Dream catchers or demon catchers? Are dream catchers more than just innocent, decorative
objects you're hanging in your car and you're hanging in your house? Or there's more to them,
and they could actually cause you to catch demons? Dream catchers are considered a powerful symbol of
Native American culture and spirituality. And are often given as gifts to the loved ones,
to protect them from negative energy and bad dreams. Now in our culture today, dream
catchers are widely used actually, as objects of decoration, they are incorporated into jewelry,
clothing and other accessories. Dream catchers are traditional Native American crafts that
are believed to filter out bad dreams, and only have good dreams to pass through to the sleeper.
They typically consist of a hoop made out of willow wood, decorated with feathers, beads and
other objects. And a woven web or net inside of the hook. Now there's one legend, there's quite
few of those legends. But one of them actually says how the dream catchers came to be, is there
was a grandmother watching patiently each day as a spider spun its web over her sleeping place. Until
one day her grandson noticed the spider, and tried to kill it. "Don't hurt him," she told the boy in
a soft tone, surprising him. "But grandmother, you shouldn't protect the spider," the grandson
said. And of course, the grandmother protected the spider, the spider thanked the woman for
her protection and offered her a gift. And the spider said, "I will spin you a web that hangs
between you and the moon. So that when you dream it will snare the bad thoughts and keep them from
coming to you." And then the grandmother smiled, continued to watch the spider spin his web, and
that's pretty much the source of Native American vault. And at first it seems you know innocent and
you know nothing wrong with it. But spiders, in the Bible for us as Christians, they're not
necessarily pictures of good spirits, and webs are also not the picture of good spirits. Nor is
some kind of a object that protects bad spirits, bad dreams, traps it. As Christians we believe
there is no physical object that can resist the spiritual forces. There's no web, there is no
wood. There is nothing in the physical that can hold evil spirits away, except the name of Jesus,
the blood of Jesus, the armor of God, the Word of God and us standing in our authority in Christ.
Now, dream catchers are traditionally hung over the bed or the sleeping area of an individual. And
of course, it's believed to catch the bad dreams in its web or in its nest, while allowing the good
dreams to pass through. And bad dreams are trapped in that web, and they eventually evaporate in
the morning light. Now the Native Americans had very spiritual beliefs and they had very strong
spirituality. These were not just decorations for them. They meant so much more. They symbolize so
much more. Even if some people would have the dream catchers in their car or in their house,
and say, "I don't believe in this stuff. I'm just using it for decoration." But at the same time you
must understand, when these things were created, when these things were made, there was a purpose
for them. People who practiced spirituality and who continue to practice spirituality,
objects many times are a means of connection with the other realm, or a means of protection from the
other realm. And we as Christians, many times who don't have a deeper understanding about spiritual
warfare, even though the Bible is very clear about it. We become naive, and some of us are ignorant
to our own peril. I remember when I was just starting out in the youth ministry, and we would
have people who would come to our youth ministry. One particular girl had nightmares regularly,
and I did not know about dream catchers. I didn't know what they were. So we visited her house,
I mean we were teenagers so we were just kind of hanging out. And I've noticed that over her bed
there was this you know artistic design was there. So I asked, "What is that?" And she said, "Well,
it's a dream catcher." And I was like, "What? It catches what?" And you know the very name "dream
catcher," even if you don't know it's history and which spiritual culture is behind its origin,
the very name should give you a red flag, okay. Like it would be different if it's just a piece
of jewelry, if it's an art. But something that has a name means it has a purpose to catch dreams.
That's interesting. So I asked this person, I said, "And how is that working for you?" I said,
"You have a problem with your dreams." I'm like, "Could this be the problem?" Now I didn't know
about deliverance at the time, was not very well versed. But she threw away this dream catcher and
those nightmares subsided. I remember ministering in one summer camp, actually not far from our
city. And as I was teaching about spiritual warfare and then we encouraged people to repent,
renounce, resist. All of those steps. I mentioned you know a few items that people might have.
