A DISTURBING DREAM

The following story was told to me by a friend:


“When I was bishop of my ward I was frequently praying that I might help them cast out Satan from their lives and follow God’s promptings. One night I dreamed that while I was sleeping, I was suddenly awakened by a loud crashing sound. It seems that a large building had fallen out the sky and landed in the middle of my ward.


When I got to the building I realized it was a gigantic house of ill repute. A carnival barker was beckoning men of my ward inside. Pornography was portrayed on the outside of the structure and men were entering in one door and leaving with women thru the exit door. When I got to the entrance, I realized the carnival barker was Satan and when he saw me he snickered, went inside and locked the door.


I began beating on the door to warn the men of what was happening, when suddenly I awoke. The next Sunday, when I conducted priesthood meeting, I told the brethren of my dream and told them there were those of the congregation that needed to seriously repent of immoral behavior. Over a period of the subsequent weeks, I discovered many men who were caught in this trap and we began to work on their repentance. God had answered my prayers and we began to reverse the desolating scourge which had plagued so many. I am so grateful that God chose to show me the way to prevent this spiritual disease from infecting our entire group.