Whispers of Peace: Ep1: Divine Encounters: Jesus Speaks in Dreams

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Well, welcome to the Diary of Black Women podcast with our Faith on the Go series,

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where we explore the intersection of faith, culture, and personal growth.

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I'm your host, Connie Morris, and today we're embarking on a journey through

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a fascinating and profound topic, dreams.

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We'll be discussing divine encounters through dreams, where Jesus himself speaks

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to us in the stillness of the night.

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This episode is titled Divine Encounters, Experiencing Jesus in Your Dreams.

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Many have long wondered about dreams. Still, for those who have faith,

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they are often more than just random images.

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They are powerful spiritual moments where the divine touches the human soul.

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In today's episode, I want to explore this understanding of dreams.

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Especially how Jesus can reveal himself and guide us while we sleep.

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So let's open up in prayer. Heavenly Father, we come before you today with open

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hearts and minds, ready to receive your word.

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We invite your Holy Spirit to guide our time together as we explore the divine

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encounters you bring to us in our dreams.

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Let us hear your voice clearly and may your presence fill our hearts with peace, wisdom and love.

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In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

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So dreams have always held a significant place in the history of God's communication with his people.

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Throughout scripture, we see that dreams are not just fleeting images.

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They are moments when the veil between heaven and earth become thin,

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allowing God to speak to us in ways that bypass our conscious mind.

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We see here in Genesis 28 that Jacob dreams of a ladder reaching up to heaven

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with angels ascending and descending on it.

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This dream wasn't just symbolic. It was a direct encounter with a divine where

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God reaffirmed his covenant with Jacob.

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Similar to the New Testament, Joseph, the husband of Mary, received divine instruction through dreams.

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First to marry Mary and later to flee with her and Jesus to Egypt for protection.

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Dreams are significant forms of communication from God, offering guidance,

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warnings, and even comfort.

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They serve as a reminder that God is intimately involved in our lives,

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even in our most vulnerable state, sleep.

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And it's in this space where we often encounter Jesus in ways that can transform our hearts and minds.

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So I just want to pause here. So when we're in our resting state,

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that God is able to bypass all the junk that gets in the way that hinders his

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communication with us during the day.

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And just speak directly to our hearts. And so if you are a person that dreams

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or if you had dreams and you didn't quite understand them,

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take a chance that you would just take a moment, keep a pad and pencil or ink pen next to your bed.

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And if you roll over, no matter what type of dream it is, just begin to write the dream down.

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Just write down the details.

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And a lot of times in those dreams, certain things kind of stick out the most.

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And also, I learned how to write down how I'm feeling.

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Sometimes I'm excited, a little anxiety. And just be very specific in those dreams.

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And just call your book or your journal like a dream journal.

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And just begin to document how God is speaking to you during those times.

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This is like the first phase of this dream talk. And there's many more coming because I'm learning.

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I'm not an expert and not a dream interpreter either, but I'm learning just

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through how God is training me on these dreams, right?

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That I'm just beginning to have more and more of them.

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And so I wanted to add those to my devotional.

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So let's keep continuing. So now we're going to just go a little bit deeper.

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When we talk about divine encounters, we are referring to the moment when God

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makes his presence known in a tangible and personable way.

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These encounters can happen in many forms through prayer, worship,

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or even a conversation with a friend.

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But dreams are one of those most intimate ways God connects with us.

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So I want you to think about this. In dreams, our defenses are down.

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We're not trying to control the narrative or structure our thoughts.

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This is why in dreams, we can experience a more profound and personal connection with Jesus.

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In my own experience, I had a dream where Jesus whispered to me, I am the Prince of Peace.

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This was not just a random phrase. It was a direct reminder of his nature and his promise to me.

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At that moment, I felt a sense of peace that I could only describe as supernatural.

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It was as though Jesus was reassuring me that no matter the circumstances,

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his peace was available to me.

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This wasn't just about a peaceful feeling.

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It was about his presence with me in every aspect of life, awake or asleep.

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So the dream, it was like, I don't know what was going on. I don't remember.

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I think I remember the details of the dream, but for the sake of this devotional

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faith on the go, I want to keep it short.

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But I remember it was pretty much chaotic.

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But then in the middle of that chaos, then Jesus leaned over and he whispered

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in my ear, I am the Prince of Peace.

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And then suddenly things just started to pretty much clear up,

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And that was just amazing to me that our life in the natural can be chaotic.

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And many times we can bring that chaotic into our dreamland too.

