I am having some horrid nightmares lately!

It's fairly short....I climb into the back seat of a truck..I was trying to get away from something. I reach up and pull a box off of the interior roof. I flip it over and inside are thousands off spiders..webs and eggs. None are moving. Out of the box jumps a huge black spider! With lightning speed this evil little bugger starts building a web around me. I was terrified..it was so fast and I knew it was going to bite me as soon as it got up to my face. It was so fast...zipping back and forth weaving it's web around me. The web looked like silver lines..like wire. I've never been so terrified in my dreams..but this one..I was really freaked out! I lifted my right hand to protect my face and then I just brushed it off with one quick sweep. The entire web and spider went back in the box and became dormant like the rest. I immediately woke up and checked myself out because it was so real! No webs or spiders in the bed! Phew...Thank God!

I'm surprised at how scared I was in this dream..I feel like I'm under constant attack lately. I could really use a little insight here..Thanks & Blessings!!
Love, Lisa

Hi, Roxygal...

Spiders in dreams are always symbolic of demons associated with sexual sin or lust, whether committed by you or committed against you. Because they went "dormant" as you described alludes to something long ago in your life, something "asleep" in the deep recesses of your soul that may need to surface and be confessed, and thus vanquished and cleansed with the Blood of Christ may heal you in this area. As these things surface seek His Face, because it is part of working out your Salvation with fear and trembling, where the Lord is purifying you into an "Overcomer" in Christ and bringing you to yet higher progressive levels in your relationship with the Lord. It is the Lord who has “allowed” the demons to bring this to your attention to “shake you awake” in this area; the demons could not otherwise do this without His permission and sanction. The demons think they are scaring you, but the Lord is using it for another purpose, a higher purpose that the demonic realm knows not.

Blessings...

-7

Ho humm..

Continue to stand Roxy...
Once the devil realizes he can't make you fearful using this method he will stop it.
It's nothing more than that.

You know 7...as soon as I read this my mind started screaming WHAT!!!??? At that moment I knew that my flesh was surfacing so there must be some truth to this. I squashed my first response to respond last night...I wanted to pray about this.

I can quite comfortably say that it does not have to do sexual sin. I prayed for the Lord to lay it out for me...to please show me where I have not confessed anything related to sexual sin. I was shown peace. But what did surface was this web of simple lusts...wants...that I hold on to tightly. I like my house..I like going to Harris Teeter and buying organic foods...I don't like it when I don't have a cushion of cash in my wallet..I like watching one show on television that is not of the Lord (a soap opera I've watched since I was young..which I guess could allude to sexual sin...but I actually fast forward through those scenes, I get embarrassed..lol.. I like my Tivo. I like my Internet. You see..I think the Lord is showing me that a subtle web of desire has been weaved around me. These things..busy me...these 'things' keep me away from the Lord. I've simplified my life considerable over the years, but not nearly enough.

I've been plagued with ants for months now...UGH! I battle them every day...one day they're coming out of a light socket...the next time out of a tiny crack in the ceiling...they are relentless! All of the food is in ziplock baggies...yet they still come in searching for water...crumbs..even toothpaste. It's so bad that the kids will say, Mommy get your battle gear on...ants! LOL...they are so funny..gotta love 'em!

I've prayed..oh how I've prayed to be delivered from these little buggers! But then I got to thinking..every trial I've gone through there has been a lesson in it for me from the Lord. What is it Lord that you're trying to teach me here? My youngest son came up to me yesterday and asked me why God would make ants? Aren't you tired of battling them? Will they be in heaven with us? Why won't God just kill them? *he's five and usually fires off a thousand questions at once.. I told him that we could learn a lot from ants. They know their purpose...they never give up...they are never unprepared when winter comes. They work as a team..They are organized! And as I went through this list of lessons with my son it dawned on me..These are areas that I'm weak! And I thanked the Lord for sending these ants...obviously His other messages didn't get through my thick head! I needed a plague to be sent...Oh geesh..that's pretty bad.

The Lord certainly has a sense of humor...He's probably up there chuckling to himself wondering (but already knowing the answer) How long is it going to take her to get this? I get it Lord, I get it. The Lord is so merciful to me..instead of giving me total destruction to come into repentance, He just bugs me a little.
Thank you for Lord for allowing me to see the lessons you need me to learn. I love you too.

Well..this has become an answer to 7, a novel and letter to the Lord... Thank you 7 for not shying away from an uncomfortable subject. You helped me sort through a lot. May the Lord bless you abundantly for your faithfulness to Him!

My flesh must die to bring about the fullness of Christ..Lord please continue to rip this old man away and allow me to understand. Thank you Lord...Amen!

Love to you my brothers & sisters!!
Blessings...
Love, Lisa

Yes..I really didn't think it had to do with that..but ultimately it brought me to a lesson I needed to learn. The Lord works through everything! It's simply amazing to me.

I was surprised that I was so scared though..and you're right..now that I know the method, it won't happen again. As I was typing my above response to 7..which was something that did not want to come out...I got a shooting pain down the left side of my neck and my muscles tightened like a vice! I know where that's coming from too...the Lord will deliver me. =)

Thanks Miki...
Blessings to you
Love, Lisa

Good word Lisa...

