Lighthouse...Christian Dream and Vision Interpretation

[HumbleBee]

Posting this dream with permission

***There was a big bear tied up on some sort of leash...on this big hillside...i was across the way...looked like a forest maybe had just been cleared...sorta like a lot of stumps etc...so this bear was on a leash and he was huge…and there were a couple of people tied up near it...I was thinking "that bear is obviously going to get loose and get those people"...I was across the way...he was up on one hillside and I was on the other hillside with a small valley between...maybe 200 yards between us…so then, sure enough he broke loose...he started running...I then thought to hide under a bed...thinking...no way he will look under here...so sure enough...he ran right to the bed and was in the process of sticking his head under it...the bed was 3 feet off the ground on the bottom so it was no problem for him to crawl under it...but I woke up as soon as he got to the edge of the bed.***

Here's my Interpretation. All glory to Jesus! \o/\o/\o/

***There was a big bear tied up on some sort of leash...on this big hillside.***

The big bear represents the devil who been Divinely restrained on the earth...he is always on a relentless rampage, on the lookout (hillside) seeking whom he may devour.

2 Thessalonians 2:6-8 And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.

1 Peter 5:8-11 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. To Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.


***I was across the way.***

You were across the way because you belong to Jesus! Since the theme of your dream proves to be intimacy...across the way also means...a Cross, the Way...going to the Cross of Christ is your way to true intimacy!!!


***a forest...had just been cleared...a lot of stumps.***

Describes a clear-cut, meaning obvious, clearly defined to the mind, concisely and distinctly expressed, easily perceptible...the message of this dream...that hiding from intimacy with Jesus is very obvious to Him!


***bear was on a leash and he was huge…and there were a couple of people tied up near it...I was thinking "that bear is obviously going to get loose and get those people".***

Symbolizes that the enemy has far-reaching affects...and that in real life, a gigantic bear would invoke extreme fear in people...meaning the devil has spiritually tied up many Christians with irrational fears in terms of giving their all to Jesus and letting Him have full reign in their hearts and lives...this hampers their relationship with Him, their spiritual progress. The enemy is out to get them to thwart the advancement of Kingdom Purposes and Christ's glory! You thinking about the others...shows you a watchman of these people!


***I was across the way...he was up on one hillside and I was on the other hillside.***

Again, going to the Cross of Christ is the Way for believers to overcome this fear! Yet the devil relentlessly watches to try and prevent them from even getting to the Cross by tying them up with unfounded fears! Though you on Jesus' side, you have the same vantage point as the enemy...being on opposing hillsides...our Lord is showing you the scheming of the devil, so you can wage effective warfare against him!


***with a small valley between...maybe 200 yards between us…so then, sure enough he broke loose...he started running.***

Small valley, 200 yards, not far apart...means the presence of fear, indicates the devil has a stronghold, and with foot in door...comes in like a flood...tho greater is Jesus and His Holy Spirit in us, who intercedes for us! The enemy was running because his time is running out!

Isaiah 59:19 So shall they fear (revere) the name of the LORD from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

Romans 8:26-28, 34, 37 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And He that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because He maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose...Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.

1 John 4:4 Ye are of God...and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Revelation 12:10-12 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! For the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.


***I then thought to hide under a bed...thinking...no way he will look under here...so sure enough...he ran right to the bed and was in the process of sticking his head under it...the bed was 3 feet off the ground on the bottom so it was no problem for him to crawl under it.***

Bed is a symbol of intimacy and you were hiding under it, so shows hiding from true intimacy with Jesus, from His Great Love, keeping Him at arm's length instead of surrendering all. Since the bed was relatively high off the ground, indicates being easily seen and not really hidden from view...could show tiz obvious to Him people hide from being in a secret place relationship with Christ. Though Christians have a measure of Divine Protection, dwelling only near the 'secret place' is not the same as being IN the Secret Place of the Most High God, so tiz somewhat open season for the enemy. The word 'under' appears 4 times...symbolizes that in living just outside of the Secret Place, one is spiritually under-developed, hindered from living to their full God-given potential! Seeking Jesus with wholehearted abandon...His Great Love and Glory will be released...exactly why the devil ran to the bed, sticking his head under it...trying to find out about Divine Business Plans that are about to be and certainly imparted in the Secret Place of God Almighty!

Psalm 91:1-2, 14-16 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust...Because he hath set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known My Name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him My salvation.

Jeremiah 29:11-14 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the LORD...


***I woke up as soon as he got to the edge of the bed.***

Because the devil so near, tiz an exhortation, being on the verge of true intimacy with Christ!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.

Ephesians 3:14-21 For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom His whole family in heaven and on earth derives its Name. I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

 

[angelwind]

Thanks for posting this dream and interp...HumbleBee.

 

[Missyjojo88]

Hello HumbleBee, I decided to post my dreams on the board. Hopefully I can get a better understanding of God's messages.

Baptism
I had this dream the day before I was to be baptized. I wanted God to confirm if I should be baptized cause I was dealing with something personal which I wont get into, but I had a dream where I was looking into my bathroom. I was looking at a bird who was on my bathtub. The bird was standing to its side looking at me. It's head was blue, the upper body part was red, and the bottom body part blue. Its was very bright, I would like to know your opinion. I know that this bird was not any bird and I was fascinated by the way it was looking at me and how bright it was.

Demonic Spirit
I went to visit my friend in the University of Connecticut in Storrs, she lived off campus in a wooded area. She is also a Christian. When I first got to her place something in my mind said this place could be haunted. I don't believe that dead people roam the earth, but I believe there are evil spirits and familiar spirits that stick around places with violent past at times. I ignore this thought and I stayed for three days. On the second day after we came from a convention I read my Bible and went to sleep. I woke up from my sleep and saw a big green head floating towards me and I screamed what is happening to me. I don't know why I didn't call out Jesus Christ for help, but apparently I woke up from a false dream to hear my friend who shared a big bed with me say, JoJo you were just dreaming, I murmured something to her and went back to sleep. When I went back to sleep, I saw myself, my friend and her sister standing in the area we were sleeping. I told my friend and her sister that there were an evil spirits buried on the ground of the room that we were not to unburied the body. The sister did not take my advice and unburied the body. Then the demonic guy came after me. I found myself hiding under a table and he found me and held me up and started to scratched me pretty badly on my face. I woke up and it was morning and sat on the bed, I remember thinking that my spiritual face must be very bruised due to the dream, it felt real. I ask my friend if I was making any noise in my sleep? she said no, I was very quiet. I ask her if she said anything to me while I was sleeping, she said nothing. I could have sworn that she told me that it was a dream, but it wasn't her who told me that, it must have been the holy spirit. I never been attack like this ever. Never experienced this kind of a dream before.To confirm this the apostle who God had send before to restore my church came again a couple weeks from this incident and well, while I was in the church crying after thanking God, I look up and saw this girl looking at me and I don't like showing my emotions in publics so i had my head down when the apostle was talking in the church, suddenly I looked up just in time to see him in front of me and he started looking at my face and checking my face. I don't know if he saw scratches that were not visible for the physical eyes, but he did something on my forehead and blew into it. The next dream silent church is connected to the same apostle/preacher and event.

Silent Church
After I came from the service from the church, I dreamed of the pastor AKA apostle who had preach that day. I was sitting alone in an empty church on the second row in the front of the church. I saw the apostle walk in and sits in front of me. Then he turns back and looked at me. Then he turns back to the front. We just sat there looking in front of the church, just the two of us in silence.

