Recently I had accepted God back into my life and things were going great. My life was really turning around. But as I got closer to God I started having these terrifying dreams. I was laying in my bed and I couldn't move and it was hard to breath. I saw these evil black figures hovering over me all around my bed. These dreams felt so real I would wake up screaming. Are the dreams real? Maybe something to do with my own spiritual battle ? I had them every night for almost a month. Since then I have not been as active in striving to be close to God because of these dreams. I so desperately want to be close to God but I'm scared . What is your opinion if these dreams ? And do you think if I start to get close to God again that they will come back ?
I think they will continue to plague in various ways until you make a STAND and NOT allow them to get between you and God. You said that you "have not been as active in striving to be close to God because of these dreams." which means you have let them control you and are still in bondage to your fear. Instead of waking up screaming, have you tried praying and asking God to help you?
Often people see the bad and not the angels that protect and keep them from harm. Besides being scared by what you were seeing, did any harm come to your physically? Did you stop and thank God for keeping you safe?
Don't let the terrors of the night keep you from seeking God and His peace and love. Otherwise they will become terrors during the day. The Enemy will seek to chase you away from the only One who can heal and protect you from their scare tactics.
I've always found this psalm reassuring. Don't be afraid. trust God and pray and He will give you wisdom.
Psalm 91
[h=3]Psalm 91[/h]New King James Version (NKJV)
[h=3]Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God[/h]91 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]I will say of the Lord,
“He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
[SUP]3 [/SUP]Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler[SUP][
a][/SUP]
And from the perilous pestilence.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth
shall be your shield and buckler.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow
that flies by day,
[SUP]6 [/SUP]
Nor of the pestilence
that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction
that lays waste at noonday.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]Because you have made the Lord,
who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
[SUP]10 [/SUP]No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
[SUP]11 [/SUP]For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]In
their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
[SUP]14 [/SUP]“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
[SUP]15 [/SUP]He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I
will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
[SUP]16 [/SUP]With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”