More pieces fall into place

You are greatly loved!! Be encouraged!

Receive God’s Word the Bible with joy, be thankful you have a Holy Bible, then ask the Holy Spirit to teach you and give you understanding.

Then, you will know Truth and the spirit of confusion will not be able to operate in you.

I'm slowly learning to be increasingly careful. Interpreting dreams is tricky, especially without discernment or word of knowledge. It can be like seeing through a glass VERY darkly, where you make out certain things but the big question is: Who are the subjects in this dream? Is it about this person or about that one?

I chalk it up to experience plus prayer. As someone posted, you grow into the gifts, and you have to learn from your mistakes, despite the erroneous notion that perfection somehow falls upon fallible human beings the minute they begin entering into the use of a gift.

I can tell you walk in this area powerfully because you said it is like you bring the storm with you. Often times it isn't even the prophecies of a person that distinguishes them as a prophet but the chaos that follows them, this was also the case for the prophets of old as well they knew all about being lonely and how they were not well received.

But the prophet is perhaps the most complex of roles in his kingdom and there is more than one kind of prophet as well and they work differently, for instance I am whats known as a seer I don't give prophecies very much but I often see dream like visions often times in the poems I write I have always felt a kindred spirit with David and so I write poetry but I don't get many prophecies and I recieve dreams sometimes but not that often.
But like you I am an emotional person and as I am sure you can attest to if you feel anything you really feel it so the feeling of rejection can be harsh and honestly I have been severely attacked in forums to the point that for a long time I ignored my calling fearing any more attacks from people. I am wondering have you had a hard life and suffered in kind of an unfair way like life just has it out for you? I have found that many who have gone through a lot in life are often called into the gift for whatever reason I don't know

Honestly I can't say I have the gift of interpretation I can sometimes tell the meaning of a persons dream but for my own I almost always need interpretation, @Lafftur is actually very gifted in this area

Then why do you watch what is unprofitable? You sound far, far from understanding the basics of genuine Christian faith.

2 Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

If any scripture is wrong. Then all scripture can be ignored. Because it can not be trusted.

Lonely since childhood. Parents who fought a lot and a mother who was rarely there, followed by a series of failed relationships.

Thankfully I made a wise choice in a wife, as she has both the toughness to stand with me and the understanding to make me feel like a have a real partner in life.

Then let me encourage you with something. Was discussing this passage elsewhere, so it naturally came back to my memory. It's something servants of God who suffer opposition especially need to be reminded of from time to time:

14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. 15 Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your advancement may be evident to all. 16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you. (1 Timothy 4:14-16)

Oh really... how interesting.

@Lafftur. You interpret, sister?

This is rare. It's usually the other way around. Interpreting other people's dreams is much tougher because if they are personal, you have to do some digging, though the Spirit through you will questions that lead in the right direction.

I thought the basics was to turn from your evil and believe. Am I missing something?

@Blain.

I meant "will ask questions through you that lead in the right direction."

I like this forum, but I have to say I'm not too wild about the five minute time limit on editing my posts, Lol.

ONLY if the Lord tells me the interpretation. I do so love to hear peoples’ dreams. I do find the Lord speaks through dreams - not all dreams but, a person will know when it’s a special dream.

A man once said, “I’ve had a crazy dream. A cow eating cheese. That’s nuts! Cows don’t eat cheese!”

I started laughing (I do love to laugh) and said, “Oh silly, it’s about your business. You’re company is eating it’s profits….like a cow would eat cheese. Your company is being wasteful, you need to streamline. Watch your bottom line.”

Dreams are wonderful! I’m so glad Jesus gives us dreams!

