel it's a futile exercise, even though I try my best to escape injury and death. Hopping from one rock to another and from there to another, I almost give up because the quaking is relentless. As I contemplate giving in to the circumstances, in a distance I see a huge rock standing undisturbed amidst this astounding earthquake. When the whole place looks to be falling apart, this rock is unmoved. As fast as my legs carry me, I jump from the top of rocks that are shaking wildly and finally jump onto the immovable rock. Now that I am on the huge rock, I am able to stand firmly and though I see everything being destroyed in my vicinity by the quake, no harm comes to me. In a little while, the earthquake subsides and everything is calm and quiet once again. Thanks to the immovable rock. The dream ended there. Those days were very trying in my life. Problems at work in the clinic, problems in the family, problems in my ministry and several other depressing matters. Yet, as the Lord had shown me in the dream, when all other helps (small rocks) fail to save me, the immovable rock i.e. Christ would be my help. And so He did! Praise the Lord. How true what the Psalmists say, "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." (Psalm 46:1) and "From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I."(Psalm 61:2)
The dreams that I dream-27- A difference of opinion One night in a dream, I saw my wife and me sitting in our room talking about certain matters. Suddenly through the open window, I see a dark woman running towards the front of our house. Her hair is strewn around her head and she has a wicked laugh. I run to the front room to check her out and as I enter the front room, she flings a coiled thing into the front room through the open window. I feel it is a python that she has thrown into the room, but then on checking I see that it is just a small snake, which slithers away into a pile of newspaper under the cupboard. Meanwhile my wife comes into the front room and says, "I saw that wicked woman throw in a monkey. I corrected her saying, "That was not a monkey, it was a snake that she threw in." But my wife was adamant. And me too. We did not want to change our opinions. As the dream ended, we were still arguing and finally both of us were unhappy that the other was not willing to give in. The next morning we prayed about this matter in our family prayer. We realized it to be a satanic attack and if we were not prayerful and vigilant, there was bound to be a problem. Later that day, in the evening, we (me and my wife) were talking about some family matters and soon the talk became an argument. We were going to get deeper in the argument when suddenly I remembered the dream that this was exactly what satan was trying to acheive. I became quiet for a while and then told my wife that the Holy Spirit had already hinted that there would be an attack by satan on our family life. She understood what I said and we prayed to the Lord and finally everything was fine. The dark lady in the dream was indicative of an evil spirit. When she threw a coiled thing into the room, I thought it was a python (big problem) but in reality it was a small snake (small problem) which just slithered away without causing harm (trivial matter that subsides soon). My wife arguing that it was a monkey and me taking a stand that it was a snake represented the difference of opinion that was to take place. If we heed the voice of the Holy Spirit, and pray, surely many problems in our life can be averted and more peace can prevail. All glory to Jesus.
The dreams that I dream-28- Leaving a Church Long back, early in our walk with the Lord, we happened to be worshipping in an Interdenominational Church. For 2 years, we really enjoyed the worship. Then came a time when some of the members of the Church started behaving in an inappropriate manner in their relationships with each other. Though this was very evident to all, they were not warned/stopped/forbidden in their indecency by the Pastor/elders. This brought great grief to me and my wife and we no longer could really worship the Lord wholeheartedly there. Finally we asked the Lord whether we should continue worshipping there or leave the Church and let Him lead us elsewhere. In answer to this the Lord showed me a dream. In the dream, I am examining a patient who is lying on the examination table. 2 of his toes on the right foot have been severed by an accident and they are just hanging on to the foot by thin strands of skin tissue. Immediately I call a surgeon to examine this case and ask him whether the 2 toes can be reattached by stitching them to the foot. But he replies in the negative saying that the wound was a bit old and deep and the toes could no longer be stitched back to the foot. The dream ended there. The Holy Spirit here was indicating that the 2 toes (a figurative representation of me and my wife) were almost separated from the rest of the foot i.e. we were almost ready to leave the Church (just hanging onto the foot by thin strands of skin tissue). The surgeon opining that the toes cannot be stitched back indicated that our leaving the Church would be final and that there would be no return. The Lord has His own ways of speaking to us and this dream was just one of His ways. Jesus loves us and wants to instruct us in every matter that concerns our lives. Most of the times He uses the Word to speak to us, but if there are specific matters that we would like to have His counsel, He’s always there to guide us if we wait for Him and seek Him diligently.
The dreams that I dream-29- Elephants Late in 1997, for a period of 2-3 weeks, my 5 year old daughter, who usually enjoyed worship and prayer with us at home and church seemed to be irritable and disinterested when it was time for prayer. She seemed to be troubled when the prayer time approached and because of the trouble she created, the joy of worship was lost. We tried to pacify her in different ways but nothing seemed to work. If I scolded her, she immediately would cry and there would be more problems. We prayed to the Lord to restore peace during our worship and prayer. The problem persisted for quite a while and then the Lord showed me this dream one night. Me, my wife and our daughter are walking together on a street, singing and praising the Lord joyfully. Suddenly, out of nowhere a herd of elephants rush at us and and our daughter is separated from us. The elephants chase our daughter and she flees from them. One small elephant blocks her way as she cries and runs and this elephant frightens her and nudges and pushes her with its trunk. We cry aloud on seeing this, praying to the Lord fervently, because we are helpless and the herd is a big one. For a while we feel that our daughter will be destroyed by the elephants,but then a huge hand comes down from above and shields her from the herd, not even allowing the elephants to see her. We run to her and my wife picks her up and we are overjoyed that no harm had befallen her though the elephants had troubled her so much. The dream ended there. This was obviously a satanic attack and we decided to fast and pray for our daughter's deliverance. Soon she was her old self again, praising and worshipping God with us and God restored peace as only He is able to. The elephants represented a host of satanic powers out to disrupt our worship and prayer life. They did this by attacking our little child, but the mighty hand of God shielded her from harm and set her free. Praise God for his protection and deliverance.
