Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor

All of our dreams help us deal with our thoughts and feelings in ways that support our minds’ renewal.

Indirectly, the Holy Spirit speaks to us while we sleep as part of the process of renewing our minds. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds,”. Job 33:14-15 explains that God speaks often through dreams, even when we don’t recognize that is happening: “For God does speak – now one way, now another – though no one perceives it. While you’re dreaming, your mind is more open to receiving new information and inspiration than you are while you’re awake. That’s because sleep relaxes your mind, so you’re less likely to allow stress or fear to prevent you from tuning into what God is saying. You can be especially receptive to hearing from God while you’re sleeping.

Both when you’re awake and when you’re asleep, God constantly communicates with you, using whatever methods are best to reach you. God does still give prophetic dreams to people. Those dreams sometimes provide information about individual people (like Abimelech’s dream about Sarah in Genesis 20 and Pontius Pilate’s wife’s dream about Jesus in Matthew 27) and sometimes give information about future historical events (such as Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in Daniel 2 and Daniel’s dream in Daniel 7). Helping people who in need (such as Paul’s dream in Acts 16 urging him to go to Macedonia, where people needed to hear the gospel)īoth the Old Testament and New Testament describe a variety of prophetic dreams.Warnings (such as Pharoah’s dreams in Genesis 41 warning him to store up food to prepare for a coming famine).Encouragement to follow God’s guidance (like Joseph’s dream in Matthew 1 encouraging him to not be afraid of Mary’s pregnancy and move ahead with their plans to wed).Those include dreams about topics such as: In Numbers 12:6, God declares: “When there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams.” The Bible records many instances of prophetic dreams, which many different types of people experience.

Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor