Does having a dream involving sin mean we have sinned?

December 2, 2023

Question: I am a member of the church. Lately, my soul has been in spiritual turmoil, and I could hardly find the strength to do anything but try to pray and study. I recently opened up to my husband about why, and I started to feel better after I opened up to him. However, I…

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Enjoy What God Has Given You

November 24, 2019

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Enjoy-What-God-Has-Given-You.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Psalms 50   I.         Have you given a gift that wasn’t appreciated?             A.        “That’s nice, but it wasn’t what I hoped to receive.”             B.        “Thanks, but it would have been better if you also included …”             C.        Or worse, it just sits there, not being used             D.        It’s frustrating to the giver.             E.        But consider…

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I’ve been having a lot of nightmares this week

September 17, 2016

Question: I’ve been having nightmares a lot this week. Just last night I had a nightmare about a horrible dark creature behind me and looking at me. I woke up screaming! And I didn’t sleep very well after that because I had another nightmare. I guess that’s why I am kind of tired. It wasn’t…

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If I dream a woman wanted me, does it not mean we are married?

October 13, 2012

Question: I was in a dream one night and saw a lady in my church trying to sleep with me. I ran away from her but she was desperate. Her younger brother, with her in that dream, was asking me why I don’t want to marry his sister. Physically, she was not the one I…

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Is it wrong to daydream about being successful?

August 21, 2012

Question: I often find myself daydreaming about being successful.  I daydreamed about impressing my teachers with my papers and presentations, daydreamed about winning awards for the things I create, daydream about guys being impressed with my godliness and wanting to date me, etc. Basically, anything I am doing or am planning to do, I daydream…

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My friend and I shared a dream. Does that mean we are telepathic?

June 16, 2012

Question: Last night, I and a close friend had exactly the same dream, we look on the Internet to find out what it meant. It said we telepathically connected. It also pointed out the words “devine world” I look it up and found out the devine world is also known as “limbo” the place you…

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Do dreams signify something?

June 14, 2012

Question: How are you? I pray that you are in good health. I want to share with you something. Last night I got a dream. In my dream, an angel came to me, my wife, and my son and said the Lord blessed my son. My dream looked so real and my heart is full…

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Where do dreams of the future come from?

February 13, 2011

Question: When people have dreams regarding the future that come true, where does this come from? Answer: There are several problems here. In times past, God did speak to people at times through dreams. “God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets” (Hebrews 1:1).…

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Why did my mother have such a strange dream?

November 8, 2010

Question: I hear you’re from a church. Can you tell me any reason why my mom dreamed last night that she was somewhere in a mountain and all of a sudden she heard a voice saying look up in the sky and she looked up and saw a crack in the sky and in the…

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What is the purpose of dreams?

January 14, 2007

Question: What is the purpose of dreaming? I know in the Bible, especially the Old Testament, there are prophets or people there that have dreams and some needs to be interpreted. At least they have meanings, but can we still compare them with the modern world? Some people I have asked said they are in…

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