Can I Sin in My Dreams?
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- čas přidán 16. 04. 2024
- Have you ever had dark, disturbing dreams? If you did, did you feel guilty when you woke up? Did you have some vague sense of shame that such dreams came from your mind?
If you’ve ever experienced this, you might have even wondered whether or not such dreams could be considered “sinful.” Fr. Mike is here today to give you the short answer-no, dreams themselves cannot be considered sinful-and the long answer… what are you doing during your waking hours that could be feeding these dark dreams?
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"If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take🙏"
Hush, little baby, don't say a word
And never mind that noise you heard
It's just the beasts under your bed
In your closet, in your head
(Sorry, song came through my head.)
This made me wonder why I never pray anything like that. It's very important
💤😴💤"Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take"💤😴💤
Sweet Dreams Friend 🙏 @@VoVina111
As someone who's been recovering from pornography addiction, in times where I'd been free of relapse for a week or so, I'd on occasion be hit with dreams where I was relapsing. It'd feel like an attack from the enemy. I feel the best attitude for getting past such instances is to not be fearful of the fact that the dream happened and being afraid that it'd tempt me into relapse, but instead to have an attitude of "thank God, it was only a nightmare, I'm free, and that's not changing." Fear is the weapon of the enemy, and dreams are simply dreams, best to not carry the dreams the enemy might try to hit you with into the waking world.
That happened to me too and I'd wake up and be like "Thank God it wasn't real", but my scrupulosity had me thinking "wait does it count as a sin?"
Me: "Thank The Lord that dream wasn't real."
Scrupulosity:"Was it, now?"
When I converted around Christmas, I tried to free myself from lust, but maybe 3 months in, I was having reoccurring dreams of relapsing every other night for weeks. I had sinned eventually, and the dreams stopped. I realized it stemmed from pride and fear from breaking a "streak" since Christmas. Now that dates are blurry, I don't struggle with this anymore. I like to think dreams reveal some hidden reality.
What enemy? Lol
@@hilarynjuki7058 Satan of course. That enemy, the big bad of the bible.
My reason: “of course not!”
My scrupulosity: “Maybe… idk, I’m scared”
I feel you😂, God bless❤
I have suffered from scrupulosity most of my life. A Catholic thrrapist, medication, and a spiritual advisor have helped me immensely.
When my spiritual director says, "That's not a sin," it carries weight with me.
I can relate! :(
Check out the 10 Commandments for the Scrupulous it will help from one scrupulous catholic to another
@@johnsposato5632 I can't imagine a better thing to have in your life for stability and peace than a good, Catholic therapist.
i’ve struggled with OCD intrusive thoughts for over a year at this point!!! trust me, they are NOT sins, they go against what you love/believe. for those of you who are struggling with OCD (real ocd not like how it’s portrayed in media), trust me God loves you no matter what you think🫶🏻
So have I Laure, for several years now and it's not a joke, media portrays it as a joke most of the time but it's not. God bless you. X
@@darkthornroseheart7897 God bless you too! we can get through this❤️ i wish more people understood what it really is like
Thank you for this comment as well. I have OCD and GAD. Its not fun and the only thing that works for me is my faith and really truly surrendering myself to Him. Its facing your fears, being kind to yourself while having disturbing thoughts and also willing to feel that fear in order to overcome it. Its hard but He has not forsaken me and He never will.
i have ocd and i struggle with the same type of stuff. You are right it’s totally different than people think. I hope you are doing well!
God boess you Jesus loves you!
My children and I pray "dear guardian angel, my guardian dear. With God's love that brings you here. Be forever this day and night at my side, to help watch, rule, love and guide me. Help me to have dreams that are good, help me to listen and do as I should". Amen.
I'm curious: why are there guardian angels? Isn't god omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent?
@myquestforfaith409 first, catholics don't have to believe in guardian angels, some catholics don't. Second, that is true about God, but then why would God make anything? Why would God make any angel? Any human being? I do forget the specific reasons that God made angels, so just research it. But don't worry about it too much because it's not as important since you don't have to believe in guardian angels.
@@myquestforfaith409angels in general are said to be completely united and bound to God‘s will
@@thomasfleming8169 That's confusing. In my RCIA class, the teacher taught to pray to guardian angels so they intercede on our behalf. It still doesn't make sense for the same reason. I don't understand the point of it.
