 We truly are in a season of increased intensified spiritual activity and I've been receiving more messages than ever from believers around the world Who are receiving dreams and visions and they want to know how do I know this is of God? How do I know what it means? What does the Bible say about dreams and visions? I truly believe that we are in a season of the supernatural That's something way beyond the realm of our understanding is happening all around us something big is changing Something in the heavenly realm is shifting And I believe that God is preparing his people Through dreams and through visions. So if you can see what's happening in the spirit Maybe you've sensed something big is coming Some big transformation some big change some great outpouring You just know that you know that you know that something is on the horizon spiritually speaking I'm right there with you if you can see that I want you to write it in the comments Let me know come into agreement with me write these simple words. I see it just write those three words I see it and come into agreement and I want you to see Not only how many others are commenting this, but I want you to see the power of that agreement And I want you to know That I'm right there with you and that's why I'm teaching on this because I too believe that something is happening In the spirit realm and it's a good thing I'm telling you the forces of darkness don't stand the chance. Yes, we're in revival now Yes, there's a move of the spirit now But I truly believe that the sovereign hand of God is positioning the nations of the world like chess pieces on a board And something big is coming So I want to cover this on this live stream Because I believe it's time that God's people begin hearing God's voice through the supernatural means of dreams and visions I'm going to talk to you about what is the purpose of visions and dreams How can you tell if your vision or dream is from God now this right here? This second point I'm going to cover is the title of this live stream At least it is as we're live streaming it now And I will get to this step. Sometimes we watch things. We just want the information right away Just give me one two three tell it to me quickly But the problem is if I give you that information without first giving the foundation to understand that truth Then it's not really going to do much for you So there's great value in hearing the foundational truths before we jump right to them But I will cover how can you tell if your vision or dream is from God? That's one of the things I'm going to cover for sure also I'm talking to you about how much emphasis you should place in your dreams or visions Biblically speaking When are visions and dreams most likely to manifest? And I'll also talk briefly about some of the common dreams Now this is interesting some of the common dreams That believers have been having all over the world right now There's a common thread to these dreams people are having them constantly And I know this because I'm getting messages from people. They're saying David I'm having dreams about this. What does it mean? And they don't realize I'm getting the same messages from around the world from many other believers So I'm going to tell you some of the most common dreams that believers are having right now At least in my observation and I'm going to give you some quick keys for interpreting those dreams. And then finally We're going to pray and we're going to ask the lord to really help you be positioned To receive visions and dreams as god sovereignly decides to cause those to happen in your life So first and foremost are visions and dreams biblical? Well, of course they are I'll show you the scriptures to support this This is acts chapter 2 verses 17 and 18 where the bible says in the last days god says I will pour out my spirit upon all people Your sons and daughters will prophesy Your young men will see visions And your old men will dream dreams In those days, I will pour out my spirit even on my servants men and women alike And they will prophesy and I love that the scripture says men and women alike That great emphasis on the fact that god pours out his spirit on the entire body Not just on men And here's what's interesting Many people when they look at this verse they think that okay, so so visions are for young men and dreams are for old men Well, the scripture here is describing these two opposites these two extremes young and old To express an idea of completion In other words dreams and visions are coming to all people Now in second corinthians chapter 12 verses 1 through 4 the bible says this boasting will do no good But I must go on And this is paul the apostle saying I will reluctantly tell About visions and revelations from the lord I was caught up to the third heaven 14 years ago Whether I was in my body or out of my body. I don't know only god knows Yes, only god knows whether I was in my body or outside my body But I do know that I was caught up to paradise and heard things so astounding. This is amazing I heard things so astounding that they cannot be expressed in words Things no human is allowed to tell paul the apostle writes here About being caught up in a heavenly vision And receiving revelations that were so astounding so profound That he felt it wasn't even right to share the information or to share what he had seen publicly We're talking about deeper truths now because I believe that god does want to speak to you We're talking about going to realms untold Now, of course, we're going to stay grounded in the scripture because if anyone attempts to step Into the depths of the supernatural without without being grounded on the word and the person of christ They end up with bizarre doctrines and heresies and things that take people's really attention and mind and focus off of the lord And onto the manifestations. That's not what we're doing here But we must acknowledge at the same time That the bible does speak of these powerful wonderful Experiences in the supernatural job chapter 33 verses 14 through 15 say this for god speaks again and again Though people do not recognize it. He speaks in dreams in visions of the night When deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds now real briefly What's the difference between a vision and a dream? It's quite simple A dream is when god speaks to you visually or audibly or both usually both because this is something you're seeing It's like projected almost like a movie Well, you are asleep and a vision is something that's cast over your mind Well, you are awake now. I've noticed this in my own personal experience with dreams and visions That they're similar in the sense that they both occur when the mind is surrendered When the mind is surrendered and you're not so focused on other things that you're not You're not caught up in the things of the world You're not stressing and obsessing and being filled with fear regarding everyday things When you're just kind of thinking on the lord and focusing on his presence and loving jesus That's when these dreams. That's when these visions are most likely to manifest So we see at least here in the scripture that dreams and visions are biblical number two What is the purpose of visions and dreams and after I go over this? I'm going to show you how you can tell if your vision or dream is forgot from god But again, again, it's important to cover at least the basics first. Otherwise When you jump right into the application of the other things I want to give you You're doing so without the safety of the word and we must we must we must Build our foundation upon the word. So what's the purpose of visions and dreams? Number one God can impart through dreams Now this is astounding because we read in the book of first kings chapter 3 verses 5 through 15 That solomon has a dream And in solomon's dream god asks him what do you want? What can I give you? And solomon we know as the story goes asks god for wisdom And because solomon asked god for wisdom god is pleased with that request because he didn't ask For fortune and fame and power and the things of the world just in and of themselves He rather asked god the wisdom to govern god's people and god was so pleased with this that he said, okay I'm not only going to give you the wisdom that you asked for I'm going to give you wisdom untold and on top of that. I'm going to give you great wealth I'm going to give you victory. I'm going to give you great power. I'm going to give you great fame So solomon is told this in a dream now. Here's what's interesting. He's having this dream with the lord imagine this He has this dream But then it actually manifests in reality. Have you ever had those dreams? Maybe you need a new car your car is breaking down And you have a dream that you get a new car and you're sitting in it You can fill the material you can smell it you're driving it and then as you slowly start to wake up you realize Oh, no, no, no, no, it's fading away. It's not real Or I've had dreams especially when we're