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Dreams (Night Visions)
Who
dreams?
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We dream 3 significant
dreams per night.
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We spend 3 years of
our lives dreaming, more than we spend eating.
Why do we dream?
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To
release events of
the day
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To file away important
matters of the day for future reference
Why don’t we remember our
dreams?
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Don’t
value them,
don’t think they are important
· Medication
interfers
· Alarm
clock startles
us out of sleep, rush off to begin our day before we have time to
remember
What is a dream?
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A gift, a piece of
information, a question, a riddle
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A "night vision" ( Dan.
2:19) – “dark sayings” (Numbers 12:8)
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An unopened letter
from God written in the language of our heart
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An opportunity to enter
into a spiritual dialogue with ourselves and God
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An invitation to
examine our lives for purpose and meaning
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A call to reflection
and meditation for wholeness and healing
Why are we interested in
dreams?
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Mysterious
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Spiritual – A Voice is Calling Us
Beyond Ourselves
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Seeking Direction for Our Lives
(Psychics)
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Rational is Not Satisfying – Something
is Missing
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Tri-part Beings in Image of God: Body,
Soul, and Spirit
“Indeed God speaks once,
or twice, yet no one notices it. In a
dream, a vision of the night, when sound sleep falls on men, while they
slumber
in their beds, then He opens the ears of men, and seals their
instruction, that
He may turn man aside from his conduct, and keep man from pride;” (Job 33: 14-17 NAS).
We can’t cause a dream to happen.
They are a gift from God. Just
as we are fashioned and shaped by God in our mother’s womb, so our
dreams are
fashioned and shaped by the spiritual element within us. The
mystery of life is revealed to us
through dreams and visions. If we
listen and respond, our dreams will lead us to God.
“’And it shall be in the
last days,’ God says, ‘that I will pour forth of my spirit upon all
mankind;
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men
shall see
visions, and your old men shall dream dreams . . . and it shall be,
that
everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’” (Acts
2:17, 21 NAS)
We
should approach dreams with reverence, gratitude, and love.
Dreams should be honored by writing them
down and journaling about them, sketching them, praying about
them, and talking to others about them. We should work with our
dreams by
using the methods in the following acronym:
D – Dominant Idea
(Title of Dream)
R – Relationship
of Dream to Your Life (People, Events,
Problems)
E – Emotions You
Felt in the Dream (Feelings)
A – Attitude You
Feel Toward the Dream (Why do you remember
this dream?)
M – Mystery of the Dream, the Question It Poses
S - Symbols
in the Dream – Picture – Must become childlike to understand
- Significance - Universal
Symbols and Personal Symbols
Symbolism: God
created the world and all it contains, and now He speaks to us through
nature. Paul writes, “For the invisible
things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being
understood
by the things that are made . . . “ (Rom. 1:20). David
writes, "The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and their expanse
is declaring the work of His hands. Day to day pours forth
speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no
speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard. Their line
has gone out through all the earth, and their utterances to the end of
the
world." (Psalm 19:1-4).
A knowledge of Scripture helps us understand
the language
of God. Here are
the meanings of some colors and numbers to use in dream interpretation.
Colors:
Red
Positive - redemption,
atonement, protection, life, love
Negative – anger,
sin
Orange
Positive – mercy, hospitality,
kindness, wisdom
Negative –
malevolence, spite
Yellow
Positive – warmth, light, wisdom, healing, wealth, spiritual riches
Negative –
cowardice, sickness
Green
Positive – life, fruitfulness,
vitality, prosperous, flourishing
Negative – greed,
envy, jealousy
Blue
Positive – heaven, divinity,
peace, kingdom of God
Negative –
depression, sadness,
discouragement
Indigo
Positive – wholeness of body,
soul, spirit, balance
Negative
– disharmony, pain,
illness
Violet
Positive – royalty,
justice,
kings and priests
Negative – anger,
regret
Numbers:
1
- unity, source, beginning
2
– marriage, witnesses, division, separation
3
– resurrection, divine completeness, perfect
testimony
4
– the earth, 4 winds, 4 points of compass
5
– grace, atonement, cross
6
– man
7
– completeness, rest
8
– new birth, new beginnings
9
– Holy Spirit, fruit of womb, fruitfulness,
giftedness
10
– law, order, restoration, trial, testing
11
– judgment, disorder, lawlessness
12
– divine government, divine power, authority
13
– apostasy, sin, rebellion
14
-salvation,
deliverance
15
- rest
16
- love
17
– victory
18
– bondage
19
– faith
20
– redemption
50
- liberty,
freedom
100
–the elect
120
–beginning of life in
Spirit
153
–harvest
300
– faithful remnant
666
–anti-Christ
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