but meaningful spiritual experiences. The people, places, and things that appear in our dreams often symbolize deeper spiritual meanings.
Having little understanding of one's dreams can put a person at a disadvantage when interacting with the spirit realm. This is because the enemy will attempt to establish evil covenants with the dreamer without their knowledge, through covert actions. Scripture gives us this same pattern in the natural:
"But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way." (Matthew 13:25)
The enemy works while the field owner is unaware, just as he works while the dreamer sleeps. Examples of such dreams include getting married, engaging in sexual activity, eating or being fed, interacting with dead people, and signing documents. Signing documents in a dream can be particularly significant if the dreamer is not aware of what they are signing. To be fair, the examples above pertain to bad dreams, commonly known as nightmares.
Two Worlds: Spirit and Natural
To make sense of this, we must understand the basic principles and underlying concepts that govern our existence. Without this understanding, everything would be a jumbled mess. According to Scripture, there are two worlds: the physical world we inhabit and the unseen spirit world. The spirit world initiates the events that present themselves in our material world. The spirit world is the parent world to our material realm.
Why You Must Cancel Bad Dreams
Canceling our bad dreams starts the process of ending what has been conceived in the spirit world against us, so it does not manifest in the dreamer's natural life.
This explains why a person might dream about being fired, never think to cancel and rebuke that dream in the name of Jesus, and then watch it manifest by default, simply because nothing challenged what was conceived spiritually. Scripture tells us that only when we resist the devil will he flee from us:
"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." (James 4:7)
This is a spiritual law. Satan has room to conceive evil in the dreamer's life when the dreamer isn't challenging him by canceling his devices in the spirit.
A Prayer Template for Your Dreams
Once we understand the basic rules of engagement with our dreams, we can take it to the next level by applying those rules. It will truly amaze the dreamer how the quality of their life changes for the better.
If you are a novice at understanding your dreams, my simple advice is this: always pray upon waking, whether you recall or understand your dream or not. The prayer below is a template for how you should pray concerning your dreams.
Lord, if my dreams were concerning Your plans and purpose for my life, then I come in total agreement with what You desire, so that it can manifest physically in my life. However, if my dreams were not of You, Lord, then I cancel, rebuke, and send Your fire against all evil covenants and devices conceived by the enemy and his agents. I further pray that the spiritual plans of the enemy will never manifest in my life, in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ. Amen.
Consistent failure and defeat usually result from unchecked dreams. As a reminder:
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." (Hosea 4:6)
Written By: Kevin L A Ewing
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