Spiritual Crisis

[Amy.G]

Do you think my dreams are a result of my medications or is God trying to tell me something? When I lay there and I drift to a semi-conscious state I have dreams, or maybe visions. I don't know. A lot of times I don't remember them but I feel weird when I wake up.

God speaks to us through His word, not dreams or visions. We cannot trust our own minds on these things (especially when on certain meds), but we can trust the Bible.

 

[Winman]

Thanks again for all the good advice. Going out in the country is a most wonderful way for me to spend my time. Unfortunately I can't drive due to my medical problems.

Do you think my dreams are a result of my medications or is God trying to tell me something? When I lay there and I drift to a semi-conscious state I have dreams, or maybe visions. I don't know. A lot of times I don't remember them but I feel weird when I wake up.

Sure, medication can affect your sleep and dreams. You probably need to talk to your doctor about these symptoms.

If possible, try to maintain healthy eating and sleeping habits. Get up early if possible, eat good healthy meals with lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, and try to go to bed the same time every night. Try to get at least 6-8 hours sleep if possible. If you develop good eating and sleeping habits you will probably feel much better. When we are tired and exhausted it can cause irritability and confusion of mind.

 

[JohnnyReb]

Amy.G and Winman Amen Amen. Spot on

 

[evangelist6589]

Sure, medication can affect your sleep and dreams. You probably need to talk to your doctor about these symptoms.

If possible, try to maintain healthy eating and sleeping habits. Get up early if possible, eat good healthy meals with lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, and try to go to bed the same time every night. Try to get at least 6-8 hours sleep if possible. If you develop good eating and sleeping habits you will probably feel much better. When we are tired and exhausted it can cause irritability and confusion of mind.

There is not much we agree on, but this advice is excellent. I too am a big advocate of a healthy lifestyle.

 

[Scarlett O.]

God speaks to us through His word, not dreams or visions. We cannot trust our own minds on these things (especially when on certain meds), but we can trust the Bible.

Amy is right. She's a smart cookie, listen to her.

 

[evangelist6589]

Boloney................

How many church goers OUTSIDE of your church would read him? I am not saying he is bad, but he is better for more academic minds. Read Jerry Bridges instead.

 

[IdahoSpudster]

I appreciate the book recommendations, but recommend something that someone with a brain injury can read. Stephen King and Tom Clancy I can manage if I go slow enough and reread some parts. Clancy I sometimes take notes because he has a million things going on at once. Hope this helps settle the book debate. :thumbs:

 

[evangelist6589]

I appreciate the book recommendations, but recommend something that someone with a brain injury can read. Stephen King and Tom Clancy I can manage if I go slow enough and reread some parts. Clancy I sometimes take notes because he has a million things going on at once. Hope this helps settle the book debate. :thumbs:

Francis Chan is a very easy to read author and he's very interesting. He packs his books with stories and is very creative in his writing style. I fisniegd Crazy Love in 2 days and I am a slow reader. Chan is one of the best writers in the world.

Crazy Love

Crazy Love is one of the best books I have ever read and certainly the best I have read this year. The writing style is very simple, personable, non-technical, compassionate, and interesting. This book will rock your faith and challenge you in ways other books (other than the Bible) have not. Chan makes an argument for Lordship in the book and clearly explains why Lukewarm Christianity not the answer. We live in a day where out churches are filled with luke-warm Christians or false converts. Just take a look around and see how many Christians are truly interested in evangelism. Not many.. Or take a look around and see that so many churches are interested in "entertainment evangelism" which means they think that the music, the video games, or the movies will attract people to God and they base their methodology on pragmatism over scripture. What they do not know is that these methods are a great way to produce false converts or Luke-warm Christians. But for more on that subject check out John MacArthur's book "Hard to Believe." Remember that Jesus commanded the church to go out into all the world and preach the Gospel (Mark 16:15) so this implies that witnessing in your local city, town, or workplace would be just as valuable to Him over someone whom moves to East Africa. Too often missions is heavily emphasized while local evangelism is frowned upon in the church. If you cannot serve overseas due to large debts, physical problems, family commitments, or whatever the reason, then buy yourself some tracts from Living Waters or some other ministry and go and reach your local community with the gospel! Take a look at page 173 and answer the question. What do you want to be doing when Christ Returns? Do you want Him to find you out drinking and spending all your money on video games and entertainment? Or would you rather Him find you out witnessing? I prefer the later.

This book is convicting in that the emphasis on the book is God and glorifying Him. Far too many books these days are written by Arminian that think live revolves around themselves and God serving them, and so they are not all that Biblical. God is the focus of this book (check out chapter 1) and there is so much involved for man to continue to live each day. As Chan states in chapter 2 you are just someone that appears for a short time and then vanishes. So how do you want to make your life count for all of eternity? On page 46 Chan tells a story of a man named Stan whom preached at a funeral and challenged the audience to get right with God before it was too late as God could take their life at any moment. A few minutes later Stan fell over and died and God had taken him after that Gospel challenge. Perhaps some got saved that day.

Contrary to some other reviews this book is not teaching that one must do these things to be saved, but that showing Christ's Lordship and your obsession with Him proves that you are indeed saved, and are a slave of God. This book will rock your Christian life and I would suggest reading it again, and again as I plan on doing. Some other books that are also good and have similar themes as this one are "Radical & Follow Me" by David Platt. Buy those ones as well and read them.

 

[salzer mtn]

My advice as Amy.G is, start reading the bible. God communicates with us through His word. Each time you open the scripture to read it ask God to bless it to your soul. The more you read the scripture, the more you want to read it and it will get to the point that you can't do without reading the scripture each day. You will be surprised how the scripture will become necessary food for your soul.

 

[Aaron]

Pray and read the Bible in that order.

Oh, and don't do anything except repent. Seriously. Quit lying and stealing, but don't get fooled into thinking God is trying to give you a special mission or call. Forget it. The call is repentance.

So, pray and read the Bible.