Feelings In Dreams

MastersPiece · Apr 13, 2013

I want to share with those of you who are learning dream interpretation something Papa has taught me and I pray it blesses & edifies each reader:

In dreams, the 'feeling' and 'sense' a person receives from God in regards to the dream is often a part of the interpretation. I have often woken up from a dream with a God given 'knowing' of what something in particular means. For instance one night not long ago, God gave me a dream about a red cockroach following me around as I tried to stomp on it to make it stop.. The red cockroach symbolized a rage-filled person who was following me around trying to cause dissension constantly. I innately felt & sensed all through the dream who this person was & their name, although the name was not given to me specifically within the dream itself. So keep in mind that God not only uses prophetic & scriptural symbolism, but He uses our inner sense & knowing as well within dreams & visions. This is why when a dreamer receives an interpretation from someone, it's important they pray about it so as not to agree with something the dream doesn't mean. The interpreter was not there experiencing your dream and if they are not interpreting using the wisdom and leading of the Holy Spirit, they may be interpreting from the carnal mind and henceforth misguide you. It's very important that you pray and ask Holy Spirit to give you His "inner ping" to help you recognize a true and accurate interp.

On the other hand.. our 'feelings & thoughts' in dreams do not always lend a hand to how we interpret. We also have a soul and our soul is very carnal - it thinks like the carnal man and even in our dreams it tries to interfere and rise above the spirit man. The spirit man knows the things of God, but the soul is constantly fighting against that. This is why we want to kill the old man/flesh. We want to live from our spirit not from the flesh or soulishness. We need to recognize when the soul is trying to interfere in our dreams.
An example of one's soul trying to interfere in our dream is when God gives us a dream and we find ourselves thinking things in the background while the dream is playing out. Some soulish things we might think are "that doesn't make sense!". Of course our dreams don't make sense to our soul/carnal side! - Dreams are interpreted using symbolism, metaphors and God's supernatural guidance if they are symbolic. Other times dreams can be literal or metaphorical. One night as I was dreaming of being pregnant in the dream I felt shame because I knew I should not be single & pregnant.. this shame came from my soul and had nothing to do with the dream or it's interpretation. It's very important we be able to decipher between the dream, God's "knowings" and our soulish thoughts/feelings. This is the reason why sometimes when I interpret people's dreams I do not mention some aspect of how they felt, because I'm discerning that some of those feelings came from their soul.

I hope this helps each one with their interpretation processing & understanding
His Richest Blessings
MP

RiverDays · Apr 13, 2013

I totally agree with you MP. It takes a bit of discernment but it's not impossible to rule out "feelings" when it doesn't harmonize with the dream as a whole. I've found in my own dreams there are times I will say something in them too that I can later tell the soul seeped in there and had nothing to do with the message also.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention!
<3 Riv

Gottservant · Apr 16, 2013

the soul is neither good or bad but the body in which it grows makes it so, whether hellish, earthly, or heavenly

of course, since we corrupted our earthly bodies and took on hellish ones, the odds are not in favour of our soul doing good, without God

in any case, I found this extremely helpful and a positive discussion about discernment in dreams

wlewis7789 · Apr 16, 2013

Good points you bring out, MP! I've also noticed that the Holy Spirit gives symbols in dreams are often relative to what the symbol may 'mean' to the dreamer, therefore somewhat subjective ie: red cockroach you mentioned could mean something else entirely to someone interpreting your dream. The Holy Spirit is the one who knows what he intends for us to get whether gifting us to interpret our own or someone else's dream. Again, thanks for posting this important point!

humblewatchman · Apr 16, 2013

It has been my experience (and the experience of many others) that this point is not correct. We are triune beings and "every" aspect of our being is tightly knit together...body/soul/spirit....each part is "one and the same" just as God/Jesus/Holy Spirit is.... separate yet one. If we ignore the feelings or emotions in our dreams, we will miss the true meaning entirely. We will also wind up being misled or deluded.

Our feelings are just as equally important and just as vital of a clue as the symbols/items/actions that are contained within it.

