DREAMS AND ITS REALITY - Part 1

Monday, 5TH SEPTEMBER, 2022.

TOPIC:  DREAMS AND ITS REALITY - Part 1

MEMORISE: "And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams.”  Acts 2:17 (NKJV).

SCRIPTURE READING: Gen 37:5-8 (NKJV)

⁵ Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more.

⁶ So he said to them, "Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:

⁷ There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf."

⁸ And his brothers said to him, "Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?" So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words."

 

EXPOSITION:

1. TYPES OF DREAMS

a. Spiritual dreams. The source is God, Acts 2:17.

Someone who is not a saint can also be given dreams by God. Examples are Pharaoh and Nebuchadnezzar. So dreams coming to pass is not an attestation of acceptance of the dreamer by God.

b. Satanic dreams. The source is from the kingdom of darkness. Just like prophesy, Satan always has a counterfeit to all spiritual gifts of God. Example: Eating in the dream is definitely not from God. 

c. Psychological dreams. Such dreams are products of your mind or what you think about at a particular time, Isaiah 29:8.

d. Senseless dreams. There are dreams that you cannot bring a sense out of it. But you must be sure it is senseless before you come to that conclusion. Pharaoh's dream appeared senseless but it was coded with meanings. If you can remember your dream and narrate it logically, it may not be classified as senseless.

e. "Sleepless" dreams. These are dreams concerning your plans or  ambitions. These has nothing to do with sleep.

2. PURPOSE OF DREAMS

a. Dreams from God are to pass across a definite message from God whether negative or positive. They may be divine revelations as to what heaven or the kingdom of darkness is planning. Which ever way, they should be committed to God in prayer either to prevent the evil or to pray that the good come to pass.

b. Satanic dreams often come to confuse, deceive and instil fear into your heart. At times it is a revelation of satanic project that must be resisted through faith and prayers instantly. In most cases, they contradict the word of God. Don't take it for granted but use the word of God and prayer to cancel it.

c. Psychologic dreams may just be a reflection of the preoccupations in your mind while senseless dreams are just to be discarded.

d. A person without "Sleepless" dreams inspired by God and backed up with plans to fulfil them is as good as dead. 

3. POINTS TO NOTE ON DREAMS

a. A sinner is not likely to understand God given or satanically inspired dreams because there is no light or Spirit of God in them. Nebuchadnezzar and Pharaoh had to call for the help of saints in order to interprete their dreams.

b. In most occasions, God uses symbols to speak in the dreams. The only way to decode them is to go to the scriptures and know how those symbols are used. You must be conversant with the word of God if you want to be the interpreter of your dreams.

c. Never take any meaningful and reasonable dream for granted. You must seriously pray on or against them. 

d. If you don't dream, you may be missing a very important way God speaks to people even though it is not a crime. 

e. For every dream that you dream, the word of God is more authoritative and final. So don't exalt the dream above or contrary to the written word of God.

PRAYER POINTS

*Lord,* open the door of my inner man to be hearing your voice more clearly and regularly.

*Lord,* give me the spirit of understanding and discernment needed for decoding my dreams correctly

*God,* I hereby call on you to give me heaven inspired dreams and ambition to be what You want me to be.

*Ask* for the Spirit of revelation to descend on His children.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR – Ezekiel 8-11.

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