Just wondering how many people keep a dreams journal?
If so do you write down all the dreams that you have or just the ones that at the time you think are from God?
Also have you found the journal to be helpful?
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Just wondering how many people keep a dreams journal?
If so do you write down all the dreams that you have or just the ones that at the time you think are from God?
Also have you found the journal to be helpful?
Thanks
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do you write them all down or just the ones your know are from God?
I write them all down, because I never know if they are from God until I pray about them and begin to ask for an interpretation. For instance, I had one this morning that was really weird and I wondered if I should even write it down, but I did anyway. And, what I thought it meant was completely different than what it actually meant. It was not one for publication. This was a personal message for me from God in answer to something I had been praying about. And, once I began to read my passage of scripture for the day, it became clear what the actual meaning of the dream was.
So, yes, write them all down, because it isn't always that obvious if they are from God or not. Some of the ones, in fact, that in my natural mind I considered "just a weird dream" actually had some of the best messages with them. And, also, there are some dreams I had two years ago that I never understood that God is just now bringing understanding about. Sometimes the timing is just not right for the understanding, because it is something to be revealed in the future.
And, yes, it is so helpful to journal, not only your dreams, but what God says to you each day through your times with him in prayer and in the word, because you can always go back and connect dots, for one, and be encouraged during down times when you can see, on paper, how God has been working in your life. You can see the progression and how you are growing in your faith, because it shows up in your journaling.
So, buy some three ring binders, a lot of notebook paper, some good writing pens and begin writing. I have a whole cupboard full, and I will go back even thirty years sometimes to see what God was doing in my life then or because I remembered something I wrote then and it applies to something I'm going through in the present. Journaling has improved my quiet times with God tremendously!
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Thank you that was very encouraging.
I have always journaled significant dreams, visions, words etc... but my husband suggested that i should write it all down and that God would show me more things... he said he thought that God was going to show me things in my dreams that would become relevent during ministry time on sundays (i feel this is where one of my main ministry to others will/has be)... this has been true so far.... its only been two weeks since he said that and both weeks this has been the case.
Bless you and thanks for your encouragement
I have always journaled significant dreams, visions, words etc... but my husband suggested that i should write it all down and that God would show me more things... he said he thought that God was going to show me things in my dreams that would become relevent during ministry time on sundays (i feel this is where one of my main ministry to others will/has be)... this has been true so far.... its only been two weeks since he said that and both weeks this has been the case.
Bless you and thanks for your encouragement
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I bought this software journal recently. But check around online because I heard later that it can be downloaded for free. I like it also because it allows you to go back and revise your interpretations if something about the dream only becomes clearer some time after. http://www.joels-journal.com
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Databases of your personal symbols -- how nice!
I woke up this morning with a recurring dream, and a -duh-of-course- moment about the symbolism. It was very significant about my life courses, and I'd been ignoring the recurring theme.
I don't go back to them often, but they're easy to find.
I woke up this morning with a recurring dream, and a -duh-of-course- moment about the symbolism. It was very significant about my life courses, and I'd been ignoring the recurring theme.
Typing proved easier for me, because once I started writing out a dream, it would grow into messy illegible pages of commentary and parallels....sometimes research. The computer allows for pastes of similar and links to news events.
I don't go back to them often, but they're easy to find.
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I have considered starting a dream journal. Here lately I've been having alot of dreams that are so vivid and that seem to mean something. So, now that I've read these posts I think I'm going to start one.
I do write down or type and print out dream interpritations that I recieve. And, I do write out what I believe God says to me when I have that quiet time after prayer. I have yet to put them in a notebook or anything though..I should do that. Some are written and in various places in my room and some typed and saved on the computer. But, I have found that as I look back at different ones I can see the connections between them and sometimes realize something that I hadn't at the time it was written down. I can also see how God has been working in my life and the words of encouragement and direction in different areas of my life that I've recieved.
I even have recently started a journal of different Christian messages (like things to teach and/or speak on). I've been recieving those lately...something will come to mind and I'll just like go off into a message as though I'm practicing for giving a speach. So, I've just started writing those down as well in case their of some use in the future.
I think journaling does help you to understand things better or maybe see something as your re-reading it at a later time that you didn't see when you wrote it.
I do write down or type and print out dream interpritations that I recieve. And, I do write out what I believe God says to me when I have that quiet time after prayer. I have yet to put them in a notebook or anything though..I should do that. Some are written and in various places in my room and some typed and saved on the computer. But, I have found that as I look back at different ones I can see the connections between them and sometimes realize something that I hadn't at the time it was written down. I can also see how God has been working in my life and the words of encouragement and direction in different areas of my life that I've recieved.
I even have recently started a journal of different Christian messages (like things to teach and/or speak on). I've been recieving those lately...something will come to mind and I'll just like go off into a message as though I'm practicing for giving a speach. So, I've just started writing those down as well in case their of some use in the future.
I think journaling does help you to understand things better or maybe see something as your re-reading it at a later time that you didn't see when you wrote it.
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Cool.
Yeah -- sometimes I think it's a luxurious use of time to write them down. But since dreams are what your brain does at night, then it would make sense that we could be saving ourselves time and trouble by resolving things and making these connections!
(Ha ha, I can justify anything.)
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Danial wrote down dreams, so yes it is a good Ideal. if I can stop being lazy, I need to keep one. cause I've found dreams instresting, since I've started dreaming lately. but I do post most of my dreams here if they seem significant enough to post, I can always go to all my post and print them off if I ever decide to keep one
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