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The whole calling of God for Daystar Ministry has to do with equipping and discipling every believer to commune with the Lord in a credible and verifiable way. I was awakened from sleep early one morning in 1981 when I was attending Bible College. I could perceive of the words of the Lord in my heart saying:

"This is how I want you to minister to My people. Do not bring My people to the knowledge you are gaining at Bible College. Do not bring My people to the gifts and talents that I have given you. Rather, use knowledge and the gifts and talents I have given you to BRING MY PEOPLE TO ME."

Our ability to interpret dreams, visions and prophecy increases with the exercise of that ability. As we learn and grow to hear the Holy Spirit in the interpretation of dreams, visions and prophecy, we are also growing in our ability to hear Him in the interpretation of the scriptures, and vice versa. In this way we grow in our ability to perceive and discern the communion of the thoughts, visions and feelings of God coming into our hearts and minds. This is foundational to the development of all the revelation gifts and abilities of the Spirit in our lives.

Our books, 'Heavenly Communion in the Conscious State' and 'Dreams and Visions with a difference for all believers', are able to adequately disciple you to credibly hear the voice of your God.

Write the dream or vision down as soon as possible, even before you attempt to interpret it. The dream or vision must be written down exactly as received, not taking away from anything that was shown nor adding to it. We need to write down whatever we see, hear, smell or taste as well as the feelings and emotions involved. If the dream causes one to wake up in the night then it is ideal to write it down before going back to sleep, particularly if the dream is a significant and detailed one. If you do not act on a significant dream or vision from God, you may be continually troubled in your spirit until you give it the attention it demands.

If you forget a dream that you have received, the Holy Spirit may bring it back into your memory at some time during the day (Jn.14:26). Often we may see, hear or think of something that is associated with the dream which will then bring back the memory of it. As you gain experience and mature in developing the ministry of dreams and visions, you will be able to remember them more readily. When you are awaken in the night after a dream, you will memorize it by going over it in your mind before you go back to sleep. This, however, is no guarantee that you will remember it the next morning and there is always the risk of not being able to recall some details about it.

God would speak to us in dreams and visions about the things that we have been praying about or He may be addressing certain things that have been happening in the local church. It is not unusual for the Lord to also speak to us about The Church in general and what He is doing in The Church. Obviously we will need to be able to identify what the dream or vision is speaking about. It is here that we can appreciate that when God gives a dream or vision, God also gives the correct interpretation. The key is for us to know God and be familiar with the intimate communion of the Holy Spirit. This is what Daystar Ministry is all about and it is what our two books are about.

The Holy Spirit will quicken to us from the contents of the dream or vision what is being addressed. Our book, 'Heavenly Communion in the Conscious State,' disciples us in establishing and refining intimate communion with God which leads to the development and perfection of the interpretation of dreams and visions.

3. Establish whether the language has literal application or whether it is in symbolic or metaphoric language

We can have dreams in which the actual people we see are the very people the dream or vision is about. On the other hand, the person or people we see may only be representing another person or others who are the actual subjects of the dream. A dream may portray a well known acquaintance from the past whose character you are familiar with. Your acquaintance may only be in the place of someone who is new to the church and whose character the Lord is revealing to be like your friend from the past.

Often times the dreamer himself may be portrayed in the dream as someone else that God is addressing. Here the dreamer sees, hears and feels the thoughts and emotions of the subject in vivid detail. In the Psalms that were prophetic of the details of the sufferings of Jesus on The Cross, David wrote them as if he was the one that was suffering. A scene at a school that you attended could be talking about a situation in your local church (place of learning).

The interpretation of such "hidden manna", whether they be from the Biblical books of the prophets or from dreams and visions is not for the carnal mind but for the Spiritually minded. The pragmatic carnal or natural mind will only regard such things as foolishness (1Cor.2:14). They do not comprehend that God deliberately hides hidden treasures of divine knowledge and ability (Deut.29:29). This is done so that only those who hunger after the righteousness and reality of Spiritual things will be filled.

"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter" (Pr.25:2).

"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth…" (Jn.16:13).

All these Spiritual things are the secret things of God that only the Holy Spirit can lead us into (1Cor. 2:7-13). Those who do not know the Holy Spirit adequately cannot enter in and function progressively in this realm, but it is the inheritance of each believer in Christ to enter into this realm.

When you are interpreting a dream or vision, it is advisable to just derive the overall basic message first of all. It is in this first general assessment of the dream that one may be able to determine whether the dream is from God or from another source. Another source could be just ourselves, where our worries and concerns can give rise to dreams (Ecc.5:3). The other source is from the kingdom of darkness where they can have input into our dreams just as they can have input into our thoughts, depending on the availability of their access to us and our susceptibility to them.

The realm of the spirit that we can access through dreams and visions can be difficult to navigate. The Holy Spirit is the only Spirit of Truth that can guide us safely in the realm of the spirit and thus through the ministry of dreams and visions (Jn.16:13).

