Several nights back I had a dream in which I was talking to my Dad. Evidently it was a time of my life when I was in the remodeling business full time and I was between jobs. I always advertised to get business. I told my Dad I wasn't expecting new business. He was puzzled and asked me to explain. I told him my expectation was that God would provide...my expectation was in and from God, not anything I could do to obtain business.
As I thought about it later, I thought it was a good way to live life. All of our provision is from God's goodness, not from our own efforts.
Last night I had a rather strange dream but it seemed to have a message. I was with my brother Dan and it was a time for us to ascend, either to heaven or a higher level of God's presence. I saw my brother ascend...he looked more like a small cloud than a person.
I couldn't understand why I wasn't ascending also. It seemed God instructed me to lay out my clothes where I could see how much I had. He indicated that it was like a weight that was holding me down. I somehow renounced ownership of it all, realizing it was all "worldly stuff" and then I, too, began ascending. In my sleep I often think about what God is saying to me and it seemed that the message of this dream was that our entanglement with various types of worldly things are keeping us from ascending into the presence of God, where it is our privilege to dwell.
"Seek the Lord and His strength, yearn for and seek His face and to be in His presence continually!" I Chron. 16:11 (Amplified Bible)
MORE DREAMS WITH A MESSAGE...
Two nights ago, Sept. 19, I had a dream in which I was conversing with a man who was part of a men's group. He was talking with me about joining a similar group and urging me to do so. On awaking, I began to think about the need for men to fellowship together and follow Jesus. 10 men and Jesus...or Men with Jesus.
We should consider seriously the teachings of Jesus and evaluate our relationship with Him based on the fruit in our life. A right relationship, meaning He is in us and we are in Him, will produce the fruit of which He spoke.
Humility....generosity....responsibility....accountability,,,,simplicity....separation from the "world system"....hunger for God and His righteousness, all expressed in love for God and other people. Personally, I feel the need of fellowship with men for mutual support and accountability.
The night of Sept. 20, I don't recall a specific dream, but I awakened with a concern for the children and youth in our lives and their exposure to "the drug world". I was thinking of the need to learn more of where our youth are, what they are learning and thinking. And wondering if we need to learn more about "their world" so that we can communicate effectively with them. I found a website with numerous resources for learning about drugs, why people take drugs and how to provide knowledge to children at a young age concerning the destructive nature of drugs. I must pray about what God might have me do with this issue.
As I thought about it later, I thought it was a good way to live life. All of our provision is from God's goodness, not from our own efforts.
Last night I had a rather strange dream but it seemed to have a message. I was with my brother Dan and it was a time for us to ascend, either to heaven or a higher level of God's presence. I saw my brother ascend...he looked more like a small cloud than a person.
I couldn't understand why I wasn't ascending also. It seemed God instructed me to lay out my clothes where I could see how much I had. He indicated that it was like a weight that was holding me down. I somehow renounced ownership of it all, realizing it was all "worldly stuff" and then I, too, began ascending. In my sleep I often think about what God is saying to me and it seemed that the message of this dream was that our entanglement with various types of worldly things are keeping us from ascending into the presence of God, where it is our privilege to dwell.
"Seek the Lord and His strength, yearn for and seek His face and to be in His presence continually!" I Chron. 16:11 (Amplified Bible)
MORE DREAMS WITH A MESSAGE...
Two nights ago, Sept. 19, I had a dream in which I was conversing with a man who was part of a men's group. He was talking with me about joining a similar group and urging me to do so. On awaking, I began to think about the need for men to fellowship together and follow Jesus. 10 men and Jesus...or Men with Jesus.
We should consider seriously the teachings of Jesus and evaluate our relationship with Him based on the fruit in our life. A right relationship, meaning He is in us and we are in Him, will produce the fruit of which He spoke.
Humility....generosity....responsibility....accountability,,,,simplicity....separation from the "world system"....hunger for God and His righteousness, all expressed in love for God and other people. Personally, I feel the need of fellowship with men for mutual support and accountability.
The night of Sept. 20, I don't recall a specific dream, but I awakened with a concern for the children and youth in our lives and their exposure to "the drug world". I was thinking of the need to learn more of where our youth are, what they are learning and thinking. And wondering if we need to learn more about "their world" so that we can communicate effectively with them. I found a website with numerous resources for learning about drugs, why people take drugs and how to provide knowledge to children at a young age concerning the destructive nature of drugs. I must pray about what God might have me do with this issue.