Author Barbie Breathitt reveals how dreams can bring direction to people's lives.
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Terry: THE AVERAGE
PERSON HAS MORE THAN FOUR
DREAMS PER NIGHT.
MOST OF THEM ARE FORGOTTEN.
BUT WHAT REMAINS CAN BE VERY
PROFOUND AND SOMETIMES
CONFUSING.
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD
QUESTION.
I WOULD THINK THEY PROBABLY
DO.
BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO
LINK IT ALL TOGETHER TO
FIGURE IT OUT.
YES, I THINK MY DREAMS
HAVE MEANING.
I THINK DREAMS HAVE
MEANING.
I DON'T THINK TOO HARD
ABOUT THEM MYSELF, BUT I
THINK SOMETIMES IT IS JUST
YOUR MIND IS MAYBE RACING
AND YOU PICK UP SOMETHING
FROM THE DAY AND THEN YOU
DREAM ABOUT IT AT NIGHT.
THE FIRST THING THAT
COMES TO MY MIND IS I OFTEN
HAVE DREAMS THAT I'M GOING
TO HAVE A KID, OR I'M
PREGNANT, AND I'M NOT
MARRIED.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT DOESN'T
ACTUALLY HAPPEN IN REAL
LIFE.
MY DREAMS ARE ALWAYS VERY
VIVID, VERY LIFE-LIKE, AND
SOMETIMES VERY SCARY.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE HAPPY AS
WELL, BUT DEFINITELY VERY
VIVID.
I FEEL LIKE I'M THERE.
Terry: WELL, FOR MORE
ON DREAMS, WE BRING IN
BARBIE BETHED, AND SHE IS
THE FOUNDER OF THE "BREATH
OF DREAMS."
DO ALL DREAMS HAVE MEANING?
MOST OF THE DREAMS HAVE
SOME TYPE OF MEANING, EVEN
IF IT IS YOUR SOUL LETTING
YOU KNOW YOU'RE OUT OF
CONTROL.
BECAUSE GOD SPEAKS TO THE
SPIRIT, SO HIS DREAMS ARE
IMPRINTED ON OUR SPIRIT.
WHETHER OUR BODY CAUSES US
TO DREAM -- IT CAN LET YOU
KNOW WHAT HEALTH ISSUES YOU
ARE HAVING.
I PAY ATTENTION TO ALL OF MY
DREAMS, BUT NOT ALL DREAMS
COME FROM GOD.
Terry: SOME PEOPLE HAVE
RECURRING DREAMS.
I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO
SAID THEY'RE BEING CHASED OR
THEY'RE FALLING, OR AS THE
GIRL MENTIONED IN THAT
PIECE, I'M ALWAYS WITH A
BABY OR PREGNANT.
WHAT DOES THESE THINGS
MEAN?
BABY DREAMS USUALLY
INDICATE THAT GOD HAS
IMPLANTED SOMETHING NEW IN
YOU THAT HAS NOT BEEN
BIRTHED YET, THAT IS GOING
TO REQUIRE A LOT OF
ATTENTION, LIKE BABIES DO,
AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
GIVE IT A LOT OF NURTURE TO
BRING IT TO FRUITION.
A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL SEE
YOURSELF AT THE END OF A
CLIFF, AND SOMETIMES IT
MEANS YOU NEED TO TRUST GOD
AND TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH, OR
SOMETIMES IT COULD MEAN YOUR
PUSHING YOURSELF TOO HARD.
Terry: THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO
CONTROL THEIR DREAMS.
WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?
LUCID DREAMING IS A DREAM
TECHNIQUE THAT GOD CAN HELP
YOU DEVELOP, WHEN YOU PAY
ATTENTION TO YOUR DREAMS,
WHERE YOU CAN CHANGE A
HARMFUL OR NEGATIVE ASPECT
OF A DREAM.
YOU CAN USE PRAYER IN YOUR
DREAM, AND YOU CAN SPEAK TO
THE NEGATIVE THINGS IN YOUR
DREAM, AND YOU WILL SEE
GOD'S HAND COMING AND MOVING
AND REVERSING THOSE THINGS.
AS A BELIEVERS, THAT'S A
POWERFUL TOOL WE HAVE.
Terry: SOMETIMES I'VE
HAD SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
SCARY HAPPEN IN THE DREAM,
AND MY CONSCIOUS MIND WILL
SAY, THIS IS A DREAM.