Spiritual warfare
I had another dream after I prayed to God against evil spirits that are trying to attack, and influence me in my dream. I dreamed that I was on my bed floating in my flooded room. There were a little girl trying to keep my bed balance so I wouldn't fall off cause I told her I couldn't not swim. Then there were a man on this thing floating and I told him to get me out of this. Then I see myself standing on the water and eel/snake coming towards me. It was very hypnotizing and although it was ugly and scary I found myself drawn to it. As it got close it suddenly tried to bite me but I tilted back and it miss by a short distance. I told the snake to go back to its aunt and it obeyed. I have no idea to why I told it to go to its aunt. Then I see myself going upstairs to my room again, but this time there weren't any flood, instead I saw writing that was on my wall written in blood. I saw the wall bursting open with a flood of water and I run downstairs. As I was downstairs I open my door and commanded for these spirits to leave in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazaret, I saw colorful fish sharks, swimming on air out of the house. Then I looked up and a saw a black crow or bird flying my way, but before it came near me it burned out. I looked at my dad who was suddenly near me and I said we need to pray a lot, he nodded in agreement and he said yes we do.


Double Wedding
One day ago, I dream of a double wedding. I saw myself and this girl in my church getting married at the same time. We were baptized on sept 25, 2004 at the same time in real life. In the dream I did not actually see who we were marrying but when I was standing in front of the church, this guy was making me move around a little because he said I was standing in the wrong area. In the church I saw our pastor and he was wearing jeans and was dress down for the wedding. Then after the church ceremony, I saw myself and the girl who was marrying also go outside and walk towards this bench. When I was walking I went by this worm on a leaf and thought it was spooky and outside was a little spooky. We sat on the bench and started to talk. I don't remember what we talked about but I guess it wasn't important. Next to me my mom appear out of no where and I ask her why didn't she stop me from marrying the guy, she said because I am rude. Real life my uncle is having married trouble and he refuses to listen to advice and is causing a lot of conflicts within the family, but I don't know if this is connected to him.



My father's Spirit
Keep in mind that my father isn't dead. I woke up from my sleep and turn to my right side and saw a man standing near my bed who looked like my father. He had his arm crossed, and he head was tilted to the side like my father would do when he was mad at me. I knew the guy wasn't my father because I could see through him a little, he was foggy looking, transparent, but not enough to see what was behind him. He was wearing this shirt my father usually wears at time. The shirt was almost colorless although in real life it is green. I was not afraid and turn to my right and went back to sleep. Now I felt a hand over my stomach, it was not touching it but over it and some ball thing was being pull out. That is what I remember. I'm trying to figure out if it was a good spirit sent by God or if it wasn't. This dream happen a while back, way before I was baptized, but I know I saw a spirit.

 

[Missyjojo88]

The night after I came from prayer in my church I had this dream.
Chinese's smallpox
That night I was having this long dream. I remember dreaming of being in a bus with and bunch of kids and I guess we were going to some camp. Then something told me to get off the bus immediately cause I was contagious and I didn't want to pass anything to anyone so I did alone with someone else, whom I don't remember. neverless I end up in this clinic with a woman doctor. The woman doctor held my arms and on my arms were smallpox and my whole body was covered with it. The doctor told me not to worry because they caught it early. I saw myself with someone who was looking through a microscope. I looked through the micrscope and saw the smallpox virus and it was moving. Then I see this boy who also claimed to have smallpox. He turned around to show me his back, and there were no smallpox on his back but chinese or japense writings all over his back. The writings made a pattern on his back and I looked in my back and saw that I did not have smallpox there but I also had writings on my back and it was different from the boy. Then I looked at my arms and saw that the smallpox was beginning to dry and become dark so I went to this room and started to ask God to heal me. I was jumping up and down whorshipping/praying to God when I up my shirt up and saw no sign of the smallpox. I bow on the floor and decided it would be proper to thank God 3 times. I got up and my eyes fell on a couple of spiders walking up the ceiling and they were dragging what looks to be the smallpox. Apparently they were covered with the smallpox. I'm guessing that God sent it to them. Neverless I told the nurse and this boy who was in my church to leave the clinic immediately cause I felt a bad feeling there. So we took our bags and we were putting in a van. My dream ended. It seems like at times I would see writings in languages that I don't know. Also with the dream I had seen blood on my wall was some kind of writting, but I don't know what it means.

Africa
In this dream I'm looking at this safari truck which was medium small. In it were small or baby Giraffes crowded together in a very tight space. They seem like they were in danger, I got the feeling that they were goig to be slaughtered, but I'm not sure. Then in the same truck I saw it dark-skinned girl sitting in the truck. This girl pull up a whistle that was around her neck and begin to blow in it very loud. Then the baby Giraffes also begin to whistle very loud in a thunder like way. I remember saying wow in my dream when I look in the horizon and saw adult Giraffes coming towards the sound. They were standing at a distant. The thing that stood out was a rhino who happens to show up also alone with the adult Giraffes. They were staring at the truck. I have a feeling that adult Giraffes were surronding the truck from a distant, but I'm not sure. But the rhino was also there.

Dentist
I been praying to God about tooth problem that I was having. In my dream I saw myself in an office. There is this lady who is examining a girl's eyes while the girl lay on a bed. On the other side of the room is a dentist who has an empty dentist chair fixing his area, but he was available, he had no patient. I went to the lady who was examining the girl's eyes and ask her if she can look at my teeth when she is done. She did not say yes or no, but I was waiting on her. I don't know why I asked her for help when there was a dentist waiting who was available. She didn't look she specialized in dentist work because she was examining the girl's eyes. Next thing I knew I was walking over to the dentist, but I never asked him for help.

Pink Wig
I had a dream where I saw my mom standing up and shaking her hair like she was in a rage. She was wearing a short wig which was a very bright fire/pink. In real life my mom has a temper problem and also have high blood pressure. She never listen when me and my dad tell her to calm down and control what comes out of her mouth.

 

[Missyjojo88]

Nuclear Explosion
In this dream I was outside my house with a few other people. My house was at a different angle then it normaly is. Someone who was with us said look and point towards the horizon. When we looked we saw a mushroom cloud. In a blank of an eye I was surronded by the light or radiations from the explosion, all around me was like a white clear light. Then I woke up.

Tornados
I saw myself and 3 other people running from a storm outside. There were 5 white/grey tornados spinning towards us. We ran into my house and I took a chair and sat inside my closet facing the wall. Apparently next thing I new I turn and saw that the house was destroyed and I can see the tornados. I was holding on to the wall for my life while I was on the chair. One of the people who were besides me got caught up into the tornado, but I was not.
I guess I was having problems I was complaining to God about it in a not so good way when I had that dream.

The stare
I had a dream when I was watching some kind of a church activity taking place like the whorship team singing when I saw the same apostle/pastor that I at times would see in my dreams. Neverless he was staring at me in a
that made me uncomfortable. I felt like I did something wrong, and that was why he was glaring at me, but I believe this was an evil spirit, I'm not really sure.

Condolence flowers
I recently found out that a former friend of mines grandma had passed away. We are not close anymore due to our different social life. Neverless I was thinking of buying her flowers to give my condolence to the family, but I never did. I dreamed that I gave her a wreath/flower due to her grandma's death. I handed her the flower facing the black side and I told her when she was feeling better, she can turn it to the red side. thus, the flowers were half black and half red.


The Smilling Baby
I dream of a baby sitting on someone's lap and I was playig with it while it was smilling. That's really all that I got form this dream, but I wanted to know if there were a meaning to it.

The little girl
I saw myself sitting in my church alone. I was looking up on the podium where the pastors usually sit in my church and saw a pale little girl with long hair standing to the left of a guy that goes to my church. They both were holding hands. The guy is in his 30's while the girl is around 10. The little girl starts to whisper something to the guys ear while I sat and watch.
I know for a fact that this guy in my church is into magic, he is also a mason. I also know that he try to bind the church with spirits to cause conflict to the church. The apostle I dreamed of in several of my dreams was led by God to restore my church and had mention the fact that someone brought evil spirit into the church. My church is struggling spiritually, but God said it would be restored it one day. Neverless I saw that guy in my dream. The thing is I think he is married to the spirit that comes as a little girl. They call her la femme blanch, the white woman whom many who practice masons and magic are said to at times marry. There is also a femme noir who they may marry. Well it's so complicated, but I wanted to know what it meant. Also if you want more details e-mail me because I don't want to be too descriptive with this o this board.

