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Interpretation: Joyful expectation is a good sign. G.o.d is showing you that what He has given you in privacy is going to become positively public (see Bedroom and Living Room). You can also expect more opportunities, interest, and traffic as a result of the inner changes (see Door).

20. High Speed Over Water Dream High Speed, Water, Sundown, South, North, Trees, Gum Trees, Channel, Deep Water, Shallow, Destination, Left, Somebody Else, Soaring, Gulf Stream I was traveling at high speed over water just before sundown. Though I have never been to New Zealand, I was aware that I was traveling from the South Island to the North Island of that country.

There were lots of trees (big gum trees) in the water to my left (a north-westerly direction). I was also aware that I was following the deep water channel (heading north-easterly) and not being taken (I was not driving the boat) across the shallow water to my left in which the big gum trees stood. The more direct route to my destination would have had me naturally steer between the gum trees. However, whoever was driving my boat was heading on a tangent or at right angles to a path through the gum trees.

I was conscious that I was somebody else, and that the boat wasn't actually in the water. I also had understanding that at the end of the channel on which my boat was traveling was a Gulf Stream that would automatically speed my delivery to my destination.

Interpretation: This is an encouraging dream from G.o.d showing where you are currently in the Spirit. You are traveling from south to north; this is toward G.o.d and the spiritual inheritance He has for you (see North and Northward).

The big gum trees are prominent church leaders (see Big Tree). It is tempting in the natural to look for a short-cut to your destination by appealing to these leaders for recognition. It may also be that prominent leaders befriend you and ask you to join their ministry.

The Holy Spirit, your unknown pilot, is taking you via the deep water of the Spirit to your destination (see Unseen Accomplice). Though it appears a more indirect route to what He has for you, when you clear the channel, things will accelerate in the Spiritual Gulf Stream.

You are conscious that you are someone else because it is the spiritual person undergoing this journey (see Unrecognized).

The fact that the boat you are in is not actually in the water says two things. Firstly, you are in the Spirit (see Flying). Secondly, it suggests that you are heading away from the gum trees, not so much because of the shallow water, but because entanglement with them will actually slow your journey.

21. Warning of Death of a Ministry Young Couple, Roof, Fire, Baby, Young Child, Flame, Fire, Kill I was with a young couple in a fern house/tent type structure outside their home. The roof of the fern house caught on fire as the woman brought a flame into it. We tried to put it out, not knowing till later that the fire had spread to the house and killed their young child in the upstairs bedroom.

Interpretation: This is a warning that gossip (see Fire) could destroy the new ministry venture (see Baby) you are embarking on. The woman may represent the church or its leaders.h.i.+p as the instigators who try and stop what G.o.d has put on your heart (see Woman). Note also that the baby is upstairs; this says that what you have is from G.o.d (see Upstairs).

22. Black Plastic Under Skin Dream Black, Plastic, Tweezers, Under Skin I had a piece of black plastic under my skin, and I needed tweezers to remove it.

Interpretation: This dream suggests that someone superficial (see Plastic) and without the light of the Spirit (see Black) is annoying you (see Under). G.o.d is also telling you to be careful (see Tweezers) in how you deal with the situation.

23. Seeing and Hearing Something Different Rye Loaf, Sugar-Coated Candy, Seeing vs. Hearing I heard someone describing a loaf of rye bread and going into what goodness it contained. However, what I saw was a sugar-coated candy.

Interpretation: In this dream G.o.d is showing you that what someone is professing to present to you is not what it is claimed to be. It is suggested in the dream that someone is claiming to provide real sustenancea”a hearty loafa”yet in reality it is empty calories (see Candy). It appears, in short, that this dream says you are not getting real meat, but rather ear tickling (candy) in what is dished up to you (see Heb. 5:12; 2 Tim. 4:3-4).

24. Was.h.i.+ng in Front of People Dream Was.h.i.+ng, In Front of, Group, Unashamed, Enjoyment I saw myself was.h.i.+ng in front of a group of people and unashamedly enjoying it.

Interpretation: This dream shows you applying the Word of G.o.d in front of a congregation or cla.s.sroom of people (see Was.h.i.+ng). It also suggests that there is confession and honesty as you do. Finally, it says that you are being cleaned up as you prepare and deliver the Word of G.o.d (see Water).

25. Buying a Four-Wheel Drive Four-Wheel Drive, Buying I saw my dad buy a four-wheel drive vehicle from his close Christian friend.