And just like the ants have their purpose...so do the spiders. But you've chosen to focus on the good of the thing. God uses everything the devil tries to do and turns it around against him. What was meant to cause you fear was turned around to lift you up and teach you! Keep standing. Don't faint. I know you won't!

I'm glad the Lord used all this to awaken in you realization of your dormant lusts. Sexual gratification is on many different levels, and very different between women and men, like women relish luxuries, food and chocolates as a "substitute" for sex and even orgasm; this is psychologically proven. But traditionally speaking, the symbol of the spider is always to be interpreted in this manner. You being cacooned inside the spider's web is how your lusts were overtaking you, how they "had" you. It is God who allowed the demons to show you this, the Truth, so that you may be "startled" to take action against it, because it is very serious. Praise the Lord for your deliverance!

-7

Wow Lisa.... thank you for being so transparent! You know that we all have our issues. Lisa your life always reflects the love of the Lord. What a great inspiration you have been to me and to so many others here on the forum. Thanks for being real.... and letting us in on your everday struggles! I love your honesty we would all be better off to learn from you.


I love you little cutie....
Valerie

Messiahiscoming

Thanks guys...you're the greatest!

I love you too my Valerina!

SOME OTHER IDEAS ABOUT THE GOOD NEWS OF YOUR SPIDER DREAM:

Click here: Spider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider

Lifespan:

All spiders have eight legs, although a few ant-mimicking species use their front legs to imitate antennae, which spiders lack. Their eyes are single lenses rather than compound eyes, ranging from simple light/dark-receptors to eyes rivaling those of a pigeon (some jumping spiders).
Many spiders may only live for about a year, but a number will live two years or more, overwintering in sheltered areas. The annual influx of 'outdoor' spiders into houses in the fall is due to this search for a warm place to spend the winter. It is common for female tarantulas to live up to twenty years.

Despite their generally broad prey ranges, spiders are one of the most important links in the regulation of the populations of insects.

Most spiders are unlikely to bite humans because they do not identify humans as prey. Spiders, even small ones, may however bite humans when pinched.

There are many references to the spider in popular culture, folklore and symbolism. The spider symbolizes patience for its hunting with web traps, and mischief and malice for its poison and the slow death this causes. It symbolizes possessiveness and storage for its spinning of its prey into a ball and taking it to its burrow (for burrowing species).

Though not all spiders spin gossamer webs, spiders have been attributed by numerous cultures with the origination of basket-weaving, knotwork, weaving, spinning and net making. Spiders are pervasive throughout folklore and mythology.

THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE SPIDER DREAM : Eight legs (8)

It is the symbol of the new Life, the final Resurrection and the anticipated Resurrection that is the baptism.

Bible:

The eight beatitudes of the sermon on the mountain. (Mt 5,3-11)

The eight sentences of the Magnificat or Hymn of Mary. (Lk 1,46-56)

Jesus was circumcized eight days after his birth, according to the law established. (Lv 12,3; Gn 17,12 and 21,4; Lk 2,21)

The eight steps of the staircase leading to the external square of the Ezekiel's temple. (Ezk 40,26)

The eight creative words of God in six days, in Genesis chapter 1, verses 3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26.

The eight persons who were saved from the Flood in Noah's Ark. (Gn 7,13)

Creusot points out that the prayer of saint Francis of Assisi on the peace contains eight requests to the Lord:
Lord, make me an instrument of peace.
Where is the hatred, let me put love.
Where is the offense, let me put forgiveness.
Where is the discord, let me put union.
Where is the error, let me put truth.
Where is the doubt, let me put faith.
Where is the despair, let me put hope.
Where are darkness, let me put light.
Where is the sadness, let me put the joy.

The number eight governs the life of the man: at 8 month the baby teeth appear; at 8 years, he loses them; at 2 x 8 years, it is the puberty; and he becomes impotent at 8 x 8 years.


The number 8 is used 73 times in the Bible.

Thank you so much for giving me such a thoughtful response! You really thought about this..and it shows me you posess a very caring heart. Thank you for giving me another perspective to look at..it is very interesting.

And I've always loved St Francis' prayer...It's been on my lips a few times..that is for sure (maybe not in the same words..but oh yes!)

Many blessings to you crownsevenalphabet!
Love, Lisa

Roxygal, you are welcome.

Also I found this about your ' ants ' :
Although, your ants are real in life.
The dream info was interesting : Proverbs 30:25

Click here: Dream Moods Dream Themes: Bugs

http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamthemes/bugs.htm

Ants :

To see ants in your dream, signifies your general dissatisfaction in your daily life. You are feeling neglected and insignificant. Petty things will annoy you throughout the following day. You will learn that cooperation will be the only way to achieve your desires.

Ants also symbolize hard work, diligence and industry. Increase business activities are expected. On a less positive note, ants symbolize social conformity and mass action. In this regard, you may feel that your life is too structured and orderly.

According to the biblical interpretations, ants symbolize diligence concerning the things of God. Despite its small size, the ant lays up substance during times of plenty. (Prov 30:25)