Those are good questions and the logical "endpoint" of the Christian god. There is really no reason for him to create anything, and we don't make sense as his creation. His attributes make his actions illogical. If god is perfect and self-sufficient, he wouldn't need to create anything. He might as well not even exist since he is always in a perfect state. At least with humans, you could make a case that we are different enough that he would get something out of it, like ants in an ant farm. However, that also fails because of his attributes. Christians made him too perfect, so nothing about him and his actions make sense anymore. Angels of any kind, though, just don't make any sense. These have been major roadblocks for me when trying to become a catholic.
@@nataliej.3579 What's the point of their existence, then? Why are they necessary if god has the attributes I listed?
The irony of this video! Didn't sin in the dream. But, I had a dream recently where I had met with Father Mike in his room seen in this video and he kept giving me things to help heal my grandfather of bone cancer. Books, oils, prayer cards, the works! I had watched one of his talks just before I went to bed. So, it would only make sense Fr. Mike appears in my dream! I remember feeling at ease in the dream, knowing that a priest was trying to help my grandpa. ❤
Rituals - gambelings - & various hocus - pocus is forbidden by the lord! aA reall / true Christian uses all the given blessings; oncluding natural things - wiseness - patience - knowledge for the good of every thing. Such as, going to the moon - inventing radio - the magnet - directional campus - various Dr. KNOWLEDGES . . . But some are abusing good onventions and knowleges, for mean / evil things. Such as the P.S. - One uses it, as it was meant to be, to store things in it - ask and research things? Others may use a P.C. to break into capitols - spy sattelites etc. yes, the early rituals got advanced, and now these days, these are the davanced rituals! + I mean some fools sooner believe to an - A I - than to me, or to each other? Where is the Humanity going? - -please??!
Even Father Mike comes in my dream
Father Mike God bless you always! You are the reason i came back to church after 20 ish years! ❤️ Praise God!
Romans 5 KJV 🩸
9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
No offense by any means, buteven, when we are conscious, some emotions we ca - n o t - control! OPassed those emotions, when we are sleeping & dreaming, we almost can't solve all of our dreams - ( just some - maybe. )Even in the Bible, special people were needed, to solve the dreams of Joseph etc. Som epeopel are way deep into their jobs / occupations, and they tend to mke a deducation, what may happen in the future,? But while that happens, that may or may not be so?
To anyone who struggles with lustful thoughts/temptations while trying to go to sleep or while sleeping here's something I've been doing recently that has helped extremely well I grab my rosary wrap it around my hand and just start praying the rosary or say some Hail Marys I also say in Jesus name get out hope this was helpful. It also helps me get a good night's sleep usually.
Thank you. I have had horrible dreams and gone to confession over them. Scrupulous me….😢 the priest was so gracious with me.
I just recently had a Sex Dream. I feel like I Can't control My Subconscious. But, I just pray to Jesus for strength and understanding. I don't want to over-think it.
Depending on the context, sex dreams can be quite alright and healthy even.
@@eviep2
Not good advice.
@@WT-Sherman i totally understand your concern. That's why i said that it depends on the context. For instance, spouses missing each other while on a business trip or for whetever reason, might have sex dreams about each other. Would that be acceptable in your opinion? If that is still problematic for you, let me know and i will delete my post.
@@eviep2 That's a good point. I have zero credentials so anyone reading this should not take a word I say seriously. I'm some random guy who likes theology.
But I would have to say if the dream contains lust it is not helpful at all. So if the dream leads you to the temptation to commit the sin of lust even with your spouse it would not be helpful. Since lustful thoughts even of your spouse are still wrong by definition of being lustful. But it all depends on the dream and how the dream is perceived. And even if the dream isn't healthy it still will never be a sin because you're unconscious when you experience it.
Again, I have zero credentials to back up this comment, so don't take me seriously.
Sex is healthy and is not a sin in and of itself
A week before holy week I finally just confessed the sins that I commit in my dreams hoping that it will stop.❤
YES!!! Congradulations!!! This is Wonderful
Men can especially feel this because of bodily functions... Remember, you have no control over it, don't let satan bring you down.
In Truth you DO have control over it. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak but GOD gave you full authority over all especially over the demonic entities so let go of that lie and live out your God given freedom and responsibility! You have the power to call GOD to overcome the attacks!
