Children and the night season

Children and the Night SeasonBiblical Understanding For Interpreting Your Children’s Dreams

“The power of God was there manifested, and was helpful both in waking visions and dreams, often for the relief of many diseases and for those afflicted by some sudden crisis in their affairs”

Sozoman (about 5th century church in Constantinople)

A Dream Uninterpreted is Like a Letter

Unopened

The Talmud

Daniel 7

1. Record the dream “Daniel had a dream and

visions of his head while on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream, telling the main facts.” Daniel 7:1

Daniel 7

2. Find the Dream Focus: what’s the dreamer doing?

“I saw…after this I looked…after this I saw…I was considering…I watched…I was watching…I came near…”Daniel 7:2,6,7,8,9,11,13,16

Daniel 7

3. Seek Heavenly Help “I came near to one of those

who stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things.” Daniel 7:16

Daniel 7

4. Summarize the Interpretation “These great beasts, which are four,

are four kingdoms which arise out of the earth. But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever” Daniel 7: 17, 18

Daniel 7

5. Find the Key Action & Emotion

“I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me” Daniel 7:15

Daniel 7

6. Dig in With the Main Symbols “I was watching; and the same

horn was making war against the saints, and prevailing against them” Daniel 7:21

Daniel 7

7. Meditate on the Message “…my thoughts greatly

troubled me, and my countenance changed: but I kept the matter in my heart” Daniel 7: 28

Job 33: 14-18 “For God may speak in one way or

another, yet man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while slumbering on their beds, the He opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction in order to turn man from his deed, and conceal pride from man. He keeps back his soul from the Pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.”

Dream Interpretation Process

Record the Dream (Daniel 7:1, Habbakkuk 2:2) Determine the Focus (Daniel 7: 2,6,7,8,9,11,13,16) Title the Dream – use action words Determine the Main Theme or Motif (Daniel 7: 17-22) Find the Key Action & Emotion (Daniel 7:15) Discern the Meaning of the Main Symbols (Daniel 7:19)

Seek heavenly help and meditate on the message

Biblical vs. Secular Interpretations

In the days of Daniel, and in the days of Pharoah and Joseph, the accepted methods of the day could NOT interpret a dream from God!

They still can’t

Biblical vs. Secular Interpretations

Biblical

Arise Without -- God who sees me knows what I need to reach my life’s purpose

Spiritual Creations – that use God’s picture language (parables, etc.)

Secular

Arise within – my psyche is searching the innermost part of me.

I am Spiritual --I have the wisdom I need within me to create what I need

Biblical vs. Secular Interpretations

Biblical Determined by the

Spirit – received in our Spirits and percieved by our Spirits. God is the answer or has the answer you are looking for

Look to God – God is looking into me and tells me what I need to do

Secular Determined by the

Psyche – your soul (mind, will, emotion) has the answers that you are looking for because it is part of a greater consciousness

Look deep within – find hidden mysteries or solutions that are secret

Biblical vs. Secular Interpretations

Biblical Spiritual Elements --

There are levels of meaning – need discern & contrast and aspects of the symbol & who it is for

Embrace the Spirit of God – Allows me to know who I am in God’s eyes so I can conform to His image

Secular Universal Symbols

(archetypes) – characters or elements will always be the same. There will only be one interpretation

Embrace the Unconscious – Allows me to find my true self-awareness or see into my true self

Biblical vs. Secular Interpretations

Biblical Intuitively Understood

--Interpretations are received from a grander logic via the Holy Spirit

Invitation to Relationship – Dreams are meant to launch us into a dialogue with God

Secular Logically Understood

– interpretations can be deduced by logic (or computer program)

Invitation to solve a problem -- Dreams merely tell us about ourselves

“Beyond a doubt the greater part of mankind derive their knowledge of God from their dreams”

Tertullion

Where Do Your Children’s Dreams Come From?

Dreams that are full color are from God. God is light, in Him is NO darkness at all.

Where Do Your Children’s Dreams Come From?

Dreams of your Soul tend to be muted color. These are dreams you caused to be dreams – things you fear or things you want really badly

Where Do Your Children’s Dreams Come From?

The enemy of your soul is not a creator of light so these dreams are black and white. Given to steal, kill, destroy, & create fear

How Do You Help Your Child Get The Meaning of Their Dream?

Create a dream notebook – Write their dreams in it – shows you value the dream & the child

Have your kids draw out their dream

Have them act out their dream – helps them articulate what happened

What are some hindrances to our children’s dream life or night encounters?

Parents don’t believe in their child – “It’s only in your imagination”

Outside interferences can callous the eyes or cause the wrong kind of spiritual encounter

If YOU value their encounters it creates an expectancy in their hearts (and the hearts of their siblings that they will be next)

What Causes Nightmares in My Children?

Many children have a gift for

hearing God through dreams and the enemy wants to shut down their gift & scare them with nightmares

What Causes Nightmares in My Children? Things to Consider… What are you allowing your

child to take in though their eyes – the gateway of the soul?

Ask the Lord and He WILL show you

What Causes Nightmares in My Children? Things to Consider

What are YOU, as head of the household bringing into the house?

What movies/TV are you watching?

What is on your computer?

What Causes Nightmares in My Children? Things to Consider…

Are they processing traumas? Some children have been through rough times (bullying, war, marital strife, accidents, virtual strife, etc…)

What Causes Nightmares in My Children? Things to Consider…

If you are clean and your child is clean then it is a good idea to cut generational ties. (like inherited fears, etc.)

What you can do for your child… Teach them how to enter the realm

of the spirit Give your child a voice – let them

share with you as you listen Even if you don’t know what the

dream means, value them and their dream

“You can do anything with God’s power while you are sleeping in a dream. You can turn into Superman or Spiderman or Wonder Woman. You can get a gun or a big stick. Or you can say STOP! I don’t want to have this dream anymore”

When you tell a young child that they can do anything in a

dream…

…they believe you

Ultimately dreams are about relationships

“Dreams, more than any other thing, entice us toward hope, when our heart spontaneously presents hope to us, as happens in our sleeping state, then we have in the promise of our dreams a pledge from the divinity”

Synesius of Cyrene (5th century bishop)

-- Teach in homes -- Prophetic events

-- Dream parties -- Art & Soul Workshops

-- Prayer parties -- Spiritual Mentoring

-- Life Coaching -- Spiritual Writing