working on ministry projects where god will send a donor to say Hey, we've covered this the expenses for this project and I I go great We can stop fundraising now, and then I start to wake up and I realize oh That didn't actually happen. I have to get back to fundraising now And so sometimes what you see in the dream doesn't immediately Manifest in your everyday life and you can feel it slipping away as you're waking up and you're going no I don't want to wake up or perhaps on a more serious note maybe you've lost a loved one And you've had a dream about your loved one And as you're waking up your heart is breaking because you feel like you're losing them all over again because That that the reality that you sense in the dream begins to fade away as you begin to wake up But here's what's so astounding is that god actually gave true real and lasting impartation through a dream This wasn't something where Solomon has this encounter with god and then as he's waking up He feels the wisdom fading away from him or the wealth or the success as a ruler No, it was this dream that Solomon had that had real life implications There was something tangible that was imparted to Solomon while he was asleep that affected him in his everyday life First kings chapter five verse 12. Look at this So the lord gave wisdom to Solomon Just as he had promised now. When did he promise it? He promised it in a dream. This means now watch this. This is incredible You can experience realities of the spirit while you're dreaming That actually affect your everyday life So that when you have an encounter with god in your sleep You can wake up and still live out the effects of that wonderful encounter with god. There's no limitation for him We did a study on angels a few weeks ago with the partners And maybe I'll release it soon. Maybe I'll do it again. Maybe I wanted if you'd like to me to do it I'll possibly do it here on the stream But you know, I talked about the fact that angels would visit people in their dreams The bible didn't say that people would dream about angels The bible says that angels had the ability to go into people's dreams, which is another astonishing truth And I have experienced this in my own life. There was a powerful man of god Who I grew up spiritually admiring it wasn't idolatry or anything like that Just there was great admiration for man of god that the lord had had shown me and he had inspired me And I knew that there was an impartation that was to take place and you know for years. I tried to make connection I would try to reach out to this ministry this man of god And for years it just wasn't happening. And so what I did is I decided i'm gonna serve in this ministry And if that impartation doesn't come through direct relationship It can come through service So I began to serve that ministry give to that ministry And I began to have these dreams where this powerful man of god is walking by me And I go out to reach to grab the end of his cloak And he would each time each night in my dream he'd walk past and I would just miss him or he would just walk Into a room or I would just be a little too late to be able to grab hold of what in my dream represented the mantle And still one day I have this dream Where as this man is walking by I actually caught the coat And the moment I did I wake up that week we actually get a call from their ministry They had reached out to me to go and meet with this great man of god And that's where god began to connect me with this powerful ministry I had another dream several years ago of miss kathryn colman now. I'm not talking about you know Pulling from people's grave or necromancy or communication with the dead no dead people are dead and we don't communicate with dead people But we still can have dreams of them and those dreams aren't actually them the representations of what they stood for Representations of the anointing that god had placed on their lives and I remember I have this dream of miss colman And I'm ushered into her office by one of her assistants And I remember looking around the room And there was some older looking furniture. It didn't look like it was from the modern age It looked like it was from the age when her ministry was flourishing and so she's in her office I'll never forget this. She was facing the wall. Her back was turned toward me She was wearing that that long flowy beautiful white dress And she turns to me And as only miss colman can say she says David how are you and she had this big smile on her face And she reaches out and begins to hug me The moment she hugged me I felt like this heat come over my body And my physical being began to shake I woke up from that dream still under the weight of that presence Now I did not meet catherine colman. So don't go around saying david said he met catherine colman. That's necromancy No, we know biblically speaking. That's not what happened Rather, what happened is the inspiration of the life that she lived the ministry the anointing the power that Was used in her life God gave me a dream representing that and there was inspiration and connection that took place there that had real life Implications, of course And so we see number one god can impart through dreams just as god imparted actual wisdom to solemn though it was a dream Solomon actually walked in wisdom in his waking life even after the dream. So that's number one god can impart through dreams Number two god can reveal the future through dreams And we see this in genesis chapter 41 verses 14 through 28 We see this happening when pharaoh sends for joseph and joseph comes and he reveals the pharaoh's dreams He basically prophesies that there's this famine coming and of course He's able to help that government prepare and of course joseph was promoted as a result of that preparation But it came about through a dream now notice that the pharaoh was not able to understand his own dreams And there's something to be said right there, which i'm going to talk about a little bit later But joseph had to come and interpret it but once the dream was interpreted it revealed the future So god can reveal the future in dreams. I can tell you in my own personal life There's been times where god will begin to speak to me and sometimes you're just aware of spiritual activity I can't tell you how many times i've had dreams of people who i haven't spoken to in years I have the dream and i wake up and i have a missed call from them Why just the other day, uh, there's this inside joke that me and our director mr. timothy lay have i've known you tim how many years Um, just about just about 10 years I've known mr. timothy lay And in all those 10 years i've never met his parents and it's kind of an inside joke steve Have you ever met his parents? I've not actually you've never met his parents Okay, well i haven't met his parents and it's like an inside joke between tim and i and so Basically what happens is i have this dream where tim is finally introducing me to his dad And i said to his dad in the dream jokingly after 10 years we finally meet Well, i wake up and i have A missed call and a missed text from tim tim can testify to this this happened He called me and text me and it turns out that he had actually had his dad in town visiting And he had pulled up into my driveway And called When i had a missed call from mr. timothy lay and he had his dad in the car with him And i had just dreamt about that the night before now i'm not saying that god felt it necessary to communicate to me Tim's dad is in the driveway with him. They want to meet you right now that that's not what was being communicated rather I was simply picking up on things in the spirit And sometimes when you pick up on things in the spirit You grab hold of the future as god sovereignly reveals it This is there's no technique to it You can't work this up and conjure a dream or conjure a vision or conjure your ability to see the future That's witchcraft. That's sorcery. That's not biblical But rather you can't do things that yield yourself to god's voice that speaks to our dreams So god can reveal the future through dreams. We're talking about the purpose of visions and dreams number three God provides relevant information And mysteries in dreams and visions We see this in matthew chapter 2 verses 19 and 20 This is when the lord appears in the dream of joseph. This is another joseph. This is jesus's earthly father He's warned to go and take the child. Of course, we know the story that the firstborn were being attacked They were being killed. This was a genocide that was taking place in the angel come and comes and warns about the future Then we see in daniel chapter 2 verse 28 where the bible says, however, there is a god in heaven who reveals mysteries And he is made known to king nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days This was your dream and the visions in your mind Well on your bed. So god reveals the future god reveals relevant information god reveals mysteries in dreams And we see this happening over and over and over