Are you supposed to have God's dreams insread of your own? I hope you can help me with this. I'm just into fallowing all sorts of dreams that I have, but then I began to wonder about this and I'm not sure anymore. Anyways, pls tell me what you think. Cuase I need advice.
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God[s dreams vs Your own
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You can have both, if by God's dreams you mean prophetic dreams sent by him. If you're a prophetess (Acts 21:9, Acts 2:17-18, Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:8-11; 1 Corinthians 12:28, Ephesians 4:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:20), you will have many more prophetic dreams (Numbers 12:6) than most other Christians.
Don't follow any dream, in the sense of acting on it, without first praying and asking God if it was from him, and what exactly he wants you to do (James 1:5). For almost all dreams are simply our own minds processing (by analogy) and storing into long-term memory the prior day's events and emotions. Dreams can sometimes even be very sinful, and deceptive, based on only what we want instead of what God wants. And false prophets can have false prophetic dreams (Jeremiah 23:25-32, Jeremiah 29:8-9; 1 John 4:1, Revelation 2:20-29).
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When I approach dreams I'm not sure about, I first get the sense of what the dream is. I start writing out all the details, and sometimes what these remind me of... what parallels there are.
God will bring some to mind too.
Things will take shape, and once you start noticing how every element parallels a situation, start looking for details that you'd planned to ignore (the red purse, the way a person responded, the unfinished ending).
I find they often come together quickly that way, and I can see where God might have been alerting me to something. Often it is a call to pray for other people, not a prophecy to be broadcast. And since dreams are vague and cryptic, they are not designed in a way we should take blind leaps over what we sense. They are the beginning of consideration -- reflection, research, prayer, planning, and maybe eventually steps into something different.
We like quick fixes, but God tends to treat our lives as processes toward character-building and integration with His plans and presence.
Talk with God while you're unraveling it, and you can build insight into any dream, even the unspiritual ones. You are a person who matters to God, and even your stress is important to Him.
He dwells within you, and communicates constantly with you, so you might even have half-spiritual dreams. You are a spirit-based being, who can gain conviction or awareness from the simplest dreams. Since you can talk with God about anything, you can talk with Him about your dreams, and ask for wisdom surrounding them. Dreams are not separate from your mind, or distant from God -- much is intertwined.
A dream can be like handing a driver a new map to plan the route with. It does not control the car.
God will bring some to mind too.
Things will take shape, and once you start noticing how every element parallels a situation, start looking for details that you'd planned to ignore (the red purse, the way a person responded, the unfinished ending).
I find they often come together quickly that way, and I can see where God might have been alerting me to something. Often it is a call to pray for other people, not a prophecy to be broadcast. And since dreams are vague and cryptic, they are not designed in a way we should take blind leaps over what we sense. They are the beginning of consideration -- reflection, research, prayer, planning, and maybe eventually steps into something different.
We like quick fixes, but God tends to treat our lives as processes toward character-building and integration with His plans and presence.
Talk with God while you're unraveling it, and you can build insight into any dream, even the unspiritual ones. You are a person who matters to God, and even your stress is important to Him.
He dwells within you, and communicates constantly with you, so you might even have half-spiritual dreams. You are a spirit-based being, who can gain conviction or awareness from the simplest dreams. Since you can talk with God about anything, you can talk with Him about your dreams, and ask for wisdom surrounding them. Dreams are not separate from your mind, or distant from God -- much is intertwined.
I agree -- people make impulsive mistakes when putting the cart before the horse, the dream in higher ranking than God.
A dream can be like handing a driver a new map to plan the route with. It does not control the car.
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Sketcher
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We're supposed to put God's priorities first. What this looks like in practice is following his commands and being on the lookout for others' needs where we are at, doing what we are doing in life. Now obviously, people like thieves, prostitutes, and psychics would need to find new lines of work, but for most fields, becoming a Christian doesn't mean that you quit that job and go do something else. God may call people into a ministry profession, but they need to be discipled first (1 Timothy 3:6). That takes a while. The pattern I've seen is that 2-3 years after someone either comes to Christ for the first time or recommits his/her life to Christ to begin following him again, a major test of faith hits. A Christian should be tried-and-true before being entrusted with a formal ministry. We act as faithful witnesses in the meantime. Our lives need to look like this before we should consider uprooting ourselves and doing any sort of professional ministry:
Romans 12:1-2 tells us: "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." In other words, we need to (v. 1) yield ourselves completely to God. If there's a sin that we're holding onto because we like it, we must give that up. And we are to be transformed by God (v. 2). As we obey him, we make ourselves malleable to him. This requires that we exercise faith in him, and when that happens, our trust in him grows. A true Christian leader is yielded to God, transformed by God, and has great faith in God.
James 1:5-8 tells us: "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways." Double-mindedness in this sense confuses us. If we are confused and double-minded, we do not know if we are hearing from the Lord or speaking to ourselves, or hearing from someone else. This is why strong faith is so important. This is why we need to be grounded in what the Bible says about God, and what he generally wants people to do in their lives. When we become trustworthy with the general things, we may get a more major, and focused assignment.
1 John 4:20 tells us: "If anyone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen." We must love others if we are to love God. If we are coming up short here, then fixing that is more important than going across the country to do whatever. We need to be watchful for opportunities to grow in our love for others, and take them. This doesn't mean compromising the truth about what is right and what is wrong. Rather, the truth tells us that we need to love people. This doesn't mean approving of their sins, and disapproving of their sins does not give us a pass for failing to love them. We need to be listeners, we need to be wise, we need to be gracious, we need to be tactful, and when it is called for, we need to be direct. But being direct without any of those other things often results in acting like a jerk. We need to be better than that, because Christ was.
Romans 12:1-2 tells us: "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." In other words, we need to (v. 1) yield ourselves completely to God. If there's a sin that we're holding onto because we like it, we must give that up. And we are to be transformed by God (v. 2). As we obey him, we make ourselves malleable to him. This requires that we exercise faith in him, and when that happens, our trust in him grows. A true Christian leader is yielded to God, transformed by God, and has great faith in God.
James 1:5-8 tells us: "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways." Double-mindedness in this sense confuses us. If we are confused and double-minded, we do not know if we are hearing from the Lord or speaking to ourselves, or hearing from someone else. This is why strong faith is so important. This is why we need to be grounded in what the Bible says about God, and what he generally wants people to do in their lives. When we become trustworthy with the general things, we may get a more major, and focused assignment.
1 John 4:20 tells us: "If anyone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen." We must love others if we are to love God. If we are coming up short here, then fixing that is more important than going across the country to do whatever. We need to be watchful for opportunities to grow in our love for others, and take them. This doesn't mean compromising the truth about what is right and what is wrong. Rather, the truth tells us that we need to love people. This doesn't mean approving of their sins, and disapproving of their sins does not give us a pass for failing to love them. We need to be listeners, we need to be wise, we need to be gracious, we need to be tactful, and when it is called for, we need to be direct. But being direct without any of those other things often results in acting like a jerk. We need to be better than that, because Christ was.
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Ellwood3
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Ask God to make His dreams your dreams. To help you get rid of the desires and plans you have for yourself that are different from His, and replace them with His better plans. And ask for joy.
That's what I'd say.
Hi dreamer30. I'm a dreamer too. God's dreams are the best. Besides dreams, God also has greater vision. He sees a greater picture about your life that you do. Part of trusting is choosing to want God's dreams.
That's what I'd say.
Hi dreamer30. I'm a dreamer too. God's dreams are the best. Besides dreams, God also has greater vision. He sees a greater picture about your life that you do. Part of trusting is choosing to want God's dreams.
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