Why I don't do Yoga

     Many years ago, in my early 20s, I dreamed I was looking over a canyon with a ski lift cable stretching across as far as my eyes could see. But instead of benches, chairs or dangling cabins there was a huge Buddha head. As the Buddha head approached from a great distance away I realized how big it was and that it was coming from overseas.

 
      I took the dream as a warning of what was coming into the church and in many cases, what has already infiltrated many areas of Christianity in America. After my dream I began to see eastern religious practices everywhere.  I started hearing about Christian women’s groups having yoga sessions etc.

       I know some may roll their eyes and continue to participate and embrace eastern religious practices and ideas, but as for me and my house (temple) I will not bow into any position that honors or worships another god. That's exactly what each Yoga position does!

      The dream is not only a warning about yoga but theologies and philosophies sneaking their way into Christian teachings.

     I remember another dream I had recently (one or two years ago). All these people were lifelessly laying on the ground. After seeing the image in my dream, I woke up to the Holy Spirit saying, there is a “great falling away.” The fear of God went through me and I immediately started repenting of anything and everything that could be drawing me away from a pure and holy relationship with my God. 

      Remember it's a slow fade.

    I said, “Lord, let that not be me!” I will not fall away and now that I’m aware that there is this pull happening in the body of Christ, I will stand against it in my own life.  I pray anyone reading this does the same. There is a "great falling away" that is happening.

    May the fear and conviction of God lead us to repentance.

    It’s because of His great love for us that He warns us and corrects us.

    He's a good Father.

Dream 9/6/16 - chanters

      I have so many dreams. I record them daily and sometimes I like to share them. I can't share them all otherwise I'd have no more room on my blog lol. This one was intense and very detailed. I thought it would be an interesting one to share. I always thought I could turn many of my dreams into fiction books :-)

       I had a dream. I was in a Muslim country. I was surrounded by dirt roads and a mixture of nice to run down buildings and shopping areas. I was terrified. All of a sudden I hear chants “Allah-akbar” over and over again. I hear someone call my name, "Amber!". They are trying to get my attention. I look over and see them drop to the ground into a ball (like you would in school if there were a tornado warning). I realize they are telling me to do the same so I drop just in time before the chanters reach my area. Come to find out if you don’t drop to the ground into a ball the chanters will beat you or even kill you. I felt terror!

            I saw Scotty (the country singer from American Idol) and I clung to him. I told him not to leave me and to help me get out of this country and onto a plane back home. He stuck with me for a while and helped. He seemed to have strength and wisdom about the area. Another time I was on a bus and the chanters got on, so we all dropped, feeling terror again. This happened over and over at random times. Another time I entered a restaurant and saw several Muslim women dressed in  muted grayish purple body suits, head covered, no skin or eyes showing. They were sitting and waiting it seemed. They wanted me to greet them by praising their god and saying, “Allah-akbar” but I didn’t because I didn’t know it was a rule. I saw one of the ladies get up to get something and I knew she was going to try and burn me alive because I didn’t praise their god just like they had done to someone previously. They were scheming and making up rules as they went to purposely punish people. She was acting nice, and was going to cozy up next to me then strike!

         My heart was racing as I slowly exited the building. I knew at any second I could go up in flames. I finally made it out and turned a few corners. I found a little nook, but it was surrounded by windows from that restaurant and they could see me. I saw more women crowded by the window and I was scared, so I purposely said it loud enough for them to hear me, “Allah-akbar” over and over. They heard and disappeared. I didn’t mean it in my heart. I said it to buy myself time to escape a heated situation.

         Then at some point I hear the chanters again and they are across the street. The dirt road was as wide as a 12 lane highway. I could see the chanters and they were full of energy.  I saw lots of young people participating, which surprised me, and they didn’t seem like Muslims. They were part of  black lives matter. They carried bats and weapons and chanted terrorizing whoever they passed and banging on buildings. Again, terror.