again in scripture now Here's the exciting reality nowhere in all of scripture. Does the bible ever say that god has stopped speaking through visions and dreams? It just doesn't say that Nor is there any biblical principle nor are there any teachings that you can point to that even slightly hint That this is done away with so this is something that god has made available to you and i today Now there have been times Especially when i'm writing especially when i'm writing a book when i write a book i stop reading other people's books I stop watching other people's teachings so that it can all be from the holy spirit and the word of course Commentaries and i back up the research and so forth But for the most part i try to stay away from books on a certain topic when i'm reading on that topic or writing on that topic And so sometimes what's happened to me When preparing a sermon when preparing for a book or even when when preparing ministry strategy for the next phase of ministry I'm praying about it. I'm talking to the lord about it Sometimes i will fall asleep And the lord will drop things into my spirit And i'll wake up and i have to write it down quickly because god gave me a whole sermon in my dream There have been times where i've fallen asleep and god will give me not just the sermon But he'll show me the entire outline point number one all the sub points point number two all the sub points Point number three all the sub points and then chapters and verses that correspond to and support those points That's the work of the holy spirit You wonder why the lessons seem to always line up with things going on in your life. It's the holy spirit He keeps us all in sync Now sometimes i do miss it But i do like to think that i for the most part can rely upon the holy spirit to reveal what to speak what to say And there have been times when i've gone to sleep and then i've awakened to find that the revelation is there The strategy is there guys there have been times i've woken up An entire book chapters are in my head and i have to write as quickly as possible To get what i dreamt about onto the page because god reveals Mysteries and he provides relevant information In visions and dreams in fact in some instances i get a lot of messages from you People telling me david you appeared in my dream David you were in my dream just the other day There was this gentleman talking about the fact that he was very sick The doctor said there was no hope for him I came into one of the parts of his dreams and he says after the dream he wakes up And there was a sudden turn he receives a miracle and i asked the holy spirit about that I don't think i'm actually going in people's dreams But something in the spirit is being connected with and this is just another mystery of how god works And it's really quite interesting if you ask me and then number four we see god can warn through dreams Now this is different than just telling the future Because as we saw with joseph the earthly father of jesus he was warned about the future He was also given relevant information which supported the last point i made But at the same time he's also being given a warning And a warning isn't necessarily always about the future sometimes a warning could be against something that you're doing now And god is saying i'm gonna judge this god is saying you need to correct this god is saying this is detrimental And because of that we need to pay attention to what god is saying job 33 Says this in verses 14 and 15 for god speaks again and again Though people do not recognize it. He speaks in dreams In visions of the night when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds So god speaks again and again through our dreams. Sometimes he's trying to get our attention Sometimes he's trying to get you to repent. Sometimes he's warning you about a certain individual a certain ministry a certain business deal He's warning you about a certain trip. I can tell you I have friends in the ministry Who god warned about certain trips? They didn't go on the trip and people who went on the trip that were in their group died Were killed And possibly god was warning them. They just weren't paying attention Now i'm not saying all this to produce fear and paranoia in you because if the holy spirit's going to speak to you I think he can clearly get through to you so long as we're living surrendered lives as i said There's no special formula to saying lord, how do I conjure the dreams? How do I hear it more clearly? That's not something that we can do on our own god is sovereign in that God is sovereign in really all things But we can live lives that are sensitive to the voice of the holy spirit that enable us to hear him more clearly Now sometimes there's nothing to prepare. This is another interesting fact in regards to the dreams that god sends about warnings Sometimes there's nothing we can do Sometimes god will warn us about a disaster or about a person or about a problem And there's nothing you or I can do but pray There's nothing you or I can do but pray for the strength to go through it And pray for everyone else who has to go through it a given example of this found in genesis chapter 15 Verses 12 through 14 say this as the sun was going down Abraham fell into a deep sleep and a terrifying darkness came down over him Then the lord and by the way, there's a point to be made there. I'll make it later at verse 12 Then the lord said to abram You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land Where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years But I will punish the nation that enslaves them and in the end they will come away with great wealth So here we see god warning Abraham that the people of israel would be enslaved for 400 years Well, my goodness, that's that's a terrible thing to be told in a dream But god was the one saying it And it wasn't as if god said here i'm warning you you got to change your decisions You got to do something different quick because here's what's coming No, sometimes god just gives a warning so you can just prepare To go through the storm sometimes he warns you to avoid the storm And other times he warns you to prepare for the storm and he will always be faithful to letting us know the difference There's other examples of this you can see genesis 20 You can see matthew chapter 2 Matthew chapter 27 I mean on and on and on i can show you a dream and vision after dream and vision of god warning His people and telling them about things that needed to be corrected or things that needed to be prayed about Or things that just needed to be prepared for in their hearts and in their minds for example I had this dream one night And i'm lying in my bed in the dream so there's dream dream david right there was david who was really asleep And then there was dream david who was also lying in a bed And in my dream i'm lying in my bed And in my dream i could feel this evil presence just behind my back my back was face facing the floor My face was toward the wall. I was lying on my side on the bed And then suddenly i feel this dark presence coming over me And i knew the moment that i sensed that i said that's demonic i could i know the sense of that demonic spirit And i knew that i knew it was demonic So i turn over to see What this thing is And i'm telling you in my dream dream david saw This black misty smoke it would look like smoke And in the middle of the smoke i saw two eyes and all i could see were the two eyes And the mouth the teeth this demon smiling at me And i began to rebuke this demon in my dream I start speaking against it and it's not going anywhere. This is a dream by the way So so those of you who would base theology on it saying see sometimes demons don't go no no no It was just a dream and god was communicating a truth through this dream So i see this thing it's it's floating in the center of the room. I'm rebuking it. It's not going Not this is not lea and i thought this was odd. I'm like i know for a fact that demons need to flee When you come at them with the authority of christ, but in my dream this wasn't happening and so i'm praying And i i told that i said you have no right to be here And then it says yes i do and it said it in almost a mocking laughing tone. Yes, i do it's smiling at me taunting me And i said what gives you the right or something to that effect And it said to me ask the one in your family who communicates with the dead And then i woke up The moment i woke up i knew this wasn't a warning specifically for me I knew this demon didn't have attachments to my life I knew someone was opening a door for demonic influence influence. That's the key word there for demonic influence in their life And so i called my grandmother who kind of has you know, grandma's keep track of the whole family They know what's going on with everyone. So i called my grandma and i told her this dream And the moment i told her this dream she knew exactly who i was talking about she called them Warned them they repented of what they were doing and that