Interpreting Your Dreams: Is It About You? - JOHN E. THOMAS CHARISMA NEWS

What are the skills we need to interpret dreams? (Max Pixel/Public Domain)

Interpreting Your Dreams: Is It About You?

11/12/2017 JOHN E. THOMAS  charisma news

What are the skills we need to interpret dreams? (Max Pixel/Public Domain)

A dream without an interpretation is an experience without meaning. It may have been a nice dream, but it won't have the impact God intended until we understand its meaning and respond.

In my last article, I explained that the most important key to interpreting dreams is a relationship with the author of dreams—we need revelation if we want to understand what we are dreaming. As we begin to marry revelation with skill, our consistency and impact will grow.

What are the skills we need to interpret dreams? The first is learning to recognize who the dream is about.

Who Is the Dream For?

Has anyone ever come up to you and said, "Hey, I had a dream about you"? But as they told you the dream, you realized it couldn't possibly be about you. You played only a minor role in the dream, and the dream's content or message made no sense in your life.

This is common. Just because a person is in a dream doesn't mean the dream is about them.

To interpret a dream correctly, we have to determine who the dream is for. We can do this by asking a simple question: What role does the dreamer play in this dream? In most dreams, the dreamer will occupy one of three positions: the focus of the dream, a participant in the dream or an observer in the dream.

The Focus of the Dream

If the dreamer is the focus, the dream will often be in "first person"—meaning the dream is seen through the dreamer's eyes. They are experiencing the dream.

Imagine being the person with the camera, and the dream is the movie you're filming. Your job is to follow the star. Who is the center of action? Is it the dreamer or someone else?

If the dreamer is the center of action, the dream is about the dreamer. They are the focus. This is what we call an intrinsic dream. The dreamer is interacting with other dream elements, and their actions are essential to the dream's plot. If the dreamer weren't part of the dream, there would be no story line, and the plot would fall apart.

When the dreamer is the focus of the dream, the dream is about the dreamer.

A Participant in the Dream

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What if the dreamer is part of the dream and interacting with other elements in the dream—but they aren't essential to the plot? Instead, all parts are equally involved? If you took the dreamer out of the dream, the story wouldn't fall apart, but it would change the dream and leave gaps in it.

In this type of dream, multiple people (at least two, sometimes many) are doing something. Maybe the dream is about a group of bicyclists heading up a mountain, and different cyclists are having problems. One has a flat tire, another pulls a groin muscle, several are having other issues—and the dreamer is just one of the cyclists within the group. This is a classic participating dream.

When the dreamer is part of a group, the dream is not specifically about the dreamer. It is about the group the dreamer is a part of. Is the group their family? If so, the interpretation would apply to their family. If the group is people from church, it could be about what is happening in their church. If their co-workers are part of the dream, it could be about their workplace.

This is called an extrinsic dream. The dream is about the group, not directly about the dreamer. However, the issues presented in the dream will affect the dreamer to the extent they participate in the action.

An Observer in the Dream

When the dreamer is simply observing the dream, they have little to no impact at all on the dream's plot. Sometimes they feel like a "ghost" in the sense that they're in the dream, but no one sees or hears them. They are simply watching what happens.

This is another kind of extrinsic dream. The dream is not about the dreamer but about the person or group they are observing. Who is the focus of the activity? Whose actions affect the way the dream plays out? That person is the key. The dream's message is for them.

What Is God Doing?

Most dreams (around 90 percent) are intrinsic dreams. God is speaking to us about us. He is helping us overcome obstacles, change our thinking, encourage our progress, give us hope for the future or correct our course.

Sometimes, however, He tells us what is happening with other people or groups. We'll discuss this more in the future, but here's the thing to remember: Every time God shows us something about someone else or a future event, He is inviting us to pray. Extrinsic dreams are always intended to inspire intercession.

Keep dreaming! You can ensure your dreams draw you into deeper relationship with Jesus by asking Him what He is doing. What is He saying? What does He intend by giving you these dreams? Grow in your skill to interpret by studying to show yourself approved (2 Tim. 2:15).