We are called the Church MILITANT we are SOLDIERS in this WAR on earth!!! I rebuke that pagan thinking of yours in Jesus' Mighty Name! Weak men make hard times, we are at the gate way of hard times making strong men so WAKE UP and FIGHT!!!! Either you will die fighting for God or you will die fighting against yourself for allowing the evil to use and abuse you! "The battle is first won or lost in the mind" - Saint Joan of Arc. Why do you think we make the Sign of the Cross starting with God The Father at our forehead? It is where we must sumbit and subdue all thoughts to GOD The Father inorder to be obedient to Him and win the battles we face each day! His Will be done!
@@MarvelousMiAre you saying we have control over wet dreams? No we literally don’t lol
@MarvelousMi you are crazy 😂
Worst thing is those thoughts lingering around. Never let that happen.
Let those thoughts lead you to find a spouse! Don't fixate on the thoughts themselves but take that sexual energy that God gave you and direct it towards starting a family.
I used to have intrusive thoughts after witnessing something awful. The two best ways I found to counter it was 1) Keeping a small photo album of beautiful religious art to reflect on instead. 2) Imagining St. Michael the Archangel's flaming sword destroying the intrusive images, or Christ's foot crushing the head of the devils.
the night time prayer from the Chosen has brought me so much comfort to my sleep
May God bless everyone with His peace at all times, even when we are asleep.
To those of you who struggle with such dreams, I fund that clutching or wrapping a rosary around your arm works tremendously ❤️
I've been on a way better path since Easter has ended, I'm praying daily and actively trying to be a better Catholic person. I've found that my dreams are more active, and it was hard for me to deal with what I was seeing. This was what I needed, thank you Father.
Easter HAS NOT ended! It is 50 days of celebration! Easter ends at Pentecost which is also the day the NWO has something planned for us which will really speed up its take over so take up as much blessing right now as you can and be ready for anything.
Perfect timing, since I do have sinful dreams from time to time 😢
I never remember my dreams, only nightmares that scare me into wakefulness
Wow, I needed to hear this. Watching TV in bed before sleep is not a good habit
Depends on what you're watching.
@@emilyanna4667 it doesn't, it makes it harder to sleep, affects our brain waves, our eyes are affected and more.
Father, faithful, lifelong Catholic person here. Good point. Don’t we have enough guilt to deal with in our faith without now postulating if we are guilty of our subconscious thoughts and or beyond our control dreaming. I don’t think I am alone in feeling like I am always questioning myself as it is.. I say a rosary every day, but is that enough, i do this thing, is that enough, I do that thing was that too much, it can be very fatiguing being a Catholic sometimes Father. When I step back and think about it, this may be the true distraction of one’s faith. Can’t we just relax a little and say, I love Jesus I believe I am a good person and I hope to do my best today.
Ever since I started sleeping in my rosary beads, I haven't had any disturbing dreams.
Profound, and most comforting. Thanks Father.
Thank you, Fr Mike, for your loving care.
Thanks once again Father Mike!
I get weird dreams all the time. But I forget them.
Freaking love Fr Mike 🥲💜
Thank you soooo very much Fr. Mike for this video It brings me peace .
Thank you Father Mike 🙏
Thank you Father Mike
Excellent points, Father Mike!
Thanks Fr Mike, you are a treasure and a gift to the Church. You cover so much that are never covered elsewhere, but are often things that would be on my mind.
I legit really needed to know this. Lately I've been struggling with unwanted dreams
Thanks for this topic, Fr. Mike. I have had a few freaky dreams.
Thank you father Mike.
Thank you Fr Mike for clarifying that subject. God Bless you 🙏 ❤
Listening from Uganda, may God bless the work Ascension presents is doing
Thank you Fr. Mike for this video, I needed to hear this! God bless you 🙏🙏🙏Amen ❤
Thanks for the video father
I have felt this many times. Definitely the day before effect what i see in my dreams. I have used it as a warning to chose more wisely what I see the next day.
Thank you for explaining this very important information on dreams to us. Good to know that while we sleep and dream, whether good or bad, we do not sin.
Oh man I really needed this video, I’ve been struggling with scrupulosity over my dreams
Thank you Father
I've often repented of this very thing because i thought i had sinned, inspite of praying every single nite before bed. Huge relief. Thank u Fr Mike.