all came about through warning in a dream So that's one of the purposes of the dream on this note On this note one of the common misconceptions about dreams you've heard it said from people And i'm going to tell you in a moment how you can tell if your dream or vision is from god That's going to be one of my next points here So you're going to want to stick around for that but you know One of the more common cliches that kind of floats around right people say how do I know if my dream is from god? And inevitably somebody is going to tell you all you know your dream is from god because you always have perfect peace And i'm thinking What about abraham? Didn't we just read in genesis chapter 15 verse 12? That a terrifying darkness came over him I don't think that's peace now What i mean by this is i'm not saying you lose the peace of the holy spirit You know peace in the midst of the chaos But the problem is that when people say you'll always have peace about it what they really mean by that they don't really mean peace What they're implying what they're saying is that there will never be any negative emotions attached to the dream That's simply not true Sometimes dreams from god can bring deep conviction Sometimes dreams from god can bring fear in in regards to the areas of our lives that are not right with him Sometimes dreams from god can bring grief, especially when he reveals things about other people to us Sometimes dreams from god can bring a real heaviness like a sense of responsibility a real a real daunting feeling like oh my goodness I can't believe this is going to happen or that this is happening as revealed by the dream So when somebody says oh, you'll always have perfect peace Okay, if by that they mean that you'll always have the stability and the confidence of the holy spirit Then yeah, you'll always have perfect peace But that doesn't mean that all dreams from god have no negative feelings. In fact, some dreams from god Can produce heaviness Negative feelings not for the long term. I'm not talking about it producing a lifestyle of fear or a week-long bout of depression That's not what i'm saying. So don't hear what i'm not saying But i am saying that in the dream in the moment and maybe for the few seconds after you wake up There you can be shaken up sometimes by dreams from god So so don't fall for that cliche of oh, there'll always be peace Yes, there'll always be peace in the sense of the peace of the holy spirit Biblical peace But don't take that to mean and don't embrace this notion that every dream from god will always feel great because it won't And we see scriptural examples of that now I want to tell you how to tell if your dream or vision is from god This is important Especially now that dreams and visions are on the rise And we're in a season of the intensification of the supernatural This is going to be something that I think we need to be paying attention to this is something I think that we need to know this is something that we need to apply to our lives But before I talk to you about that make sure if you're watching this live or on the replay I need everyone watching this right now live or replay to leave a like on this video and steve I'd also like to take uh take a check in on the chat Yeah chat's doing amazing over here and I I see your guys's questions. There are already questions coming in So continue guys if you'd like a question to be answered at later time go ahead and you can leave it anytime during the stream I'm looking at all the comments here. So continue to comment guys. You guys are doing amazing I see so many other comments. I see kim heart song Carol so many people commenting so continue to comment through the stream. We're with you here okay How to know a dream or a vision is from the lord number one It's clear and coherent Now because we have the holy spirit We can interpret the things of the spirit when people of the world happen to the spiritual realm It's all very topsy turvy. They kind of catch glimpses and maybe some things aren't structured Maybe there's no form or shape to the things that they're seeing maybe there's no detail in what they're hearing Maybe there's a muffled voice or certain figures and shadows and parts and things that don't always make sense That's not the way god speaks If you look throughout scripture Anytime god spoke to a spirit field person. That's the key word Anytime god spoke to a spirit field servant. It was always clear and coherent They never had these dreams where they came out going. Hmm Well, first of all, I don't even know how to describe the dream I had It was topsy turvy all over the place. There was no coherency no structure to it But I don't I also don't even have the meaning That's not how god speaks to his people Now whenever you see that someone had trouble understanding their dream You would find that it was always someone who wasn't spirit filled Someone who wasn't connected to god in the way that they should have been and this is what I referenced when I was talking about Nebuchadnezzar and ferro how they had to come ferro had to go to joseph Um nebuchadnezzar had to go to daniel Different people have to go to different men of god to say hey interpret my dream. Why do they have to do that? Well, they had to do that because they didn't have the spirit and because they didn't have the spirit They couldn't interpret the dream. Here's what the bible says in genesis chapter 40 verse 8 And they replied we both had dreams last night, but no one can tell us what they mean And here is where joseph speaks Interpreting dreams is god's business Go ahead and tell me your dreams So here we see in the scripture That when it comes to the interpretation of dreams, this is something that god does and this is something that god's servants do So those who have the holy spirit are able to interpret dreams In fact, I think this is one of the ways that god can evangelize the lost They have a dream. They don't know what it means god's speaking to them, but they don't understand it Then you get a spirit-filled believer to come along and interpret their dreams using biblical truths Pointing always always always always pointing to jesus and once things have clicked in them It makes sense and the message is delivered in a way that they're ready to receive it But if you aren't hearing from god, it's not going to be clear and coherent So we have to get rid of this idea That sometimes god just kind of takes a bunch of little images throws us throws them at us and goes figure it out He's not doing that. Okay. He's not hurling imagery and shapes and sounds Into our heads at night from the balconies of heaven going hey do something with that. I'm sure you'll figure it out He doesn't leave us puzzles per se when we're spirit-filled now, of course We understand in the old testament the prophet spoke in shadow But they never spoke in nonsense anything they ever said was descriptive clear Coherent you could picture what they said you could you could grasp at least the descriptions they were giving And ultimately it led to a message so dreams from god for the spirit-filled believer Are going to be clear and coherent. They're not just going to be left up to random interpretation In the way that people look at fortune cookies and the way that new age people kind of go Oh, you know, just kind of go with the flow figure it out colors and images everywhere We'll eventually get the message no when god speaks He speaks clearly and coherently So this is an important thing to note because some believers get stuck here Though they'll they'll they'll eat maybe some food really late at night go to bed super late Watch some weird documentary and then have some strange dream and go. What is god trying to say to me? I don't know what he's trying to say to me. What did it mean? What did it mean and they obsess about it for weeks months some in some cases? I know people who have obsessed about dreams. They didn't understand for years And then they're all fearful wondering god that I miss it What were you trying to say and they think god's going well you didn't figure out the puzzle I sent that's on you No, he's not doing that god is not doing that when he speaks by the holy ghost The holy spirit speaks with clarity and coherency now. This doesn't mean That we're not going to get bits and pieces What this does mean is that the bits and pieces he speaks Will at least have coherency to them. So dreams from god are always clear for the spirit field That's one of the signs. It's from god if it's not clear. I'll talk to you about that in just a moment But usually for the unbeliever in fact in every case for the unbeliever the dreams were not clear completely They needed another servant of god to come along or a servant of god to come along and interpret the dreams for them So here's here's what I want to say now If they are not perfectly clear Okay, if the dreams not clear you wake up you you sense it's from god You believe it's from god, but you don't quite get the meaning if it's not perfectly