These are my dreams so far, I had more, but I wont post them now. Thanks a lot to anyone who is led by God to answer these dreams. I will also wait for the holy spirit to confirm them to me. I know its a lot, but hopefully I can get some understanding from the replies.

 

[HumbleBee]

Welcome to CF Missyjojo88! For your consideration, insight interspersed in blue. Pmmed you 2 of the interpretations.

Baptism
I had this dream the day before I was to be baptized. I wanted God to confirm if I should be baptized cause I was dealing with something personal which I wont get into, but I had a dream where I was looking into my bathroom. I was looking at a bird who was on my bathtub. The bird was standing to its side looking at me. It's head was blue, the upper body part was red, and the bottom body part blue. Its was very bright, I would like to know your opinion. I know that this bird was not any bird and I was fascinated by the way it was looking at me and how bright it was.

The type of bird you describe is a male bluebird known for its brilliant blue coloring. Its gender would confirm that Jesus wanted you to be baptized. It on the edge of the bathtub would be you on the verge of being baptized. A bluebird does tend to symbolize spiritual purification and the resolution of conflicts in your life. A bathtub would also represent spiritual cleansing. Baptism is certainly symbolic of dying to the old life and being raised in newness of life!

Demonic Spirit
I went to visit my friend in the University of Connecticut in Storrs, she lived off campus in a wooded area. She is also a Christian. When I first got to her place something in my mind said this place could be haunted. I don't believe that dead people roam the earth, but I believe there are evil spirits and familiar spirits that stick around places with violent past at times. I ignore this thought and I stayed for three days. On the second day after we came from a convention I read my Bible and went to sleep. I woke up from my sleep and saw a big green head floating towards me and I screamed what is happening to me. I don't know why I didn't call out Jesus Christ for help, but apparently I woke up from a false dream to hear my friend who shared a big bed with me say, JoJo you were just dreaming, I murmured something to her and went back to sleep. When I went back to sleep, I saw myself, my friend and her sister standing in the area we were sleeping. I told my friend and her sister that there were an evil spirits buried on the ground of the room that we were not to unburied the body. The sister did not take my advice and unburied the body. Then the demonic guy came after me. I found myself hiding under a table and he found me and held me up and started to scratched me pretty badly on my face. I woke up and it was morning and sat on the bed, I remember thinking that my spiritual face must be very bruised due to the dream, it felt real. I ask my friend if I was making any noise in my sleep? she said no, I was very quiet. I ask her if she said anything to me while I was sleeping, she said nothing. I could have sworn that she told me that it was a dream, but it wasn't her who told me that, it must have been the holy spirit. I never been attack like this ever. Never experienced this kind of a dream before.To confirm this the apostle who God had send before to restore my church came again a couple weeks from this incident and well, while I was in the church crying after thanking God, I look up and saw this girl looking at me and I don't like showing my emotions in publics so i had my head down when the apostle was talking in the church, suddenly I looked up just in time to see him in front of me and he started looking at my face and checking my face. I don't know if he saw scratches that were not visible for the physical eyes, but he did something on my forehead and blew into it. The next dream silent church is connected to the same apostle/preacher and event.

You certainly could have discerned demonic spirits in that place and tiz why they attacked you, not wanting themselves to be discovered and ousted in Jesus' mighty Name! Could have also been the enemy trying to upset you, especially that you were just at a Christian conference and reading your Bible.

Silent Church
After I came from the service from the church, I dreamed of the pastor AKA apostle who had preach that day. I was sitting alone in an empty church on the second row in the front of the church. I saw the apostle walk in and sits in front of me. Then he turns back and looked at me. Then he turns back to the front. We just sat there looking in front of the church, just the two of us in silence.

Would seem this apostle thinks he is better than you, yet you have a keener spiritual discernment. His pride would lead to his downfall. God opposes the proud, that's why he didn't have anything to say to you and why the church was empty. Surmising this an exhortation to let the peace of Christ rule in your heart, trusting He is with you! (Colossians 3:15; Isaiah 26:3-4; Psalm 46:10) Also to be patient and wait in His presence. (Psalm 40 and Isaiah 40:31)

Spiritual warfare
I had another dream after I prayed to God against evil spirits that are trying to attack, and influence me in my dream. I dreamed that I was on my bed floating in my flooded room. There were a little girl trying to keep my bed balance so I wouldn't fall off cause I told her I couldn't not swim. Then there were a man on this thing floating and I told him to get me out of this. Then I see myself standing on the water and eel/snake coming towards me. It was very hypnotizing and although it was ugly and scary I found myself drawn to it. As it got close it suddenly tried to bite me but I tilted back and it miss by a short distance. I told the snake to go back to its aunt and it obeyed. I have no idea to why I told it to go to its aunt. Then I see myself going upstairs to my room again, but this time there weren't any flood, instead I saw writing that was on my wall written in blood. I saw the wall bursting open with a flood of water and I run downstairs. As I was downstairs I open my door and commanded for these spirits to leave in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I saw colorful fish sharks, swimming on air out of the house. Then I looked up and a saw a black crow or bird flying my way, but before it came near me it burned out. I looked at my dad who was suddenly near me and I said we need to pray a lot, he nodded in agreement and he said yes we do.

Isaiah 59 promises that when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Lord will raise up a standard against him. Meaning that when the devil tries to tempt you, Jesus will give you a way of escape. (1 Corinthians 10:13)Trying to keep balanced could indicate a battle with doublemindedness, wanting to do something that you shouldn't. (Romans 7) The devil can make sin look pleasurable...in a sense hypnotizing you into erroneously believing you won't actually be sinning. The snake having an aunt could represent that there may be some sort of stronghold that has given the enemy an open door in your life to attack more, hence the sharks and black crow. Certainly calling on Jesus is an act of faith that quenches the fiery darts of the evil one! (Ephesians 6:16) Your Dad being near you agreeing to pray more is a clear exhortation to do just that PRAY MORE and to get elders to pray for you.

Double Wedding
One day ago, I dream of a double wedding. I saw myself and this girl in my church getting married at the same time. We were baptized on sept 25, 2004 at the same time in real life. In the dream I did not actually see who we were marrying but when I was standing in front of the church, this guy was making me move around a little because he said I was standing in the wrong area. In the church I saw our pastor and he was wearing jeans and was dress down for the wedding. Then after the church ceremony, I saw myself and the girl who was marrying also go outside and walk towards this bench. When I was walking I went by this worm on a leaf and thought it was spooky and outside was a little spooky. We sat on the bench and started to talk. I don't remember what we talked about but I guess it wasn't important. Next to me my mom appear out of no where and I ask her why didn't she stop me from marrying the guy, she said because I am rude. Real life my uncle is having married trouble and he refuses to listen to advice and is causing a lot of conflicts within the family, but I don't know if this is connected to him.

This dream seems a Divine exhortation to not get married hastily...a lifetime covenant isn't something to be made casually (jeans). Lack of committment will slowly eat away (worm on leaf) and devour a marriage relationship. Sitting on a bench is a place of observance and discernment. Your uncle's troubles are a prime example of how not to handle marriage troubles. So in waiting and looking for a mate and when you do get married, you be the opposite, be humble, heeding wise advice from those with more experience.

