I’ve been praying about something for a little while. I’ve been wondering if I should try attending a different church… the New Hamburg Christian Centre. I haven’t been to church at all in over a year, but when I do go, I attend The Salvation Army Kitchener Community Church.
You may be asking why I want to try another church, but that’s a blog post for another day.
I have been thinking about this new church. I’ve talked to the Pastor and it seems really nice there…but I’m still hesitant. I don’t like being in new situations especially when I don’t know anyone. So I decided to pray about it…on Tuesday night I asked God to tell me what to do. Should I try it and give it a chance?
I’m sure I got an answer in my dream that night, though I don’t know what it means. At the beginning of my dream, I was wearing a military uniform. For those of you who don’t know me personally, I have never been in the military and neither has anyone in my immediate family, though I love war movies and shows. So anyway, at the start, I’m in this military uniform living in small quarters with several other people. My hair is short. I can’t remember all the teeny details anymore, but part way through the dream, my clothing turned into a Salvation Army uniform.
I woke up knowing this was the answer to my prayer, but didn’t know what I meant. So at my Wednesday morning ladies bible study, I asked some of my friends what they thought.
One said it meant that I needed structure and discipline.
One said that she didn’t think it was the answer, but a clue to what the answer will be.
Another said that the dream sounds like a call to service. But what kind of service? Military or Church?
To me, after some thought, it almost seems like a message to not go to the other church.
And just now, a thought came to me…what if this dream was an answer, but not to the prayer I had just prayed, but to one that I haven’t prayed yet?
By the end of the bible study that day, I was more confused then when I got there (thought this was not solely because of the dream, but also because of the actual bible study too), so I decided to ask the group to pray for me…for clarity, for understanding of the answer and for more clues if that’s what I need to figure out what God wants me to do.
If you have any thoughts on my dream, please feel free to pipe in, any insight or opinions could be helpful.
Tonight I will be praying again for a clear answer from God whether or not I should go to the new church. I hope I get another answer, but maybe one that I can understand this time.
I think it means that you are feeling unfulfilled in the Salvation Army church because you are not serving. Maybe there is more to it there that you are missing because you haven’t been serving.
I will be praying for you too.
That’s an interesting perspective, thank you.
lol…it means you are supposed to attend Wilmot Missionary Church because I go to it and because it’s closer to you than any of the other two churches you mentioned…lol…just kidding but if you do decide to switch churches you should come check us out…we finally got a new lead pastor named Rob Gulliver, I think you would like him, he’s pretty good.
I’ve already checked out that church in the past…and it wasn’t for me.
I was in a church for years and then we moved to London and had to find a new church. We settled in one for a year but I knew its not where God wanted us. In His beyond perfect timing He showed us a Church (that was beyond convienient too!) and we have been there a year and feel so totally at home. God will give you a definate answer