clear At least it will be coherent So it's not going to be just some thing you can't describe put into words or even write down Why because god at least is going to give you the coherency with that dream So that if he hasn't given you the interpretation for some reason He will give the interpretation to someone else and you can go to those who have counsel and those who have wisdom You can go to other believers. You could pray about it. And if it's from god He's going to reveal that meaning to you and that's important to note. So if not perfectly clear At least they'll be coherent and there will be a purpose to them Now if you live right your dreams will be clear If you live wrong your dreams will be confusing You see god speaks to his servants through dreams And we who are spirit filled if we're walking with the holy spirit Are going to be in the right frame of mind to decode and interpret that dream by the spirit. So The people who have confusing dreams the people who don't understand what god is trying to say a it's because god wants to possibly Cause you to go and seek another believer who can help you figure it out pray about it Maybe a wise leader, but there's going to be some coherency to it Be it's because they're an unbeliever. So it's not going to make any sense, of course or see It's because they're a believer who's not living right And because they're not living right. It's not that god isn't speaking It's that they're not listening with their lives. They're not listening And when you live right, there's a clarity that comes a perfect picture that begins to unfold before you So if you don't understand a dream A Make sure you're saved Which of course if you're watching this you probably are B See if god perhaps is maybe giving you something that will take counsel of other believers And that's okay. Not always is it 100 clear? But again, it will at least always be coherent so that you can describe it for the sake of counsel And if none of those work see ask yourself is there's something in my life That's not in line with the will of god. Am I living in sin in some areas? There's some is there's some area of my heart that I've not fully surrendered Am I too busy too distracted to lend my spiritual ear to the voice of god? And if none of those are the case then I think you can safely dismiss the dream If none of those are the case, I think you can say, okay, maybe that wasn't from god. So number one It'll be clear and if not clear at least coherent Number two, it will always be biblical Second Timothy chapter 3 verses 16 and 17 say all scripture is inspired by god and is useful to teach us what is true And to make us realize what is wrong in our lives It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work the word The word the word the word if I say it once I'll say it a thousand. I'll say it a million times more The word you guys People are losing their minds because they're not in the word People are obsessing over late night snack dreams because they're not in the word People are living in bondage because they're not in the word the word the word the word there's power in the word Never will god contradict His word in your dream Never not a chance all the lord told me in a dream To date that unbeliever not a chance that was god All the lord told me to divorce my spouse now We know biblically speaking like in the cases of of infidelity or abuse We know biblically speaking that divorce is granted But if neither of those are the case it's all you know, I'm just not feeling happy Oh, I'm just you know, I'm just I'm just in a rut I don't feel romantic with them anymore and I had this dream Where god told me to leave him. No, that wasn't god That was your own desires manifesting in a dream Or oh, you know, I had a dream that I was demon possessed last night That must be true. No, well, if you're a believer, we know biblically speaking You can't be so no god would not tell you you're possessed in a dream if you're a christian at least Or a true believer So there are things that people have dreams of And they'll say well, this must be god And it's not Because they never check it with the word and therefore they elevate their experience above the truth of the scripture They elevate their dreams above the authority of what god has already said So your dreams if it's from god will always be biblical They will never in their message contradict the word now you may have dreams About for example, this may be a bit of a violent example But let's say you have a dream of someone being murdered And god's showing you a certain individual murdering another individual Maybe god's showing you that that person has hate in their heart toward that individual or even toward you Okay, that could be the message, but you say oh, but david, you know murder is not allowed in the scripture So was that biblical? What i'm saying is that the overall message Of the dream won't be unbiblical, but you may see some unbiblical things in your dream Like for instance Demons attacking people or another person getting violent with another person or maybe somebody lying in their dream So things like that do happen you may witness wrongdoing in your dream But that doesn't necessarily the dream the dreams is contradicting the scripture When I say it needs to be biblical what I mean that is that in the overall message that the dream is delivering It will ultimately align with the scripture never will the message of the dream Contradict the ultimate truth of god's words. So number one. How do you tell your dream or vision is from god? number one, it's clear and coherent even visions guys Visions will come you'll get an image Yeah, it may not be immediately clear what it is But at least it will be coherent to where you can say, okay, I can pray about it I can talk to others about it I can see counsel on it and I can weigh this in comparison with scripture in its message So it'll be clear at least coherent Number two, it will always be biblical and number three. It will be faith producing Romans 10 17 says so faith comes from hearing that is hearing The good news about christ or as some translations say hearing by the word of god in other words The word produces faith for what it promises So when god communicates a truth through a dream, he's going to give you the faith to go along with it So if god through a dream tells you start that ministry He's going to give you the faith to start that ministry If god through a dream tells you make that sacrifice so you can give to that ministry He's going to give you the faith to make that sacrifice so you can give to that ministry If god tells you separate yourself from that person because they're not in line with my will He's going to give you the faith to separate yourself from that person even dreams of warning Even dreams of correction, God will give you the faith to obey that which he has commanded you to do. So no matter what it is, God will give you the faith. If it's your mistake, he'll give you the faith to correct your mistake. If it's the mistake of others, he'll give you the faith to pray that they correct that mistake. But God's dreams and visions will always produce faith. They may not always produce pleasant emotions. They may not always produce the thought patterns that we would prefer. Sometimes God will warn us things and will say, Lord, why did you show me that? I wish I didn't see that. And sometimes he'll just show you those things, okay? But in the end, they will always produce faith to go along with what God is saying. So number one, always clear and coherent. Number two, biblical. And number three, faith producing. Now how much emphasis should we put on our dreams? And I wanna balance this out because I think sometimes people are either too dismissive of these things. Eh, if I wanna hear from God, I'll read my Bible. Well, the Bible says he speaks to you in dreams. So there's your catch 22 right there. But God does speak through dreams, okay? And some people are way too dismissive with dreams and visions. I don't need that. God doesn't speak that way. And they get stuck in this legalistic, religious mindset and then they're limiting God's work in their life. On the other hand, you have people who just think dreams and visions are everything. Oh man, they're pursuing it. They want a vision. They want a dream. They're actively, they're listening to worship music really late hoping maybe this time God will speak to me. Maybe this time God will show me something really neat. And you know, well, we should have passion for the things of God. You have to make sure that your passion for the things of God doesn't become an obsession with the supernatural that distracts you from the person of Jesus. And that's what really happens. People become obsessed with prophecy towards no longer about Jesus. It's all about prophecy. They become obsessed with the end time events. It's no longer about Jesus. It's all about the news and articles and current events and science and how it all aligns with the book of Revelation. It's