Could dreams be prophetic?

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Hi… I know that it’s superstitious to believe in dreams, and I don’t usually. But there have also been stories in the Bible about God speaking to people through dreams… and I personally know someone who dreamed of something that later happened exactly that way.

So I was wondering what you think about this… it’s causing me a lot of anxiety. I think I’ll just ask my priest about this next time I see him but I wanted to ask here as well.

I have a horrible fear of car crashes, especially of my family or friends being involved in them. When I was younger, I had a dream that my mom and I were in a car, and then the car slid down a hill and turned around and I survived, but my mom in the dream did not. It was such a horrific dream I could not come to myself for the whole day afterwards, I couldn’t get it off my mind. The only thing that seemed to console me is that the colour of the car in the dream was white, I think, and ours was silver.

Well a few days ago, my parents accounced they’re getting a new car… and I found out it’s white. It just came today. The first thing I thought of, was my dream. 😦 I forgot about it for all those years… and now I remembered again… and I seem to really remember that the car in the dream was white also. (though I’m not sure. I might be wrong.)

I know this seems like such a little thing… probably… but I can’t get my mind off this. Every time I get into the car, I can’t stop thinking about the dream. I don’t want to mention this to my mom cause I don’t want to worry her or make her think about this too.

But COULD this be some sort of a sign? I guess I’m wondering what the Church would say about this. If it is a sign, could it be prevented by prayer? or should I just forget about this?

the devil has been playing around with my mind so much lately, - telling me I’m going to hell no matter what, etc. - that I don’t trust my mind anymore. Usually when I feel very close to God and at peace, I can sort of discern better. But right now I’m not feeling as close to Him as I can, and I’m trying to study for exams.

If you have any thoughts please share 🙂 this is causing me a lot of anxiety:o

thank you
 
in an instance like this, probably not. If you have any disturbing dreams or dreams that seem to have a supernatural content they should be taken to a priest in confession or spiritual direction for discernment. Otherwise, disregard them. Same with visions, locutions or anything else that seems to have a supernatural origin.

look at the fruits. has it brought you peace? no only fear and great interior distress, that should be enough to tell you the source
 
thanks for the reply…

well I think the reason it didn’t bring peace is just because of the content… what if this was some sort of a warning from God? or does God not do warnings like that? I think maybe I’ll just continue praying for my family and put this into His hands… but it did really scare me, because - at the time, I had no idea we’ll ever buy a white car. It’s just strange and I don’t like it 😦
 
I agree with Annie that it sounds more demonic than like something from God. Why would God have sent you that dream?
 
Monica, remember the fruits of the Holy Spirit is love, joy and peace. Messages lacking of love, joy and peace are not from God. Forget about the dream. Instead, pray for the protection of your family and trust in God’s love and mercy. Have your parents’ new car blessed by a priest and put a crucifix in the car. Just pray and be at peace. God will not send a dream to disturb, confuse and scare us. Talk to your priest and see what he says.
God bless!
 
Monica4316 said:
Hi… I know that it’s superstitious to believe in dreams, and I don’t usually. But there have also been stories in the Bible about God speaking to people through dreams… and I personally know someone who dreamed of something that later happened exactly that way.

So I was wondering what you think about this… it’s causing me a lot of anxiety.
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That’s a sure-fire way to know it’s not from God.
Monica4316 said:
But COULD this be some sort of a sign? I guess I’m wondering what the Church would say about this. If it is a sign, could it be prevented by prayer? or should I just forget about this?
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There’s nothing wrong with praying for protection from the Lord and His Guardian Angels. I do that fairly often when I’m going out driving, even though I don’t have any more than the normal reasons to be careful. You could pray that the Lord will send an angel to watch over the car at all times anyone’s driving, if you want.

