Thanks neicey. That is indeed what I do with fearful dreams and in fact I have discovered that the more I am in the Word, that further away these dreams go. But the dream I speak of was not frightening, only very odd and rather obviously symbolic.

Denny, while I can agree with what Calvin has said, the context of what I am saying is a bit different. I'm not trying to invent a new doctrine here, nor are my intentions haughty ones, although I will readily concede that too much error has its origins in dreams.

The Scriptures do not condemn dreams, and in fact, in the Middle Eastern culture dreams have always been of utmost import, and remain so to this day. Many Middle Easterners have been encouraged to believe in the Lord Christ through communal dreams. I do believe that the primary and surest way Christians are instructed in the things of God is through Scripture, so I want to make sure that my attitudes and my practises are in line with Scriptures. I think it's not wise to be so "humble" as to disbelieve that God would ever warn or inform a person in a dream; clearly He does from time to rare time. I think that a Christian 'sobriety' needs to not disregard these things out of hand, but put them in their proper place.

So far, with regard to these sorts of dreams, which are not frequent for me, here are the guidelines I use:

1. It must encourage a person to glorify God through Jesus Christ.

2. It must not be in opposition to the doctrines given us in the Word. The interpretation of the dream must not supercede the Word, but rather vice versa.

3. It must encourage a person to act in agape love and obedience.

4. Like tongues, it must have an interpreter to be valid and effective if the dreamer cannot understand it, which means that there must be those who are able to interpret dreams.

Can anyone suggest more?

Stand Fast, Craigellachie!