{"id":16828,"date":"2026-03-10T13:25:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/does-god-speak-to-you-in-your-dreams\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:02:25","slug":"does-god-speak-to-you-in-your-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/does-god-speak-to-you-in-your-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Does God Speak to You in Your Dreams?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever wonder <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/the-meaning-of-dreams-7-spiritual-dream-symbols\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what your dreams are saying<\/a>? Do you feel like God is speaking to you? If so, why does it seem like a foreign language? The book <em>Dreams: God&#8217;s Forgotten Language <\/em>written by a priest and Jungian analyst, John Sanford, has helped me decode some of what\u2019s happening. Here\u2019s what Sanford says:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1)  All dreams have meaning.<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s so easy to dismiss a dream by saying it was because of a weird TV show I watched or something I ate. Sanford writes that this may not always be the case. <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/gods-grace\/the-dream-that-saved-her-from-danger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God communicates to us in our dreams<\/a>, he says, as God did in biblical times. We need to pay attention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2)  The dreamer should talk about the dream. <\/strong><br \/>\nTalk to a friend, talk to your pastor, talk to your spouse, talk to yourself. \u201cIt is, after all, the dreamer\u2019s dream,\u201d says Sanford, \u201cso it is reasonable to assume that the dreamer might hold the clues to the dream\u2019s meaning.\u201d In the Bible, dreamers often talked to God about their dreams. No reason we can\u2019t do the same.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3)  Dreams speak to us through symbols.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe symbols come from two places: our <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/daily-devotions\/devotions-for-faith-prayer\/heaven-sent-reassurance-after-an-upsetting-dream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">personal experience<\/a> and a universal language. The other night I had a dream about crawling down a tunnel to the subway. That made sense: I take the train every day. It\u2019s part of my personal experience. But the symbolic meaning was also found in the probing nature of a tunnel. <\/p>\n<p><strong>4)  Ask yourself how the dream made you feel.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe best rule for interpreting a dream is on the basis of your feelings. \u201cWhether or not an interpretation is true can be judged by the extent to which the dreamer feels it to be meaningful,\u201d writes Sanford. I\u2019ve had dreams that seemed bizarre, but the end result was reassuring. Trust those feelings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5)  Dreams take us to places we wouldn\u2019t normally go.<\/strong><br \/>\nLook where Jacob\u2019s ladder took him. Think of how dreams changed the course of Joseph\u2019s life. In our busyness we are unlikely to notice those epiphanies. No surprise that a dream is meant to catch our attention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6)  Write your dreams down.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/life-advice\/10-tips-to-help-you-start-and-keep-a-dream-journal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jotting things down<\/a> on a pad of paper in the middle of the night has never worked for me. Instead, first thing in the morning, I write whatever I remember on my cell phone. I\u2019m not likely to remember the dream later in the day. But there it is on memo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7)  Dreams are ahead of us.<\/strong><br \/>\nNot long ago I had a dream about the composer Leonard Bernstein. I hadn\u2019t been thinking of him that day or listening to his music. But there it was. I wrote the dream down. A couple of hours later I got an email from our choir director asking if I\u2019d sing a Bernstein song at church.<\/p>\n<p>Did my unconscious know this? Was God given me a preview of coming attractions? You be the judge! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever wonder what your dreams are saying? Do you feel like God is speaking to you? If so, why does it seem like a foreign language? The book Dreams: God&#8217;s Forgotten Language written by a priest and Jungian analyst, John Sanford, has helped me decode some of what\u2019s happening. 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