But here’s a way to know this dream is not from the Lord, aside from the fact that it’s causing you anxiety. The Lord only speaks what is helpful for building others up according to their needs. He tells us what is beneficial to us to hear, what helps us to give ourselves more fully to Him, trusting and loving Him more, and doing His will more faithfully.

Ephesians 4:29, “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”

God would not speak unwholesome things to you. I had a couple dreams about failing God, betraying His Church, and falling into Hell, taking many souls with me. I also dreamed about demons seizing me and the Anti-Christ devouring me. God does not speak unwholesome things, but only what is beneficial to us and builds us up in His righteousness. We need to have faith always in the Prince of Peace, never listening to the demon of fear, which is the devil.

When I was young, I dreamed of a man I love dying horribly three times over. Now, I have good reason to believe that man is in mortal sin. On the surface, one could say the dream is fulfilling itself. However, I don’t buy it for a moment. I trust the Lord to save his soul through faith, and will keep praying for him until through God’s mercy he is healed. The Lord guides us to faith and we need to trust in His love always, in all things.
Monica4316 said:
the devil has been playing around with my mind so much lately, - telling me I’m going to hell no matter what, etc. - that I don’t trust my mind anymore.
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I think that’s a good approach. It’s one more indication, among the others I’ve seen here on CAF, that the Lord is bringing you greater spiritual maturity through this trial :). You are depending less on yourself and more on Christ through faith. That is the holier, higher way He is drawing you into.
Monica4316 said:
But right now I’m not feeling as close to Him as I can, and I’m trying to study for exams.
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God bless you in your studies, and may He protect all your family always and bring you peace :).
 
i’ve had dreams that either came true, or reflected a current reality that i am unaware of

the latest one i dreamt about my ex girlfriend from college. we became good friends after our relationship and i even met her husband and son sometime between that and today. one night/morning i had a dream that she was telling me she’s having marital problems. it kinda stick to me and i haven’t spoken to her for a long time and i don’t really care that much to be honest. but so i decided to send her an email and ask her how she is. lo and behold, told me she just got divorced

weird
 
That could be either a coincidence or a call to prayer. If she’s just been divorced, she may need your prayers.
 
Whether or not it was a coincidence, that is a good example of circumstances in which God might send someone a dream to tell them something, because it is at least potentially constructive (if she needed prayer, support etc).
 
there are many schools of thought into what dreams actually are

some think that its just our mind talking “brain language” as it processed information you have received throughout the day

there are those who believes in communal thoughts, that somehow our thoughts are shared with other people when we sleep

i’ve had a handful of dreams that actually either reflected unknown reality or even at times future events. i’ve also had situations where i had strong gut feelings of current events when i’m awake. but usually only accompanied by when i’m very emotional and have a strong desire to know something about someone.

the Bible has already demonstrated how God or other heavenly beings (like angels) can use dreams to send a message. its possible that our brain somehow can talk to one another at a “brain level”, perhaps brainwaves are transmitted like radiowaves and can only be received and interpreted by other brains. perhaps when we’re sleeping this is the strongest as a lot of other brain functions shut down

i’m getting too much into the theoretical of the workings of the brain here. i don’t know if there’s any new science that would provide the answers to this one, but for sure the brain can receive information from beyond our senses and one way to project this information to us is through a dream
 
thank you everyone!

well I’m still a little nervous but I’ll pray the Rosary for my family and try to just put all this into God’s hands. Thinking of this dream is causing me so much anxiety to the point where I’m afraid I’ll develop a phobia of car crashes, lol. :o I think my only option is to just turn to God with total trust 🙂
 
Monica4316 said:
I think my only option is to just turn to God with total trust 🙂
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Which has been the point of the entire experience the Lord has been putting you through. I think this is one more attempt by the enemy to damage your trust in the Lord and distract you from faith through anxiety.
 
Lief_Erikson said:
Which has been the point of the entire experience the Lord has been putting you through. I think this is one more attempt by the enemy to damage your trust in the Lord and distract you from faith through anxiety.
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