        I remember scenes of the dream where I was traveling on highways that intersected and were high like overpasses. I remember not knowing which way to go to get out of there. Eventually I didn’t see Scotty with me anymore, I assumed he left, which scared me. He wasn’t really invested in sticking with me, but more so I was clinging to him.

      At some point I enter an American store in America. I felt relief. The store was so bright with white walls that it gave off a crisp blueish tint. There was cool ac running, and calming music. I remember the peace that washed over me. Normal life again! I remember telling someone in the store my experience and they said those people want their people to live in a constant state of terror. And I agreed and said that’s exactly how I felt being there.

Dream: Be removed

In my dream I saw a lady walking alone in the dark. I saw a tag, label or something attached to her belt on her back side where she couldn’t see it or know about it. I saw the sign removed.

When I woke up I thought about things, big and small, that happen repeatedly to some of us specifically social and relationship issues – some of us since we were kids. We begin to think these negative attacks, whether big or small, are personal. We begin to feel rejected, so we isolate ourselves - we get bullied to the outskirts. We may wonder if we did something wrong to deserve what keeps repeating.  

In the dream this lady had a sign attached to her that she didn’t know about, like a kid at school with a “kick me” sign which encourages people who are easily influenced negatively to randomly kick the kid throughout the day. The poor kid thinks it’s personal, but it’s not. The kid goes all day being randomly kicked. Their confidences dissolves, they become fearful and confused and start avoiding people. Why is everyone against me?  They believe the lie.

Spiritually it’s the same thing. Somehow, someway, somewhere a sign gets placed on us – even as child. These signs are there to make us feel personally attacked and rejected. They give direction to negative forces who influence weak people to behave badly toward us, which in return tricks the victim into living afraid and isolated. They begin absorbing these attacks personally, not realizing it’s a spiritual set-up masquerading as truth.

 (I believe) God says he’s removing these signs attached to us.

(these are my impression upon waking up)

Dream inspiration : Clothes that fit

       I dream almost daily, but a few months ago I had a dream that really encouraged me. In my dream I was standing near a rack of clothes in a store. I began trying on each piece of clothing on the rack. Some were big, some were small, and even the ones that fit, really didn't fit well. I remember looking at myself thinking, "This doesn't feel like me at all." I was very discouraged. Then, while feeling hopeless, my dream's view expands and I see the entire store filled with racks of clothes. I felt hope rise within me, "There are more clothes to choose from!" I knew I'd find something that fit and felt right on me. I just had to move away from the rack and go explore.

      Upon awaking, I knew the meaning of the dream. It encouraged me greatly. Thus far in my life I've often felt like I don't fit in anywhere. I've tried on a lot of things, tried to make things work even though the fit was off and it didn't feel like me. I've gotten discouraged thinking I'm stuck wearing clothes I don't like, clothes that don't inspire me, clothes that don't reflect who I am on the inside.  I've only spent my time trying clothes from one rack, I've tried to mix and match, do this and that, trying to get these clothes to work for me but they never will - I even hated the drab colors and style. I have to move on to other things. I need to explore. 

        After this dream, I've started to encourage people that the world is bigger than where they are. We often try to force ourselves to fit where we don't belong, in communities we don't thrive in, and take on roles for the sake of belonging even if it dims our light, but if we have courage and break away from what's comfortable and easy, we will be rewarded by finding clothing that fit.
        Just as a puzzle piece has it's place, so do we. The discouragement, tension and pressure we feel is a sign we are in the wrong place, just like a puzzle piece trying to force itself in the wrong spot - the spot will never make room for the wrong piece, it will live in constant tension and pressure. I don't know about you, but I'm tired of living that way.

        If we want to live free and have mental, emotional, physical freedom, we must have courage to explore, courage to walk alone and courage to expand our boundaries. The world is bigger than our little sphere. So this is my goal in this season of my life. Continue to detox from the old and look for ways to explore, taste and see new things. I have hope there are clothes that fit me, and there are clothes that fit you! :-)

2001 Flood Dream

         I wish I had documented a hard copy of this testimony when it happened but I didn't. I can only share from my and my families memory. Details like time and day of the week are missing, but the whole of the event is still clear. 