good to study, not good to be obsessed about it. Demonology and deliverance. Some people, their whole Christianity is based on demonology and deliverance and they don't have a problem with demon possession but they have a problem with demon obsession. People with the healing ministry all about miracles, miracles, miracles, miracles. And I'm in the healing ministry. I practice deliverance. I believe in prophecy and I practice to give the prophecy. But in all these things, we must remember to not become obsessed with the hand of God. Instead, we must know his heart. To not be obsessed with what Jesus does but to be obsessed with Jesus himself. The moment you shift your focus from who Jesus is to what he does, you're in danger. You're in real danger and I want you to avoid that. And so how much emphasis should we put on our dreams and visions? Because on one hand, you don't wanna be dismissive. You don't wanna mock those things. Those are very beautiful, sacred, supernatural expressions of the voice of the Holy Spirit and you don't want to be dismissive of what the Holy Spirit is doing through dreams and visions. On the other hand, you also don't want to be so obsessed with it that you lose your mind. Every day you're reading dream books, keeping a dream journal, a dream calendar, a dream annual event, whatever it is you have, dreams, dreams, dreams, dreams, visions, visions, visions and you get so obsessed with this way that God may speak that you forget the more sure word of prophecy, which is his word. So this is what the Bible says in Deuteronomy 13, one through four. Suppose there are prophets among you or those who dream dreams about the future and they promise you signs or miracles and the predicted signs or miracles occur. But now it's saying that, because you know we've seen Old Testament warnings against certain prophets who would prophesy things that don't occur, but this particular portion of scripture is interesting because it's warning us against prophets who make predictions that do come true. Watch this. If they then say, come let us worship other gods, ah the focus off of Jesus. Gods you have not known before, do not listen to them. The Lord your God is testing you to see if you truly love him with all your heart and soul. Serve only the Lord your God and fear him alone, obey his commands, listen to his voice and cling to him. You can't claim authority from your dreams. Dreams are not the authority. And this is, I'm gonna upset some people here but I'm saying this because I love you. Some people because of their obsession with dreams, they've become obsessed with glory manifestations. They've become obsessed with angels. And let me tell you something. That obsession is worship. I know we don't wanna hear that. Well what is worship? Worship is to adore something. Worship is to give something worth. How do you give it worth through your attention? Worship can sometimes simply be the intensity of attention. Something I'm hyper focused on. I think about it, I'm obsessed with it and it's not that you're intentionally jumping off into idolatry but rather things are taking your focus by how to dream about angels. And now it's all about angels, angels, angels, angels. This angel and that angel. Look, just like I don't need to know demons' names because they have to obey the name of Jesus so I don't need to know angels' names because every blessing I have comes from him directly. I have the Holy Spirit within me. Now there's nothing wrong with studying demons and angels. There's nothing wrong with studying the supernatural. There's nothing wrong with experiencing these things but to become obsessed with these things and then to claim authority from our dreams and our visions and our experiences that's where you get into danger. And some people are there, they're so focused on the dream, on the authority that it has in their mind that they lose sight. Well, I know, people, they say things like, well, I know you're teaching me this. I know you're trying to help me. I know what you're saying from the scripture but I just had this dream. I can't shake it and it's so emotionally dug into you. It's like the roots of that dream have gripped your emotions and entangled themselves in your heart so that no matter what you see in the word, no matter what you hear and sound teaching, you're going, well, I don't know and it always comes back to that dream. That's dangerous. You cannot claim authority from your dreams and visions. So stop expecting people to follow your influence just because of a dream or a vision you had. Well, let me show you Colossians 2, 16 through 18. So don't let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths. For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality. Don't let anyone condemn you by insisting on pious self-denial or the worship of angels, there we see it again, saying they have had visions about these things. Their sinful minds have made them proud. So then people will try, well, you know I'm a prophet. I have dreams and visions. I had a dream about this and I had a vision about this and they try to garner people's, they try to garner influence over people's lives based upon the dreams and visions that they had. And really the Bible here is warning us, don't follow them based on the authority of their dreams and visions because there is no authority, not even in your own life. Don't allow dreams and visions in your own life to take the place of the word of God. Neither should we get them from dreams alone, that authority. Jude 1-8, in the same way these people who claim authority from their dreams live immoral lives, defy authority. Oh my goodness, there's something there. I sense the anoning on this really strong here. Someone needs to hear this. In the same way these people who claim authority from their dreams live immoral lives, defy authority and scoff at supernatural beings. What is that defying of authority there? That's talking about church authority too. Oh my goodness, I'm really gonna dig in something deep here. And I know many won't like it, but I have to say it again, because I love you. People will leave their churches and their pastors and their leaders claiming authority from their supernatural experiences, avoiding accountability, defying that authority, and then saying, well, I have these supernatural experiences. So this elevates me in the spirit. People really believe that their supernatural experiences give them promotion in the spirit. Let me just dispel that myth right now. Supernatural experiences, your operation in the prophetic, in deliverance, in healing, in dreams, in visions, in miracles, in the discerning of spirits, in the interpretation of dreams and visions, none of that gives any spiritual authority. You know why? Because even hypocrites can do that. It's read Matthew seven. So where then does authority come from? Authority comes from being proven in a local church. Oh my goodness. Tom, people are not gonna like this. Being proven in a local church or a local body of believers, some would say, I am the body. No, you are not, not on your own, you're not. It's only when we come together that we're the body. And they claim authority and they defy that authority at the same time. They defy the authority that was over them and they claim authority for themselves by the supernatural experience. When true biblical authority comes from becoming mature in the spirit, taking on the character and the nature of Christ, it comes through being proven through a body of believers and appointed into ministry through God ordained ministers. That's how it happens. But others, they claim authority to their dreams and visions. Well, I'm having these supernatural experiences. So I must be really, really high in the spirit. I would say, no, not really. That's not how ranking in the spirit works. It's not as if supernatural experiences are the way to be ranked. If that were the case, then my goodness, what of the character of Christ? What of the system of the church that God put in place? And that's just the tangent there that the Holy Spirit took me on. And that's just the reality that the scripture teaches. It's a fact, guys. There's no getting around the Bible. So in the same way, these people who claim authority from their dreams, live a moral lives defy authority and scoff at supernatural beings. Not every dream has spiritual significance. Sometimes your mind is just processing its own issues. Did you know that's how your mind processes issues through dreams? This is why it's important to get good sleep. Because each night that you go to sleep, you're processing things, not just from the day, but from also the week. And your brain is compartmentalizing everything, organizing everything into nice files saying, that goes here, this goes there. That's why when you don't go to sleep, you feel jittery and overwhelmed because it's like one long day and your mind hasn't had time to process everything and organize your thoughts into levels of priority. And this is why we have to