I CAN CHANGE THIS.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO DO.
THAT WAY YOU TAKE AUTHORITY
WITH THE NAME OF JESUS AND
THE WORD HE HAS GIVEN US.
THESE ARE ALL OF OUR
WEAPONS.
JUT BECAUSE WE'RE ASLEEP
DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE STILL NOT
WARRIORS.
Terry: HOW DO WE KNOW
IF IT IS SOMETHING FROM GOD
OR IT IS SOMETHING WE EIGHT
ATE LAST NIGHT?
GOD'S DREAMS ARE FULL OF
PEACE AND COLOR AND
PRESENCE.
WHEN GOD GIVES US A DREAM,
IT IS TO REVEAL THE PLANS
AND PURPOSES HE HAS FOR OUR
LIFE.
WHEN HE SPEAKS TO US IN A
VISION, IT IS HIS NATURE AND
CHARACTER.
YOU WERE MOVING MORE INTO A
VISION REALM THAN JUST IN A
SIMPLE DREAM REALM.
Terry: HOW DID THIS
FIRST HAPPEN FOR YOU?
I WAS ON PROPHETIC TEAMS
IN A CHURCH OF FLORIDA,
CARPENTER'S HOME CHURCH, AND
PEOPLE WILL COME TO US TO
ADMINISTER TO THEM
PROPHETICALLY, AND THEY SAID
I HAD A DREAM.
AND I SAID WE'RE PROPHETIC.
BUT HE SAID, LISTEN TO THE
DREAM, AND I'LL TELL YOU
WHAT IT MEANS, AND JUST SAY
WHAT I SAY.
AND THAT'S HOW IT BEGAN FOR
ME.
Terry: YOU SAY THAT THE
DREAMS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE
DELAYED, BUT THE DREAMS OF
THE WICKED HAPPEN QUICKLY.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
GOD IS ALWAYS WORKING
BEHIND THE SCENE FOR THE
BELIEVER.
THE IMPORTANT THING GOD IS
AFTER IS OUR CHARACTER AND
OUR INTEGRITY.
SO HE'LL GIVE US A DREAM AT
THE BEGINNING.
THEN HE CREATES US AND MAKES
US AND FORMS US INTO THAT
PERSON OF INTEGRITY AND
CHARACTER THAT COULD SUSTAIN
THE LEVEL OF EXPOSURE OR
LEFT LEG OEXPOSURE OR
ANOINTING HE IS GOING TO
GIVE TO US AT THE END.
THOSE WHO DON'T SERVE GOD,
THEIR DREAMS HAPPEN QUICKLY
BECAUSE GOD KNOWS THEIR
HEART IS HARDENED, AND
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE,
AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
ENTER INTO A TRANSITION
PROCESS, THEREFORE THEIR
DREAMS HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY.
Terry: AND YOU SAY WE
NEED TO DEVELOP OUR SKILLS
TO UNDERSTAND DREAMS.
AND YOU'VE CERTAINLY HAD TO
DO THAT.
HOW DO WE DO THAT?
I BEGAN JOURNALING, AND
LISTENING TO PEOPLE DREAMS
AND PAYING ATTENTION TO THE
SYMBOLS.
SYMBOLS ARE THE KEYS THAT
UNLOCK THE MINISTRY.
IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE
POSITIVE MEANINGS ARE AND
NEGATIVE MEANINGS, AND
FINDING A PRINCIPLE THAT
LINES UP IN SCRIPTURE,
YOU'LL SEE THOSE SYMBOLS.
LIKE WHEN THE DOVE DESCENDED
ON TO JESUS, REPRESENTING
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
JESUS USED PARABLES ALL
THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE.
LOGGING YOUR DREAMS, AND
ALLOWING THE HOLY SPIRIT TO
ASSIGN A SYMBOL TO EACH OF
YOUR DREAMS WILL HELP YOU
UNDERSTAND YOUR DREAMS.
Terry: IT'S SO
IMPORTANT, BECAUSE OVER AND
OVER WE'RE TOLD TO JOURNAL
THINGS, WRITE DOWN THE
VISION AND WRITE DOWN THE
DREAM.
YES.
Terry: BARBIE'S BOOK IS
CALLED "GATEWAY TO THE
REALM."
IT IS A FASCINATING
SUBJECT.
AND WE ALL DREAM, SO FIND
OUT WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I ENJOYED THIS SEGMENT WITH
YOU.