          I was laying on my bed when I had a vision. A vision usually happens when we are awake. I was awake and a vision/picture  of a flood came before me and my home church, Lakewood Church was above the storm. I saw news crews, people dropping off items, others in need picking up items, people in wedding clothes, people sleeping there and Lakewood being a safe place. I stood up after seeing the vision and told my parents. I had no idea what it meant. In my young mind I worried it was the end of the world (haha) and people were going to hide out at my church (haha). My vision didn't give me the context of the event. I just knew what I saw nothing more or less. 

        This is where my memory falls short. I don't know if it was later that day, a day after or a few days after, but at some point my family was watching TV together and my mom calls out for me to, "hurry, hurry, look at the TV. It's what you saw!" I run out and see my vision on the news in real time. I was 17 years old at the time.

       

        One news article reported back in 2001,

       " In the hard-hit northeastern part of the city, more than 3,300 people took refuge on Saturday night in the Lakewood Church, which eventually became the largest refugee center of more than 30 across the city.

     "People just started coming and kept on coming because they had no place else to go," the church's pastor, the Rev. Joel Osteen, said. "Eventually, city workers started dropping people off here in dump trucks because they were the only vehicles that could get through the water."

Short of food by Saturday morning, Mr. Osteen recruited two brothers- in-law with Chevy Suburbans and a family friend for a visit to Sam's Discount Club, where they spent $3,000 on ingredients for sandwiches.

       "Every time we returned with a load of food, the crowd of people would have gotten larger and we'd have to go make another trip," he said.

       But by today, the local news media had reported about food shortages at the church, and area residents bearing food, diapers, clothing and bottled water created a traffic jam in the streets outside the church."

        My family and I watched it play out on TV and later volunteered with the church to help fix up people's houses and clear out all the trash.
        One lady who was interviewed stated as she surveyed the damage, "I was raised in this house. I'm 54 years old. And I've never seen anything like this."

Dream: Sister Wives

     Have you seen TLC's show Sister Wives? Well I've watched it several times through, thanks to Netflix. As I watched I began to wonder, "What's the big deal?". The Brown family seems like a healthy happy family. They love Jesus, they try to live a holy life. They aren't what most consider a polygamous family. They're probably living a more Godly life than most Christians nowadays.

      As I began to think about their life and the word of God, I started praying. Lord what is so wrong with their life? They aren't perverts or child abusers as some may think. They are trying to honor you and live a selfless life. As usual I spent days praying and rolling it around in my mind, heart and spirit. I mean, some in the Old Testament had several wives. Even though I don't think it's God's best plan, is it really that bad?

      Then one night I had a dream. In the dream the sister wives were devouring each other. It was gross and almost like a nightmare but without the fear and darkness. While dreaming the interpretation of the dream was shared with me. The Bible says we are to eat the words that come out of God's mouth (Matt 4:4). He is the bread and the wine (Matt 26:26). We are to eat His word (Jer 15:16). The Sister wives are eating man. They are eating their own thoughts and ideas. Spiritual speaking they are cannibals.

      Though they try and live a moral life, they are basing their life on the wisdom of man and not the word of God. It's not about what seems right in our own eyes, or our own striving for morality - we are to spiritual eat what God has provided for us and not the ideas of man.

       I was not going to share this experience, but I had another dream that encouraged me to share it. I think some may allow their hearts to compromise because the Browns are such a loving family. It's easy to allow deception when it comes so sweet and peacefully. But, hopefully people's random google search for "Sister Wives" will lead a few to my blog to see the truth from a scriptural perspective. Dreams have an amazing way of painting a picture. Just like children's books. :-)

Dreams & Mysteries

       I love the new program airing on Daystar, Dreams and Mysteries. It comes on every Thursday at 9:30c. On this program John Paul Jackson teaches about dreams and mysteries. Last night He discussed the difference between Prophets and Psychics. I'm thrilled he shared this information on such a large platform like Daystar. Unfortunately, many Christians  read their horoscopes and run to Mediums for answers. They're getting the enemies plans for their lives, even if it sounds good. Some may argue, "But the reading was accurate!". John Paul Jackson touched on this as well and talked about the difference between revelation and information. A psychic makes information sound like revelation.