John E. Thomas is the president of Streams Ministries and the co-author of The Art of Praying the Scriptures: A Fresh Look at Lectio Divina with John Paul Jackson. Teaching on prophetic ministry, dream interpretation and the Kingdom of God, he travels internationally and works to help restore the awe of God to a world that has lost its wonder. John and his wife, Dawna, live outside of Dallas, Texas.

To learn more about dreams and dream interpretation, check out Dream Foundations as well as other resources from John E. Thomas and John Paul Jackson atstreamsministries.com.

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How to Have Prophetic Integrity in an Age of Fake Encounters - JOHN E. THOMAS CHARISMA NEWS

I spent years thinking I couldn't hear from God very well because I rarely heard Him say specific words—I would just know things or feel them. (Pixabay/FotosFuerBlogger)

How to Have Prophetic Integrity in an Age of Fake Encounters

 9/30/2017 JOHN E. THOMAS  CHARISMA NEWS

When I first began walking with the Lord, I didn't understand how He speaks. I would listen to people talk about their experiences with Him—how He came to them and answered their questions while they were praying. Right away I began to build up this picture in my head of God physically walking into the room and starting an audible conversation.

Their stories inspired my prayer life—but not necessarily in a healthy way. I started asking God, "Why don't You love me like You love them? Why don't You come and visit me? I want to sit down and have a conversation with You! Is there something wrong with me that I can't hear You like they do?"

It wasn't until later that I realized what was happening. The stories I was hearing weren't the exact truth.

What Really Happened?

I know they didn't intend to mislead the rest of us. Maybe they wanted to look spiritual. Perhaps they desired to inspire trust in God's willingness to speak, or they wanted to help people believe what they were saying. The problem was, God didn't walk into the room in physical form and have an audible conversation with them. They simply meant they'd felt His presence. While they were praying, they sensed answers to their questions, and because of their history with the Lord, they recognized God was speaking to them. But that was not what they communicated.

The Danger of Exaggerating a Spiritual Experience

There are times when God really does walk into people's rooms and speak to them face to face. These encounters are life changing and precious, but when we exaggerate our everyday experiences with God, people will have trouble knowing what is real. An exaggerated spiritual experience has a similar effect as crying wolf.

I spent years thinking I couldn't hear from God very well because I rarely heard Him say specific words—I would just know things or feel them. Sometimes I would get a sense of a picture in my mind, but seldom would I see anything in the physical realm. Feeling like a failure spiritually didn't help my already painful issue with rejection that needed to be healed.

What the Prophetic Really Needs

In both Hebrew and Greek, the root of the word "integrity" basically means that something is the same on the inside as it is on the outside, that it really is what it appears to be. When we have integrity, what we believe and value is the same as what we do and say. We are trustworthy; people know the persona we present to them is who we are when we're alone.

When it comes to the prophetic, the principle of integrity is essential. We need to be honest about our spiritual experiences. If we feel we have to "blow up" our experiences to get people to believe we had them, we need to take a step back and examine our hearts.

Imagination vs. Revelation

I was in a meeting once where someone was teaching about hearing from God and having encounters with Him. The person explained how the imagination is important in hearing from Him, and if you just imagine you're in Heaven or face to face with God, you can tell everyone it really happened. If you imagine seeing an angel, you really did. The teacher used Romans 12:6 as justification for this concept: "Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith." Their point was that prophesying requires faith.

It is true that faith is vital, but what the teacher described was not faith—it was actually lying. According to The Oxford Dictionary, one definition of lying is to "present a false impression." I have a conviction I cannot shake—I don't believe the Spirit of truth requires deception for someone to be "in faith." It would be contrary to the Spirit's nature to bear witness to spin, exaggeration or falsehood.