Nebuchadnezzer's emotions in this dream led him to take action.
Daniel 4
I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at home in my palace, contented and prosperous. 5 I had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying in bed, the images and visions that passed through my mind terrified me. 6 So I commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.

MastersPiece · Apr 16, 2013

wlewis7789 said:
Good points you bring out, MP! I've also noticed that the Holy Spirit gives symbols in dreams are often relative to what the symbol may 'mean' to the dreamer, therefore somewhat subjective ie: red cockroach you mentioned could mean something else entirely to someone interpreting your dream. The Holy Spirit is the one who knows what he intends for us to get whether gifting us to interpret our own or someone else's dream. Again, thanks for posting this important point!

Yes this is so very very true, and yes symbols can mean a number of different things which is exactly why an interpreter needs to have the Holy Spirit's guidance and not just use carnal logic. It's important we interpret God's way. God's way is the best recipe, amen

wlewis7789 · Apr 16, 2013

Also some good points there, Humble Watchman! How we 'felt' about something in our dream is just as important as the symbol itself, bc God can use our 'reactions' to what we saw\experienced in the dream to give insight into ourselves and His will as it pertains to the dream(s) we have. Thanks for posting! Over all I think a good balanced tutorial was had so far from all input.

MastersPiece · Apr 16, 2013

Gottservant said:
.. the odds are not in favour of our soul doing good, without God
in any case, I found this extremely helpful and a positive discussion about discernment in dreams

Amen Gottservant - Discernment, true discernment comes from Abba, not from our logic & not from our flesh. We must learn to put the flesh under and live from our Spirit.. correctly dividing the word of truth.. Correctly dividing the word/dreams God gives us means we need to discern our fleshly feelings from the Spiritual. Amen to that.
"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" - 2 Timothy 2:15

wlewis7789 · Apr 16, 2013

Yes Master'spiece! Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth, so He is the one who reveals what we need to know. I should mention, sometimes I have had NO feelings at all about what I have been shown by God and I knew it was Him talking, I just 'knew by the spirit' but had no opinion, feeling about it or full understanding when He first showed me something. I knew I would have to wait on Him as to what I was to do or how I should 'feel' or respond to Him about what I was shown. lol God is awesome, it kinda makes me laugh how he works with and through His ppl.

MastersPiece · Apr 16, 2013

Bless you wlewis,
yes - I often have dreams which contain no 'feelings' at all -- these are sometimes easier to interpret because we don't have to try to figure out where the feelings are coming from, amen? It's an unwise person who believes every feeling they have is from God, just the same as it's unwise for someone to think every word or vision comes from Holy Spirit.... oh .... what's that very popular saying around this forum? - oh yes.. it's "TEST the spirits"..lol.

wlewis7789 said:
How we 'felt' about something in our dream is just as important as the symbol itself, bc God can use our 'reactions' to what we saw\experienced in the dream to give insight into ourselves and His will as it pertains to the dream(s) we have.

Absolutely correct wlewis.. this was also mentioned in my initial teaching/post.
It is 'very' important we be balanced and not run off with something. I've seen some people put words in the dreamer's mouth, saying the dreamer agreed to their interp when the dreamer never agreed to their interp at all.. I know that grieves Papa.
I elude again to the scripture in regards to correctly dividing things in a balanced manner. This is why it's so important we actually know God and not just say we know Him. There's a difference in how we operate in the things of the spirit when we really know Him because there's an intimacy there. The things of the spirit are discerned by the spirit of a man when our spirit is connected to Papa's. Any other way is simply the flesh.
"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" - 1 Cor 2:14

humblewatchman · Apr 16, 2013

wlewis7789 said:
Also some good points there, Humble Watchman! How we 'felt' about something in our dream is just as important as the symbol itself, bc God can use our 'reactions' to what we saw\experienced in the dream to give insight into ourselves and His will as it pertains to the dream(s) we have. Thanks for posting! Over all I think a good balanced tutorial was had so far from all input.

Yes. Balance is the key to all dream intrepretation. It takes knowledge/wisdom and inspiration from the Holy Spirit ..."both", as both come from God. He is the God of all wisdom.

