Shouting Mountains

I saw this picture lots of times in reference to ‘new ground’ in the church. We were all walking shoulder to shoulder in a line across this massive landscape. There were mountains and rivers and fields and just hundreds and hundreds of miles of land in front of us . It’s all washed out with dull colors. We were walking all in step and as we move forward, the land we step on becomes brightly colored. So thats cool. But last Saturday I saw that picture again only this time instead of walking all in a line (sort of like in civil war movies) we suddenly realize things dont have to look like they have looked and we all start running and leaping and yelling and the landscape is changing faster. Explosive. Then the stuff in front of us (even the mountains) starts shouting ‘they’re coming! they’re coming!’ sort of like the world is anticipating us. ~ *Riley

Let the Hostages Go

In my dream (I don’t see myself but I hear my voice) I’m looking at this rundown white big farmhouse. I’m facing the corner where the door is and praying in tongues. The longer I pray the more intense and angry and loud my voice gets until I am shouting in tongues at this house. (in the back of my mind while I’m praying I’m thinking I need to be careful with my son, I need to really watch out for him here) and all of a sudden the door flies open and the house starts letting hostages go. They run from the house into cars that are waiting to take them to their families. I woke up and my first thought was woah that just really happened. Then I was like well thats really weird. Then I remembered how I had been thinking about my son so I started wondering if I should go check on him or if he was ok and right then he walks into my room and says hey mommy and climbs into my bed. Weird. ~ *Riley

The Journey

I had a dream yesterday morning that our entire church was parked in a parking lot in separate cars waiting to caravan to go on an exciting, life-changing trip together. We were parked in a long line of cars and were going to caravan. It was very overcast and raining outside. We were all waiting and waiting on something before we could head out but it felt like we were just making excuses to stall the trip… like everyone was just too scared to venture out. I got tired of waiting so I just decided to lead everybody on the trip so I started driving out of the parking lot. Everyone started following me. When we got close to the road, William pulled out ahead of me but then he got stuck in the wrong lane in the road. As I was turning onto the road I saw a tire rolling down the street and for a moment I thought it was my tire but as I drove further, I assessed the feel of my car and realized it was not my tire so I just kept going. Then I woke up. ~ *Tori

The Garbage Chute

I was in a kid’s bedroom.  The kid I had been babysitting was missing.  There was a garbage chute next to the bed.  I thought maybe he had crawled into it which put me into a panic because the garbage chute led to a furnace where the trash was burned. I ran into another room for help.  There was a man sitting there, watching television.  He was unconcerned that the kid was missing.  When I saw that he would be no help, I went back to the bedroom, hoping that maybe I could get the kid out before he fell too far.  Also I hoped that maybe the furnace wasn’t on that day.  I felt the metal of the garbage chute, but it was warm so I knew the kid was in very real danger.  Then I saw a bulge in the chute.  The kid had not fallen to the bottom.  I could still rescue him.  I pulled him out of the chute, but now he wasn’t a young kid.  He was a teenager, and he looked a lot like the unconcerned man in the other room.  The teenager had trash in his hair and his legs and arms were burned.  I knew he had to get to the ER so I put my arm around him to help him to my car.  We were in the parking lot headed for my car when I heard a woman shouting.  She was cursing the teenager.  I don’t remember what she said.  I knew in my dream that she was his mom.  I also knew I had to protect him from her which scared the crap out of me.  She was coming toward us, and I told him to get in my car.  She stopped coming toward us when he got in the car.  So I ran for the car because I was still scared of her.  I got in the car and he was shivering so I put my arm around him to comfort him.  Then I felt a pinch on my leg which woke me up. ~*Lydia

Performance

*A dream from September 6, 2008

I dreamed I was at IHOP but that the prayer room was a theater. A fellow staff member was on stage and he was about to perform and give the IHOP people a concert. The audience was all watching him instead of being engaged with God. I went behind the prayer room where there was an observation window. The staff member started to sing a song by Sufjan Stevens called “John Wayne Gacy Jr” about the serial killer. I was horrified that he was singing this song in the prayer room. The man’s fiancé was sitting next to me. I was wanting to get him to stop singing the song and was complaining about it to her. She responded with “but listen to the lyrics. They are very spiritual.” The last four lines of the song are something like “but I’m just like John Wayne. I have secrets hidden under my floor boards.”~ Brooke

No Phone in Church

I dreamed that I was at a church and I was serving in some capacity. I had my phone with me. At one point I walked into the sanctuary where a service was going on and my phone started playing a YouTube video. I couldn’t turn it off so I left before I could get in trouble. Later I walked back into the service and set down. Then I started playing a YouTube video on my phone but I thought the sound was turned off. It wasn’t and I couldn’t turn it down or turn off the phone. I was upset with the phone. I remember saying “stupid phone”. And I was embarrassed. Then I got thrown out of the church. ~Melissa

 

The Leadership Dream

*I had this dream August 26, 2008. It kind of makes me laugh now but I wasn’t laughing when I woke up from it.

I dreamed that I was going over to a house to babysit. I was in the house but the parents weren’t there. I knew they existed but they weren’t visible. A teenage girl began showing me around the house. She was very immature and was telling me to clean the house up. She didn’t mention the kids during the entire conversation. In the second part of the dream I was getting really annoyed and mad at this girl and didn’t think I should have to deal with the mess. I think I might have even wondered why this girl wasn’t cleaning the mess herself. She was asking me to do it. I was still at the same house when a woman from IHOP came to visit. She seemed to be a very humble and godly woman. She proceeded to tell me how she got to hang out with Bill Johnson all week and was able to spend some time under his leadership. I remember feeling some jealousy at this point. I was upset that this immature, teenage girl was giving me directions when this woman got to be under the leadership of someone like Bill Johnson. ~Brooke

Frozen Lake

I was walking down a highway with a girlfriend. I’m not sure where our intended destination was. The weather was cold and the sky was very overcast. We reached a fork in the highway and she continued straight ahead while I veered off onto another highway by myself. I saw a large patch of ice covering the highway and it turned into a frozen lake. I knew I had to walk over the ice to get to the other side so I was very careful while walking on the ice but it was treacherous. I then made it to the frozen lake but the ice was very thin. I wasn’t sure if I would make it across the lake without falling in because I heard a crack after every footstep. But I quickly made it to the other side. When I looked to see where to go next I saw a huge mountain ahead of me where the highway turned into a narrow mountain path. I knew I had to climb the mountain to be where I was supposed to be. At the end of the dream I was making my way toward the mountain. ~Brooke

The Law Firm

*Had this dream August 19, 2008. Some good theological symbolism in this. See if you can figure out the interpretation.

Dreamed I was an attorney and was working at a law firm and was in love with another man at the law firm. We knew that the law firm was bad and there was something sinister about it so we decided to quit. So we went to tell the boss we were finished with the law firm and we left. After we left we felt all of this joy and relief and as we were running joyously down the streets I began getting ideas for this new life that I was now about to embark on with the man I was in love with.

Worship Leading

*Had this dream August 8, 2008

Had a dream that I was leading a set at the JPR. I, of course had never lead worship before at this point, and I especially had never lead with a keyboard. In my dream, as in real life, I was not playing the keyboard really well. I didn’t really know what I was doing while leading the set but it was okay because the Holy Spirit took over. The presence of God was there and people were engaged in the room as well as the team.