Another time we can discuss the role imagination plays in revelation, but one thing is sure: Imagination and revelation are not the same thing! Yes, God will speak to us through our imaginations, but integrity requires that we are honest about what we did and did not experience. When it comes to telling others what we've heard from God, all we have to do is explain how we received the revelation and trust His Spirit of Truth to witness to the experience's validity in people's hearts.

If we think God might have spoken to us in our thoughts, we could say, "I had this thought I believe may be from God." If we saw a picture, we could say something like, "I just saw this in my mind's eye." If an angel stands in front of us in the physical realm, we can say boldly, "An angel came to me." We need to communicate what really happened and let God determine whether people believe it. If we have to convince them the experience was real, we're relying on our powers of persuasion and it won't last.

Integrity in the prophetic requires a high level of honesty. It is not faith to pretend something was more than what it was or to make one thing look like another. Our "yes" should be "yes" and our "no" should be "no" (Matt. 5:37).

We Don't Have to Prove the Revelation

The funny thing is, when we are simply honest with the revelation God gives us, people will believe our words. We don't even have to tell them something was from God—we just put it out there, and they will tell us it was from God. When we speak honestly, the Spirit of truth bears witness to what we say and people respond. We no longer need to persuade people to believe we hear from God, because He does it for us.

We Can Expect People to Take Action

When people believe us, they are much more likely to act on what we say. The probability of a life being changed is greater—because the change doesn't come from what we're saying but from the activity of the Holy Spirit.

We're Role Models

Integrity in the prophetic has another benefit: People learn to hear from God! People who may not be as "studied" in their ability to hear from Him are watching us. Thoughts go through their heads and they aren't sure if they're from God, or they see things and hear things and want to know how to respond.

When we talk about our victories and failures, hope begins to grow in their hearts that they, too, can hear from God. When they find out that our sense of God's answer during prayer changed the direction of our lives and we are now convinced God spoke to us, faith washes through them. They become willing to take a risk with the little thing they're sensing and trust it could be from God, too.

Integrity Leads to Breakthrough

Right now, many people are disillusioned by prophetic words that don't seem to have substance or that are partially correct to not accurate at all. They don't want inflated stories of encounters that do more to puff up the ministry of the person speaking than they do to build up the body of Christ. But we don't need to point a finger at these people. We just need to be the change ourselves.

Let's do our part to practice integrity in the prophetic. Then when God really does walk into the room, people will believe us when we talk about it! 

John E. Thomas is the president of Streams Ministries and the co-author of The Art of Praying the Scriptures: A Fresh Look at Lectio Divina with John Paul Jackson. Teaching on prophetic ministry, dream interpretation and the kingdom of God, he travels internationally and works to help restore the awe of God to a world that has lost its wonder. John and his wife, Dawna, live outside of Dallas, Texas.

To learn more about how God is purifying the prophetic, check out Prophetic Reformation—Maturing Prophetic Communities as well as other resources from John E. Thomas and John Paul Jackson at streamsministries.com.

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A Dream From God Has These 6 Clear Characteristics - JOHN E. THOMAS CHARISMA NEWS

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A Dream From God Has These 6 Clear Characteristics

8/26/2017 JOHN E. THOMAS  CHARISMA NEWS

I love dreams. I love the contours of God's voice, the creativity He puts into His relationship with each of us. I enjoy interpreting dreams because every dream from God is an expression of His heart to the dreamer, and I get to see one more facet of His love.

In my last post, I addressed this question: "How do I know if my dream is from God?" I explained that dreams can come from one of three sources—the enemy, the human soul or God—and I mentioned some of the ways we can recognize dreams from the enemy and dreams from the soul. In this post, I want to explore how to recognize dreams from God.

Dreams, being a form of revelation, hold to the same rules as revelation. To be from God, a dream needs to do the following:

• Agree with Scripture;
• Carry the character of God and fit His personality;
• Be truthful, accurate;
• Bear good fruit;
• Point to Jesus and
• Be full of color and light.

The Scripture Test

A dream from God will not violate what He has already revealed in Scripture. Like other forms of revelation, dreams are never intended to create doctrine or establish a rule of faith or practice for all people at all times—only the Bible can do such a thing.