sometimes just accept that, hey, the dream was just a dream. Yes, sometimes the dreams come from the Lord and sometimes guys, the dream is just a dream. That's a fact. So if you can't interpret it, some people say, well, what happens if I can't interpret it? What do I do? They're giving too much credit to their dreams. They're giving too much authority to their dreams and visions. What happens? God gave me this dream the other night and I don't know the meaning and I prayed about it and everyone else was talking about it and we tried to figure it out. We couldn't figure it out and I believe it was from God and there's no clear meaning and I'm really, really worried. What do I do? Stop stressing. You don't think God has the capability of speaking clearly when he wants to get a message to you? Of course he does. Be at peace. There's no need to obsess over it. So if God wants to speak, he'll speak. If he doesn't, he won't. To see first Samuel, chapter 28, verse 6, he asked the Lord what he should do, terrifying verse, by the way, but the Lord refused to answer him, either by dreams or by sacred lots or by the prophets. If God doesn't want to speak, he's not going to speak. If he does want to speak, he's going to speak loud and clear. So don't put too much emphasis, don't obsess about your dreams and visions, but do acknowledge your dreams and visions. Don't ignore, don't obsess, but do acknowledge and evaluate in a healthy way your dreams and visions. So what really causes dreams and visions to happen? I'll show you just a few biblical examples. Let me start this by saying that nothing you can do in your own strength and power can increase your dreams and visions. It's not like you can go and just kind of pool on heaven and say, hey, give me more dreams, give me more visions. God is sending dreams and visions to who he wants to send dreams and visions to. But if you want to make sure that you're in a position to clearly hear from God in those dreams, to clearly hear from God in those visions, then here's how you do that. First of all, in Acts chapter 22 verses 17 through 22, we see that Paul was praying, so prayer when he had a vision. In Revelation chapter one verses nine through 13, we see John the Revelator was worshiping when he had a vision, so worship. And number three, we see in Isaiah chapter six verses one through eight, that Isaiah the prophet was serving when he had a vision. So you should serve. So if you're praying, worshiping, serving through both ministry and holy living, you're in a position, you're a candidate, to be a recipient for these dreams and visions from God. I remember one time I was working in the sound, guys, of all places, the sound room. I was working the laptop, nothing fancy, switching the words on the lyrics. And I'm just flipping the songs through the keyboard. I was pushing on the little down arrow and making sure the worship lyrics were aligned was what the people were singing in the congregation. When all of a sudden, the Holy Spirit told me, look, I look over to my left and I saw a white flame, guys, before the Lord. I'm telling you this. I saw a white flame with the face of a lion in it. Just flashed toward me and like it hit my body. I remember when it hit my body, I like reacted. It like hit me. And I noticed from then on that there was a real increase in the prophetic and healing on my ministry. I don't really know what it all meant. Again, it was coherent, I can explain it to you. And it had a real purpose in that I was able to see a manifestation of that in the ministry, but it just happened while I was serving. Now, what are some common dreams that I've been getting? This is really interesting, guys. You know, I get a lot of messages from believers and it's a real joy to be able to hear from people from all around the world. Like that's one of the wonderful things about having an online ministry is I get the joy of messages on Instagram and Facebook and email and really much anywhere online. People are sending in their messages, sharing their experiences with the Lord, revelations. Of course, sometimes they ask for prayer requests so we have an opportunity to pray with God's people, which is also a joy. But you know, people are sending me messages about dreams they're having. And as of late, it seems to me, at least in my observation, that there's been an increase in spiritual activity in this season. We are on the verge of something huge and I don't even really completely understand it myself, but I think collectively the body of Christ we understand that something is coming, something's just around the corner, something's on the horizon, as they say. And I don't quite understand what's coming, but I know that there's a big shift in the heavenly realms taking place right now. And people are sending me their dreams, their visions. I mean, I'd like to know in the comments section some of the dreams and visions you've been having. Just type it right now, live or replay. And not only that, I'll see it, but others who watch this video will see it in the comments section as well. So anyway, I've been getting a lot of messages from you guys and you, I'm telling you, are having some pretty amazing experiences in the supernatural. Here are some of the dreams that are more common. I'm gonna share these with you, some of the more common dreams that people have been sending in. And then I'm gonna show you simple keys to biblical interpretation of dreams, okay? So here's what's amazing. I'm getting messages from people about these dreams and they're coming from people from different nations, different parts of the world, different ages, different cultures. So God must be speaking. Okay, let me know if any of these apply to you. I'd love to see it in the comments section. People are telling me that they're having dreams more often about casting out demons. These are just the messages I'm getting. People are sending me dreams about them seeing healing and in the dream when they're praying for healing miracles, their hands start to heat up. People are also telling me about dreams where they see like a sea of people and they're standing on a stage and they're preaching and they see like a sea of people. And then the fourth one, not as encouraging but still just as common, people are telling me that as they're waking up in their dream state, they're seeing like a dark shadowy or demonic figure, evil presence in the corner of their room. And really I think that there is some biblical interpretation that can be applied here and I think it's really simple. People who have dreams about casting out demons, I think that means you have a passion to see people set free. And typically you're a person who is tired of religious nonsense and you want to see a move of the Holy Spirit, genuinely see a move of the Holy Spirit. And I believe God wants to use you to set the captives free. The second one I mentioned, seeing healing miracles. I believe God's possibly called you to a healing ministry and there's a great hunger in your heart to see miracles and a great compassion for the sick. This sea of people preaching, just right now as I'm talking, someone in the comment section said they have the first and the second and then someone else said standing and preaching in front of a sea of people. Okay, I'm telling you guys, these are what's happening. The Holy Spirit speaking to the, isn't this amazing? The Holy Spirit is speaking to the body of Christ collectively. Okay, and then this sea of people, oh my goodness, I sense a really strong anointing as I talk about this. This sea of people I believe is a great harvest of souls. Something the Lord has really been reminding me of recently, like in the past couple of weeks, He's been doing something fresh in my heart and I'm actually gonna be ministering on it this Sunday. Something in my heart is just saying souls, souls, souls. Souls, souls, souls. I'm telling you, that's what I believe this dream is. I believe we're gonna see a great sweeping in of souls, a great harvest of souls. Who knows, who knows what this could be, but these are the dreams that people are sending to me. This dark figure in the room, I believe this is Satan trying to intimidate God's people. Look, we know, I think it's, we've been there, done that. Everybody knows Christians can't be demon possessed, but demons can attack you. This is a truth that some people miss and so they become ignorant of the realm of the spirit. We mustn't be ignorant of the enemy's attacks. The enemy will attack you. He can attack you and he can influence you. He can affect your life severely so. So he's trying to intimidate people from stepping into this great season. Now dreams can either be holy or unholy. Remember I told you at the top of the live stream that I would give you some information on how to make sure you're having the proper types of dreams. But whatever you feed yourself throughout the week, I'm giving you that answer now. Whatever you feed yourself throughout the week, that's what's gonna manifest in your dreams