       John Paul Jackson is very close to my heart. I've been following his ministry and teachings since 1999, when he was less known. So seeing him on Daystar weekly, not just as a special guest, is like sharing a close friend with the world. He's been so faithful all these years and I'm excited for this new opportunity God's opened for him. I know he is blessing many.

        I've had dreams since I was a child. I was even harassed by nightmares and wasn't able to sleep. John Paul says that many dreamers have the same experience growing up and I  agree. Many of my "dreamer" friends had nightmares growing up. The enemy likes to attack your gifts. One of the best ways to discover your gifts is to look at the attacks that come against you, and ask, "What's this attack trying to stop me from doing?".

        If you feel that you're gifted in this way: as a seer, prophet or a spiritually sensative person in some way, check out John Paul Jackson's teachings. He's very well balanced and backs everything with scripture. It's hard to find solid teaching in this area because many are either extremely religious and against it, or whack-a-doodles on the other end of the spectrum. John Paul's ministry, over the years, has helped me develop deeper intimacy with God, learn to hear His voice more clearly and has encouraged a holy life.

          I've you've missed any of Dreams and Mysteries episodes you can watch online, HERE.

Dream 5/24/13

I dreamed my husband and I were sitting next to John Osteen. It was John, Me and Chris sitting next to each other at the top of a huge stadium. John Osteen was my husband's spiritual father in the dream. We were overlooking an event taking place. This event was called "The Story" (The Story is a musical production that tells the entire story of the Bible through song from start to finish). As we were watching from above the dream changes and I see John sitting next to another man with darker hair that appeared next to him. They begin discussing the audience size. (When they said this I saw all the seats, some places were full but lots of empty seats too).  John said the problem was that people weren't staying till the end of "The Story". They were getting up and leaving early, that's why there were so many empty seats. Then the dreamed changed again and my husband and I were sitting next to John Osteen again at the top of this stadium. John looks at us and asks us to pray for his voice (because it was sick, hoarse, fading etc). We told him we would and I felt honored and humbled that he was asking us to pray for him.Then I woke up.

Dreams

    ."And they replied, “We both had dreams last night,
but no one can tell us what they mean.”
“Interpreting dreams is God’s business,” Joseph replied.
“Go ahead and tell me your dreams"
- Genesis 40:8 (NLT)      

     

            Have you ever had a dream? Did you wonder what it meant? There are many different ideas about dreams from secular psychologists saying they are repressed memories, to some Christians saying they are from demons, to other Christians saying they are from God and other people saying they are caused from eating greasy food after midnight. With all these different ideas, how do we know what to believe?

             As a Christ follower, I believe some dreams come from the Lord. He is a dream giver. I've had vivid dreams since I was a child. They've always been a part of my life. Ever since I can remember, I've had interesting spiritual experiences. Are you the same way?

            Christians who have never had spiritual experiences growing up usually look down on things like dreams because they can't relate, but once you've had a God dream there's no turning back. It's amazing. My favorite dreams are direction dreams. These are dreams where God gives you direction. He spoke to people in the New Testament in this way, guiding them which way to go just as His word promises (Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take - Proverbs 3:6 NLT).

            God led the wise men with dreams. He warned them not to return to Herod with information about baby Jesus, "And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route." - Matthew 2:12 NIV  The truth is God can communicate anything He wants to you through dreams, we only need to pay attention.

           It's troubling that much of the church does not recognize dreams as a Godly experience. I'd understand if the Bible never mentioned dreams, but the Bible is full of dreams. Dreams are not isolated to the Old Testament either; they are consistent throughout the New Testament as well.

