HG's Resource Suggestion List

[hearingGod]

A nice book because it's base is scriptural and the ebook is ridiculously cheap! OH WAIT... I just found it FREE on the internet!:
www.upstreamca.org/In_a_Dream__IN_a_Vision_of_the_Night.pdf
But... if by chance that ever changes.... it'll be here:
'In A Dream, In A Vision of the Night' By Susan Noone Riddle
bookstore.authorhouse.com/Products/SKU-000384356/In-A-Dream-In-A-Vision-of-the-Night.aspx
Ebook is only $5 and ROCKS cuz as a PDF you can utilize the 'search' feature & find stuff easily. *being limited to only things in the scriptures as a base... you will have to research elsewhere for more modern or regional symbols.

www.tehillahdreams.com/
Has a dream symbol search on the bottom of the page that uses these 4 sources:
• Dream Language - James W. and Michal Ann Goll, 2006 Destiny Image Publishers
• Interpreting The Symbols and Types - Kevin J. Conner, 1992 Bible Temple Publishing
• The Arithmetic of God - Don Kistler, 1976
• Dream Cards - Streams Ministries International, 2004

...And of course it is a Dream Forum that used to be led by Susan Riddle, the above book author, but has since been turned over to others, so I cannot vouch for the current spirit there, but it was very good 2007-2008 when I was there learning for a solid year.

*I do not vouch for mia sherwood's dream forum as she does not believe generational curses exist, nor does she believe that our dreams can be infiltrated by the enemy. The Lord sent me there a couple years ago, He exposed this; I spoke to her directly and I was run off as a heretic.... I do not know if such theology is still held to today... just be advised....

Other resources:
Research attributes of people, animals ect in encyclopedia/dictionary.
Sometimes I do just google: '__________ dream meaning' and it will lead to some new age site or whatever... oh well... the key is in taking what bears... I have found valid help by doing this.... just have to be discerning.

When you post here... whatever others say.... you are the final authority because symbols for one person in the past are not set in stone/cookie cutter for all.
I have known very clearly that a seeming 'bad symbol' was not bad for the circumstances in a dream & on a dream board people got all upset - rejecting - based on their own understanding. The attitude we need to have is: "I don't have to KNOW everything right now... can trust that I do my part in seeking out to the best of my ability and He'll do the rest."

You hafta go with what bears ultimately... some weaker dream newbies get tossed in the surf by allowing everyone to do all the interp for them like groupies & end up a mess. (same kinda running to and fro in getting 'words' from prophets LOL)

Some dreams take years to unfold : ) So, I journal it all down... bits & pieces I may have an idea, but I don't mill over... years pass & the dream pops back into mind.

*Journal tip: If you do it on the computer... you can utilize 'search' when dreams resurface in your mind. (Printing out your progress every 6 mos. or so, may be a good idea for the future.. just so you have a hard copy too.)

Dream symbolism can get weird... I had one where a minister was french kissing me! I woke up laughing & it wasn't a sexual overtone at all..... as I relayed the dream to my hubby I actually said.... 'and so 'said minister' was GIVING ME SOME TONGUE'..... wahlah..... dream immediately interpreted.... (alas, the KEY was in a play on words!) I was receiving the mantle or manifestation or whatever you wanna call it.... the same TONGUE.... as this minister! Who sez God does'nt have a sense of humor ROTFLOL!

But... He gives us a mystery & we can choose to seek it out or to reject it... His ways not our own ; )

EX: bathroom dreams= personal spiritual housecleaning, specific rooms of a house can mean certain things... Kitchen/heart.... Attic/mind....basement/hidden, buried stuff we needa deal wth. Jesus/holy spirit can show up as mentors, father, spouse...over time you'll just 'know'. Sometimes I've had a dream start out with husband symbol being my actual husband & then turn over into symbolizing Jesus. 'Naked' dreams are akin to 'bearing' your heart or transparency with others (don't freak out LOL). Pants= authority (who's wearing the pants.... see how the play on words relates?)

I do not dream as oft as I used to.... used to be every single night... and may be based on how busy we are... some can flow more and HEAR Him more in the day. When I used to dream more I was at home raising kids with out a spare alone moment so a sure factor, LOL. Now, I do get some quiet time (kids are all in school - woo hoo!). Whatever the case... dreams are not 'lesser' than an open vision or prophetic utterance... so do press in patiently even if it is a 'time released capsule'... anything the Lord has to share with us is more than Golden!

*Battling a lot in your dreams? Here's a series I did called: Spiritual Warfare Dreams

[paulholmes]

I like your take on dreams. I'm not fond of the books and systems that try to tell you what every single object or action in your dream means. I believe when God gives you a dream He wants you to search out the meaning and He has already peppered it with clues that will take on meaning as you pray.

For me the first thing I ask myself is, how did this dream make me feel? In some instances I've been able to discern the dream was from the enemy simply because the feelings I got from it were unscriptural -- despair, inferiority, fear, etc.

Last year I had a lot of dreams. In the last 5 or 6 months I've had very few. It seems the Lord is talking to me more in my spirit as I meditate on scriptures, so I have a lot of "words" from Him in the last 3 or 4 months especially.

Many years ago when I was backslidden, hanging around with dopers and doing a lot of drinking (late 20s) I had a dream I was at a restaurant counter with my doper friend and all of a sudden a huge menacing bear rose up from behind the counter. You know, I didn't need to go to some book to look up what a bear meant in dreams. It was very obvious to me the Lord was simply saying, "If you continue this path you will face destruction."

Your french-kissing dream reminded me of another dream I had where someone I respected, a female, told me she liked to jump in the back seat. Even in the dream I was a little taken aback by what seemed to be a double-entendre and so I just ignored the comment and continued the conversation. Later as I was praying about the dream I felt the Lord was showing me that she liked others to lead while she supported from the "back." Yes, the Lord does have a sense of humor.

Glad you put up this forum. Will be checking it a lot.

[buildthefarm]

so far streams ministries cd set have been my only resource, i really only have time for audio during the week and ebooks will not work at all for me. but video and audio suggestions from other sources would be really helpful. so far streams is the only one i know that has them but ill look at the ones you put up on here and see. thanks

[buildthefarm]

hey im watching doomsday preppers for the first time and its kina fun lol. but this one guy is prepping in Hawaii cuz of visions of a tsunami. they are not Christians or anything, they seem more eastern religion types actually. but the dreams and visions aspect was interesting and it made me curious cuz tons of people are having tsunami dreams and for some reason i thought you had one of a tsunami? any idea what that might represent?

[star3]

Feb 16, 2013 13:48:01 GMT -5 buildthefarm said:

so far streams ministries cd set have been my only resource, i really only have time for audio during the week and ebooks will not work at all for me. but video and audio suggestions from other sources would be really helpful. so far streams is the only one i know that has them but ill look at the ones you put up on here and see. thanks

www.myonar.com/video-audio-resources/

[buildthefarm]

thank you star3 i watched a little of the opening video on that site and liked what i heard. haven't had times to look all the way into it yet, but i sure am going to:)

[Summerfieldgreen]

Some other things to use are a dictionary, a book of antonyms and synonyms, and a book of idioms.