Dreams Definition Essay

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If you do a quick search on Google for Dreams, you will get over 7 million results including the definition of dreams which is “successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur usually involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep” (“Dream” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 18 January 2016). That definition sounds so scientific in comparison to the dreams I’ve had and while it is accurate in the science of dreams, I am certain that when you dream it feels like more than a succession of images, right?
Dreams are amazing and we’ve all had them, whether good or bad; happy or sad – most people will tell you that they’ve had at least one dream in their lives. In fact, everyone dreams but not everyone recalls their
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When I ask God to help me recall a dream if it is significant, He will. Again not all dreams are significant and if you can’t recall it when you pray, you will find out for sure if it is something God wants you to recall because He will answer you.
2. The more you write down about the dream, the more you may remember. I’ve found that as I begin writing out the parts of the dream that I remember more will come back and then I can write those details down as well.
In this Dream Journal, I provide a place for you to record your dreams on a daily basis. It is my hope that as you use this journal to chronicle your dreams pray over them and receive revelation and interpretation that you will see the hand of God over your life in a new way. I also pray that you will begin to dream more and more letting God speak to you boldly through your dreams.
Please know that I am not a dream expert nor would I classify myself as one who is skilled in all things relating to dreams but what I know is that dreams can have tons of meaning and I don’t want you to miss out on anything God wants to do for you or say to you in your dreams. If you’d like more information about dreams from dream experts, here are a few that I can refer you to as I have learned from them the importance of dreams as well as how to properly steward

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