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1Heart
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Posted 8/26/2004 2:11 AM (GMT -6)

Is there anyone here who is familiar with dreams and their spiritual significance? Do you believe that dreams can be significant; that they can be the Spirit's way of encouraging, warning, revealing things to you? If so, how do you know when a dream is really significant? Has anyone ever awoken from a dream, and been given a scripture that ties in with it? If you were, how were you "given" the scripture?

Is there anyone here who is gifted in interpreting dreams? Do you believe that gift is real, and vital today?

Thanks, and God Bless you all,
Jo-Anne

"Sometimes all we can do is go back to the character of God, and drop anchor there."

Springs
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Posted 8/26/2004 11:16 AM (GMT -6)

I am familiar with dreams. Approve

I think most of them are the result of our minds sorting through the massive quantities of information we have taken in during the day. But yeah, I think some dreams can be spiritually significant. I've only had a couple of dreams that felt that way.

Why did I think they were different from the run of the mill dream? Well, you know how even if you have a really cool dream by mid-morning you can barely remember any of it? A spiritual dream doesn't fade. Normal dreams are written by our subconscious and so contain our current images, sounds, feelings, and metaphors, if you will. Spiritual dreams seem to have another author wholly. Big Smile

I found a verse in the scripture that fit one of my dreams, and once when I told someone about a dream I had had they gave me a scripture that fit it.

While I believe the gifts of the Spirit are in operation today, I don't think any one person has any one particular gift all the time. I think that all the gifts are available to all of us all the time. When we abide in Christ, he abides with us. The gifts are most often in operation in the context of ministry.

Springs

Tom
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Posted 8/26/2004 12:31 PM (GMT -6)

Jo-Anne-

Trust me, Springs is the dream-machine! I shared a couple of dreams with her and she was right on the money. Some dreams can be very significant.Others are the result of too much pizza.

Hi Springs. So very good to see/hear you post!

Tom

Springs
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Posted 8/26/2004 5:38 PM (GMT -6)

Aww shucks TGB, thanks.
Springs

1Heart
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Posted 8/26/2004 6:06 PM (GMT -6)

quote:
Originally posted by Springs

Aww shucks TGB, thanks.
Springs

Thank you both. I've wondered about it the past couple of years. I rarely have dreams that I can remember - but have had a couple that were significant to what was happening in my life; one in particular was beautiful and encouraging.

It is something I rarely hear shared at church. I know that you have to be cautious in assuming that there is something spiritual about your dreams. I think that certain people are much more discerning about this than others.

'Nite ... and ... sweet dreams!
Jo-Anne Eyebrow

"Sometimes all we can do is go back to the character of God, and drop anchor there."

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