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I grew up in the 90's, in a non - denominational church that fully embraced the phrase, "manifestation of the Holy Spirit". I don'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's, in a non - denominational church that fully embraced the phrase, "manifestation of the Holy Spirit". I don'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'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's not a dream answer like a "Joseph dream";
it'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'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're not going to make it, that you're not strong enough. But I promise you're going to be okay."
I dream about Jeremiah's grandmother who has been gone two years: I dream that she decided we weren'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. 
When I wake up from dreams like these, I'm comforted; I have peace. I know that the Holy Spirit whispered to me in my sleep that I am not alone.
I don't agree with the dream interpretation craze of the 90's, but I do believe that God can speak to us in our dreams.
I don't agree with the dream interpretation craze of the 90'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'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.