This particular girl, she bought her car, and one of the pieces of jewelry she always carried was
dream catchers. It was like she was attached to that. It didn't even look that good. Like a lot
of dream catchers, no offense okay, just doesn't look good. But anyway. So she had it in her car
and the moment she got the car, in the previous car she almost was in a near-death experience,
accident. She barely survived. It was totaled. Now she got this new car, the moment she puts
the dream catcher you know, she catches a nail. And she took me to her car and you know one of
her tires actually was a spare tire, because she still didn't fix it. She's like, "This happened
just recently." And of course we threw away the dream catcher and prayed for her deliverance. I
really want to encourage you as Christians not to fellowship with the works of darkness. Now
I understand, there's a group of believers who uphold to this particular Scripture in
First Corinthians chapter 8, where Paul deals with people who have you know weak conscience. And he
deals with you know the culture in Corinth, where people would go and eat meat that was offered to
idols. And some Christians of course would find it offensive, and other people would have no problem,
because they didn't believe that those Idols had any power. And so if you read the whole chapter,
and a lot of Christians use that to pretty much kind of show, that hey, as Christians we have
liberty in some things. If you don't believe it, that those objects or those things have any power,
it doesn't matter. And honestly, I would agree on quite a few different gray area topics in using
First Corinthians 8 as a filter, to decide whether you should to participate in those things or not.
But when it comes to dream catchers, the very word "dream catcher,"
like that should give you a red flag. That should give you a warning that it's not only a particular
designed art. But its name, its origins and its name is where I believe that
First Corinthians chapter 8 doesn't really flow, doesn't apply for this. Because dream catchers are
objects that are designed to deal with capturing evil entities and evil dreams. They're meant to
be connection points between realms, and so if you just kind of ignorantly say, "Well, I don't
believe in that." Well it still carries the name dream catcher. It still carries that meaning and
that purpose for which it was built. And I don't think that by just saying I don't believe in it,
it removes its effects from your life. I'm not saying every person who has a dream catcher,
has a demon. But if you have dream catchers, you will have and potentially will have negative
consequences on your family, and on your sleep, and on your house because those are demonic
objects. They belong to the spirit realm of a group of people that connect with that spirit
realm by other means except the holy Scriptures and the Holy Spirit. The Scriptures I like to use
are Deuteronomy 7:25 when it comes to dream catchers. Now let me just stop here and say,
I have of no issues with Native Americans. I have no issues with cultures that have you know art,
and my wife is an artist, okay. She a painter. She loves design and all of that stuff. I have
no issue with that. My issue is when things are designed and made to help connect with the other
realm. And those things have those origins and they carry even those names. And we take them
with ignorance into our homes, and hang them over our baby's crib as a point of decoration for your
child. I mean, that to me is just way, way off. I think it's borderline dangerous for our families.
And this is the verse that I look at in the Bible that says Deuteronomy chapter 7. You know God told
Israelites when they walked into a territory that had a lot of pagan practices, and He said,
"You shall burn the carved images of their gods with fire; you should not covet the silver and
the gold that is on them, nor should you take it for themselves; lest you should be snared by it;
for it is an abomination to the LORD your God." Now I understand this shows another side
of witchcraft and the occult, that while those Idols they don't have power but they don't have
the power Jesus has. But the fact that God says some of these objects could actually entice you,
snare you. They could actually draw you in. And maybe you're listening to this, and you're like,
"I'm not going to be snared by a dream catcher. I'm not going to be snared by a
crystal." But what you're underestimating is there are spiritual powers that are at play,
and the devil no longer packages witchcraft and the occult in the way that is repulsive.