It isn't a dream from God if it tells you to steal, commit adultery, murder or violate any other moral commandment. Similarly, it isn't a dream from God if it tells you not to pray, that another god is God, that you shouldn't go to church or share your faith, that you shouldn't serve or give. Dreams from God will not change Scripture.

The Character Test

One of the keys to recognizing God's voice is knowing the difference between conviction and condemnation. Conviction is about activity, whereas condemnation is about identity. Conviction is specific, whereas condemnation is vague. Conviction cuts to the heart but leaves hope for change, while condemnation strips us of hope for change. When we are dealing with condemnation, we begin to believe the weight of our sin is so great that we will never be free.

The Holy Spirit shows us where we aren't living out the new life we have in Christ, so we can repent and come back to His heart. The enemy, meanwhile, slanders and accuses us until we are left hopeless and feeling defeated. When the Holy Spirit brings conviction, we can repent and turn back to His ways and the weight of the conviction lifts. But when the enemy is condemning us, it doesn't matter how much we repent—it won't feel like enough.

A dream that leaves you feeling hopeless, like you will never be good enough for God or like you've done something that forever marks you and holds you back from His purpose for you—that is not a dream from God. It is from the enemy. Rebuke such dreams and don't believe them. Instead, ask God to show you His heart for you.

The Accuracy Test

The word "revelation" refers to something you didn't know previously. Just because a "revelation" is accurate doesn't mean it is from God (see Matt. 7:21–23). At the same time, God doesn't lie, so all revelation from Him will be accurate.

Understanding the difference between what is from God and what is not from God will keep us from chasing after deceptive signs, wonders and even deceptive revelation. Though the accuracy test is important when determining if a dream is from God, the other tests need to be employed as well.

The Fruit Test

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Gal. 5:22–23). A dream from God will never direct you to hate someone, become fearful, lose control or accuse another person.

 But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, do not boast and do not lie against the truth. This wisdom descends not from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, and devilish. For where there is envying and strife, there is confusion and every evil work.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy (James 3:14-17).

The Jesus Test

In Deuteronomy 13 and 18, God gives keys to recognizing true and false revelation. When discerning the source of a dream, this is the main question we should ask: "Does the revelation point us to a god other than Jesus?" The spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus (Rev. 19:10), which means that all true revelation will lead us to Him.

Did the dream tempt you to put your trust in anything other than Jesus? Or did it cause your heart to fall more in love with Him?

The Color Test

God is light, and around His throne is a rainbow of color. The Bible often uses "light" vs. "dark" and "day" vs. "night" as metaphors for good and evil, God and Satan. A dream from God will often be full of color and bright light.

The Main Thing to Remember

The foundation of discerning your dreams is relationship. As you draw closer to God, He will reveal what is from Him and what is not. If you approach dreams and supernatural experiences from a position of relationship, you will find yourself walking on safe, steady ground. Your Father is good and He wants to speak to you. When you ask Him for bread, He won't give you a stone (Luke 11:11–13). 

John E. Thomas is the president of Streams Ministries and the co-author of The Art of Praying the Scriptures: A Fresh Look at Lectio Divina with John Paul Jackson. Teaching on prophetic ministry, dream interpretation and the kingdom of God, he travels internationally and works to help restore the awe of God to a world that has lost its wonder. John and his wife, Dawna, live near Dallas, Texas.

To learn more about dreams and dream interpretation, check out Dream Foundations as well as other resources from John E. Thomas and John Paul Jackson atstreamsministries.com.

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"God Speaks through Dreams! Learn How to Respond!" -THE ELIJAH LIST, John E. Thomas

John Thomas

John Thomas: "God Speaks through Dreams! Learn How to Respond!"

THE ELIJAH LIST Aug 13, 2017

From the desk of Steve Shultz:

If you are looking for a prophetic in-depth article and some teaching about your "dream encounters"...this word by John Thomas is for you!