My father's Spirit
Keep in mind that my father isn't dead. I woke up from my sleep and turn to my right side and saw a man standing near my bed who looked like my father. He had his arm crossed, and he head was tilted to the side like my father would do when he was mad at me. I knew the guy wasn't my father because I could see through him a little, he was foggy looking, transparent, but not enough to see what was behind him. He was wearing this shirt my father usually wears at time. The shirt was almost colorless although in real life it is green. I was not afraid and turn to my right and went back to sleep. Now I felt a hand over my stomach, it was not touching it but over it and some ball thing was being pull out. That is what I remember. I'm trying to figure out if it was a good spirit sent by God or if it wasn't. This dream happen a while back, way before I was baptized, but I know I saw a spirit.

One's father, especially a good Dad, does tend to represent God the Father. So maybe He saw something in your life that was displeasing to Him, an appetite of sorts say a bad habit and He removed whatever may have been hindering your spiritual growth.

 

[HumbleBee]

Chinese's smallpox
That night I was having this long dream. I remember dreaming of being in a bus with and bunch of kids and I guess we were going to some camp. Then something told me to get off the bus immediately cause I was contagious and I didn't want to pass anything to anyone so I did alone with someone else, whom I don't remember. neverless I end up in this clinic with a woman doctor. The woman doctor held my arms and on my arms were smallpox and my whole body was covered with it. The doctor told me not to worry because they caught it early. I saw myself with someone who was looking through a microscope. I looked through the micrscope and saw the smallpox virus and it was moving. Then I see this boy who also claimed to have smallpox. He turned around to show me his back, and there were no smallpox on his back but chinese or japense writings all over his back. The writings made a pattern on his back and I looked in my back and saw that I did not have smallpox there but I also had writings on my back and it was different from the boy. Then I looked at my arms and saw that the smallpox was beginning to dry and become dark so I went to this room and started to ask God to heal me. I was jumping up and down whorshipping/praying to God when I up my shirt up and saw no sign of the smallpox. I bow on the floor and decided it would be proper to thank God 3 times. I got up and my eyes fell on a couple of spiders walking up the ceiling and they were dragging what looks to be the smallpox. Apparently they were covered with the smallpox. I'm guessing that God sent it to them. Neverless I told the nurse and this boy who was in my church to leave the clinic immediately cause I felt a bad feeling there. So we took our bags and we were putting in a van. My dream ended. It seems like at times I would see writings in languages that I don't know. Also with the dream I had seen blood on my wall was some kind of writting, but I don't know what it means.

A van carries people and their burdens and tends to be a symbol of intercession. So maybe you have taken on the troubles of the Chinese boy as your very own troubles. Your prayers will help him.

Africa
In this dream I'm looking at this safari truck which was medium small. In it were small or baby Giraffes crowded together in a very tight space. They seem like they were in danger, I got the feeling that they were going to be slaughtered, but I'm not sure. Then in the same truck I saw it dark-skinned girl sitting in the truck. This girl pull up a whistle that was around her neck and begin to blow in it very loud. Then the baby Giraffes also begin to whistle very loud in a thunder like way. I remember saying wow in my dream when I look in the horizon and saw adult Giraffes coming towards the sound. They were standing at a distant. The thing that stood out was a rhino who happens to show up also alone with the adult Giraffes. They were staring at the truck. I have a feeling that adult Giraffes were surronding the truck from a distant, but I'm not sure. But the rhino was also there.

Baby giraffes in a tight space and going for slaughter would constitute abuse and be inhumane. So could symbolize mistreatment. The babies whistling for their parents could be a Divine Call to ask for help when necessary! The adult giraffes at a distant could represent how God may seem faraway, yet He is always near! (Joshua 1:9; Matthew 28:20) The rhino could represent God's mighty, powerful presence! He will surely zap negative thoughts at your bidding!

Dentist
I been praying to God about tooth problem that I was having. In my dream I saw myself in an office. There is this lady who is examining a girl's eyes while the girl lay on a bed. On the other side of the room is a dentist who has an empty dentist chair fixing his area, but he was available, he had no patient. I went to the lady who was examining the girl's eyes and ask her if she can look at my teeth when she is done. She did not say yes or no, but I was waiting on her. I don't know why I asked her for help when there was a dentist waiting who was available. She didn't look she specialized in dentist work because she was examining the girl's eyes. Next thing I knew I was walking over to the dentist, but I never asked him for help.

This could be about discernment. Maybe your tooth problem does need the attention of a dentist. Since with prayer you haven't got a yes or no, try a dentist who is readily available.

Pink Wig
I had a dream where I saw my mom standing up and shaking her hair like she was in a rage. She was wearing a short wig which was a very bright fire/pink. In real life my mom has a temper problem and also have high blood pressure. She never listen when me and my dad tell her to calm down and control what comes out of her mouth.

Pink, in the pink tends to symbolize health! So your dream could be a Divine foretelling of Jesus giving your Mom emotional and physical health! Really ministering to her! She must have repressed anger about some past issues and or was she raised in an angry environment

 

[Celticflame]

I must say I do enjoy Dreams and how God is downloading alot of revelation and direction in this present time through Dreams. One thing I think people should note when given their dreams is the color. If a dream is in color it is likely to be from God, and the dreams in black and white are likely to be from the enemy. In my own life I pray a reverse outcome with the dreams that are in black and white. Most dreams are to get us to interced to change a situation or to fullfill. Remember to journal your dreams and the detial of color is the first thing that fades.

Humblebee what started you in Dream Interpratation and how do you do it. Is it a divine gift or through what ministry etc did you learn?

Blessings!

 

[HumbleBee]

More for your pondering and more via pm...

Nuclear Explosion
In this dream I was outside my house with a few other people. My house was at a different angle then it normaly is. Someone who was with us said look and point towards the horizon. When we looked we saw a mushroom cloud. In a blank of an eye I was surronded by the light or radiations from the explosion, all around me was like a white clear light. Then I woke up.

The white clear light around you could symbolize God protecting you!

Psalm 91:9-10 If you make the Most High your dwelling-even the LORD, who is my refuge-then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.

Tornados
I saw myself and 3 other people running from a storm outside. There were 5 white/grey tornados spinning towards us. We ran into my house and I took a chair and sat inside my closet facing the wall. Apparently next thing I new I turn and saw that the house was destroyed and I can see the tornados. I was holding on to the wall for my life while I was on the chair. One of the people who were besides me got caught up into the tornado, but I was not.
I guess I was having problems I was complaining to God about it in a not so good way when I had that dream.

At least you were communicating with God. You must have had some good reason to complain, tho tiz always wise to be reverent. Your dream shows God's mercy! He understands when you are troubled and will surely protect you in midst of trying times!

The stare
I had a dream when I was watching some kind of a church activity taking place like the whorship team singing when I saw the same apostle/pastor that I at times would see in my dreams. Neverless he was staring at me in a
that made me uncomfortable. I felt like I did something wrong, and that was why he was glaring at me, but I believe this was an evil spirit, I'm not really sure.

Keep praying about what you discern. This apostle/pastor may be judgmental and have nothing encouraging to say that would help you. Could confirm why he was silent in the other dream.

Condolence flowers
I recently found out that a former friend of mines grandma had passed away. We are not close anymore due to our different social life. Neverless I was thinking of buying her flowers to give my condolence to the family, but I never did. I dreamed that I gave her a wreath/flower due to her grandma's death. I handed her the flower facing the black side and I told her when she was feeling better, she can turn it to the red side. thus, the flowers were half black and half red.

'In the black' and 'in the red' are financial symbols, one positive and one negative. In the red would indicate being in debt. So maybe if you had sent those flowers, that would have put you in debt? Your friendly voice on the phone may be more of a blessing to her!

The Smilling Baby
I dream of a baby sitting on someone's lap and I was playing with it while it was smilling. That's really all that I got form this dream, but I wanted to know if there were a meaning to it.

A baby could symbolize the birthing of a new ministry. You playing with the baby could represent you learning from someone already in that ministry whatever it may be.

