Three years ago today, I left for Iraq

[EagerBeaver]

We can criticize the war in Iraq all we want to, but I am still proud of my service over there.

Three years to the day that I went to assist in a physical conflict, the Lord stirred my spirit with a prophetic dream overnight -- only the third of my entire life -- and showed me that I am now in the throes of a spiritual war.

Can't explain it all, but I think I am getting some clear vision for the future, and some increased boldness in the Spirit. I appreciate any and all prayers that you can throw my way.

[Linda]

Praying for you Beav! You're a great young man that God has some mighty plans for. Trust in Him!

[deb]

Praying for you as you allow the Lord to direct your steps.
Proverbs 3:5-6

[Gerald Creasy]

We can criticize the war in Iraq all we want to, but I am still proud of my service over there.

Three years to the day that I went to assist in a physical conflict, the Lord stirred my spirit with a prophetic dream overnight -- only the third of my entire life -- and showed me that I am now in the throes of a spiritual war.

Can't explain it all, but I think I am getting some clear vision for the future, and some increased boldness in the Spirit. I appreciate any and all prayers that you can throw my way.

I don't criticize the war in Iraq and I am proud of your service there as well.

It is a regret that I did not meet you when you were through Louisville but you were thru at the utmost bad time.

I believe God converses in some dreams as well, and had just such a dream this week.

[MacUser]

I believe God converses in some dreams as well, and had just such a dream this week.

Glad to hear you say that... because I get them OFTEN and rely on them to plot my future. I too have had some pretty amazing ones of late that has changed my families future. I'll go as far as stating that some dreams have come true exactly as shown to me.. months in advance. Some about myself and others.


Beav. Above ANYTHING else.. trust in Jesus. Put that at the core of what you do and think. When it all boils away.. this will be the only thing that matters.

[KBevangelist]

Beav,

Thank you for your service. I have a couple of youth in my youth group that are in the service and I have the upmost respect for all of you

KB

[paul]

Beav.

First: thank you for willingness to serve our country
Second: I thank God that you returned home
Third: No weapond formed against you shall prosper
Fourth: You are in my prayers

[EagerBeaver]

Thank you everyone!

Gerald, MacUser, Paul --

Regarding dreams from the Lord, the one I had night before last was wild in that it involved people guarding a church I used to attend (that same church is in every one of the spiritual dreams God has given me, as is their pastor) as if it were a military fortification. People on the roof, guarding the perimeter of the church, etc.

It's no coincidence that three years to the day after I deploy to Iraq, God plainly and clearly showed me the war I am now involved in, and the gravity of it is exponentially greater than the physical war in Iraq I was involved in.

I found it interesting that in my dream a young man attacked me, forcing me out of a car that I was driving in, and he threatened me -- yet he never physically attacked me. The odd thing was, he had a set of keys in his hand and I had never felt him take them from me but I knew they were mine nonetheless. Those keys, I believe, were the keys to greater spiritual understanding of spiritual warfare, the workings of the Holy Spirit, etc.

In the dream I took off running for the church and when I came upon it, there was a wooden fence that had a hole big enough for me to fit through. Once I was through, the man chasing me stopped and went no further. I asked the church's pastor who the man was and he simply stated that the man had been badgering the neighborhood for years yet could not get past the church fence.

The crazy thing was at the end of the dream, the pastor asked for external help in guarding against the man, because sooner or later the man was going to break down the fence and make his way through.

Massive spiritual implications in the dream and my spirit, honestly, is still very heavy today.

[MacUser]

Take time to absorb it and dwell on it. Some details are greater than others. Allow it to speak to you and ask God for it to reveal everything needed.

Note: This might not be over. I've had a series of dreams related to the same topic as it was rolled out.

[EagerBeaver]

Take time to absorb it and dwell on it. Some details are greater than others. Allow it to speak to you and ask God for it to reveal everything needed.

Note: This might not be over. I've had a series of dreams related to the same topic as it was rolled out.

Yes, the sense I got from this dream was it is not only about me, my church and former church, but many other churches who may be struggling with their numbers yet doing their best to hold the fort spiritually.

I met with my Pastor and his wife last night and we had a good time of prayer about it too. I have peace, but my spirit is stirred, no doubt about it.

Could the Lord be calling me to be a watchman for my church? I am not sure.

[one love]

Beav I am praying for you. But I would like to thank you for your service and all you have done for this nation. It is appreciated and I commend you for your effort.
I remember when we were attacked on 9-11 and we were getting ready for WAR with Afghanistan You would see the navy and military going back and forth from the bases a lot, I guess preparing. They would be in all kinds of Military vehicles and we would always beep our horns and with our American flags waving on our car windows. How sad it is the shape America is now in..

[dolfan]

I have tornado dreams. I've mentioned this before here. Haven't had one for a long time until last week. We were standing in the parking lot of what was supposed to be (you know how dream sequences twist things up as to locations, etc.) our store. A little cloud developed across the road and I was talking with my brother. A funnel dropped from it. Tiny. I told my brother, "Hey, look a tornado." It came across the road, and suddenly, we were in a front yard of some house, and there were pine trees all behind it, the tornado came across the parking lot/front yard, and didn't touch us (they never do, except in one dream that I've ever had) and we watched it, (unafraid because it was just so puny, not much more than a highly glorified dust devil, y'know) and it vanished behind the house (whose yard we were in, suddenly, after just being in the parking lot), and we could hear it hitting cars that were parked among the pines in the rear of the house. Walked back there, and cars were littered everywhere.

Come to think of it, just now thinking of it in fact, the two most vivid tornado dreams I ever had involved cars being in them. I actually got picked up and sat back down in them both, come to think of it. But not this one. One of those I accepted as a warning and an encouragement because of things regarding church (specifics in it). I can't say it turned out to be "true" because it didn't predict anything or signify that something specific would happen, but I did find peace in it. And, later, during a time of grave controversy, the people in the dream whose car I landed feet first in, catlike, were people who were steadfast. Meaningful? Can't say. Comforting? Yeah. And, this last one was troubling, but they all have that impact on me for days or weeks later and most often never come back to mean anything consciously. They're just tornado dreams.

[MacUser]

Yes these dreams are extremely different than typical. First they are vivid and attempt to relate an overall point as the story unfolds and key elements inside of it are pivotal to understanding it. Some elements over dramatized etc to stand out... but rarely anything is filler. It all means something at some level.


I've had these types and flat out future "precognitive" ones. The most stunning were actual conversations between myself and others dealing with spiritual matters that affect the future... that took months to bear fruit. Yet they were spot on and the timing was key also.. at a pivotal moment of crisis. The last time it happened... I actually told the person.. "We've already had this conversation" and then finished the statement or jist of what they were going to say. They were floored.

Are they warnings and can I change it? Do I share them all? Are they a tool used for my overall discernment? I don't know.


So be encouraged that the God of the multiple universes that controls every molecule in between has decided to speak to you. Cherish it and let it encourage the best parts of you.

[EagerBeaver]

Do you guys have difficulty remembering details of dreams under normal circumstances, but for some reason when it is a spiritual dream, you can remember every single detail -- even down to the colors of buildings, cars, physical descriptions of everyone down to hair color -- for a long period of time?

[MacUser]

Do you guys have difficulty remembering details of dreams under normal circumstances, but for some reason when it is a spiritual dream, you can remember every single detail -- even down to the colors of buildings, cars, physical descriptions of everyone down to hair color -- for a long period of time?

The story ones where the super visual details matter. Yes.