Do you guys believe that God can communicate with you via dreams? I had this intense dream a couple weeks ago that I think may have been a message from God. I wasn't in this dream but was sort of a third-person observer. The setting was on this small plateau before a steep barren hill. There were half a dozen or so people dressed in robes standing on this altar before the mountain. One of them was raising a cup towards the sky and then the sky seemed to split open to a bright light illuminating clouds around it just at the visible edge of the hill. Then a loud voice said,"I am the Lord your God - what do you want?" Someone on the ground then asked,"What can I do to serve you?" Then it was just complete silence with everyone staring at the sky for a while, but the silence continued and then the dream ended. I don't know what kind of message God would be trying to tell me if it was indeed a message from him but it was a very intense experience! Has anyone else experienced dreams which they believe may have come from God?
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I do believe that some dreams are a message from God. I don't have any idea what this one would mean but I do believe God will give you the answer. If God asked me what I want I am afraid that I would have a selfish request. I am not proud of that but it is the truth. It just shows how self centered I am.
In the Bible, God has communicted with a few via dreams.
My take on your dreams is why ask God "How can I serve you" when all the answers you need are in the Bible.
I don't know....maybe he's trying to tell you to read a little more??
Maybe you are trying to figure out what your true calling is. If this is the case, keep praying, the answer will come.
My take on your dreams is why ask God "How can I serve you" when all the answers you need are in the Bible.
I don't know....maybe he's trying to tell you to read a little more??
Maybe you are trying to figure out what your true calling is. If this is the case, keep praying, the answer will come.
How do we serve God? What does the bible say?
"For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother." Matthew 12:50
So what is doing God's will? First He wants us to have a relationship with Him...
“This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:3-4).
He wants us to be disciples...
“If anyone would come to me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23).
His word is our guide....
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path” (Psalm 119:105).
We have a great peace when we are in God's will. (not dependent on circumstances, those in prison for the name of Jesus have great peace)
“The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever” (Isaiah 32:17).
We should trust Him that He will carry out His plan for our lives...
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:5-6).
“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in your will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 1:6).
God's ultimate purpose for all of us is that He would be glorified ...
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. I Corinthians 10:31
But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;Philippians 1:12
The following is taken from the bible bulletin board, a short synopsis of a series John MacArthur did and is one of the best explanations about knowing God's will that I've ever heard.
How does a person making decisions know what is the will of God?
The will of God is not meant to be a secret we must uncover. God wants us to understand His will far more than we want to understand it. He always makes His will clear to those who seek it with an obedient heart.
Most of the real problem areas in the question of God's will are settled for us in Scripture. The Bible reveals that it is God's will for all of us to be:
Saved (1 Timothy 2:3-4; 2 Peter 3:9)
Spirit-filled (Ephesians 5:17-18)
Sanctified (1 Thessalonians 4:3-7)
Submissive (1 Peter 2:13-15)
Suffering ( Philippians 1:29; 2 Timothy 3:12)
If all those things are true in your life, you may do whatever you want. Psalm 37:4 says, "Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart." That means that if you are conforming to God's will in all the five ways listed above, He will place in your heart desires that reflect His will. So do what you want to do!
"For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother." Matthew 12:50
So what is doing God's will? First He wants us to have a relationship with Him...
“This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:3-4).
He wants us to be disciples...
“If anyone would come to me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23).
His word is our guide....
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path” (Psalm 119:105).
We have a great peace when we are in God's will. (not dependent on circumstances, those in prison for the name of Jesus have great peace)
“The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever” (Isaiah 32:17).
We should trust Him that He will carry out His plan for our lives...
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:5-6).
“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in your will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 1:6).
God's ultimate purpose for all of us is that He would be glorified ...
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. I Corinthians 10:31
But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;Philippians 1:12
The following is taken from the bible bulletin board, a short synopsis of a series John MacArthur did and is one of the best explanations about knowing God's will that I've ever heard.
How does a person making decisions know what is the will of God?
The will of God is not meant to be a secret we must uncover. God wants us to understand His will far more than we want to understand it. He always makes His will clear to those who seek it with an obedient heart.
Most of the real problem areas in the question of God's will are settled for us in Scripture. The Bible reveals that it is God's will for all of us to be:
Saved (1 Timothy 2:3-4; 2 Peter 3:9)
Spirit-filled (Ephesians 5:17-18)
Sanctified (1 Thessalonians 4:3-7)
Submissive (1 Peter 2:13-15)
Suffering ( Philippians 1:29; 2 Timothy 3:12)
If all those things are true in your life, you may do whatever you want. Psalm 37:4 says, "Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart." That means that if you are conforming to God's will in all the five ways listed above, He will place in your heart desires that reflect His will. So do what you want to do!
God most definitely can speak to us through dreams, but it's not always easy to know if he is. If God is speaking to you in that dream it's up to you to figure out, through prayer and reading the bible. Perhaps this dream is Gods way of prodding you to answer that question for yourself, to figure out how you can serve him. Or maybe it was just a random dream with no meaning, and over time I think you'll be able to figure that out.
I too had a spiritual dream about 2 weeks ago which I definitely believe was significant. I have never dreamed of Jesus til recently. My dream was very much like yours. i am starting to think more about the reality of evil. Maybe more people are having similar dreams. Your post was over a month ago. I hope you found peace since then. God does use our dreams to communicate with us, even the bible says it. I am happy for you to have had such a dream.
I do believe that God speaks to us through dreams although in my 20 years of walking with Him these experiences have been rare.
My father was a pastor and a good and decent man. Many years ago I had a vivid dream of him holding a sword and he was fighting and killing hundreds of snakes on the ground. A light shown down from the sky and my father looked up, his face was changed and he had a glow to it, a staircase came down and my father laid his sword at the bottom and began walking up the stairs. I called out to him and he did not hear me.
I awoke worried about him and called. He was okay. The next day he had a stroke. He passed over two days later. I still believe that the dream was from God.
My father was a pastor and a good and decent man. Many years ago I had a vivid dream of him holding a sword and he was fighting and killing hundreds of snakes on the ground. A light shown down from the sky and my father looked up, his face was changed and he had a glow to it, a staircase came down and my father laid his sword at the bottom and began walking up the stairs. I called out to him and he did not hear me.
I awoke worried about him and called. He was okay. The next day he had a stroke. He passed over two days later. I still believe that the dream was from God.
Maybe he is waiting for someone to say," What can I do for you?", instead of people saying,"God what can you do for me?"
It also says in...Acts 2:17
'AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says, 'THAT I WILL POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS;
It also says in...Acts 2:17
'AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says, 'THAT I WILL POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS;
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Thanks I was thinking of that exact scripture. I still cant believe that in a months time I dreamed of Jesus and the Holy Spirit coming to me as a dove. I'm 53 years old and have always prayed regularly. But I never expected to have dreams like these. It would seem that if Gods pouring out the spirit more, then satan would up the activity on a negative front too.
Habakkuk 2:20 - 20 But the LORD is in His holy temple.
Let all the earth keep silence before Him.
Oh sure, I definately believe God can communicate with us through our dreams. Hasn't happened to me yet tho, my dreams are always totally ridiculous crazy stuff. Like I"m a caterpillar riding a bicycle to the library or something like that......
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