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I grew up in the 90& #39;s, in a non - denominational church that fully embraced the phrase, "manifestation of the Holy Spirit". I don& #39;t talk about it much, because of the derision and mockery you hear nowadays, especially in the Deep South.
I grew up in the 90& #39;s, in a non - denominational church that fully embraced the phrase, "manifestation of the Holy Spirit". I don& #39;t talk about it much, because of the derision and mockery you hear nowadays, especially in the Deep South.
I saw things, and experienced things, that I will never be able to explain unless you have personally had a similar upbringing. There was not one iota of traditional in my background. For right or wrong, it shaped me, and I cannot undo it.
One of the things that I remember was dream interpretation. There was a guest speaker who came to our church and spoke about all the different meanings of things that you could dream about. I read his book, and other books. I kept a dream journal.
I have always had vivid dreams. They have often been terrifying. Right now even more so, because of the horrific pain I fall asleep in every night, and also my medications.
Does this mean I believe in keeping a dream journal, and prophetic dreams? No. I recognize that dreams are our body& #39;s way of purging the subconscious.
However, I do believe that God has spoken to me through my dreams. In fact, I know He has. There have been times I have prayed for an answer concerning a situation, and I have gotten the answer that night. And it& #39;s not a dream answer like a "Joseph dream";
it& #39;s more like I woke up in the morning, and I knew what I was supposed to do. Sometimes I have had dreams that I knew were warnings: they were about very specific situations, concerning very specific people. I knew the interpretation, and I knew it right away when I woke up.
But lately, lately none of my dreams that I know are from God are like that. I mentioned how scary my dreams have been? Well, sometimes, when everything is just so overwhelming, and I& #39;m honestly not sure how I can go on, I dream about my grandmothers.
I dream about my favorite grandmother, who died over 17 years ago. The other night I dreamed she came visiting, and hugged me so hard, and said, "I know you think you& #39;re not going to make it, that you& #39;re not strong enough. But I promise you& #39;re going to be okay."
I dream about Jeremiah& #39;s grandmother who has been gone two years: I dream that she decided we weren& #39;t giving her enough grandkids, so she informed Jesus He needed to make some changes, and then she came to visit to tell us exactly what we were doing wrong. 
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When I wake up from dreams like these, I& #39;m comforted; I have peace. I know that the Holy Spirit whispered to me in my sleep that I am not alone.
I don& #39;t agree with the dream interpretation craze of the 90& #39;s, but I do believe that God can speak to us in our dreams.
I don& #39;t agree with the dream interpretation craze of the 90& #39;s, but I do believe that God can speak to us in our dreams.
I suppose my point with all of this is that even though it was incredibly ultra sensationalized and over - hyped at one point doesn& #39;t mean that it was wrong. It just means it should be an individual thing, not something to make money off of, by writing books.