You should still repent of it! Take your thoughts captive by writing down your dreams at night , it will train your mind to take control when in sleep mode so evil doesnt abuse you and you know automatically how to fight back! Which is what is most needed as we are in WAR , it first is spiritual, but by how censorship is getting , and the machines the govermant has made to read our minds, and bill gates and elon obsessed with chipping our brains, the mind is where you need to train to prepare for battle THE MOST! "The battle is either won or lost first in the mind" - Saint Joan of Arc. Remember that.
Pray the FULL rosary before bed every night that makes a HUGE diffrence. In short times, pray the Liturgy of The Hours
Thank you, Father. This is really good. I appreciated this. 😊
Thank God and thank you Father Mike. I needed this today. I hope i could do more good things ❤
Fr. Mike. What timing for your video! Lately I've had some really odd dreams. In one of them I had no idea who any of the people were!
Thanks, Father💚
God Bless you Fr. Mike for affirming this! I dream a lot .. almost every night and very vivid dreams in forms of stories or about a particular person and one time a verse of the Bible that’s not even there 😮and I don’t know what they mean..but when I have nightmares.. they’re really scary but not often.. I mean scary😢and I used to sleep walk when was younger😮😮thank God I don’t anymore ❤️✝️🌎Take care Fr Mike .. your homilies are the best❤❤
So thoughtful, thank you!
I remember waking up crying years ago because I had dreamt of killing someone (on accident but still). I woke up feeling so guilty of having dreamed that!
Great video- I often think about this!
Amen I trust you with faith amen
HAHAHA this video was definitely for me and the like but on the serious note my dreams are the worst, borderline discouraging when I realize I had a full-on graphic dream. I should start praying that I only dream nothing.
Thank you! Some nightmares are not about scary things happening to me, but weird things I do...
Jesus loves you and is with you
Father Ripperger has a prayer for this in his Deliverance Prayers book. Worked for me.
I've experienced dreams I was free in. And I surely am not alone.
I watched this video because last week I had a dream where I fell to temptation. It scared me because even though I didn't think I had sinned, it showed me how weak I am to temptation. I thought, "What if God tempts me like this as a final test when I die?" Would I fail? Is this why the Hail Mary ends with "and at the hour of our death"? The Rosary is even more important to me now.
God does not lay traps or tempt people into sinning. That’s the opposite of God’s nature. If god is to be a father to us, he would never do that. As a parent myself, I’d never lay traps to set up my child to fail. I would never test him. Nor would I punish him for failing or making a mistake. He’s a child and still learning. But you know what? Learning doesn’t end when you reach adulthood. Learning and maturing and growth never ends. Reaching old age does not make a person sinless and perfect simply because they’re older. They still make mistakes. And god is not sneaking around laying traps for people close to death. Instead, he is waiting with open arms ready to be reconciled with his child.
@@AandM8 This is true of course, but God can "test" us if you will, and/or allow certain tricks of the devil that could tempt us.
To the one who wrote the original comment: It is important though to remind your self that God does not want you to be led into sin and that you can overcome every temptation you get on your path by the grace of God. Also it is a good way of thinking that you have (Im weak in this dream what if it happens in real life) since dreams are not sinful, use the dreams to help improve your state of grace by examining your mind, habits and life and see if you have to get rid of certain things or improve in certain ways.
God bless
Satan will be the one to tempt you in your hour of death. This is one reason why the Last Rites and The prayer Apostolic Blessing are so important. And of course, staying in a State of Grace.
I think it's God's way of showing us we truly need him. At least after having these same dreams when I wake up I always thank God and beg him for the grace to overcome temptation.
Don't fall into the trap of thinking of Mary as the one on your team, and God as the bad guy. Mary is wonderful, but God loves you vastly more than any creature, including Mary, can.
I find that sleeping with a Bible under my pillow is a big help. Just any Bible. It comforts me. I have many nightmares based on past experiences in life, and as you said, we have no control over them, they are our subconscious.
Thank you!
