God Dreams
I finished Closer Than Your Skin a while ago and through out the book the author Susan D. Hill refers to her dreams and the lessons she’s learned from them. It started me thinking 1) how in the world did she remember all those dreams over all those years (she mentioned she kept a journal and wrote them down) 2) I haven’t really dreamed in a long time.
Before I go any further I want to say that I’m not one of those Christians that’s into the whole dream interpretation thing. One of the reasons I left my old church is because they were promoting dream interpretation as taught from a book. In my spirit, I felt something was off the way the things were headed. While I believe in dream interpretations being of the Lord, I didn’t think anyone could read a book, hear a dream, and tell you what it means. The bible states that dreams come from the God, so I felt he should do the interpreting.
With that said, there was a time in my life I seemed to be doing spiritual warfare in my dreams several nights a week. The dreams were vivid and real, and though I didn’t always know the exact meaning, I felt the presence of evil and the power of God in my dreams. After some years, it just got to be too much for me. I wasn’t sleeping so I asked God to take the dreams away. He did.
In this season of my life, I’m really not remembering my dreams at all and that’s rare. But reading Hill’s book, and seeing how her dreams were definitely communication from God started me thinking again. Do I want to ask God to speak to me through dreams? I’m not sure. I desperately want God to speak to me, to encourage me in special ways, but am I willing to chance the dreams that left me drained? I’m not sure.
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That’s an interesting thought about dreams, Gina. I think for me, that would be pretty shaky ground. I believe that God speaks primarily through His Word, and in my times of prayer and meditation and just listening to Him.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:36 amCarole, I know what you mean! I wish I heard God more by just listening but sometimes life is so loud, God needs to speak in the quieter moments…wherever they may be. Right now he’s speaking to me through bible studies and pastors who all seem to be saying the same thing. Maybe I should listen more carefully!!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:23 amThat’s interesting… I’m starting “Closer Than Your Skin” tomorrow as my non-fiction selection for April. I believe that God CAN speak through dreams and that He is in control of them. I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about my dreams, but I do make it a point to pray for anyone who makes an appearance in my dreams, and if they appear often in a short time span I try to get in touch with them to see what is going on. That’s about as far as I have taken it… sometimes I can see parallels in dreams of things happening in real life, but not in a direction/speaking to me sort of way. I do know people who have received directions from God in dreams, and I wouldn’t be opposed to it, but I just haven’t felt it yet. I look forward to reading what the author has to say more fully on this topic!
March 31st, 2008 at 11:53 amloved…,
March 31st, 2008 at 3:56 pmI do the same thing with people who pop up in my dreams esp. after no contact for a long time. I figure even if it’s not a dream from God, I should at least pray for them. The other night, my husband had a dream involving saving his brother from something horrible. I asked if he prayed for him (he talks to his brother a couple times a year) he said no and didn’t even think twice about the dream being spiritual. I saw it immediately. Maybe women are more in tune with that stuff!
Contest: Interesting…I have some pretty crazy dreams. I recently dreamed that someone had a left two babies and dog in my driveway. I took them in of course. I’m afraid of what that may mean!
January 5th, 2009 at 7:18 pmCONTEST2009 I hardly ever remember my dreams.Monica
January 6th, 2009 at 9:58 amContest 2009. I can understand your wariness about dream interpretation Gina. If someone weregiving me a book with the meaning of dreams interpreted about them I would be wary of that as well. I think it is important that if you are have a recurring dream about a family member or friend than I will pray for that person or even call them and check to see if something is going on. I used to write down my dreams years ago when i had the time and then review it later to see if maybe God was trying to get something through to me. As I got older and had more responisibilies added to my life I have gradually completely eliminated them and I forget my dreams right away.
January 6th, 2009 at 10:09 amContest 2009> I very seldom remember my dreams. I sometimes wish I could, but then again, maybe they’re not worth remembering.
January 6th, 2009 at 8:19 pmContest 2009! I almost always remember my dreams. Luckily, I have not felt any evil in them as of now. Hopefully, I won’t! Cindi
January 9th, 2009 at 12:55 pmWOW. Great conversation.
February 17th, 2009 at 7:09 amThis is right in line with what I’m trying to gauge in my poll!
How many people experience God this way in dreams. Please try it, it takes 7 seconds. See how many people encounter God this way, (view results) and pass it on, so we can take a good representation. Thank you.
-Lisa
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Hi,
God will speak to me through dreams. I have had dreams of a demonic nature but God prevailed in those also. In fact, as each demonic dream occurred, I felt strengthened to take my authority through Christ to fight them in that manner. I often found myself screaming out physically words such as “leave me alone in the name of Jesus” or “Leviathian get out of my life in the name of Jesus”, and “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus help me”. Each time, I’d awaken feeling the presence of God entering the demonic spirits fleeing. At first, I was afraid, but God told me not to fear evil because He is with me. From that point on, I fight them, send them fleeing, and roll over and go back to sleep – with the peace that God provided to me. Now, I know that I am about to engage in spiritual warfare when these type of dreams occur. So, I target my prayers to give me ammunition for the journey. I actually get excited because I know there is a big blessing on the other side once I make it there.
God sets us at the table before thine enemy. The enemy has a job, but so do we and the dreams sometimes prepares us for it.
February 17th, 2009 at 7:56 pm