          Even after reading New Testament scriptures showing God speaks to his followers in dreams, some will still turn their backs. Growing up as a dreamer has not always been easy. It's a sensitive subject and many have rejected me because of it. I know the way some church people view dreams so I usually keep it to myself, but with myspace, twitter, facebook etc., people can look up my blogs and see what I believe. I knew if someone had viewed my blog or read my books simply by the way they treated me afterwards. I can't tell you how many times someone will be friendly with me today and totally blow me off tomorrow after viewing my websites. I honestly want to say, "My websites/blogs turned you off? They aren't even half as radical as I truly am!" ha-ha   All jokes aside. I'd be lying if I said it didn't hurt, but I'm used to it.

           I do understand some people's hesitation. If they haven't read their Bibles and they are going based on what they've heard or seen by other radicals, it can be a big turn-off. It's important to remember that Godly dreams will never tell you something that goes against the word of God. It may go against man made doctrines, but never the word of God. It's also important to remember that God wants to speak to YOU. It's great to seek wisdom about your dreams BUT don't become dependent on a person to speak to you. Pray about the dream and seek God. It's important to seek God because not all dreams are from God. The enemy can lie to us in dreams. Our earthly flesh and emotions can slip into our dreams as well. It's a known fact that some medications can cause dreams too. 

         Also remember that you may not get an interpretation for every dream. Trust that all interpretations belong to God and if He doesn't reveal the meaning, move on. The most important thing to remember is not to make dreaming an idol. I see all too often "spiritual" people worshiping the art of dreaming and not the dream giver Himself. Our relationship is with God, not dreams.

          Dreaming with God is connected to our relationship with Him. The closer you are to Him, the more clear the line of communication and the easier it will be to hear and understand. One thing I try to do is read the Bible before I fall asleep. I also go to sleep expecting to hear from the Lord. Sometimes I dream a lot and other times I go weeks or months with not a single dream so don't get concerned with the amount of dreams you dream. If God has something to say then He will say it.

          If put in their proper place and used correctly, dreams can be an amazing blessing. I remember my mom having a dream that showed her we'd be okay during a hurricane and avoided hours of traffic by trying to evacuate. So we sat still and guess what! The storm totally missed us despite the weather report just like her dream had revealed! I remember having a dream that brought wisdom to a burden my mom was facing. My dream led to her healing! I've had dreams that shared where safe places would be during storms. Like years ago when I was still in High School, my church was located in an old run down inner city neighborhood. I dreamed during a flood it would be a safe place for people and news crews to come as my church gave out supplies for those in need.  And a few days later, my family and I watched my dream/vision unfold all over the news!

          Dreams are amazing! God speaks! My husband and I have made life changing decisions based on wisdom and clarity given in dreams. The Lord spoke to my husband about what apartment to move into and situations to avoid. My husband dreamed a previous company he worked for went out of business. When He woke up he felt the Lord urge him to start saving. A few months later the business did just that and it was the savings the dream inspired him to save that held him over until he got a new job. Praise God!!

          If you've closed your heart to hearing from God in dreams, you are missing out. I could write a book with story after story about how dreams have affected me and my family. I'd encourage you to search the Bible for yourself and really seek the Lord and allow Him to reveal more of Himself to you.

           I believe God wants to share life's details with you. It doesn't matter how big or small a situation is, if you invite Him in, He will share with you.

Dream 5/ 9/11 "Fellow-ship Sinking"

I was in a huge ship in the ocean with lots of people (like the titanic). Then I hear someone say the ship is sinking, and when I looked it was half way under water already. Someone told me that since we (the people I was with) were at the bottom level (class wise, not the cool people) there wouldn’t be any life boats left for us, and that we should jump out and swim while we were close to an island shore, since some could still touch the bottom. I began to wonder if there were wild animals on the island of land we’d have to swim to, or if we’d have to float in the water all night, but what about sharks? All those things popped into my mind but the dream never got that far because I woke up.

I think I know what this means, but I'm open if anyone has anything.I never really blog my dreams here, but I might start  sharing a few of the interesting ones. I miss blogging my dreams! Right now I type, and save all my dreams in Word. (no fun!) 