Interpretation: This dream suggests that because of the influence of your father's close Christian friend, your father will enter into itinerant ministry (see Four-Wheel Drive). Buying here relates to laying down one's life: That is giving up your agenda for G.o.d's (see Buying).

26. Reinhard Bonnke in a Dream Famous Person, River, Reserve, Speedboat, Rifle, Telescopic Sights, Gunfire I saw Reinhardt Bonnke (the famous evangelist) enjoying fellows.h.i.+p with his family on a reserve or park area alongside a river. Two speedboats came along; the people on them pulled out rifles with telescopic sights and shot at him. He was able to duck for cover, and others in his party returned gunfire.

Interpretation: (When asked whether the person who dreamed this dream had an acquaintance with an apostolic figure, it was confirmed that they did [see Famous People]). G.o.d is showing you that this apostolic figure will experience critical words (see Bow) from powerful ministries (see Speedboat) at a distance (see Telescope).

This is a warning that friends or staff of the apostolic figure will return harsh words. G.o.d says, ”Vengeance is Mine” (see Rom. 12:19; Heb. 10:30).

27. Wheat Container Dream Daughter, Back Verandah, Stick, Spider, Spider Web, Weevils, Container In my dream, I was with my daughter and we were out on the back verandah. We were cleaning and looking in some wheat containers we have there.

My daughter had a stick and I said, ”Check this one.” She put the stick in, and when she pulled it out, it had spider webs on it. We looked in the container to see if there were any weevils in it, and we saw a spider in the container. I said, ”Put the lid on and leave the container,” and I thought, I will get some dry ice and kill the lot (spiders and weevils).

Interpretation: The back verandah is that which is private, hidden, and undercover (see Back Yard and Verandah).

The wheat containers represent people (see Sack). They are bearers of the Word (wheat, see Matt. 13:18-19). See also the sacks in Genesis 42:25ff. The stick is discipline (either correction and/or the discipline of Bible devotions) (see Sticks). What you are seeing is inside your daughter.

The spider represents an issue which, when touched, causes a reaction and threat from her (see Spider). The spider and weevils also represent what is sown in with the Word. Think about what weevils do to wheat for a momenta”they destroy the wheat! Weevils are destructive insects that secretly corrupt the Word within an individual (see Weevils). Cobwebs speak of deception (see Web). It could be that something is being kept from you or that your daughter is not dealing with an issue which has her in deception.

You saying to leave the container and deal with it later shows you have a propensity to avoid confrontation and not deal with issues because of the threat it raises. This is a warning from G.o.d to deal with issues as they surface or you will suffer the consequences later.

28. Old House Dream Daughter, Camp, Rooms, Old House, Left, Door Ajar, Living Room, Alex, Friend, Playing, Chairs, Lectern, Game Console, Big Screen, Bedroom, Bedtime, Toilet, Office, Clean, Safe, Quiet In my dream I was staying with my youngest daughter at some sort of camp. We were in an old house with many rooms. I walked down the corridor. There were a lot of doorways to my left, slightly ajar, but I had no interest in them. I only noticed them.

My daughter and I went into a room which was like a common or living room. Alex and a friend were playing there. There were no chairs in the room, only a lectern with a game console and, on the wall, a big screen.

My daughter and I went through the room up to the bedroom to get a game to play. I was wondering if we could play and whether Alex would mind. When we got back to the common room, Alex didn't mind, so we played a game which was called ”Funny Home Videos.”

Later, it was bedtime; the children went to bed. I had to go to the toilet. I had to go through my daughter's room, which led into the office, and Alex was sleeping in the office, and there was a toilet next to the office, which I went to because it was clean and safe and quiet.

Interpretation: The old house is the past (see Old House). The corridor represents your journey through your husband's backslidden time (see Corridor). The doors left ajar on the left suggest that you were tempted to join him, but didn't (see Door and Left). This is a good thing, and G.o.d recognizes this!

However, you have now come to a room with a lectern in it. This represents your husband's pulpit ministry (see Pulpit). Notice that there are no chairs there. This means that he does not currently have an audience, which makes recognition of the call on his life harder for you to see.

In coming into the living room, you have come to the place of the fulfillment and promise, which scripturally is the place of resta”and there are no chairs (see Living Room). There are no chairs because entertainment and pleasure are getting in the way. It seems you are not taking the call on your husband's lifea”pulpit ministrya”seriously.

