A few friends of mine are spirit filled Christians.
They attend a catholic church.
They say they want to change things there.
And that's why they are staying.
They won't change the Catholic Church, there have been thousands that have went before.
I agree that they likely won't change things, but that doesn't mean God might not have a purpose in them staying. I had a bit of a revelation last week when a Catholic woman posted a dream that even spoke favorably of the practice of holy water. At first I was leery of wanting to even touch it, but then I just told her in private to be prepared if the dream spoke negatively of her church for some reason.
But when I finally did the interpretation, it didn't actually say anything negative about the leadership, just the laity, which is the way it is in many Protestant churches as well.
Let me see if I can find it. I was pleasantly surprised.
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Her dream:
"I was being choked by an unseen force while on a visit to my grandma's home. I was having trouble breathing and I could not talk. I signaled to my mom that I needed holy water to rid this spirit. But my mom was too busy watching TV, and didn't try much to interpret what I needed. She went back to watching TV. My brother finally responded and told me the holy water was between St. Columban and St. Christopher's Statue by the river. The statues are located in the river.
So I ran on the bridge towards the stairs that would lead down to the River. On my way there I look down and see huge giant alligators/ crocs eating people; swallowing them whole. These people were so focused on swimming that they didn't notice the alligators coming. The rest of the people were so occupied they didn't see the alligators eating other people. One giant alligator ate the parents of 3 kids, but the kids stopped to cradle and hug the baby alligators despite the large one eating their parents.
Some side notes:
1) St Columban is the name of the church I attend. 2) I am traveling to see my grandmother in June. Her house has dark negative supernatural activity. 3) I make it a point never to step inside that house when I visit. However this time I will be entering that house because she is too ill to leave the house. I plan on praying the rosary and divine mercy over her during my visit. In the meanwhile I am praying for her from far away 4) My kids are coming with me this time and will not be entering that house. 5) I also plan on speaking to my uncle to ask him to pray and have faith. He has been having suicidal thoughts because if his finances.
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My interpretation:
"Thank you for allowing me to publish this in public, CW. It is both interesting and frightening at the same time, yet I believe can be of benefit to others; those Christians especially who are too caught up in the entertainments of this world, and do not have eyes to see the spiritual dangers lurking all around them.
- The unseen force choking you on your visit to your grandmother's house is a demonic spirit. This particular demon that may eventually target you is a spirit of illness, and it seeks to choke the life and breath out of others. It currently dwells in your grandmother's house, and will pass on to your mother after she dies, and then on to you unless someone comes against it in the name and authority of Jesus Christ.
- The reason it is allowed to operate now so successfully in your grandmother's house is because your mother has not dealt with it; she has been too distracted by the world's entertainments, the TV in particular, and can't be bothered even if that spirit ends up attacking you.
- Your brother recognizes it as a true spiritual danger, and so directs you to where you can find "holy water." While I am not Catholic, the Catholic Church has a very strong tradition where exorcism is concerned, and exorcism is what is being represented by the water. Deliverance is required in dealing with the types of spirits referred to in this dream. They are spirits that threaten physical life (as with your mother), and those that tempt with suicidal thoughts (as with your uncle).
- The reference to finding this water (i.e. deliverance) "between St. Columban and St. Christopher's Statue by the river" is a reference to finding deliverance through your church. However, the next paragraph suggests that there are many in that church who are likewise in danger of being victimized by these same spirits, because they too are too distracted by worldly entertainments.
- "So I ran on the bridge... and look down and see huge giant alligators/ crocs eating people; swallowing them whole." = These are the same spirits working in your grandmother and uncle whom you now see "devouring" other people as well. The alligators represent illness/depression, and the crocodiles represent suicidal mindsets. To be "swallowed whole" refers to one's thoughts becoming utterly consumed with them.
- "These people were so focused on swimming that they didn't notice the alligators coming." = Again, too caught in worldly entertainments, i.e "swimming" to notice the spiritual dangers lurking all around them, and these spirits are coming for them.
- "The rest of the people were so occupied they didn't see the alligators eating other people." = This is a prefect parallel with what your mother was doing with you. She was too "preoccupied" with the TV to "see" what was happening in your life spiritually, or recognize it in what is happening to your grandmother in real life.
- "One giant alligator ate the parents of 3 kids, but the kids stopped to cradle and hug the baby alligators despite the large one eating their parents." = This is the most disturbing part of the dream. The kids cannot see what is actually happening any more than anyone else can; they too are distracted, this time with the "baby" forms of these same spirits (illness/depression and suicide), as if such spirits are "cute." Drug use and the "spirit" of the times are suggested here, since depression and suicide became fashionable themes in music industry several decades ago, and you are located in Los Angeles which is still the heart of the entertainment capital of the world).
So this says that the Christian youth in your church and area are entertaining the "baby" forms of these same spirits that are threatening the lives of their elders in their full-blown form. Thus, these spirits are not being taken seriously by anyone yet, so the Lord is calling you to take them seriously. You can see them, and you are being allowed to "feel" their effects now in this dream, so you must now allow God to use you to attack them in the name of Jesus Christ.
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It made me realize that He is still speaking to them just as He is still speaking to us. Are they steeped in some false doctrine? Yes. But He hasn't forsaken them yet by any means.
