梦游圣经66本书

📖 经文

「我要使他们有合一的心，也要将新灵放在他们里面，又从他们肉体中除掉石心，赐给他们肉心，使他们顺从我的律例，谨守遵行我的典章。」
——以西结书 11:19–20

「我必用清水洒在你们身上，你们就洁净了……我也要赐给你们一个新心，将新灵放在你们里面。」
——以西结书 36:25–26

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✦ 梦境

梦里，我在家中看见一些蟑螂。它们很会躲藏，专门藏在黑暗、肮脏、不容易被发现的地方。

我拿起杀虫器，不断朝着它们藏身的地方喷，要把它们彻底除掉。

接着，我看见一只非常大的龙虾在地上爬，奇怪的是，它竟然还会说话。我知道它不是什么好东西，于是也拿起杀虫器对付它。

画面忽然转到一家餐馆。

服务员端出一碟寿司，说这是之前那只被灭掉的大龙虾做成的。我吃了一小口，觉得「好吃」。

没想到，这只原本已经被灭掉的大龙虾，好像又活过来了，甚至化成一个「人」，站在服务员旁边。

他们软硬兼施，想要我继续留在餐馆里吃东西，因为只要我继续吃，他们就可以向我收取「服务费」。

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✦ 梦境中的提醒

这个梦让我想到：旧的东西虽然已经离开，却可能换一个形式，再回来吸引我们。

蟑螂躲在黑暗肮脏的地方，就像生命中一些隐藏、不容易被人看见的污秽、旧习惯和旧思想。

拿起杀虫器喷向它们的藏身处，提醒我：不要让这些东西继续隐藏，而要让神的话语进入生命的每一个角落，更新、洁净我们的心思。

那只会说话的大龙虾，则让我联想到我们的「旧人」。

旧人不只是过去做过的事情，也包括过去的思想模式、欲望、习惯和记忆。它甚至会「说话」——告诉我们：

「一点点没有关系。」
「以前也是这样。」
「试一下吧。」
「其实很好吃。」

最值得警醒的是：我只吃了一小口，大龙虾就好像重新活了过来。

有些已经离开的旧事，不需要重新品尝；有些已经胜过的诱惑，不需要回头证明自己能够抵挡。

不要喂养旧人，就不让“大龙虾”复活。

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✦ 不再支付旧生命的「服务费」

梦里的餐馆也很有意思。

他们希望我留下来继续吃，因为这样就可以收取「服务费」。

这让我想到，罪和旧生命从来不是免费的。

看起来只是「吃一口」，最后却可能要付出代价。

但在基督里，我们已经成为新人，不需要继续坐在旧人的餐桌前，更不需要继续为过去的生活方式「付服务费」。

我们可以站起来，离开那家餐馆。

不是与旧人讨价还价，而是不再给它位置。

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✦ 除掉污秽，领受新心

以西结书11章给了这个梦很清楚的提醒：

「他们必到那里，也必从其中除掉一切可憎可厌的物。」
——以西结书 11:18

接着神说：

「我要使他们有合一的心，也要将新灵放在他们里面，又从他们肉体中除掉石心，赐给他们肉心。」
——以西结书 11:19

神不只是要我们「除掉」旧的，也要把「新的」赐给我们。

以西结书36章再次出现同样的应许：

洁净——新心——新灵——顺服——丰盛。

神洁净我们，使我们脱离污秽；
神赐下新心，使我们的里面被更新；
神将祂的灵放在我们里面，使我们能够遵行祂的旨意。

所以，新生命并不是靠自己拼命压制旧人，而是不断让神的话语和圣灵更新我们的里面。

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✦ 不让大龙虾复活

这个梦给我的提醒很简单：

隐藏的污秽，要清除；
已经死去的旧人，不再喂养；
曾经离开的餐馆，不再回去；
已经得着的新生命，要继续活出来。

不要因为「一小口」看起来很好吃，就重新给旧生命机会。

神已经赐给我们新心、新灵，也给我们力量走一条新的道路。

让旧人留在过去，让新人活在今天。

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🙏 祷告

主啊，我们愿意活在你所赐的新生命里。

求你借着你的话语和圣灵，不断洁净我们的生命，光照那些隐藏在黑暗中的污秽、旧思想和旧习惯。

我们不给仇敌留地步，也不再喂养已经离开的旧生命。求你保守我们的心，使我们不因一点诱惑，又回到过去的道路。

谢谢你赐给我们新心、新灵，使我们有力量顺服你的心意。

让旧人留在过去，让新人不断成长；让我们的生命被你洁净、更新，并结出丰盛的果子。

奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。

May 2, 2018 | Dream Devotional

📖 Scripture

“I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh, so that they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.”
— Ezekiel 11:19–20