Exodus 31:3
"I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills"

All of these things are essential and important in believers and in the participation in the gifts of the Spirit.

Job 33:14-16

14 For God does speak—now one way, now another—
though no one perceives it.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on people
as they slumber in their beds,
16 he may speak in their ears
and terrify them with warnings,

Zechariah 10:2
"The idols speak deceitfully, diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false, they give comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep oppressed for lack of a shepherd."

....and this is what we have to be most watchful for so that we don't lead any astray or confirm that which God does not want confirmed. Some aspire to be prophets or effective healers, and they dream about such things...it does not make it God's calling on their lives. It may be just a desire and not Gods plan or will for them at all. So, in this way we must be careful to be inspired by the Holy Spirit so that their blood be not on our hands or heads. It would also be just as tragic if we spiritualized something that was a deeply personal behavioral issue that God wants them to give heed to and fix.

It is a wonderful and careful thing we do when we try to assist others with their dreams, and we must always leave room for God to give the final word, or give them the rest of it when He only gives some highlights, and include in our wording to go to the Lord for confirmation (if we don't already know them and that they will do so).

Anyway, yes, the balance of the whole triune person has to be taken into account. The majority of our dreams are us working out our own hard things in life, our fantasies/desires, or further enjoying and reliving the happiest of our days.

God will use whatever is available to speak to us. We cannot limit Him.

MastersPiece · Apr 16, 2013

RiverDays said:
I totally agree with you MP. It takes a bit of discernment but it's not impossible to rule out "feelings" when it doesn't harmonize with the dream as a whole. I've found in my own dreams there are times I will say something in them too that I can later tell the soul seeped in there and had nothing to do with the message also.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention!
<3 Riv

You're welcome precious friend
Another very balanced reply tempered with wisdom.
We who are born of the spirit understand the things of the spirit. It’s important we trust what we are hearing from God as we rightly divide the things of the spirit using our spirit-man and our intimate connection with Abba to discern what He is saying. In this same manner we can discern not only our dream meanings, but also the words God speaks to us, the visions God gives us, and the impressions He makes upon our spirit in given circumstances, amen?
Hmmmm yeah… that scripture again “TEST the spirits” .. LOL!… God gives those who are connected to Him the ability to see what’s truly in operation.
"But the natural man (nasty old flesh,lol) receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" - 1 Cor 2:14
I'm glad to see so many are learning from this thread and sharing
I love my Papa - He is the ultimate protector and guardian!

MastersPiece · Apr 16, 2013

I might add that it's also great to see that the majority of posters here are not contradicting themselves and are speaking positively and not in a negative way. I am drawn to the encouragement and positive in people, whereas those who are always speaking words of condemnation, well, we know where that type of thing comes from.. lol

<-- how cute is this fellow?

humblewatchman · Apr 16, 2013

I don't think anybody is being negative here at all.

MastersPiece · Apr 17, 2013

La la la la la la! I will dance I will sing, to be mad for my King....

David Crowder - Undignified - YouTube

captainkate · Apr 17, 2013

MastersPiece said:
I want to share with those of you who are learning dream interpretation something Papa has taught me and I pray it blesses & edifies each reader:

In dreams, the 'feeling' and 'sense' a person receives from God in regards to the dream is often a part of the interpretation. I have often woken up from a dream with a God given 'knowing' of what something in particular means. For instance one night not long ago, God gave me a dream about a red cockroach following me around as I tried to stomp on it to make it stop.. The red cockroach symbolized a rage-filled person who was following me around trying to cause dissension constantly. I innately felt & sensed all through the dream who this person was & their name, although the name was not given to me specifically within the dream itself. So keep in mind that God not only uses prophetic & scriptural symbolism, but He uses our inner sense & knowing as well within dreams & visions. This is why when a dreamer receives an interpretation from someone, it's important they pray about it so as not to agree with something the dream doesn't mean. The interpreter was not there experiencing your dream and if they are not interpreting using the wisdom and leading of the Holy Spirit, they may be interpreting from the carnal mind and henceforth misguide you. It's very important that you pray and ask Holy Spirit to give you His "inner ping" to help you recognize a true and accurate interp.