 

[angelwind]

Good morning HumbleBee . Would you give me your insight with these dream symbols? I know in part what they mean.

I see or am at a paperclip shaped race track. It is long and narrow...but it is full of deep water...2 power boats are performing on it...demonstrating what they can do...it does not seem like a race...they can use the power in such a way as to make the boats turn and make deep waves...lots of waves.

I can't tell if I am in the boat or in the water...but someone over a loud speaker says I have won something. I see 3 pieces of paper..like receipts stapled together in my hand...2 white papers, 1 yellow...I can read the print...it says..."you can lead"


Next I see I am holding a large gold key...there are 2 other smaller keys with it on a small ring. This key will get me into a room at a very large hotel...I seem to be going to a convention. It is hard to find the door to the elevator and hard to understand what floor I am on...I can see the room number etched on the key. I get to a counter and a man in a blue cotton vest says he will help me but he never shows up.
Then I ask a lady...but I don't go far with her when I know for sure she is trying to deceive me. I look down at her and she seems to shrink in size.

I really want to find my room...when I get there, I can really rest.

Then I'm out in the lobby...going to a meeting (?)...a large older woman is there...I see a ring on her finger...but it seems now...like it is on my finger. The setting on this ring is made of smooth polished...opaque stones...low profile...maybe tiny diamonds you can barely see...the stones are inlaid in a wavey pattern...coral and pearl escence fitted next to each other.

The imporant part of the ring is underneath...3 heavy gold rings, with prong work knitted together to make the one ring...much more strentgh and support than the setting calls for.

 

[HumbleBee]

For your musing angelwind

***I see or am at a paperclip shaped race track. It is long and narrow...but it is full of deep water...2 power boats are performing on it...demonstrating what they can do...it does not seem like a race...they can use the power in such a way as to make the boats turn and make deep waves...lots of waves.***

The racetrack could represent futile routine & the paperclip shaped track would have an exit out from going around in circles...meaning being brought into Divine purposes and liberty! The 2 power boats, could be Jesus been showing you the ropes so to speak, that you can lead! The water could symbolize Christ's living water, rivers of new life! Also like a skidoo, making waves is fun, so could be Jesus showing you how liberating it is to spend time with Him!

***I can't tell if I am in the boat or in the water...but someone over a loud speaker says I have won something. I see 3 pieces of paper..like receipts stapled together in my hand...2 white papers, 1 yellow...I can read the print...it says..."you can lead"***

This announcement of you winning something could certainly be Divine affirmation that your spiritual diligence in the secret place has won God's favor! The 3 papers could represent the Trinity. The 2 white papers, God the Father and Jesus the Son. The 1 yellow paper, the Holy Spirit; yellow is a color of a yield sign, so could be urging you to yield more to the Holy Spirit.

***Next I see I am holding a large gold key...there are 2 other smaller keys with it on a small ring. This key will get me into a room at a very large hotel...I seem to be going to a convention. It is hard to find the door to the elevator and hard to understand what floor I am on...I can see the room number etched on the key. I get to a counter and a man in a blue cotton vest says he will help me but he never shows up.***

Since a hotel is a place of rest, agreeing with you that the large gold key is Divine rest for you. The 2 other keys could be faith and peace. In order to rest in Jesus, ye must trust that He is Sovereign and Supreme over your present circumstance. A hotel also tends to be symbolic of a new perspective and of healing received! Going to a convention could indicate you are in the School of the Holy Spirit, learning how to rest in our Lord. Resting in Him, surely means it will be easy to receive from Him! To gain that understanding as to where you are at spiritually and how to get to the next level. Seeing the room number etched on the key could signify that you already have what is required to take a step of faith into a new spiritual experience. You don't need someone to help get you there. Counter, as in counterattack, is a symbol of intercession, so pray for boldness! A blue cotton vest could be a mild attack of depression, yet Jesus has made you victorious with His joy!

***Then I ask a lady...but I don't go far with her when I know for sure she is trying to deceive me. I look down at her and she seems to shrink in size.***

The devil will magnify difficult circumstances and make them seem even worse than they really are. Our Lord quickened you to recognize the deception and helped you put your situation into a more encouraging light.

***I really want to find my room...when I get there, I can really rest.***

Ask and ye shall receive! Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty and rest for your soul!

Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

***Then I'm out in the lobby...going to a meeting (?)...a large older woman is there...I see a ring on her finger...but it seems now...like it is on my finger. The setting on this ring is made of smooth polished...opaque stones...low profile...maybe tiny diamonds you can barely see...the stones are inlaid in a wavey pattern...coral and pearl escence fitted next to each other.***

Tho sometimes in the roller coaster of life, God's working is tough to see (opaque) and detect (tiny diamonds can barely see), all this could foretell that you are waiting (ring on your finger) and about to experience the multi-faceted Jesus, the Pearl of Great Price!

***The imporant part of the ring is underneath...3 heavy gold rings, with prong work knitted together to make the one ring...much more strength and support than the setting calls for.***

The support of the Holy Trinity is superfluous for you and your circumstances!

Psalm 18:50 Great deliverance giveth He...

 

[angelwind]

Thank You sooo much HumbleBee...this does enlarge my understanding...and it confirms things He gave me today.

 

[Hadron]

I posted originally under MDulin's thread "Another Tsunami Dream", but I don't think mine was a literal dream and that it is not something cooked up by my imagination due to the things in my head before I went to sleep, especially since I don't remember dreams very often. I'll add more details here...

I was in a great flat land, like in Kansas and there was one house nearby. Strangely, it looked like my old duplex townhouse in Massachusetts - 2 story with basement. I was in the front yard when waters started to rise. There was someone with me, who I think was Hebrew. I don't know why. We were sitting there at the patio table on those cheap plastic white chairs. The water was up to our knees, but we didn't seem to care. I put my feet up on the table to relax. Then I saw the bulging horizon... huge waves coming. There was nowhere to go and I couldn't get up to the roof. We went around to the back of the house where there was a wooden deck and I thought to just hold on and not get swept away. The waters starting rising and rising and coming around the house. The first wave looked like 30 feet high and it slowly came up around and crested. It slowed and stopped as it was about to crash down on us and started diminishing. I put up my hands and "pushed" the waters back. It wasn't me doing it, but by God. I just put my hands up because I was supposed to. I pushed the waters back all around and back as far as the eye could see.
Then we started going to this temple with other survivors. It was kind of set in the ground and made out of stone, rather elaborate. I knew that the Christ was there... in the flesh perhaps. We went into the entry and there was a table with people around. They were kind of in line to enter. And we had to drink a small bit of wine to signify that we were pure of heart (I have no idea where that idea came from).

That was it.

 

[HumbleBee]

Penumbra, strettttttttttching...this could be about your past since the house looked like your old place. Basement could also represent the past. Jesus will smooth out (great flat land) its affects and heal you emotionally. One definition of Hebrew is to pass over; could symbolize that Jesus hasn't forgotten you! Tho your past may have been overwhelming, Christ will wash away its affects by the power of His precious shed Blood! He will refresh you with His Living Water! He will push back your past and give you a testimony to share with others for His glory! All the more, you will witness (table with people) for Jesus as you commune (small bit of wine) with Him and fellowship over His Word!

Isaiah 43:18-19 Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.