“I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean… I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you.”
— Ezekiel 36:25–26

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✦ The Dream

In the dream, I was at home and saw some cockroaches. They were very good at hiding, staying in dark, dirty places where they were not easily noticed.

I picked up an insect spray and kept spraying toward where they were hiding, trying to eliminate them completely.

Then I saw a very large lobster crawling on the ground. Strangely, it could even speak. I knew it was not something good, so I also used the spray against it.

The scene suddenly shifted to a restaurant.

A waiter brought out a plate of sushi, saying it was made from the large lobster that had just been killed. I took a small bite and thought it tasted “good.”

Unexpectedly, the lobster that had already been killed seemed to come back to life, even transforming into a “person” standing beside the waiter.

They pressured me—both gently and forcefully—to stay in the restaurant and keep eating, because as long as I continued eating, they could charge me a “service fee.”

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✦ The Message in the Dream

This dream reminded me that things that have already been removed can return in another form to attract us again.

The cockroaches hiding in dark, dirty places represent hidden impurities, old habits, and old thoughts in our lives—things not easily seen.

Using insect spray to attack their hiding places reminds me: we must not allow these things to remain hidden, but let God’s Word enter every corner of our lives to renew and cleanse our thoughts and hearts.

The speaking lobster made me think of our “old self.”

The old self is not only past actions, but also old patterns of thinking, desires, habits, and memories. It can even “speak” to us, saying:

“Just a little is fine.”
“It used to be like this anyway.”
“Try it again.”
“It actually tastes good.”

What is most sobering is this: I only took a small bite, and the lobster seemed to come back to life.

Some things that have already been overcome do not need to be tasted again. Some temptations that have already been defeated do not need to be tested again.

Do not feed the old self, and the “lobster” will not come back to life.

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✦ The “Service Fee” of the Old Life

The restaurant in the dream is also meaningful.

They wanted me to stay and keep eating so they could charge a “service fee.”

This reminds me that sin and the old life are never free.

What seems like “just one bite” can eventually lead to a cost.

But in Christ, we are already new creations. We do not need to sit at the table of the old life anymore, nor do we need to keep paying for past ways of living.

We can stand up and leave that restaurant.

Not negotiating with the old self, but refusing to give it a place.

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✦ Cleansing and Receiving a New Heart

Ezekiel 11 gives a clear message behind this dream:

“They will remove from it all its vile images and detestable idols.”
— Ezekiel 11:18

Then God says:

“I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.”
— Ezekiel 11:19

God does not only want to remove the old—He also wants to give us the new.

Ezekiel 36 repeats the same promise:

Cleansing — New heart — New spirit — Obedience — Abundance

God cleanses us from impurity;
He gives us a new heart to renew us within;
He places His Spirit in us so we can walk in His will.

So new life is not about struggling to suppress the old self by our own strength, but about continually allowing God’s Word and Spirit to renew us from within.

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✦ Do Not Let the Lobster Come Back to Life

The message of this dream is simple:

Remove hidden impurities;
Do not feed what has already died;
Do not return to the old table;
Live out the new life you have received.

Do not give the old life another chance just because “one small bite” seems harmless.

God has already given us a new heart and a new spirit, and the strength to walk a new path.

Let the old self remain in the past, and let the new self live today.

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🙏 Prayer

Lord, we choose to live in the new life You have given us.

Through Your Word and Your Spirit, continually cleanse our lives. Shine Your light into every hidden place of impurity, old thoughts, and old habits.

We refuse to give the enemy any foothold, and we will no longer feed the old life that has already been put away. Guard our hearts so that we do not return to old paths because of a small temptation.

Thank You for giving us a new heart and a new spirit, empowering us to obey Your will.

Let the old self remain in the past, and let the new self grow each day. May our lives be cleansed, renewed, and bear abundant fruit for You.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.