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Encourage

TamaraLynne

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In my dream I felt weary and I was losing faith. I had two of my children (who in real life roll their eyes at me if I talk about God) i had these two on each side of me and their faith had increased because of all I had said in the past. They were encouraging me to stand.

I woke up and realized at times I do feel weary and later in the day the word "encouragement" was very loud in my thoughts and I decided to look it up. I found this verse

Isa 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

I was thinking about God holding me up but I think there is more to this dream so I am posting it.

the last time I got a one word that I became very excited over is the word "immediately" when Jesus reach down to lift Peter up.

Now the word "encourage" is something I need to know more about.
 

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In my dream I felt weary and I was losing faith. I had two of my children (who in real life roll their eyes at me if I talk about God) i had these two on each side of me and their faith had increased because of all I had said in the past. They were encouraging me to stand. I woke up and realized at times I do feel weary and later in the day the word "encouragement" was very loud in my thoughts and I decided to look it up. I found this verse
Isa 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
I was thinking about God holding me up but I think there is more to this dream so I am posting it.
Hi TamaraLynne,
I believe your daughters symbolize 'family' - in particular being surrounded by the family of God to uphold and support & encourage you. The story in Exodus 17 comes to mind, when Aaron & Hur stood on either side of Moses and held his arms up. The scripture begins with "And Moses' hands grew heavy" .. he was tired, fatigued.. He was provided with support by his brethren. Encouragement is a form of support. I believe the Lord is going to bring you a double blessing of encouragement. The reason I say 'double' is because there were 2 of your family members there instead of the entire lot of them. One of the symbolic meanings for the #2 is "double or double blessing". As a result, your faith is going to increase to go the distance.
Speaking of blessings, I hope this interp did just that.. lol
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Isaiah 66:22

22-23 “For just as the new heavens and new earth
that I am making will stand firm before me”
—God’s Decree—
“So will your children
and your reputation stand firm.
Month after month and week by week,
everyone will come to worship me,” God says.
 
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kimmiemae

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Oh I know what you mean by the eye roll. I get so excited about something God does...heals, reveals, etc...and then share it with the family. I think all of my children have done this eye roll to me and it hurts. Their flesh says ALL I talk about is God...hard words from ones own children.

I have been proclaiming that "I don't live to please my children but to be in relationship with God and obey HIM alone. I do not need my children's approval because I am approved by God."

This has helped me a lot lately
 
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