This document discusses biblical perspectives on interpreting children's dreams. It provides guidance on recording dreams, determining their focus and main themes, discerning symbolic meanings, and seeking heavenly help. Dreams from God are described as full of color, while dreams from one's soul are more muted. Nightmares may be caused by outside influences, generational ties, or processing trauma. Parents are encouraged to value their children's dreams by discussing and drawing them. Ultimately, dreams are about developing relationships with God.

1. Children and the
Night Season
Biblical Understanding For
Interpreting Your Children’s
Dreams

2. “The power of God was
there manifested, and was
helpful both in waking
visions and dreams, often
for the relief of many
diseases and for those
afflicted by some sudden
crisis in their affairs”
Sozoman (about 5th
century church in
Constantinople)

3. A Dream Uninterpreted
is Like a Letter Unopened
The Talmud

4. Daniel 7
1. Record the dream
“Daniel had a dream and visions of his head
while on his bed. Then he wrote down the
dream, telling the main facts.” Daniel 7:1

5. Daniel 7
2. Find the Dream Focus: what’s the
dreamer doing?
“I saw…after this I looked…after this I
saw…I was considering…I watched…I was
watching…I came near…”
Daniel 7:2,6,7,8,9,11,13,16

6. Daniel 7
3. Seek Heavenly Help
“I came near to one of those who stood by,
and asked him the truth of all this. So he
told me and made known to me the
interpretation of these things.” Daniel 7:16

7. Daniel 7
4. Summarize the Interpretation
“These great beasts, which are four, are four
kingdoms which arise out of the earth. But
the saints of the Most High shall receive the
kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever,
even forever and ever” Daniel 7: 17, 18

8. Daniel 7
5. Find the Key Action & Emotion
“I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit within
my body, and the visions of my head
troubled me” Daniel 7:15

9. Daniel 7
6. Dig in With the Main Symbols
“I was watching; and the same horn
was making war against the saints, and
prevailing against them” Daniel 7:21

10. Daniel 7
7. Meditate on the Message
“…my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my
countenance changed: but I kept the matter
in my heart” Daniel 7: 28

12. Job 33: 14-18
“For God may speak in one way or another,
yet man does not perceive it. In a dream, in
a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls
upon men, while slumbering on their beds,
the He opens the ears of men, and seals
their instruction in order to turn man from
his deed, and conceal pride from man. He
keeps back his soul from the Pit, and his
life from perishing by the sword.”

13. Dream Interpretation Process
 Record the Dream (Daniel 7:1, Habbakkuk 2:2)
 Determine the Focus (Daniel 7: 2,6,7,8,9,11,13,16)
 TitletheDream – use action words
 Determine the Main Theme or Motif (Daniel 7: 17-22)
 Find the Key Action & Emotion (Daniel 7:15)
 Discern the Meaning of the Main Symbols (Daniel 7:19)
Seek heavenly help and meditate on the message

15. Biblical vs. Secular Interpretations
 In the days of Daniel, and in the days of
Pharoah and Joseph, the accepted methods of
the day could NOT interpret a dream from
God!
They still can’t

16. Biblical vs. Secular Interpretations
Biblical
 Arise Without -- God
who sees me knows what
I need to reach my life’s
purpose
 Spiritual Creations – that
use God’s picture
language (parables, etc.)
Secular
 Arise within – my psyche
is searching the
innermost part of me.
 I am Spiritual --I have
the wisdom I need within
me to create what I need

17. Biblical vs. Secular Interpretations
Biblical
 Determined by the Spirit
– received in our Spirits
and percieved by our
Spirits. God is the
answer or has the answer
you are looking for
 Look to God – God is
looking into me and tells
me what I need to do
Secular
 Determined by the
Psyche – your soul
(mind, will, emotion) has
the answers that you are
looking for because it is
part of a greater
consciousness
 Look deep within – find
hidden mysteries or
solutions that are secret

18. Biblical vs. Secular Interpretations
Biblical
 Spiritual Elements -- There
are levels of meaning –
need discern & contrast and
aspects of the symbol &
who it is for
 Embrace the Spirit of God
– Allows me to know who I
am in God’s eyes so I can
conform to His image
Secular
 Universal Symbols
(archetypes) – characters
or elements will always be
the same. There will only
be one interpretation
 Embrace the Unconscious
– Allows me to find my
true self-awareness or see
into my true self

19. Biblical vs. Secular Interpretations
Biblical
 Intuitively Understood
--Interpretations are
received from a grander
logic via the Holy Spirit
 Invitation to Relationship –
Dreams are meant to
launch us into a dialogue
with God
Secular
 Logically Understood –
interpretations can be
deduced by logic (or
computer program)
 Invitation to solve a
problem -- Dreams
merely tell us about
ourselves

20. “Beyond a doubt the
greater part of
mankind derive their
knowledge of God
from their dreams”
Tertullion

21. Where Do Your Children’s Dreams
Come From?
Dreams that are full
color are from God.
God is light, in Him is
NO darkness at all.

22. Where Do Your Children’s Dreams
Come From?
Dreams of your Soul
tend to be muted
color. These are
dreams you caused to
be dreams – things
you fear or things you
want really badly

23. Where Do Your Children’s Dreams
Come From?
The enemy of your
soul is not a creator
of light so these
dreams are black and
white. Given to steal,
kill, destroy, & create
fear

25. How Do You Help Your Child Get
The Meaning of Their Dream?
Create a dream notebook – Write
their dreams in it – shows you value
the dream & the child
Have your kids draw out their dream
Have them act out their dream – helps
them articulate what happened

26. What are some hindrances to our
children’s dream life or night encounters?
 Parents don’t believe in their child – “It’s
only in your imagination”
 Outside interferences can callous the eyes
or cause the wrong kind of spiritual
encounter

27. If YOU value their encounters it
creates an expectancy in their hearts
(and the hearts of their siblings that
they will be next)

28. What Causes Nightmares in My
Children?
Many children have a gift for hearing
God through dreams and the enemy
wants to shut down their gift & scare
them with nightmares

29. What Causes Nightmares in My
Children? Things to Consider…
What are you allowing your child to
take in though their eyes – the
gateway of the soul?
Ask the Lord and He WILL show you

30. What Causes Nightmares in My
Children? Things to Consider
What are YOU, as head of the
household bringing into the house?
What movies/TV are you watching?
What is on your computer?

31. What Causes Nightmares in My
Children? Things to Consider…
Are they processing traumas? Some
children have been through rough
times (bullying, war, marital strife,
accidents, virtual strife, etc…)

32. What Causes Nightmares in My
Children? Things to Consider…
If you are clean and your child is clean
then it is a good idea to cut
generational ties. (like inherited fears,
etc.)

33. What you can do for your child…
 Teach them how to enter the realm of the
spirit
 Give your child a voice – let them share
with you as you listen
 Even if you don’t know what the dream
means, value them and their dream

34. “You can do anything with God’s
power while you are sleeping in a
dream. You can turn into Superman or
Spiderman or Wonder Woman. You
can get a gun or a big stick. Or you can
say STOP! I don’t want to have this
dream anymore”

35. When you tell a young child that they
can do anything in a dream…
…they believe you

36. Ultimately dreams are about relationships

37. “Dreams, more than any other thing, entice us toward
hope, when our heart spontaneously presents hope to us,
as happens in our sleeping state, then we have in the
promise of our dreams a pledge from the divinity”
Synesius of Cyrene (5th
century bishop)

38. -- Teach in homes -- Prophetic events
-- Dream parties -- Art & Soul Workshops
-- Prayer parties -- Spiritual Mentoring
-- Life Coaching -- Spiritual Writing

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