Your daughter, whose name is Ann, is the grace of G.o.d that has been traveling with you through the journey, and Alex is Christ (the Protector of people). G.o.d has been protecting you and even now protects the business represented by the office (see Office).

Your going to the toilet represents repentance once you recognize the situation, which G.o.d has displayed through your daughter's room or through the grace of G.o.d (see Toilet).

29. Spider Dream Kitchen, Spider, Leaf, Woman, Web, Ornament, Curtain Rail, Toilet, Killed, Purse, Money I was in the kitchen, and I saw something run across the ceiling. I thought it was a spider; then I thought it was a leaf; then I realized it was a spider covered by a leaf.

A woman was there. She was smartly dressed and had long, straight blonde hair. She caught the spider and hung it up by a thin web as an ornament on the curtain rail and said, ”Would you look after this for me?”

She went to the toilet (I think). I looked at the spider and thought, I don't want that in here, and squashed it. She came back, and my husband said to her, ”She's killed it!” Then the woman took out her purse and opened it and said, ”I was going to offer you money to look after that for me.”

Interpretation: The kitchen is your heart (see Kitchen). The spider is a stronghold and is covered or hiding (see Spider). The fact that it walks across the ceiling suggests that it has a tenacity to cling (see Prov. 30:28) and is in rule (see Ceiling).

The woman relates to the spider. The woman gives the spider the right to be in the home. A spider, when threatened, will rear up and lash out. The woman is Jezebel; she is an unclean spirit who likes to control and manipulate (see Woman).

The leaf speaks of prosperity, and as the spider is under the leaf, this indicates that the stronghold (spider) is hiding under the guise of abundant life (see Leaf). The dining room speaks of the place where you are fed spiritually. And when the spider is hung on the curtain rail as an ornament, it says that there is an a.s.sociation between Heaven and prosperity (see Curtain). Note that there is a real connection between Heaven and prosperity. However, one of the greatest traps today is to have our primary focus on money, rather than the Gospel, when Scripture tells us to do the reverse (see Matt. 6:33).

The woman goes to the toilet, which means you detox and get rid of ita” note that at the same time you deal with the spider! This is a good thing, for it means you recognize the power money has over your heart and break its influence in your life by examination of your heart, confession, and repentance (see Toilet).

However, the woman returns (this is its clinging tenacity). Your husband's statement, ”She killed it!” is a declaration, as the authority in the home, that Jezebel has no right to be in this home!

The woman's action of taking out the purse, opening it, and offering money reinforces that this was the stronghold (see Wallet). I perceive in the spirit that you are at a crossroad (it is decision time) at which you must choose between the need for prosperity and security through money and the need to give G.o.d your heart with no strings attached. You have a fear in your heart of letting go. When the woman comes back, she is feeding you a demonic lie that you would have been prosperous and getting rid of this earning power has cost you.

This is a good dream as it shows you a foundational problem that needs to be dealt with. The dream also shows you that the woman will try to come back, but G.o.d's revelation through the dream prepares you for this before it happens.

30. University Dream University, Lunch, Outdoor Table, Lawn, Platter, Finger-Food, Aris, Joke, Sister, Face Away, Friends.h.i.+p, Relations.h.i.+p, Bored I was sitting at an outdoor table eating lunch with a boy named Aris I liked in grade seven. The table looked across the lawn to the Barr-Smith Library (Adelaide University). Our lunch was a platter of fin-ger-food, and we were sharing the one plate.

We were friends, but it was as if there was awkwardness, or perhaps we were going to be more than friends. I turned to ask him what his sisters were doing now, and I unintentionally brushed against him. He made a joke about his sisters' having finished Uni a couple of times and that they were practicing being wives now. I turned my face away, and he gently stroked my hand. I thought, We are not good at having a relations.h.i.+p (that is more than friends.h.i.+p), and I also thought, Are we bored with studying and we need a bit of excitement?

Interpretation: Sitting at an outdoor table suggests the revealing (exposure) of your relations.h.i.+p, fellows.h.i.+p, and communion (see Table and Outside). The boy's name is Aris, which means ”best” and this ties in with the number seven (see Seven). What it suggests is that this is not you and this boy, but rather you and your husband. You want your marriage relations.h.i.+p to be the best, and G.o.d wants it to be divinely perfect. There may be similarities between your husband and Aris that you have subconsciously picked up. G.o.d is revealing your heart.

The Spirit is showing me that you love picnics and walks in the park, botanic gardens, and the like. G.o.d is showing you an up-and-coming awkwardness between you and your husband.