I was in a great flat land, like in Kansas and there was one house nearby. Strangely, it looked like my old duplex townhouse in Massachusetts - 2 story with basement. I was in the front yard when waters started to rise. There was someone with me, who I think was Hebrew. I don't know why. We were sitting there at the patio table on those cheap plastic white chairs. The water was up to our knees, but we didn't seem to care. I put my feet up on the table to relax. Then I saw the bulging horizon... huge waves coming. There was nowhere to go and I couldn't get up to the roof. We went around to the back of the house where there was a wooden deck and I thought to just hold on and not get swept away. The waters starting rising and rising and coming around the house. The first wave looked like 30 feet high and it slowly came up around and crested. It slowed and stopped as it was about to crash down on us and started diminishing. I put up my hands and "pushed" the waters back. It wasn't me doing it, but by God. I just put my hands up because I was supposed to. I pushed the waters back all around and back as far as the eye could see.
Then we started going to this temple with other survivors. It was kind of set in the ground and made out of stone, rather elaborate. I knew that the Christ was there... in the flesh perhaps. We went into the entry and there was a table with people around. They were kind of in line to enter. And we had to drink a small bit of wine to signify that we were pure of heart (I have no idea where that idea came from).

That was it.

 

[Hadron]

Penumbra, strettttttttttching...this could be about your past since the house looked like your old place. Basement could also represent the past. Jesus will smooth out (great flat land) its affects and heal you emotionally. One definition of Hebrew is to pass over; could symbolize that Jesus hasn't forgotten you! Tho your past may have been overwhelming, Christ will wash away its affects by the power of His precious shed Blood! He will refresh you with His Living Water! He will push back your past and give you a testimony to share with others for His glory! All the more, you will witness (table with people) for Jesus as you commune (small bit of wine) with Him and fellowship over His Word!

Isaiah 43:18-19 Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.

That is actually good confirmation for recent experiences. I do need to move on and stop wearing my past on my sleeve like a badge. Of course, the question is, "how?"

 

[HumbleBee]

Penumbra,

Your question of how to be set free from the affects of your past is answered better by WHO? Jesus will surely heal you emotionally and set you free from your past! Whom the Son sets free, is free indeed! Some Divine healing is instant, some happens gradually. Dunno if you think about your past much that could indicate unresolved issues...holding onto hurts, obviously makes them tough to let go. Instead, meditate on the living and powerful Word! Pray blessings of forgiveness upon those who wounded you and ask for revelation about God's plans for your present and future.

 

[HumbleBee]

This question comes from a man whose nick is isaiah6114u. Posting with his permission and confirmation of accurate insight.

What does it mean when we start out dreaming about a person and then that person changes to another person. The setting stays the same etc. My wife tends to dream more literal dreams. For example a few months back she dreamt of 2 women who were attacking me and then I turned into her father. Later that week she found out that her father was being attacked by two women in his church. Recently she dreamt of her and I renewing our wedding vows. The pastor was looking at our marriage certificate and realized that it was missing the marriage seal. All of a sudden the marriage certificate became her brothers (who is engaged to get married late this year)and her father appears in the dream and ask the pastor if he can fix the certificate. Any insight on this dream or what it means when people change in the dream or things similar to these dreams?


My Response:

Bearing one another's burdens as one's very own seems an apt description of people transfer in dreams.

Jesus gave your wife a burden for her father. She took on his grief...to her, him being attacked by those 2 women, was as if you were their target. She highly esteems you both.

About the marriage certificate turning to her brother's, this could suggest that his plans to marry may not have God the Father's seal of approval. Your wife's father could represent God the Father who will fix her brother's plans, so that when he does get married, he does have a pleased Divine nod!

 

[HumbleBee]

Such wonderful words of wisdom and deep ministry here! )))))))))))

Danny Korakas
Apr 02, 2005

As we continue in our pursuit of allowing the Lord to draw and surface our hidden issues for the purpose of transformation. The following list that I will start this article with is a comparison of the heart condition within the "spiritual orphan" and the "spiritual son and daughter." It reveals many characteristics exhibited by those who have not been healed of "rejection."

The (spiritual) "orphan" sees the image of God as a master. The (spiritual) "son or daughter" sees God as a loving Father.

The orphan is independent and self-reliant. The son or daughter is interdependent and acknowledges need.

The orphan lives by the love of the law. The son or daughter lives by the law of love.

The orphan is insecure and lacks peace. The son or daughter is at rest and has peace.

The orphan strives for the praise, approval, and acceptance of man. The son or daughter is totally accepted in God's love and justified by grace.

The orphan has a need for personal achievement as they seek to impress God and others, or no motivation to serve at all. The son or daughter serves and is motivated by a deep gratitude for being unconditionally loved and accepted by God.

The orphan's motive behind Christian disciplines is bound to duty and earning God's favor or no motivation at all. To the son or daughter, it is a pleasure and delight.

The motive for purity to the orphan is that they "must" be holy to have God's favor, thus increasing a sense of shame and guilt. The son or daughter "desires to" be holy. They do not want anything to hinder intimate relationship with God.

The self image of an orphan suffers self-rejection from comparing themselves to others. The son and daughter's self-image is positive and affirmed because they know they have value to God.

The orphan seeks comfort in counterfeit affections: addictions, compulsions, escapism, busyness and hyper-religious activity. The son or daughter seeks times of quietness and solitude to rest in the Father's presence and love.

The relationship with peers of an orphan is competitive and has rivalry and jealousy toward others' success and position. The son or daughter has relationships that are humble and seek unity as they value others and are able to rejoice in their blessing and success.

The orphan handles others faults by accusation and exposure in order to make themselves look good by making others look bad. The son or daughter covers others faults by love and seeking to restore others in gentleness.

The orphan spirit sees authority as a source of pain; distrustful toward them and lack a heart attitude of submission. (A failure to submit to one another in the fear of the Lord) The son or daughter is respectful, honoring; as they view authority from God and of value to their life.

The orphan has difficulty receiving admonition. They "must" be right, so they easily have their feelings hurt and close their spirit to correction. The son or daughter receives admonition (correction) as a blessing and need in their life so their faults and weaknesses are exposed and put to death.

The orphan is guarded and conditional in their expression of love. Their love is based upon another's performance as they seek to get their needs met. The son or daughter is open, patient, and affectionate as they lay their life and agendas down in order to meet the needs of others.

The orphan views God's presence as conditional and distant. The son or daughter views and experiences God's presence as close and intimate.

The orphan's spiritual condition is bondage. The son or daughter lives in a heart condition of liberty.

The orphan views their position in God's kingdom as a slave or servant. The son or daughter views their position as a "son" or a "daughter."

The vision of the orphan is spiritual ambition and the desire for spiritual achievement and distinction along with the willingness to strive for it. They have a desire to be accounted among the mature. The son or daughter has a vision to daily experience the Father's unconditional love and acceptance and then be sent as a representative of His love to family and others.

The previous list and revelation was given by the Lord to Jack and Trisha Frost who are the founders of Shiloh Place Ministries. I highly recommend visiting their web site.

I hope that this comparison has shed some light upon the many divisive and judgmental issues that we have and are experiencing in the church, as well as in our own individual lives. I personally can relate too many of these comparisons in my own life and can only thank and praise God that He has delivered me and is still healing me from some of these issues that I have carried since childhood. Just five years ago, I never would conceived of sharing what I am about to share with you…I would have much rather desired that you saw my spiritual maturity and strength, rather than my weakness and need. When I look at the lives of the prophets of old, I see men and women who walked in the anointing and power of God. However, the Lord is clear in His Word to show us their humanity and weaknesses as well as He continued to refine and work in their lives…What a wonderful assurance of God's grace, patience and love for us.

We have been designed by God with purpose and meaning. He created us in His image and that image is the image of LOVE. The Bible says that "God is love." With that said, we were created for relationship – to love and to be loved how God designed us to be loved. We may have had wonderfully kind parents, but if they did not love or express love in how God designed us to be loved; we have already moved into the roots of rejection. This will soon manifest in adverse behaviors such as lying as a young child, eruptive behaviors for attention, and an unexplained knowledge of sexual activity and thoughts. As a very young child of 3-4 years old, I somehow, without reading or experiencing sexual actions, understood them and had a desire or curiosity for them. Many would wonder why? The answer is in the fact that "rejection" is the greatest PAIN that humanity suffers. The wounds of rejection are the deepest and most painful left unhealed. And pain will almost always seek PLEASURE to relieve or band-aid itself. Something in the soul of fallen man (even a child) moves into a spiritual avenue of darkness when not accepted in the love of God or loved how the Father has designed us to be loved.

