Jennifer LeClaire - Decoding Your Dreams: What the Lord May Be Saying to You While You Sleep

2018 Jennifer LeClaire

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I dedicate this book to the pioneers of dream interpretation,

the men who taught me the most about decoding Gods

dreamsJames Goll and the late John Paul Jackson. Although

they taught about dreams from different perspectives, these

men of God paved the way for an open understanding

and accurate representation of how God speaks to us in

our dreamsand how to decode what He is saying.

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CONTENTS

M any of us find ourselves floating down the fast-paced current of the river of God never allowing ourselves the time needed to find the shore where we can pause to ponder on the mysteries of Gods revelatory ways in our very own lives. It is into those private places that Gods presence and Gods word seeks to invade our lives. This is where the Master Dream Weaver appears, eager to reveal Himself to us in unique and unusual ways.

Personally, I have studied these prophetic ways of the Holy Spirit for years. I have spent time studying the three hundred Scripture references to dreams and visions in the Bible multiple times over a thirty-year period. I have read or gleaned more than 110 books on dreams from about every perspective that there is. I was exposed to the Seer of Seers in John Paul Jackson and Bob Jones.

Then I had my own dream explosion that took place in my own life. Journals? Oh yes, I have journaled. These journals contain a lot of experience, trial and error, and loads of crazy and amazing stuff that still leaves me pondering. That is what dreams do. That is what dreamers do. They make you inquire of God! Oh the joy of the never-ending classes you can take in the School of the Holy Spirit!

Next Generation of Prophetic Dreamers

Having had the benefit of hanging out with the Seers and Naba prophets both, I always have my eyeballs open for the next generation of prophetic dreamers. Many new voices are quickly emerging on the scene. Now appears Jennifer LeClaire, a dreamer in her generation. Yes, here comes another dreamer of Gods big dreams.

Jennifer now picks up the baton that others and I have carried. In this distinct book, she now comes alongside to help you build a framework to enable you to understand the work of this Master Weaver in your personal dream life.

Like a spiritual Indiana Jones, you can learn to pick up your own discovery magnifying glass and find out that dreams and the interpretation of dreams is neither a modern phenomenon nor a unique event in the life of Gods people. Spiritual dreams have their roots in ancient Judaism, as well as in the early church.

In fact, dreams have been the source of some of the greatest paradigm shifts in the history of Judaism and the church. Consider Abraham and Peter! The birth of Israel was spoken of as Abraham slept on the desert sands and Peters dream opened the door of the church to the Gentile world. Through dreams God communicates with us concerning our destiny as well as the destinies of our families, our nation, and our world. And He will communicate personally straight to your lifes circumstances and destiny.

Because dreams are notoriously elusive, it is important that we have some deciphering tools in our hands that will help us capture our dreams for the purpose of interpreting those dreams. What good is a spiritual dream if it is not remembered nor interpreted correctly? Sadly we would run the risk of losing Gods word for our lives. I will provide those simple and yet oft considered mysterious tools so that you, too, will become a dream catcher.

But do not worry; the tools of a lost trade are being restored in these days. For behold, here comes another dreamer!

May All Your Dreams Come True!

Dr. James W. Goll

Founder of God Encounters Ministries

Author, International Speaker, and Recording Artist

As I travel around the world teaching believers the principles of dream interpretation, I find how God communicates to us while were sound asleep is one of the most neglected topics in the body of Christyet its one of the primary ways the Lord speaks to us in the last days.

In the book of Acts, Peter re-prophesied the words the Lord spoke through the prophet Joel: In the last days it shall be, says God, that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions (Acts 2:17).

Joel and Peter werent prophesying about soulish dreams, nightmares, or pizza dreams. The Amplified Classic translation spells out the meaning of these prophetic verses in much greater detail: And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels] and your young men shall see visions [divinely granted appearances], and your old men shall dream [divinely suggested] dreams (Acts 2:17).