Dreams
Does every dream have a spiritual meaning?
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The question
I have started analyzing every dream I have and it is exhausting.
The answer
No. And the exhaustion you are describing is itself a good reason to stop.
The Bible records God speaking through dreams a number of times across many centuries, which tells you both that He does and that it is not the ordinary way He speaks. Most dreams are what Ecclesiastes suggests they are — the mind carrying on with the day.
For a dream comes with much business.
Ecclesiastes 5:3Dreams come from what you watched, ate, feared, remembered and left unfinished. Treating each one as a message means reading significance into a great deal of ordinary mental activity, and the result is usually the anxiety you are already feeling.
A better practice: notice the ones that stay with you. Something that is still weighing on you a week later is worth praying about and worth mentioning to a pastor. The rest can be allowed to be dreams.
Scripture in this teaching
Ecclesiastes 5:3 · Jeremiah 23:28 · 1 Thessalonians 5:21
You do not have to carry your questions alone.
Write to the pastoral team, ask for prayer, or speak with a pastor. Whichever you choose, it is free and it stays between us.