The dreams that I dream- 30- The secret lives of some believers Once while I fasted for 7 days, I had a very close fellowship with the Lord. I had been fasting and praying for several reasons including personal sanctification and the members of my church. Sometime towards the end of the fast, one night the Lord showed me a dream. It was not exactly about the people I had prayed for, but believers and people in the ministry in our town. 3 distinct sins were shown to me and that too by believers and men and women in the ministry who on the outside were very pious and held in high esteem by others. Sin number one was alcoholism. The Lord showed me a prominent 'so called' believer who couldn't end his day without taking a swig of the dreaded stuff. Sin number two was prostitution, by some who were regarded as prophetesses. Sin number three was extortion by ministers who had immoral motives too. I really was astonished on seeing this and woke up at night feeling very sad and was in tears for quite a while. I asked the Lord why He had shown me this, because I had not prayed about any of these people. He just said, "I just wanted to show you how some believers and ministers of the gospel are.You show so much respect to such people without knowing the truth.A day will come when everything will be revealed and many will then suffer shame and destruction."
The dreams that I dream-31- Scorpions A time came in our lives when we (me & my wife) decided to leave the house where we lived with my parents and move to a rented house closer to my clinic. There was opposition regarding this from several relatives and we were in a quandry whether to shift or not to shift. We knew that it was God's will that we should move out for a while, but the opposition was real too. One night as I slept the Lord showed me a dream in which I am in a precarious situation. I see myself standing in my parent's house wearing a shirt which is covered on the front and back with live scorpions. The scorpions are not stinging me but just clinging onto my shirt and body. I fear they'll sting me and try frantically to remove them but to no avail. Suddenly my father comes in to the room and takes his bath towel and strike at the scorpions. they fall to the ground and I heave a sigh of relief. The dream ended there. What the Lord showed was that, though my relatives were clinging onto me with arguments of their own for us not leaving the house, my father would help me in this. And that was what happened exactly. When the time came, my father gave us the "go ahead to move out" quieting all the people who had their opinions against us moving out. This dream also could mean "the Heavenly Father" helping us in the process of moving out (my father being shown in place of the Heavenly Father) The Psalmist says, "Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings." (Psalm 63:7) And so will I, because He is my help too.
The dreams that I dream- 32- Should I carry this burden Lord? Some years ago when I pastored a Church, a lame man joined us for worship. Lame in both legs, he could walk only with his bent knees and hands (very difficult to explain it in words). Yet he would join us for the Wednesday meetings and Sunday worship. Those days we had our church on the 3rd floor and he walked it up on all 4 limbs as there was no lift in the building. The only problem was that I had to continually support him financially. He had no job which was not unusual considering his bodily condition yet with all the financial burdens that I bore during those days, this was an added burden. His spiritual growth was not good either and this made me more apprehensive in supporting him. Sometimes I was not happy that I had to give him money each week but I did it because he had no other means of earnings. There was a great tussle going on inside of me for some time as I was not able to decide whether to continue to help him thus, even when he wasn’t really accepting the gospel truths that I was telling him. Then one night the Lord spoke to me in a dream. He showed me carrying this man on my shoulder and walking along a narrow path. The man seemed to be relieved that there was someone to care for him. His weight seemed to be a burden on my body and I shift him from one shoulder to another. Initially I find difficulty in praising the Lord while carrying him, but then after a while I start praising the Lord and walk on, not putting him down even though I was in discomfort. Through this dream the Lord was indicating that I should take care of this man, though he may cause discomfort to me and be a burden. I needed to praise God even in this circumstance. Living out the gospel is so different from preaching eloquent sermons. Sometimes believers wish that there was no 2nd mile to walk. But the reality is that, that is when the Lord is really pleased with us. May God give us the grace to walk the 2nd mile. “In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.”(Acts 20:35)
The dreams that I dream- 33- Praying for extension of life One night, in a dream I saw one of the pastors in our town dying in an accident. The accident was quite horrific and I woke up with a start, in the middle of the night. I prayed for him that the accident may not happen and that the Lord may be merciful and avert such a mishap. After a while, I slept and again in a dream, I saw a terrible storm hit this pastor’s house and him dying in the calamity. When I see a dream twice about the same matter I know that the matter is urgent and that it will surely happen if I don’t intercede. So I spent quite a while in prayer and retired for the night again. Usually when I see a dream of someone being involved in a calamity/accident, I just pray about the matter and do not urgently inform the person about it. But if I dream about the same matter twice, I have learnt from my experience that it is the Lord’s desire that I inform the other person about the matter, so that he/she may pray about the matter too. I had absolutely no contact with this pastor. I just knew that he lived somewhere in our town. I asked some people in our locality about this pastor’s whereabouts and finally got his address. After my clinic hours, I traveled to his house with a friend of mine. He was conducting a prayer meeting at his house that day and I had to call him out to tell him what I had seen. He was quite surprised to see me and more surprised when I told him why I had come there. I didn’t wait long, but just told him that the matter was urgent and that he should fast and pray that the calamity may be averted. I believe he took the message I gave him with urgency, for though he was involved in an accident, he escaped with minor bruises. That was 12 years back. He is still alive and works for the Lord. This is not the only time that the Lord has shown me that someone may die and that I have to pray that the Lord may extend their lives. There have been several instances, some involving my own family members. But God has been gracious and has saved many a disaster from happening because of the warning messages that the Holy Spirit gives. Praise the Lord. "In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover." Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, "Remember, O LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: Go and tell Hezekiah, 'This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life.” (Isaiah 38:1-5)