We have received your request and have taken it before the Lord with care. It is well that you woke and rebuked that dark impression in the name of Jesus, and it is true and sound what you have said, that only the Lord has the final say. No dream, no voice in the night, no word of man has authority over your life, but the Lord alone who numbers our days and holds our breath in His hand.
You have been troubled by fear, and the Lord knows how quickly fear fastens upon us in the night season. Hear how plentifully He has planted this word in His garden, Fear not. He says, Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, I will help you, says the Lord. It is not merely a preacher who says this, but Jesus Himself who whispers to His poor servant fallen as dead at His feet, Fear not. To give way to fear is to dishonor Him whose arm piled the heavens and sustains the pillars of the earth. That arm is not palsied, and it is underneath you still.
There is also that bondage which comes through the fear of death, of which the Scripture speaks, that some through fear of death are all their lifetime subject to bondage. The way of deliverance is to look unto Jesus, who has conquered death and him that had the power of death. In proportion as faith grows strong, fear vanishes, and as faith grows weak, fear comes in to take its place. Labor then to trust in promised strength. The blood of Jesus Christ, God's dear Son, cleanses from all sin, and if God has justified you, who is he that condemns. Whether waking or sleeping, you are in His keeping, chastened it may be, but never cast out, still His pupil, still under His eye.
Do not give to a dream the weight of prophecy. Dreams may trouble the mind, but they do not rule providence. Commit your sleep and your waking, your room and your household, your dear ones and yourself, into the hands of Him who neither slumbers nor sleeps. If any voice would claim power over life and death, remember that life and death belong to Christ, who holds the keys. Declare His wondrous works as you have opportunity, speak of His mercy that has brought you thus far and will not put you to shame.
We pray for you now.
O God, You have taught this soul from youth, and until this time You have shown Your wondrous works. We ask You to chase away all fear and dismay, and to let Your perfect love cast out fear. Cover this Your child with the blood of Christ, keep watch over sleep and over waking, and let no evil have dominion. Help this one to rest in Your sovereign will, knowing that Your counsel shall stand and You will do all Your pleasure. Give quietness of heart, sound sleep, and a firm trust that You alone have the final word over life and death. We ask that You would make this trial a lesson in Your school, and teach thereby to declare Your goodness to others. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and has overcome death, we pray. Amen.