You know there was this fear of Satanism and darkness that was in the United States you know
generations ago. But today it got repackaged and it got domesticated. Mainly through a lot of the
films that come from Disney. Mainly through a lot of the art and books, like Harry Potter and
so much other stuff. And many Christians received that. They will defend their right to celebrate
Halloween, defend their right to practice yoga. Defend their right you know to do all of these
practices that not only have occultic roots, but have occultic expressions in them. Because
the devil is sneaky and a lot of us are just a little bit too naive and ignorant of his devices,
that these objects could have the potential to snare you and to draw you in. And that's exactly
what God warned Israel, He says, "For it is an abomination to the LORD." That idea that you can
trap a dream, that philosophy that you can you know connect with the universe spirit. All of
that is demonic, and that's in direct rebellion against God. And so to be able to take those
objects from those religions that are clearly defined and purposed for those assignments,
catching dreams, bringing them into your life. I just don't see how that is pleasing to the Lord.
Verse 26, "Nor shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be doomed to destruction like
it." Now some of you may say, "Well Vlad, you're pushing this way too far. This is just in a piece
of art, piece of clothing." But why is it that so many of us who do deliverance, encounter these
people who are experiencing destruction. Who are experiencing, look at this verse, "lest you be
doomed to destruction like it." Why is it that we're encountering that all the time? This is
nothing new. We see that these objects could have a potential of an open portal to demons.
The enemy says that they will capture bad dreams, but in reality what if they are actually
bringing and releasing bad spirits into your life? "You shall utterly detest it and utterly abhor it,
for it is in an acursed thing." Now in book of Acts chapter 19, there is a time when Paul
preaches the Gospel, and I want you to see. "Many who believed came confessing and telling their
deeds. Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned
them in the sight of all." Now, somebody can look at that and say, "Man, that's destroying
art. That's destroying human potential of you know poetry, and writing and literature."
But the Scripture in this context, it doesn't see it as an attack on human potential, as much as
it's purifying yourself from human contamination. Humanity sometimes can open doors to the demonic,
through its art, through its music, through its movies, and also through particular artifacts.
And sometimes the best thing to do is not necessarily to take that black magic book,
and say, "Well, I'm gonna draw spiritual lessons out of it." There are no spiritual
lessons out of it for a Christian. The book where we learn is the Bible, not magic books.
The objects that we have as Christians that we can participate in are like holy communion, water
baptism, anointing oil. That's about it. And the Holy Scripture, that's about it. But everything
else is not something that we should be allowing in our religious expression of our worship. And
the Bible says is they would bring and burn those things, "And they counted up the value of them,
and it totaled 50 000 pieces of silver." Now as you can see, both in Ephesus and in Book
of Deuteronomy, that God was clear about those things. So my personal stance, you probably know
by now that as a minister of the Gospel, as well as somebody who has seen the danger of the occult,
of the witchcraft. And seeing where this supposedly "naive" you know innocent practice
of bringing good luck charms, crystals and ouija board and dream catchers. They bring to nothing
good, except to destruction. Now do I believe that every person that has a dream catcher in their
house, they automatically have a demon? I don't think so, but a lot of people do. A lot of people
who have these objects, they need to cleanse their house, get rid of that demonic object
and they need to pray a prayer of dedicating their house to the Lord. If you've done it in ignorance,
there's mercy for you. If you've done it out of curiosity, just repent of it. And if you've done
it because you genuinely wanted to get rid of bad spirits, come to Jesus Christ, believe in
His name. There is power in His blood. His name is power to drive out those demons and evil spirits.
You cannot drive out evil spirits by bringing demonic objects into your home. Hey, thank you
for watching this video. I hope that this brought some encouragement, enlightenment, instruction
and conviction. Hit like to this video. Let me know in the comments below, do you have a dream
catcher currently in your car or house? Or have you had a dreamcatcher? If you throw it away and
why? Have you experienced freedom or deliverance from that? Also, below this video I have a link
where you can submit your testimony, if you have a testimony of deliverance that you've experienced
after throwing away dream catchers. I would love to hear about it. Thank you. Until the next video.