God Is Greater Than Our Hearts

"Let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. By this, we shall know that we are of the truth and can reassure our hearts before him; whenever our hearts condemns us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows everything. Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God, and whatever we ask, we receive from him because we keep His commandments and do what pleases him.” – 1 John 3:19-22 ESV


When we love in deed, we are not only blessing those whom our deeds are extended to, but we’re supplying our hearts the confidence needed to go before God. The Lord knows that our hearts will condemn us because we are with ourselves 24-7. We know when we’ve behaved poorly, when we’ve done something for selfish gain, and when we’ve hidden evil in our hearts toward others. We know it all, for we cannot escape ourselves. Others may not see our poor judgment outwardly, but we see and hear our own hearts.

Because we are so conscious of our own internal motives and hidden deeds that others may not see, our hearts continuously bring those things to our attention, causing us to feel unworthy to approach God with confidence. Yet, it's confidence that we need before God, if we want to receive whatever we ask for in prayers.

THE MESSAGE translation says it like this, “My dear children, let's not just talk about love; let's practice real love. This is the only way we'll know we're living truly, living in God's reality. It's also the way to shut down debilitating self-criticism, even when there is something to it. For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves. And friends, once that's taken care of, and we're no longer accusing or condemning ourselves, we're bold and free before God! We're able to stretch our hands out and receive what we asked for because we're doing what he said, doing what pleases him.”

Even if we do good deeds, some of us know that our hearts will still find things to “accuse and condemn” us for. My heart seems to be a pro at that! It’s a trick of the enemy to keep us feeling lowly and undeserving of God’s goodness. Plus, some days are just bad days, and we act as fools. It’s the truth! Some days our flesh wins, and our spirit-man starves. What are we to do then? Not pray? Kick ourselves out of the game, and sit on the side lines? NO WAY! We have to remember from whom our righteousness comes!

I remember a dream I had many years ago. I had just been told, by someone I respected, that I wasn’t good enough, and the dream I had later soothed my soul and changed the direction I was headed in. In the dream, two of the homosexual men I was ministering to in that season, began manifesting demons. They began shouting and screaming at me in such chaos. In the dream, I shrunk back in fear because I kept hearing what that person told me about not being good enough. My heart kept saying, “You’re not worthy”, “You can’t do this”, “You’re not good enough”, “You have too many issues to help anyone”, and on and on with all sorts of lies to make me feel less than God’s best. Then, finally, the Holy Spirit rose up within me, and I stood up and said to the demons, “GO! In Jesus' name! Not because of who I am! BUT BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS!!”, and the dream ended.

This brings me to my next point. Our righteousness comes from Jesus, not by our works. While our deeds may silence our “accusing and condemning” hearts, our ultimate peace should come in knowing WHO HE IS in us. For, “God is greater than our hearts, and He knows everything.”

Now, when I pray and my heart begins to whisper lies about my “righteousness”, I simply say, “Not because of who I am, BUT because of who YOU ARE. You are Jehovah-Tsidkenu – The Lord, my Righteousness. I’ve been bought with a price (1 Corinthians 6:20). You said if I confess my sins, you are faithful and just and will forgive my sins and purify me from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:21).”

So "let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth", as a blessing to others, ourselves, and to God. But let us not forget that if our “accusing and condemning” hearts are not silenced by that alone, that Jesus is our source of righteousness. He died so we can live. God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

It’s because of HIM.

He is greater than our hearts!

In a vision

Are you a prophet? It's really not that complicated to find out. The Bible says in Numbers 12:6 , "Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream." Many people take this verse to mean that if you're a prophet you will experience dreams and visions but that's not what this verse means at all. Many have dreams, visions and angelic encounters but not all are prophets.

Through our relationship with Jesus we are privileged to be able to communicate with God and that can involve dreams and visions. To be a prophet God will make Himself know to you in a vision. Has He come to you?