Deriving the overall basic message of a dream or vision often represents a safe and accurate interpretation when the dream or vision has details that are not easy to determine. Here, we perceive the spirit of the dream as we dwell on the words of the dream. Rather than focusing on the literal details of the dream to derive the meaning, we focus on the spirit behind the words of the dream in order to derive the meaning. The words of Jesus may help us here when He said:

"It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life" (Jn.6:63).

We will recall that the many disciples who could not read the Spirit of the words of Jesus (Jn.6:53-64), but could only focus on the literal meaning of His words, left him (Jn.6:64-69).

"From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him" (Jn.6:66).

Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, also had the same problem of spiritual blindness when he sought Jesus for the meaning of being "born again" (Jn.3:7-13). He was totally confined to the natural mind of his carnality and he had no perception of spiritual things.

"Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born again when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?" (Jn.3:4).

"If I told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?" (Jn.3:12).

Nicodemus and the disciples of the Lord who left him knew the scriptures and were supposed to be involved in the work of God. However, they could not see spiritually in order to grasp the spiritual language of symbolism and metaphors. The great multitude that followed Jesus were also blinded to the language of the Spirit in the parables of Jesus (Mt.13:1-17). Unlike the disciples who followed Jesus totally and intimately, the multitude was hearing but they could not understand.

"And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given" (Mt.13:10-11).

We have found the same problem of spiritual blindness outworking in the ministry of dreams and visions in the churches today. Many are receiving communion from God in dreams and visions but the people are not able to discern God in them nor are they able to interpret them. Worse still, many ministers discourage the ministry of dreams and visions because it is a closed realm to them. This situation is described accurately in the book of Job:

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction" (Job 33:14-16).

Again the exhortation is for Christians to seek to be directly and intimately taught and led of the Holy Ghost (Rom.8:14). This is what 'Daystar Ministry' is all about, to teach every individual believer to intimately commune with the Holy Spirit. He is the invisible one who perfectly reveals Jesus and the things of Jesus Christ to us (Jn.16:14-15).

The words of a dream or vision may be termed, the vocabulary of the language of dreams and visions. With many dreams and visions from the Lord, the vocabulary can be worked out from their application in the Bible. We merely look up the words in a Bible concordance, study the appropriate scriptures and derive the meaning in the dream from these scriptures. The meanings are Spiritually perceived or discerned from the Holy Spirit within us.

"And we are setting these truths forth in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the (Holy) Spirit, combining and interpreting spiritual truth with spiritual language to those who possess the (Holy) Spirit" (1Cor.2:13, Amplified Bible).

Sometimes a dream may contain more than one event or there may be a couple of different dreams received one after the other. The different events or the different dreams on the one night may be a portrayal, in different ways, of the same message from God. Finding section headings and patterns will help in the interpretation of such dreams. They should help to reveal whether the events are about one message or whether they are about different messages. If there is a repetition of the same message, it is because the thing is established and it will take place soon.

"And for that dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass." (Gen.41:32)

If we do not receive and interpretation to a dream or vision immediately, we could just commit things to the Lord and He will bring us the meaning at another time. Often the actual meaning may only come to us when the events addressed in the dream or vision are taking place.

Sometimes certain instructions and events received in dreams and visions will not prove to be of Godly accuracy until they take place.

Some dreams and visions that we receive in the language of symbolism and metaphors are like the ones in the Bible, in that every word and every detail have a sound meaning. Often these dreams and visions are given to us substantially in the language that we find in the Bible. I call these pure visions and dreams.

Sometimes God may include a sign in a dream or vision to reinforce the fact that the message was from God. The sign usually comes at the beginning of the dream. It is normally an event that is going to take place but it can also be an event that has taken place. The sign may even be an intimate insight into one's own life. The sign will always point to divine knowledge and it is usually unrelated to the dream that contains God's message.

The vocabulary and language of dreams and visions are not rigid or static. Rather, the words are like a river that flows in the richness of flexibility and spontaneity of divine wisdom and knowledge. Therefore, there is no strict pattern or formula for interpreting the symbols, metaphors, shadows, typologies, analogies, allegories, parables, numbers and the colours that we would encounter in dreams and visions.

A word may have a different meaning in different dreams, just as a word in a scripture may have a different meaning in the context of another scripture. For example, "water" (Jn.7:38) speaks of the Holy Spirit but the inference of water (Rom.6:4) speaks of death in the context of water baptism by full immersion. "Fire" (Jer.4:4) speaks of judgement at the hand of God, whereas "fire" (Mt.3:11) speaks of the blessing of power and purification in the Holy Ghost. The lists of Biblical vocabulary and personal vocabulary of the language of dreams, visions and prophecy in chapter eight and chapter nine of this book will bear credible witness to this fact.

Just as we need to grow and develop in our interpretation and understanding of the scriptures in the Holy Spirit, so we need to grow and develop in our ability to interpret dreams and visions of God. This is the same thing as saying that we need to grow and develop in intimately knowing the Holy Spirit and in intimately communing with Him. Only then can we be directly taught and led of the Holy Ghost.

The ability to interpret dreams and visions of God is credible evidence that we walk in intimate "fellowship of the Spirit" (Phil.2:1). The Spirit of divine wisdom and revelation is in our knowledge of the Holy One (Eph.1:17).