A few more verses you might like that explain why we have to strengthen ourselves as soldiers, and continue to fight the good fight of faith:

This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage a good warfare... (1 Timothy 1:18)

1 You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. 3 You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier... I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 11 This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him. 12 If we endure, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us. 13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself. (2 Timothy 2:1-13)

If you are a threat to the enemy, he directs his attacks at you especially, and after a time it can really beat you down emotionally and spiritually. Hence the need to be reminded of the fact that we are called of God and have a job to do, and that we should keep stirring up the gifts that are in us because we are in a war, and our gifts serve as weapons in our hands against the tactics of the kingdom of darkness.

Very good! Lol. That one would have taken me a second; probably would have had to walk off and seek the Lord in prayer before I picked up on that one.

Yeah, it's always the really weird ones where you know there's something to it.

I used to interpret like a maniac for strangers at CF.com. That unfortunately turned into a ton of thankless work, and drained me out. Now I'm far more selective. The body of Christ is dreaming all the time, but few know how to interpret very well, so you lay yourself wide open to getting trampled under foot, and accuracy wanes because you're not spending enough time digging and being careful enough.

Ran into a sister who receives about world events and spiritual warfare going on (rather than just about her own personal life all the time), so I'll give my time to her stuff. And I still will if God calls me to about somebody's personal dreams. But I learned my lesson about becoming a free vending machine for everyone and their grandmother. I'm not the Christian version of the psychic hotline, Lol.

If you like to laugh, you'll have good company when I'm around. I switch from theologian to goof off in an instant.

Somebody posted a verse yesterday that I hadn't noticed before, and my reaction was, "One of those verses that's hiding in plain sight, I guess," and added the following picture.

Oh my...

You know, this actually may involve a little interpretation where fulfillment is concerned, because while it is prophesied that He will manifest Himself visibly to church councils in larger cities in the end-times, this dream could be saying He will fully manifest Himself through the church even before that. We are His body, and when we manifest more of His Fulness in the earth, it will be something like a hologram of His image in a way; a facsimile if you will of the Real thing, yet in spiritual form.

Just throwing it out there without having the time yet to really analyze it for more. But the True image of Christ in His character isn't quite as "attractive" as some people think either. When He comes (manifests), He brings judgment, and chastises, and disciplines, and He is not quite the lovey-dovey, all grace and forgiveness kind of guy many think He is. The Real Jesus executes judgments, and He will upturns table and cause all kinds of chaos when He shows up, no matter form.

Whatever the case, that's an excellent dream, and I read somewhere in scripture that it's true; there's a prophecy regarding the Messiah that "his visage was not comely" or something like that. I'd have to find it.

Maybe when He shows up He can do something about the editing time limit around here. It's getting old, Lol.

Essentially anyone who says they heard from God, and were given a mandate to be an apostle, is one.

The NAR has a quasi leadership. They may recognize certain "apostles" and anoint them for ministry. This was the case with Todd Bentley as seen in the following video. This is one of the creepiest things I've ever witnessed. That's right, Bentley, the one who divorced his wife and married his mistress; the same one who brags about kicking an elderly woman in the face with his biker boot because the "spirit" told him to.


At the beginning of this video we hear from C. Peter Wagner that he (Wagner) presides over the International Coalition of Apostles; now known as the International Coalition of Apostolic Leaders. If you click the Membership Information link you'll find that memberships range from between $350 and $650. Oh, and "Membership fees do not include fees for conferences or summits." You have to be a qualifying apostle to join:

So in the beginning you had C. Peter Wagner claiming he heard from God that he was to be an apostle and the movement has grown from there. You can claim to be an apostle, but the perks don't really kick in till you're anointed by the apostolic leaders. Listen in the video to Wagner saying: "I decree to Todd Bentley, your power will increase; your authority will increase; your favor will increase; your influence will increase; your revelation will increase." Sounds more like a black magic ritual. Bentley acts like he's become demon possessed. Wagner goes on to say: "A new life force will penetrate this move of God." Not the Holy Spirit, but the "life force."

It's all about big money and power. You won't find the Holy Spirit here.

Very encouraging indeed thank you good sir. I will be gone for three or four days as I am going home for the holidays but I hope to be able to speak with you again soon.