John Thomas is the president of Streams Ministries, founded by John Paul Jackson, who was a great prophetic father and highly gifted dream interpreter.

John Thomas is carrying that on at Streams Ministries and you will be highly encouraged as you learn some key insight in this word such as:

Maybe the concept of God speaking through dreams is new for you. Whether you're just starting this journey or have been on it for a while, keep going—it is worth the effort. Our God is a God who speaks, and while each of us has a unique story with Him, we are all in relationship with the same God, who doesn't change. In His world of dreams, a grand adventure awaits us.

As you have more God-given dreams...let the Lord teach you how to apply them in life and pursue them wholeheartedly! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

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"God Speaks through Dreams! Learn How to Respond!"

John E. Thomas, Dallas, TX

I grew up in a non-Christian home where I learned that supernatural things originated from evil sources. The problem was I had a lot of weird things happen to me. I had nightmares, heard voices, saw things that "weren't there" and grew up fascinated by paranormal activity.

But when I was in my 20s, God invaded my life and everything changed. The darkness and fear that plagued my God-given gift faded away as I pursued freedom and a closer walk with Him. I started hearing Him in my dreams, having visions, just "knowing stuff" and feeling what other people felt. It was immediate but not instantaneous.

"In addition, the God we serve is a God who speaks. He calls Himself the Word, so we can naturally assume He likes to talk! God is relational."

A short time after I met Jesus, John Paul Jackson came to the Vineyard church I attended in Phoenix. He taught about faith and expecting God to move miraculously, but what really caught my attention was the ministry time. He pointed at a young man in the congregation, asked him to stand up and began telling him about his past, present and future. He did this more than 20 times that night with different people.

I was captivated! Wow! My heart cried out, "God, if that is available, I want it!" At the end of the evening, John Paul announced he was going to teach a course called, "The Art of Hearing God" and I knew I had to go. At that course I learned God not only gives us dreams, but He also wants us to learn how to interpret them. They have meaning beyond the experience itself. I was hooked.

The Thing About Dreams

John Paul's course started me on a journey of study and today, almost 20 years later, I know I have only scratched the surface of what God offers in the dream world. I started studying dreams and visions, practicing interpreting them and getting feedback from others. "Does this interpretation make sense to you? Does it seem to fit?" I began writing down my dreams. I pursued understanding and now my life is marked by dreams—I interpret them, I have them, they guide me and I teach others about them.

By far, the most important thing I have learned about dreams is this: When it comes down to it, studying dreams is not about dreams. They are not the answer by themselves. They are about relationship with God. A dream from God will tell us about Him and help us see Him more clearly. We study dreams so we can know the heart of our Father better.

Your Story is Incredibly Unique

Your story with God probably doesn't look like mine. And it doesn't have to. All of us are on a journey into deeper relationship with Him, and that journey looks different in each and every case. Some of us have spiritual experiences all our lives, while others can't put their finger on a single time when something "spiritual" or supernatural happened to them. Some of us have incredible encounters later in life that seem to throw open the door to heavenly realities. All of a sudden—after living fairly normal lives—we're propelled into an adventure that is weird and exciting and mind-boggling all at the same time.

Maybe the concept of God speaking through dreams is new for you. Whether you're just starting this journey or have been on it for a while, keep going—it is worth the effort. Our God is a God who speaks, and while each of us has a unique story with Him, we are all in relationship with the same God, who doesn't change. In His world of dreams, a grand adventure awaits us. (Photo via Public Domain Pictures)

How did you meet Jesus? Your story, no doubt, is different than mine. Each of us has a unique journey to God the Father, who then takes us on an incredible adventure of learning more about who He is.

No matter who you are or what your past looks like, deeper intimacy with Jesus includes some common themes. Your journey and mine look the same in a few key ways.

Jesus Is the Gate

For instance, the only gate that leads to God is Jesus Himself. When it comes to dreams, visions, prophetic ministry, miracles or any other supernatural phenomenon, the only safe place is Jesus. We start with relationship with Jesus; we keep our focus on Him, and all our spiritual activity leads us into deeper relationship with Him.