Pharaoh recognized the Spirit of God in Joseph when Joseph was able to interpret his dreams.

"And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the spirit of God is?

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:

Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled…" (Gen.41:38-40).

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon also recognized the Spirit of God with Daniel when Daniel was able to tell the king's forgotten dreams and the interpretation of them.

"The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldst reveal this secret.

Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon" (Dan.2:47-48).

The same Spirit of God that was in Joseph and Daniel in the Old Testament is now in all Spiritual Christians under the New Testament Covenant in Christ Jesus (Acts 2:38-39).

It is a tragic thing when we ignore the reality of the Holy Spirit and run first to books, tapes and flesh and blood ministers to be our teachers and guides. It is not sufficient for us to just talk about the Holy One so why do we grieve Him in our ignorance of His presence and ministry. It is time for us not to be conformed to the spirit of this world (Jn.14:16-17), but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, that we prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God (Rom.12:2).

All spiritual Christians have the ability to be intimately taught and led of the Holy Spirit (1Jn.2:20,27). However, until we grow and develop to proficiently hear the Lord for ourselves, we will need the "parental" teaching and guidance of ministers, literature and tapes. One day we will be weaned from the milk of our parents to be predominantly taught and led of the meat of the Spirit.

Have a go at interpreting these dreams or visions by listening to the Holy Ghost in the way that is taught in the book. To assist you in your interpretation, why not have a look at ours by clicking on the title at the end of each exercise. These exercises can significantly help us to learn to hear the voice of our Shepherd.

After praying for our local church group I went to sleep. While asleep I had a dream which was more like a vision.

In the vision I saw a river with schools of fish swimming down stream. To the top side of the portion of the river I saw a gate or a narrow entrance. Standing at the gate I saw the form of Jesus Christ. I did not see Him clearly but I knew that it was Him. Jesus just seemed to be waiting patiently with much longing for the fish to enter in.

It was quite evident that most of the fish just swam past, not even perceiving the presence of the Lord. However, every now and then I observed that a few fish would turn and swim to enter through the gate where Jesus was standing. An amazing thing happened as they turned. In turning, they actually shed their scales and swam towards the gate. They would then swim through the gate into the enclosure that belonged to Jesus. There was the strong sense that this was Jesus as the Shepherd of the flock of God's people.

As I observed the schools of fish swimming down stream, I could see certain people from our local church group in certain fish. I could see that certain ones were being double minded as to whether they should turn towards the gate or to just swim down the stream.

"There was this place that Peter and the family were going to. This place was very special and I could feel it to be very special indeed.

We found it easy to get into the grounds. Somehow we knew the way and 'the know how' to get in. This was a place that only a few could get into. Anyway, we got through without any problem.

Inside was a beautiful pool of water and the water was crystal clear and blue. A man was there who was like the caretaker and he asked us how we got in. We told him that we knew the way. He was so glad that we knew. He said that not many knew the way.

There was a clear fountain from which water flowed into the pool. We went swimming in the water."

"There was an extremely large set of closely spaced ocean waves with very high crests and very deep troughs. It was if I was within these waves with no fear of them at all. The impression I had was that these waves were building momentum, were moving forward and I was moving with them."

"I saw this large green tree growing beside a river. I was with a group of people who were living in the branches of this tree.

A flock of birds flew over the tree making a loud noise. Then it rained very heavily on us."

I was working on this field that belonged to me. There was a fence that divided this field from another. This other field had a mature wheat crop which was dry and looking over ripe and ready for harvest. A little fire was still smouldering on my field from the clearing I had done.

Suddenly, I was alerted to a sense of fire danger. Then certain undesirable and unruly kids from the field of wheat crop climbed through the fence to my field. They had come to set themselves alight on the fire on my field. They would then climb back through the fence and throw themselves on the dry crop of wheat in order to burn it down. They did this just for mischief sake.

I was concerned as I watched and I felt to do something to stop them. However, I was only looking on and I observed that the kids failed to set themselves alight. The fire just went out and the danger of setting fire to destroy the harvest was averted.

I was then standing on my field and going through different packets of different seeds that I could use to plant on my field. When I came to the last packet a voice spoke to me and said, "This is a very special and important one." The packet was full and I could see that the seeds inside were healthy. As I looked at the seed the voice continued, "You must plant all the seed over the whole of your field." I understood the instruction to mean that my field was to be a one crop field.

To maximize this opportunity for you to learn to hear the voice of the Spirit in the way taught in the book, it is best that you initially have a go at interpreting the following scriptures without looking in your Bible. For the purposes of these exercises, we will be looking at each scripture in isolation in order to interpret the vocabulary therein. You can look at their meaning from the Bible later and you can see how all our interpretations can fit in.

"And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along."

"Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces."

©2001 Daystar Ministry, Brisbane Australia
Author: Pastor Paula M. Cavu (paulamcavu@yahoo.com.au)
Maintained by: Gavin Porter (gavinporter@anfic.com.au)
Last Updated: 14 September 2001
Unless otherwise stated, all scriptures have been quoted from the Old King James Version of the Bible.