It's quit simple but the church makes it complicated. I think this is because people who are not prophets want to be counted as prophets, so they make their own list of requirements, but the Bible is pretty straight forward. We are spiritual beings with a momentary human experience, so we will experience super natural and prophetic things, but that doesn’t give us the mantel of a prophet.

Now my friend Newman had a vision of Jesus appear to him one day while resting. He's also had other interesting things that place along with that lately. He is more likely to walk in the role of a prophet because the Bible says, "I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision" which has happened to Newman. He also hears and sees God speaking to him in dreams. Whether or not it is time for him to walk in that mantel is not yet known, but he is a more likely candidate than some of the people walking around calling themselves prophets, just because they have a big mouth or strong opinion about something.

If God has not made Himself known to you in a vision you probably are not a prophet but that's okay. No need to be discouraged. Every part of the Body of Christ is important. You can still be prophetic and understand revelation for those things come from the Holy Spirit and are connected with your intimate relationship with Jesus. Why would you want to spend you life believing you were something that you are not? God clearly tells us in the bible how He identifies His prophets. You have strengths, gifts and talents. We all do! Don't you want to walk in your true role in the Body of Christ? I know I do!

The next time someone slaps the title of "prophet" of themselves look at their fruit and see if God has made Himself known to them in a vision. It's really that simple.

Dream 4/9/09

While I slept I was given a name for God, "The Good One". No images or anything just, "The Good One" and I knew it was talking about God. I guess the Holy Spirit knew I needed to remember that God is indeed good. I was feeling really discouraged and this encouraged me. Thank you Jesus.

"Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?” So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good?No one is good but One, that is, God.But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.” - Matthew 19:16-17

If you too are feeling discouraged by anything today remember God is good, not only good as in perfect but good to you. The Psalms says that He delights in you!

I was reading a short devotional today out of a book called "Streams In The Dessert" that might also encourage you. Here is a short excerpt

"Many people are wanting power. Now how is power produced? The other day we passed the great works where the trolley engines are supplied with electricity. We heard the hum and roar of the countless wheels, and we asked our friend, "How do they make the power?"

"Why," he said, "just by the revolution of those wheels and the friction they produce. The rubbing creates the electric current."

And so , when God wants to bring more power into your life, He brings more pressure. He is generating spiritual force by hard rubbing. Some do not like it and try to run away from the pressure, instead of getting the power and using it to rise above the painful causes."

Anyways I know this is part of my dream blog but I couldn't help pouring a little water in your bucket. Love ya!

-Amber

"All these things are against me" -Gen. 42:36
"All things work together for good to them that love God" -Romans 8:28

Dream 6/10/08

I dreamed that I was floating in a wide river full of people in tubes. It seemed normal to be in the river and the water was clean. There were all sorts of different people hanging out with friends and doing their own thing. I was floating with an Indian girl (from India). I stayed close to her. We seemed like good friends though we just met, she was very kind to me. We floated along the river for a long stretch. Then I was out of the river and I was walking on a road with the Indian girl/woman. She lead me to a big group of India girls. I felt insecure at first but they accepted me and they began kissing one another on the cheek and one leaned in to kiss me and I leaned away out of awkwardness but she came in closer anyway and kissed my cheek. It felt so real. They were all very nice. The dream was very colorful, peaceful and bright.

I also dreamed that I was talking to the Holy Spirit. I had a scroll that looked like toilet paper in my hand that was painted with beautiful pictures. The person I was talking to (but never saw) said that he does supply all our needs and he does take care of everyone but the world has become to ungrateful. They always want more and more and nothing is ever enough. What satisfied other generations does not satisfy this one. It was like he was saying that the beautiful things he once gave us aren't appreciated anymore because the world has become so materialistic. It's not that he's not providing it's that they don't appreciate what has been provided. In today's society bigger is better and if someone doesn't have a Mercedes for a car they just aren't happy. It was an amazing conversation I wish I could remember it word for word but as I was waking up it continued to fade into the distance.

Anyways I read in a Dream book that we should pray after every dream and say "Lord how would you like me to respond to what you've shown me?" I think I will start praying that.