On the other hand.. our 'feelings & thoughts' in dreams do not always lend a hand to how we interpret. We also have a soul and our soul is very carnal - it thinks like the carnal man and even in our dreams it tries to interfere and rise above the spirit man. The spirit man knows the things of God, but the soul is constantly fighting against that. This is why we want to kill the old man/flesh. We want to live from our spirit not from the flesh or soulishness. We need to recognize when the soul is trying to interfere in our dreams.
An example of one's soul trying to interfere in our dream is when God gives us a dream and we find ourselves thinking things in the background while the dream is playing out. Some soulish things we might think are "that doesn't make sense!". Of course our dreams don't make sense to our soul/carnal side! - Dreams are interpreted using symbolism, metaphors and God's supernatural guidance if they are symbolic. Other times dreams can be literal or metaphorical. One night as I was dreaming of being pregnant in the dream I felt shame because I knew I should not be single & pregnant.. this shame came from my soul and had nothing to do with the dream or it's interpretation. It's very important we be able to decipher between the dream, God's "knowings" and our soulish thoughts/feelings. This is the reason why sometimes when I interpret people's dreams I do not mention some aspect of how they felt, because I'm discerning that some of those feelings came from their soul.

I hope this helps each one with their interpretation processing & understanding
His Richest Blessings
MP

This is spot on! I have noticed that some of the interpretations (bless all who try and I am not knocking anyone) are totally from the flesh. (soulish)

Some are so steeped in specific politics that their interpretation is way off and colored according to their political persuasion. I tend to read a LOT of news and things happening around the world. So, when I see some dreams, they remind me of something that is happening currently and that's how I interpret the dream sometimes.

Others are caught up in a religious spirit and tend to act like a pharisee when giving their thoughts on the dream cloaking the meanness by quoting scripture...I have seen some seemingly mature Christians ask if other interpreters are lying. "Or are you lying?" to be exact. I have been floored at some of the nastiness!

All this kind of stuff is soulish. I have been guilty myself of going off on a bunny trail more than once LOL. I guess we have to learn to lean on the Holy Spirit and pray a bit before we attempt to answer anything....instead of giving thoughts or even hateful comments that the Holy Spirit would frown on. Always talking to myself first! :wave:

captainkate · Apr 17, 2013

MastersPiece said:
La la la la la la! I will dance I will sing, to be mad for my King....
David Crowder - Undignified - YouTube

I hadn't heard this one.. I need to get out more.

captainkate · Apr 17, 2013

Gottservant said:
the soul is neither good or bad but the body in which it grows makes it so, whether hellish, earthly, or heavenly

of course, since we corrupted our earthly bodies and took on hellish ones, the odds are not in favour of our soul doing good, without God

in any case, I found this extremely helpful and a positive discussion about discernment in dreams

Very insightful.

MastersPiece · Apr 21, 2013

captainkate said:
This is spot on! I have noticed that some of the interpretations (bless all who try and I am not knocking anyone) are totally from the flesh. (soulish)

Some are so steeped in specific politics that their interpretation is way off and colored according to their political persuasion. I tend to read a LOT of news and things happening around the world. So, when I see some dreams, they remind me of something that is happening currently and that's how I interpret the dream sometimes.

Others are caught up in a religious spirit and tend to act like a pharisee when giving their thoughts on the dream cloaking the meanness by quoting scripture...I have seen some seemingly mature Christians ask if other interpreters are lying. "Or are you lying?" to be exact. I have been floored at some of the nastiness!

All this kind of stuff is soulish. I have been guilty myself of going off on a bunny trail more than once LOL. I guess we have to learn to lean on the Holy Spirit and pray a bit before we attempt to answer anything....instead of giving thoughts or even hateful comments that the Holy Spirit would frown on. Always talking to myself first!

Amen CK,
I'm in agreement with that girl!
*smooches & love to you

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