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And you guys know what I mean by that. But for God to interrupt the dream,

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right, and then speak peace over me in the dream.

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There have been times where he sings to me in the dream.

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So, like I said, this time of dreaming has become such an intimate time with

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me and Jesus that I'm going to be sharing a lot of this in the future devotionals.

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But let's talk more about dreams.

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It says, throughout the Bible, dreams have played a crucial role in revealing

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God's plans and purposes.

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For instances, in the book of Daniel, we see how King Nebuchadnezzar's dream

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was a prophetic message about the future of kingdoms on earth.

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And God gave Daniel the ability to interpret it.

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In these stories, we see how God uses dreams to communicate messages that are

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vital for our spiritual journey.

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And when I think about the dreams that I've been having, and even this dream

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that I'm sharing with you is that when you wake up and you say,

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where did he say that I am the Prince of Peace?

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And then you begin to relate it to scripture.

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And then you go on a, you go on a Bible journey with the Lord.

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I think it was a time where, you know, we, we just came from almost three and

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a half years of a government that was pretty much,

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If you think about it, trying to take over things and then you wonder like,

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Lord, where are you in the government?

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I think that was one of my prayers.

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And then, I think as I was dreaming about that, wondering when will God step

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in, then you have the dream.

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And you figure in the scripture, it says the government will be on his shoulder.

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So Jesus is still holding the government accountable.

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And that's a good, relaxing sense that you can have when you know that even

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though everything may look chaotic, that there is still Jesus is still in control.

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And understanding even as I just discussed, Nebuchadnezzar's dream and Daniel's

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dreams, those were about government, you know, and how those turn out.

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You probably go to the book of Daniel and read about how God spoke to Daniel about government.

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And he even, Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar, remember he wanted the three Hebrew

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boys to bow to him as he built this large statue.

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And how did that turn out? You know, God showed up in the fire.

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And then we remember Daniel standing up against government.

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And they threw him into the lion's den and God closed the mounds of the lion.

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So this is a powerful reference when you think about God still has his eye on

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how things are ran in the government.

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But what about now? Does God speak through dreams today? Absolutely.

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Hebrews 13, 8 tells us that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.

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Just as God spoke to his people in the Bible, he continues to communicate with us now.

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We only need to be open into recognizing his voice, even when it comes in the stillness of the night.

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And how do you prepare for those dreams? I don't think you can.

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I think you just make sure you don't go watching something crazy on the media.

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Just, you know, you would like to go to bed with our iPhones on or something.

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And just sit and just relax.

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Lord, I just pray for sweet sleep and I open up my heart that you would speak

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to me tonight regarding ABC, whatever that is.

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And then just trust that God will come in and not interrupt your sleep,

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but just speak to you through your sleep.

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So practical stuff for understanding and embracing dreams.

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I'm gonna walk you through a couple of steps before I close this out.

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Now let's get practical.

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To me, I think for a supernatural God to enter into a natural body and speak

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the supernatural to you.

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That, to me, is awesome that he is watching over us in a way that when things

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look awry, that he speaks to us.

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With a supernatural voice. I know I'm getting a little emotional here because

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he's a supernatural God, but he cares about his creation, that he will interrupt

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your sleep to whisper in your ear to say,

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I am the Prince of Peace.

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Like, I got this, Connie. Don't you worry about a thing.

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So let's talk about how we can understand and embrace dreams.

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So if you believe that God is speaking to you in your dreams,

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what can you do to better understand them and embrace the message that he is giving you?

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There's four things that I have written down here. Number one,

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prayerfully prepare for dreams.

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Before going to bed, ask God to speak to you.

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Pray that he will use your dreams to give you guidance, peace, or revelation.

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Keep your heart open to whatever he might want to show you.

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A lot of times for me, you can get into a routine of, like I have a prayer routine

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in the morning and then kind of have a prayer routine in the evening where I

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don't want to have anything on my mind before I go to bed.

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And a lot of times you dream of, if you're listening to some,

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I'd say some crazy news, usually that crazy news is in your dream.

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And some people sleep with the TV on, that interrupts your dreams too.

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So trying to pray before you go to bed, but also make sure you can have on maybe

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some, just some kind of piano music,

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just some worship music to set the tone for God to come in and just to set a

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nice tone of a peaceful, welcoming tone.

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I never ask God for guidance, peace, and revelation. He always seems to know

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what I need so I don't get specific and I don't really ask for dreams.

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Usually I know when I'm going to dream because I'll feel like I need to go to

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bed because I know God wants to talk.