As we grow older, the rejected soul gravitates toward music. Music holds within it tremendous power and influence for both spiritually good and bad. Lucifer was the arch angel of music and of course understands it's influence upon the soul. The gravitation toward music at such young ages is not so much about the understanding of notes, singing style, sound, or even as a means of expression, as much as it is a vehicle of ESCAPE. Rejected or spiritually orphaned children (even adults) if left unhealed will escape into music at such a degree, that they actually create a false reality of themselves singing and playing the instruments they are listening to. I found myself escaping in this for 20 years. Why? Because I wanted to praised, affirmed, and admired in my rejected and unhealed condition.

It is not long before this pain (most have repressed the pain of rejection so deep, that they are essentially unaware that they are truly hurting and in bondage) moves and escapes into pornography or pre-marital sex as a means to cover our pain and garner affirmation and what we perceive as real and genuine love. Young men will escape into a magazine and a false reality of having sex with a person who in reality is not there. Young women will escape into a warped sense of love through sex to meet their need of approval and affection. (This is a characteristic of young women who have been neglected of having a father express tender and affectionate love to them as well complimenting then on their "inner beauty") The rejected soul by this time is starved and famished for the unconditional love of God. But few understand the source of God's love and continue to escape and turn to man to quench their pain through means of the flesh or what is natural.

Without the healing and affirming love of God we grow older into to our teen years and young adult life escaping into a "works oriented" lifestyle to meet our needs for love and affirmation. This of course will carry over and manifest itself in the church. Upon doing a task well, the rejected individual will visualize in a false reality someone whom they desire to love and be loved – watching them perform the task they are doing well. In reality, this person is not really there. Yet, the rejected soul escapes into a realm that creates that person being there as to somehow harness that person's approval and admiration. We go through our lives knowing we do this, but we tend to bury these "realities" and refuse to face the truth of our bankruptcy of knowing or resting in the unconditional love of God and our need to be affirmed.

It is soon that the escapism we have been living for most of our lives begins to influence the life that we live and the relationships we have made. The insecurities begin to surface in jealousy, criticism or judgments, and even outbursts of anger. It doesn't take long before the rejected adult finds comfort in seeing others fail so they might feel better about themselves – Especially if it is a similar function of a co-worker. The rejected person doesn't go out of their way to see others fail; they simply "feel good" about themselves when others do fail. The success of others becomes a stumbling block rather than an occasion for celebration. We have now moved into a life of bondage and drudgery, continually comparing ourselves to others and living in the past

God's plan is that we would live an abundant life and one full of joy, rest, and peace. God loves us with an everlasting love that can never be earned, purchased, or attained through religious striving and works. His love is unconditional and always available. It is when we truly understand ourselves; that we can present ourselves to our loving Father who we truly are and come "just as I am." This was a pinnacle moment in my life. It was then that the anointing and fragrance of Christ was allowed to flow through my life without the contamination of my buried hurts and issues. However, I am still very much a work in process and progress.

A prophetic person will continually prophesy to himself in a rejected and wounded state. The word of the Lord becomes mixed and slanted having little to no impact in the lives of others. You see, "Out of the abundance of one's own heart, the mouth speaks." The Lord is not only rising up a dynamic prophetic voice for this season in history – He is rising up a voice that is clean, pure and precise because they have been willing to be exposed, cleansed and healed.

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[HumbleBee]

By Mary Lindow

2 Samuel 9

11b Mephibosheth ate at David's table as one of the king's sons.

13 Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate endlessly at the king's table, even though he was crippled in both feet

Ephesians 5 25b.... just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy and completed, to perfect her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to establish her to himself as an exultant church, without imperfection or wrinkle or any other defect, but holy and guiltless.

29 After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church-- 30 for we are members of his body.

32 This is a profound mystery--but I am talking about Christ and the church.

MEPHIBOSHETH: MEANING ONE WHO SUFFERS SHAME

The name was a joining by two members of the family of Saul - his son and his grandson. Let's look at this man Mephibosheth. His life is a picture of a life of disaster, disappointment, and anxiety. You think you have troubles?

In reading the story we already know that Mephibosheth is motherless and fatherless, because he is under the care of a nurse. 2 Samuel 4:4 also says that at the age of five his father, Jonathan, David's best friend, was killed in battle along with Jonathan's father, King Saul. To add injury to insult, we are told that when Mephibosheth's nurse heard the news of the murder of Jonathan and Saul, she panicked as she ran from harm's way. And in her running, the nurse dropped the child - causing him to become crippled. So the baby prince who was in the line of succession to the throne became a crippled beggar living as an orphan in hiding. What should have been a life of wealth became a life of misery, tragedy and heartbreak. While his family was being assassinated, murdered, and banished, his future, as a king would never be fulfilled.

AND MORE THAN THAT, MEPHIBOSHETH WAS PERMANENTLY SCARRED

We can relate to Mephibosheth's being a victim of sad circumstance. Perhaps you can even testify to being victimized by other's mistakes for yourself. Like Mephibosheth who trusted his nurse, some of us can relate to being dropped by those in whom we've placed our trust. We're living crippled lives because a person in whom we loved and gave our hearts to...has dropped us.

JUST LIKE MEPHIBOSHETH WE KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE DROPPED BY SOMEONE OR SOMETHING…THAT WE'VE TRUSTED.

Our lives are still suffering from the crippling effects of those disappointments. Everyone has been "dropped" in some way. And if you haven't, you will be. Some are still so proud in heart that they never admit to any weakness and therefore shame those around them who stumble their way to cross of redemption. It's no wonder that we are afraid to trust again because we've been lied to or used as scapegoats for the escape of others who hide their sins and egos behind loud opinions about how others should behave or...might have done better in the way they have handled the things that have happened in their life's journey!

MANY ARE AFRAID TO TAKE CHANCES BECAUSE OF PAST FAILURES.

Many more are afraid to follow their heart because the plain idea of making one more mistake sends shivers through them. We can't handle another anguish. Sometimes it feels as though we are hanging on by a fine thread. If God is a merciful God, we wonder when we're going to start seeing the mercy. Our words echo the psalmist as our soul cries out, "Lord, have mercy on me!" "Have mercy on me, Lord"

BUT THE THING IS, THERE IS MERCY... ...IF YOU WILL SEE IT.

If you will allow that mercy to saturate your soul. If you'll see that you have an important role to play in that mercy. In fact, "mercy" is really the only reason that you and I are existing today, whether you know that or not. You are here today because at some level - consciously or subconsciously - you know that God has been and is merciful to you and you are expressing your appreciation for that mercy. You are here today because you know that despite the hurts that have been inflicted upon you, you want to trust, you want to go on, and you want to find hope.

THE TRUTH IS THAT THERE IS BOTH A BIT OF MEPHIBOSHETH AND… A BIT OF KING DAVID IN ALL OF US.

And perhaps… a bit of King Saul's fear of the loss of power, position, and need for control and honor. That is, we have been hurt, but we have also been healed. We have been helped, and we also have opportunity to help others. We really have received mercy, and we can offer mercy as well.

WHEN MEPHIBOSHETH WAS CALLED INTO DAVID'S PRESENCE, HE WAS TERRIFIED!

Why shouldn't he be? As the grandson of dead King Saul, Mephibosheth was an heir to the throne that David now possessed. So his first thought was that the king would kill him because he might see him as a threat. Secondly, Mephibosheth has experienced little in his life that would make him believe that something good could happen to him, so he expected injury. His own words were, "What is your servant that you should look on a dead dog such as I?" Then King David sent and brought him out of the house: Mephibosheth must have been terrified when messengers from David knocked at his door and demanded that he come with them to see the king. In the back of his mind he must have constantly anticipated the day when David would do as other kings did and murder every possible enemy to his throne.

UP TO THIS POINT MEPHIBOSHETH AND DAVID NEVER HAD A RELATIONSHIP AND IT WAS BECAUSE MEPHIBOSHETH WANTED IT THAT WAY. HE AVOIDED DAVID OUT OF UNFOUNDED FEARS.

BUT DAVID REMOVES THE FEARS OF MEPHIBOSHETH.

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So David said to him, "Do not fear, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather; and you shall eat bread at my table continually." Then Mephibosheth bowed himself, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I? "Mephibosheth didn't feel worthy of such generosity. He considered himself a dead dog, meaning a worthless and insignificant person.

ALL THE YEARS OF HIDING FROM THE KING AND LIVING IN FEAR AND POVERTY MADE MEPHIBOSHETH THINKS OF HIMSELF AS WORTHLESS.

DAVID DIDN'T WANT TO ADD TO MEPHIBOSHETH'S MISERY. DAVID OFFERED MERCY.

And Mephibosheth - in his amazement and skepticism - is restored. No, he didn't retrieve the ability to walk. Mephibosheth's weakness did not vanish. The end of the scripture is clear about that. "He was crippled in both feet." But he was given a place at the table of the king. This goes far beyond giving Mephibosheth what was rightly his.

DAVID GAVE MEPHIBOSHETH THE HONOR OF A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KING.

The miserable, unfair, undeserved events of his past didn't change. But he was re-established within the kingdom and given an opportunity to live out the rest of his life with dignity. Because David - the King - was merciful.

DAVID KNOWS THAT HE HAS BEEN AN OBJECT OF GOD'S MERCY IN HIS LIFE. THAT HE HAS ALREADY BEEN DELIVERED FROM EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES AND FROM ...HIS OWN UNPREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR.

David is merciful, because he has received mercy - a melody that will continue throughout David's entire life, even when David didn't deserve mercy. And - on another level - David knows that, as he acts as the status of king - also by God's anointing, and not his own skill - that he must model the mercy of God within the kingdom. Just like in Ephesians 5 were the blemishes of the "crippled" bride...she is much like Mephibosheth. Hiding, fearful! And....the King of our souls, Jesus...restores and cleanses us...brings us to His table as His Bride and covers our lameness, our disfigurement underneath the linens of the bridegroom's table where no one dare point out our imperfections. We are perfected BY His Mercy! David knew that human beings and a society that exist without forgiveness and mercy are already doomed to self-destruction by their bitter doubt.

JESUS DIED FOR THIS VERY REASON. SO THAT WE MIGHT MODEL HIS KIND OF GUTSY FORGIVENESS AND MERCY.

AND SO THE STORY FALLS TO US AS EMERGING LEADERS IN THE KING'S KINGDOM!

We who are like Mephibosheth who have been injured by dreadful circumstances and by careless people; and we who are like David, have the opportunity to be instruments of mercy. We who are like Mephibosheth and David who have received mercy; and we who must decide if we will live lives of resentment because of prejudiced facts or ...live lives of gratitude because of undeserved and unexpected mercy. The story falls now to us.

BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE. AS WE HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED, WE HAVE ALSO BEEN DELIVERED.

Remember, David - the King - had to decide if his kingdom would be one of dread or grace. David had to decide if his realm was going to be established on grounds of vengeance or the refinement of mercy. In being an instrument of grace, David is setting the stage for his great, great, great grandson Jesus, who will be the ultimate expression of mercy to all of us. In the entire history of humanity no one was more misunderstood or viciously abused than David's ultimate successor, Jesus. Yet no person was ever more merciful.

AS HEIRS OF DAVID AND CHRIST IT IS NOW UP TO US TO PUT INTO PRACTICE THE VERY TREASURE THAT DAVID HONORED IN THIS STORY.

Loyalty, respect, unwavering love, and the well being of others. Like David did for Mephibosheth, God has honored and blessed us with the promise of eternal life, inviting us to dine at His table in His kingdom eternally. Also, God does this, not because of any goodness upon our part, but "because of Jesus."

THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY AND WHY WE ARE PART OF THE BRIDE OF JESUS CHRIST.

WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN BROKEN.

And because He has restored - and is restoring - US by His mercy. As He invites us to His table, we MUST look around to see who else needs a place at the table, on His behalf! Not out of our great "earned reputations" or past accomplishments! No! We as models of the Fatherly and Motherly compassion of a heavenly King invite others, to the table of "covering" and honor. We bring mercy, expressed with "tender hearts." The best person to want to be like is not always the strongest or the best looking!! When we become like Mephibosheth, we can truly understand mercy and grace.


BEING LIKE MEPHIBOSHETH MEANS:

1. Realizing that the king sought me out.
2. Understanding what I deserved from the king.
3. Acknowledging the ones who brought me to the king.
4. Humbling myself in the sight of the king.
5. Rejoicing in the words of the king.
6. Accepting the provision of the king.
7. Adjusting my life to the requests of the king.

Psalm 51:12 Restore to me again the joy of your salvation, And make me willing to obey you.

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This from Eager Eleanor, who is excited to see Jesus' plans for her unfold! My interpretation and her reply are included.

Eleanor's Dream:

***A very tall and friendly man took me into a room with a huge window that started at the floor and ended at the ceiling. The window was clear and the outside was beautifully sunny. I saw a interstate sign which said Lawrence or Lawrenceville. I put my right hand to the window and left my fingerprints on the glass. I am afraid of heights and so I sat down. I have a sister who lives in lawrenceville, GA and I asked him if my sister lived close by and he said no as he laughed. The tall man said Lawrenceville or Lawrence and then I woke up. I kind of have a feeling that this man was an angel.***

Surmising the tall, friendly man is Jesus! He be Sovereign, Supreme, and someone you know well! Such a huge window, as in window of opportunity, could be an exhortation as to the wonderful plans our Lord has for you! His willingness to bless you abundantly! From a window, one can certainly see what is on the horizon! So looking out this magnanimous window would be seeing into the future! Your future will be bright and sunny, prosper (on all sides) indeed!

This dream doesn't seem to have anything to do with your sister. Though its message could also be one of victory over your fear of heights! The window going from the floor to the ceiling could signify being floored, as in overwhelmed by a certain fear. Having one fear tends to open the door for other fears and strongholds.

Your sitting down, could represent Christ's, and His "IT IS FINISHED", meaning you already have what you have asked of Him, so wait expectantly! Leaving your fingerprints on the glass could symbolize, VICTORIES ARE SO NEAR YOU CAN ALMOST TOUCH THEM! Lawrence is a derivative of laurel signifies VICTORY, so an interstate sign would be announcing that your TRIUMPH IS AHEAD AND YOUR VICTORY OVER FEAR WILL BE EASILY SEEN! TY JESUS!


Joshua 1:9 Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Isaiah 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.

Jeremiah 29:11-14 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD , "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the LORD...

Luke 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Romans 8:24-25 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

2 Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Hebrews 10:12-14 But this man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; from henceforth expecting till His enemies be made His footstool. For by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

1 John 5:14-15 And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us: And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.

3 John 1:2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.

Eleanor's Reply:

I thank the LORD for you and the interpretation that HE has given you and I receive the interpretation completly. I also thank GOD for you and your gifting and ministry. Sometimes I get so excited to hear from HIM but it just seems as though I either don't know what to do or when to do it. I will continue to pray and seek HIM and it is my prayer that HE will continue to bless you mightily by being a blessing to others,as well as financially, spiritually and that your days will be long.

Stay blessed!

Acts 27:25 Wherefore...be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.