If I wake from a bad dream I immediately call on Jesus.. I’m able to fall back to sleep and no more nightmares ✝️🎄🌹
Thank you 🧡💙🧡💙🧡💙🙏🏻
Father Mike, I think we need some more clarity on this topic because a bunch of us here have very vivid lucid dreams where we CAN control our dreams and our decisions in them. I actually will have more lucid dreams than not and in a stable lucid dream I can control/summon people, places, things by simply thinking about them and I have certainly abused this power by choosing to sin in these dreams as a sort of escapism or a way to act on fantasies...basically doing things I would never do out in the real world, but I chose to do them simply because I knew I was in a dream.
Not sure how to reconcile this because I wake up and feel like I should be taking these dreams straight to confession
Thank you, Fr. Mike! Could you make a video on how you can tell if your dream has significant meaning?
LDS friends were discussing free will and sinful behavior. Drugs, alcohol, being arrested and now dreaming influence what we are responsible for
Praise to you God and Jesus Christ😇🙏❤
I once dreamt that a cute asian girl kissed me in the forehead. I don't know what that means subsconsciusly, but I liked it.
I would like to present another kind of dream where you are able to control it, called lucid dreams. I think if you were to indulge in something bad in that kind of dream it would be a sin because your conscious is aware of reality (usually you know it’s a dream when your lucid dreaming)
God bless! ❤
Most helpful comment I’ve read so far ✨thank you! :c)
Thank you for this video. I struggle with bad dreams in which I commit horrific acts. So bad that when I wake up I feel shocked that I could even dream of such a thing. I always tell myself it's not my fault that I thought such things while sleeping. But it's hard not to feel guilty or gross upon waking. I think the things I see in the news which I find repulsive, such as abuse or m*rdr, often find their way into my dreams
Do you have new hair colour?! Tnx for the video..
Confess and pray, the nightmares will wanish..
Sometimes bad dreams are just our unconscious minds leading us on misadventures, but sometimes they are attacks and oppression from the enemy. As Father Mike says, call on the Lord to be with you in sleep; call on Mother Mary or Michael to protect you. Sometimes bad dreams are a warning to change your behavior, and sometimes they are the enemy trying get revenge against you when you have made good changes in your life (like saying the Rosary, going to confession, attending Eucharistic Adoration, etc.). Just remember that Jesus will never let the enemy get a hold of you if you trust in Him…and Mother Mary will not abandon Her children. 🙏🏼❤️
When I take a certain brand of melatonin, I have very vivid dreams! I’m so glad they’re not something I need to bring into the confessional!
Have you tried not watching the news?
Usually there is very little content in news that you need for your life. If it damages you... distance from it.
Pray the rosary everyday for the Blessed Mother to help you. She got rid of my postpartum depression.
🙏🙏🙏.Thank you
Praise be to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Our Lord, our God Holy is Your Name.
May God bless y’all prayers out for y’all. We humbly pray and wish all of this in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior’s Holy Name, Amen.
Sometimes my dreams are benign, sometimes my dreams haunt me, and on the odd occasion, God tries to reach me through my dreams. The dreams that bother me are the ones I feel like my soul is being attacked. I do pray the St. Michael Prayer every night, I have for a while now. And I will continue. That's good advice Father.
What about lucid dreams?
Word.
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us!
thanks!
St Michael defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
Thank you so much. I've had very violent dreams. I should be careful about movies I watch.
Gorgeous man
Im commenting before listening - one of the symptoms of PTSD are reaccuring night mares so who's sin is it? When I have dreams when I'm drinking am I sinning NO because I didn't really pick up. Yes I have had dreams I would not want to play out. Ethical people will question ones self. God gave use the gift of working through stuff in a safe space - our sleeping brains.
Sono costretta a dirti che ho fatto sogni d'oro
Interesting to bring the idea of freedom into it. Seems like the only time you could sin within a dream is if it was lucid. Or a dream where you're aware that you're in a dream and have the ability to do anything in your imagination such as flying.
I’m free in my dreams. I fly almost every night…and yes, I regulate my behavior in my dreams almost as much as I do in my waking life. Sometimes I’ll even wake myself up and pray if the dream is oddly dark because it is a projection of something negative that has gotten in during the day. It’s actually quite useful to lucid dream like this because it allows you to purge the gunk in your subconscious.
Row row row your boat gently down the stream.
Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, life is but a dream.
If only it were our sins wouldn't be counted against us.
Thank God for Confession/Reconciliation.