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That's the feeling I would get. But sometimes I would just go to sleep and then I'll have a dream.

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And then I'll, whoa, I didn't know I was having a dream tonight.

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And then sometimes I'll have a dream every night.

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You know, and I was like, how did I, I don't deserve a dream every night,

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but God decides he wants to talk to me every night.

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And that's just kind of preparation of your heart.

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So keep your heart open to whatever he might want to show up.

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So like I said, asking specifically, yeah, but I just kind of like,

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I'll do my prayer, not a routine. Sometimes I'm quoting decrees.

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I might be reading the Bible. I might be listening to a sermon.

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And I keep that night free from the drama of the latest news.

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You know, if I'm going to do the latest news, I listen to it during the day,

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but not before my bedtime.

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Number two, I mentioned this one, keep a dream journal. This is a powerful tool

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for spiritual growth. When you wake up, write down your dreams.

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Sometimes when you get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, you may be a dream.

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Write it down before you forget. even if it seemed insignificant.

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Yeah, I had the dream today. This seemed like it didn't go with none of my other

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dreams, but I wrote it down.

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Anyway, as you review your dreams over time, patterns may emerge and God may

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reveal more profound insights.

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What I found out with those little dreams, sometimes they don't seem like they make sense.

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They do make sense in the bigger realm of things.

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They just don't seem to make sense after that. What was that about?

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Boom. What was that about?

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And that doesn't go with the rest of the story, but they do go with the rest of the story.

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God is able to talk about multiple things, handle multiple things at once.

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So just be aware of that. So don't throw it out because you don't understand

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it. I remember just recently.

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That I had a dream. It didn't really make sense to me. It was just a dream.

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I didn't quite understand what it meant, but I wrote it down.

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About a week later, part two of that dream happened, and then it made sense.

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It made sense, and part one didn't seem like it really went with anything,

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but part two of that dream, the same characters of that dream showed up,

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and it became a rewarding dream.

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And so when I put those two dreams together, there was something I had to do.

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And so just be careful of you being of your own understanding.

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God knows what he's doing and he knows the end from the beginning.

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And so he knows what's coming your way.

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And so sometimes he doesn't want to give it to you all at once because it's

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not all happening at once.

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He's giving it to you part by part.

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So just be aware of that. Don't throw out anything. Just write it all down because it all goes together.

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Pray for discernment. Not every dream is from God.

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It is essential to ask for discernment. If you feel the dream is significant,

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pray and ask God for wisdom and clarity on this meeting, especially the weird

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dream. You're like, Lord, is this from you? What is this about?

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And all the time you write it down and never come to nothing,

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maybe that wasn't from God.

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But always write them all down. And usually while it's still fresh in your heart,

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when you roll over, you can just feel his presence still.

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And I'll stay in that feeling of his presence until he's done talking with me.

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And so I will, he'll have scripture for me.

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He'll have more clarification of what that dream meant.

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And it just gets really, and then I'll get up and I'll go pray.

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And that presence of God will stay on me all day. And so understanding like

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the dream, because you dream it doesn't mean his presence doesn't go away.

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You know, it'll stay with you all day or something will come up or he will say

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something, speak to you.

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And that same feeling that you have when you when you woke up will come back.

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So there's something's going on in the spiritual realm that he wants you to be aware of.

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Maybe he just want to hang out with you. Right. You know, so just be aware of

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his presence and, you know, God is a teacher trainer.

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And so maybe he's training you for something to to be aware of his presence.

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So just start to just notice those things.

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And so and just just pay attention to when things are a little bit different.

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Pray for discernment. Lord, is this you? Is this you?

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What's going on? You know, remember, God supports his word with scripture.

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You know, and so don't become, like, strange people.

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And count on dreams because God confirmed his dreams with his word.

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Like I said, sometimes they're like a deja vu moment where you start to,

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it's like you're living out your dream because some things in reality are starting to come to pass.

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Some things, people you saw in your dream, you're starting to see in your day-to-day,

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warning, good, bad, ugly.

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You just have that presence on you.

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You're not sharing that with anyone, just you and the Lord, just walking through reality.

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And remember, he's supernatural God. He's on your natural and he's just kind

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of partnering with you. Remember he said he'll never leave you or forsake you.

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And so he's giving you his perspective.

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And so isn't it just a cool thing that he comes and invade our time of sleep,

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that he comes and gives us information.

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That's awesome. And then look for the powerful point. Look for the Bible for confirmation.

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God will speak, will never speak something in a dream that contradicts his word.