God Speaks

In addition, the God we serve is a God who speaks. He calls Himself the Word, so we can naturally assume He likes to talk! God is relational. He is not looking for robots or slaves but for friends (John 15:15).

Surrender and Change

When God gets involved in our lives, He does not leave us the same. The supernatural activity we encounter through His Spirit is intended to make us more like Jesus. When we hear His voice, the only appropriate response is to surrender to His will and change our lives so we line up with what He has revealed. Again, we do this not as slaves who are forced or compelled, but it is the response of friends who care for His heart and realize that He is the expert in life. His ideas about how to live will be much better than ours, so we follow Him.

Those are some of the common ways God draws us closer to Him. You may be surprised, but He also uses dreams.

Building Intimacy with God Through Dreams

"God not only gives us dreams, but He also wants us to learn how to interpret them. They have meaning beyond the experience itself."

"For God may speak one way, or in another, Yet man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while slumbering in their beds, then He opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction." (Job 33:14-16NKJV)

How does God speak through dreams? Is it possible to hear His voice and grow closer to Him through a dream?

In Genesis 15 God established His covenant with Abraham and prophesied Israel's time in Egypt. To communicate these things to Abraham, He used a dream. Verse 12 says Abraham was in "a deep sleep" when God spoke to him. Abraham, the father of our faith, is the first person Scripture calls a friend of God, and in a pivotal moment, God used a dream to speak with him.

Genesis is the book of beginnings and carries the first picture God gave us of relationship with Him. In the midst of the beautiful narrative He tells in Genesis, dreams play a major role:

Abimelech dreamed about Abraham (Genesis 20).
God appeared to Isaac at night in Beersheba. (This might have been a dream; see Genesis 26:23–25.)
Jacob had a dream at Bethel where he saw God and received the same promise as his fathers (Genesis 28:11-22).

Jacob obtained strategy for wealth through a dream when God told him how to increase the spotted and speckled flocks (Genesis 31:10-13).

In a dream Laban was warned not to harm Jacob (Genesis 31:24). (Photo via Pixabay)

Joseph had two dreams, interpreted at least two dreams in prison, and interpreted Pharaoh's two dreams (Genesis 37:5-10, 40:5-19, 41:1-36).

I find it interesting that the promise God gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—the promise that is foundational to our faith, the promise God referenced so often throughout Scripture—was given to them in dreams (or at least at night, in Isaac's case). Dreams are not the only way God speaks, but even a quick glance at Genesis reveals they are an important way He speaks.

Responding to Dreams from God

Since God chooses to speak to us through dreams, how should we respond? If we do three key things, we will start to recognize His voice in the night:

1. Adopt a Biblical perspective on dreams,

2. Value dreams, and

3. Expect God to speak to us through dreams.

As we do these things, we will find what Abraham, Isaac and Jacob found. Our intimacy with God will increase; we will come to know Him more and more, and it will become apparent to us that dreams are one of the relationship tools He uses to draw us closer to Him. (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

John E. Thomas, President
Streams Ministries
Email: info@streamsministries.com
Website: www.streamsministries.com

John and Dawna Thomas were radically saved out of the drug culture in 1996. Personally mentored by John Paul Jackson, they've been on staff with or have worked alongside Streams Ministries since 2004. John pastored The Bridge Metrowest (planted by John Paul) for five years before he and Dawna stepped out into full-time itinerant ministry. After John Paul passed away, John began to work more closely with the Streams leadership team and in 2016 was asked to become the president of Streams Ministries. John co-authored The Art of Praying the Scriptures: A Fresh Look at Lectio Divina with John Paul Jackson and has also written courses on prophetic ministry, dream interpretation, and the Kingdom of God. As president of Streams Ministries, he ministers internationally to help restore the awe of God to a world that has lost its wonder. He and Dawna live outside of Dallas, Texas.

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