Beware of the succubus 🙏🙏🙏
God grants us free will. The acts we freely take which are contrary to the Commandments or what we know to be God's will for us are sinful acts. Those ideas which occur unbidden in our mind are not sin unless we willfully indulge or encourage them.
Can you make a video about dream interpretation. Should people do it or Not. Is it a Sin to interpret a dream using modern methods ? A lot of psychologyst do it and also a lot of other people do it recriationally. I would like to hear your thoughts on that topic also.
If you are Lucid dreaming you sometimes have a choice which you can dictate the direction of the dream. There are techniques, like spinning yourself in the dream to keep it going, you can use these while you are dreaming to control them and stay in the dream longer.
Amen.
I sometimes have lucid dreams, in which I have a measure of control. I haven't explored them enough to determine whether I am actually in control because most commonly I wake shortly after making a decision that directs the dream. Theoretically then, I could make a decision which is sinful, if indeed I have control of my thoughts in the dream.
Thank you Father. What about lucid dreaming?
I had a dream about someone close to me suddenly daying and I was shocked,scared, sad after I woke up because it felt so real anyway one week after this dream my husband mum went to hospital with pain in the stomach test results showed everywhere cancer she passed away few days later we are still shocked it was few weeks ago 😢
Flying dreams are the best!!!
Greetings Father Mike,
Key Thoughts :-
-> Message reflect with, "Dreams in Sleep spiritually guide to Contemplate before Lord Jesus Christ to let go of Sinful Deeds in Our Life in every aspects."
-> Wonderful Insights Father.
Special Thoughts :-
-> With Dreams during Sleep, Active Discernment with Examen Prayers and Spiritual Exercises helps to let go of Underlying Causes for Sinful Attachments.
With regards,
Ranjith Joseph (R.J)
It is a check of reality.
Hey. I heard you respond to emails (there is much more to say than I think CZcams needs to hear right now. Lol) and could use some encouragement and guidance in conversion to Catholicism from Protestantism. This very much started this journey for me and could use some guidance. Thanks.
I have done that before I was like wow why did I dream that .
That's funny! I taught my children "garbage in; garbage out."
I once had a thought at the end of a very unusual dream (Which was about a strangely colored cloud and a strange man standing near me in this barren rocky terrain-to briefly explain what it was.) that woke me up. The thought was so disgustingly blasphemous (it was quote: "I will overthrow God") that it scared me awake, and I prayed for forgiveness completely terrified of what seemed to be my own thought. I have no idea if it was from my actual mind or a demonic voice trying to make me doubt Gods power, but I believed that thought was from my mind because how audible and clear it was (though I can't actually think in words in dreams-so I don't know why I believed that).
Since then I had really blasphemous thoughts worm into my mind (even against God the Holy Spirit to make matters worse) even when I am awake.
But I know these thoughts are intrusive and from the enemy. God won't condemn me for what Satan plants in my mind, for who can be against those who God is for.
However despite that knowledge I ask God to forgive me anyways in case the thought is my own or I mistakenly agree with it instead of fighting it (they sometimes slip further into my mind).God still keeps hold of me, even when I do end fail in fighting these.
I struggle still, but this reminded me that I can't pluck out the weeds growing in my heart, that were sown their by Satan. I need Gods hand in my heart to uproot these things. (But I guess the only way to know what plants are weeds are the plants that are fully grown-maybe that's why these things are allowed to come up in my thoughts, so they can be uprooted successfully?).
For anyone that battles this as well, it is hard, and God understands that. He still loves you, and is calling us to himself, he will protect us from the enemy, he will strengthen us to fight these battles. So don't give up, lean on God, on Jesus.
Catholic spirituality and the journey God allows us to take is powerful. Dreams are a huge blessing that God gave humanity. You are sleeping, but are still ‘seeing’. You are able to reject sin in your dream. The devil is real and he will cause temptation. Be aware that we must pray for spiritual strength.
Maybe I’m not completely free in my dreams. But even there I have a moral conscience: I’ve dream that I’m sinning, knowing it’s wrong and feeling horrible about it…
Yep i have had dreams, where i wake up thinking.. what was that about? Lol.
I have also had dreams where i knew it was bad like a nightmare and was able to wake myself up, thankfully.
And then times i dont deeam at all. Lol.
Have a good one father mike. Hope youre doing well. God bless