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If your dream aligns with scripture, it may be a divine message. Reflect on the Bible.

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That's so true.

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I always say, one of the things I always say, Lord, where's that in the Bible?

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Where's that in the Bible? And sometimes I don't have to say that. He'll just give it to me.

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That's according to this. That's according to that.

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Like the titles of Jesus found in Isaiah 9, 6, wonderful counselor,

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mighty God, everlasting father, and prince of peace.

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These are the ways as Jesus revealed himself, and he may be using your dream

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to show you an aspect of his character.

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Another thing I found out too, is that when we try to share our dreams,

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remember our dreams are coming from a supernatural source.

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And we try to share that dream after having a supernatural experience.

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And people look at you like, that sounds so like, if it doesn't,

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it does, it sounds Sounds kind of, can I say the word, crazy to them?

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But in reality, you just had a supernatural experience and they don't have the

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supernatural insight that you may have.

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Nothing wrong with that. It wasn't for them. It was for you.

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Then you'll find out that you don't discredit your dream because no one understands it but you.

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That's your dream. God's speaking to you. Write it down like Mary did and ponder

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on it and see where it takes you.

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So I'm learning that my dreams are just so vivid these days that I want to share

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it. But when I share it, it's just too much.

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I have to stop mid-sentence when I start to share it because they're not ready.

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They're just not ready. It's supernatural. It's a supernatural dream.

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And I'm just a natural person trying to explain what has happened to me supernaturally.

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And so that's why I'm able to take these devotionals, take time out,

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meditate on it, and just begin to explain it.

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And then it takes that much time to explain it and try to put a picture to it

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and create a devotional for it.

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And still it does not give it justice.

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It still doesn't give it justice, but it gets it out there and helps you to grow in your faith.

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And so I want to just share this quick testimony. I just think I shared most

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of it, but after my dream where Jesus whispered, I am the Prince of Peace,

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I felt compelled to reflect on this in scripture.

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So I turned to John 14, 27, where Jesus says, peace I leave with you, My peace I give you.

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I do not give to you as the world gives.

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Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

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This verse came alive for me in a new way.

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I realized that Jesus was offering me more than just a temporary escape from anxiety.

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He's offering me his presence, his peace that transcends understanding.

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So it transcends understanding.

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So like when we don't understand something, when God said he gives you peace,

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remember that's supernatural, right?

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So I'm trying to, you said, how

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do you, how could you be so relaxed in a situation that's so stressful?

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Because God says, I'm your peace. And so I'm seeking God as my peace.

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And so remember that dreams where you felt Jesus speaking directly to you.

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Remember those times? That's that peace.

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Maybe you're longing for a divine encounter. So I encourage you to seek him

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and be open to what he reveals to you.

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So go seek in Jesus for peace.

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Many people find peace in other things, alcohol, maybe in other things,

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sexual sin, talking too much, gossiping too much.

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But take that time and just sit quietly in his presence.

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Maybe just re-listen to this podcast again and allowing just the Spirit of God

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just to settle on you, especially when you wake up after a dream.

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And sometimes we wake up and there was no dream, but there's a sense of peace in the room.

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And you don't even talk to anybody. You just walk and you're just like,

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I just sense your presence, Lord.

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And I just want you to be with me all day, this sense of peace and confidence that I have with you.

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Amen. And so as we wrap up today, I want to encourage you to lean into the dreams you experience.

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Don't dismiss them as random or unimportant. Instead, approach them with the

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expectation that God may be speaking to you.

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He wants to reveal this peace, guidance, and love through these moments of divine

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connection. but I want to add these divine supernatural connections.

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Remember, encountering Jesus in dreams is not just for biblical figures we read about.

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It's for you. It's for me today, now.

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Jesus is always near, and he desires to communicate with you in deeply and in personal ways.

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Close this out in prayer. Lord Jesus, thank you for the ways you speak to us, even while we sleep.

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Help us to recognize your voice in our dreams and understand the messages you are sending us.

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May we encounter your love, your peace, and your guidance in every dream.

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We place our trust in you and look forward to the ways you reveal yourself to us.

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In your precious name we pray. Amen. Thank you for joining me today on the Diary

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of a Black Woman podcast with our Faith on the Go series.

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I hope this episode has encouraged you to seek divine encounters in your dreams.

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Even while you're awake, just constantly seeking the Lord.

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Stay tuned for our next episode, which will delve deeper into encountering Jesus

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as the Prince of Peace in your dreams. Until next time, be blessed and keep on dreaming.