because that's what you're putting in your mind and your dreams are partly a manifestation of what's going on within you. So if you're putting unholy things in your mind all week long, don't be surprised if by Friday night you're having terrible dreams. And the key to stopping this is simple, live in the spirit. Just live in the spirit. Repent of the wrongdoing. There's no special prayer, no special session. Just start living right and fill your mind with the word and watch this thing change and the dreams will start changing too. By the way, on a side note, when you start to obsess about the negative dreams, all you're thinking about is the negative dreams. And so if all you're thinking about is the negative dreams, I guess what's gonna be put in your subconscious, the negative dreams. So part of the problem with having bad dreams and demonic dreams is that people become so obsessed with them, they go, what does this mean? How do I get out of this? Is the enemy taking over my life? And instead of just acknowledging, okay, it was an attack, I pray against it, I repent of any wrongdoing and now I live clean. Some people become so obsessed with it that they actually cause the cycle to repeat and they get stuck in that and then they can never escape from it. Now I wanna tell you how to interpret. He's gonna be very simple keys. Real briefly, how to interpret your dreams. Number one prayer, seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Number two, and be careful with this one because some people take this to unhealthy extremes. Look at biblical symbolism and you'll know what the scripture actually uses as symbolism because it will tell you itself what different things mean through context, through prophets or prophetic interpretations and prophets who themselves spoke of what different things mean and what God was saying through prophets in their visions, in their dreams as they spoke to warn or to speak to God's people about certain things. There were always these symbolisms that were very clear, these symbols that were very clear. So biblical symbolism is a thing but please don't take that to unhealthy extremes. It's not like a fortune cookie, okay? You're not just gonna throw your own interpretations on everything. And number three, prophets. God can speak through his prophets to help you interpret your dreams. Okay, I wanna pray now. Man, I feel such an annoying. I want you to write your prayer request in the comments section. Even if I don't see every request, God's people are gonna see the request themselves. They'll see it right here on their screens. The comments will come across their screen and then we're all just gonna agree right now and pray. I wanna pray that heaven would be opened over you. Oh, I can sense such a strong anointing as I talk about this, wow. I wanna pray that heaven would be opened over you. And that you would be like Jacob. You would see angels ascending and descending on that ladder. It's that connection between heaven and earth. Wow, wow, wow. Everybody begin praying in the Holy Ghost right now. Wow, wow, wow. Thank you, Lord, for the anointing. Such a tremendous anointing here. I really believe he's gonna do it. There will be many of you after we pray, even many of you tonight, God is gonna speak to you. And it's not because David Diger Hernandez prayed for you. That's not why. I don't believe you're gonna have a dream just because I prayed it. Rather, I believe God positioned you by his divine providence to hear this message and receive this prayer because he has a message for you. Wow, Lord, I thank you for the anointing of the Holy Ghost. And I pray, Father, that you would begin to speak to your people. Open our spiritual eyes. Open our spiritual eyes. Type these simple words, chat, just type, let me see. Wow, whichever one you're led, type let me see or open heaven or both, whatever you're led to write. Live or unreplayed, this anointing is flowing. Thank you, Jesus. I give you the glory. Father, let them take your word and apply it now. We lend our ear to you. Speak for your servants are listening, Lord. Trust us with the mysteries of heaven and revelation, I pray. Dreams and vision, open heaven, open heaven, open heaven. Lord, I pray that many even tonight, when they sleep, that you would speak to them clearly. Wow, wow, I think it's been a while since I've touched on this particular topic, but man, there's such a heavy flow here of the anointing. And Lord, bring healing to their bodies, deliverance to the captives, I pray. Remove sickness and bondage. In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray. I want you to say it because you believe it. Whoa, say amen. Let me read a verse to you, Luke 21, one through four. While Jesus was in the temple, he watched the rich people dropping their gifts in the collection box. Then a poor widow came by and dropped in two small coins. I tell you the truth, Jesus said, this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them for they have given a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she has. When was the last time you've went all in for God? I want you to really ask yourself that. We say things like, Jesus is my Lord. We say things like, Jesus is my King. We say things like, oh, Jesus is my everything. When was the last time you went all in for God? For his glory, for his goodness, for his kingdom, for souls? You know, Jesus sat there watching as the people gave and he does the same today. You know, Jesus watches what we give to churches and ministries. He's looking. This afternoon, I was in a drive-thru picking up a coffee when I looked on the drive-thru counter right there where you have when you pull up and they had a tip jar, the two tip jars actually, and they made people vote with their tips, right? Either bugs or snakes. And I said, neither, so I'm not tipping. No, I'm just kidding. But really, that's how they did it. They had two jars, bugs or snakes. Which one do you think wins? I'm like, well, I don't even know what the competition is in the first place. I wouldn't know how to vote. But that was something they tried to use to get people to give. And I looked at it and I saw coins, dollars. It looked like people would take a dollar, 25 cents. And I think that's the problem sometimes. I think we think of ministries as these lowly little, these like lowly little charities, oh, these small little operations. They just need a couple bucks. There you go, I did my duty. There's the two dollars for you. There's the 25 cents. And we forget everything that God has done for us. He's never held back from us. Ever. Don't hold back from him. You know, when I give, and this is something the Lord had to really teach me, because I wasn't always like this. When I give, I try to do it in a way that's honoring of him. Now, you may not have a lot, but you can be like this widow who out of your poverty, out of your struggle you give, there's a lot of people struggling right now. But let me tell you something, the gospel still comes first. A lot of people are struggling. And because we struggle, I think sometimes we excuse ourselves. We say, well, the Lord will understand. I don't need to give to the kingdom. That's not the truth. And you know, there have been times in my life where I personally was struggling, but I didn't allow the enemy to stop my giving then. That's a great lie. And we think we're excused when we're not, in fact, God wants to give us the opportunity to unleash the flow of heavenly provision. And we don't do it because we're afraid. Be like this widow who pours it all in, who goes all out. I'm not talking about emptying your counts and savings. I'm talking about giving something that costs you. And this goes for the rich and the poor and the middle class. It goes for the rich, the poor, the middle class, everyone. Everyone ought to give something that costs them something. And I think sometimes we forget that we ought to give in proportion to how we're living. And you know what I found? In years of ministry, I found that it's the people who are struggling financially who give the most. This is the reality. I found that the rich often hoard, and it's the poor, it's the struggling, it's the middle class who give the most. I don't know about you, but I want to be like this widow who says, "'Lord, I love your work. I love the kingdom. I love souls. I love you." And because of that, I give extravagantly, sacrificially. It's time to give, and it's time to give above and beyond. Why? Because the season calls for it. This is the test of many people's faith. So as I said, whether you're rich or poor or you're in the middle, all of us have a responsibility to fund the kingdom of God. Now, I have some really good news to report. Let me show you something. At davidhernanisministries.com, go there. And you know what's funny is you'll notice always during the offering, people begin to log off. And I don't say that to condemn anyone. I would never do that. But why is that? Because our mindsets need to be shifted by the word. But let me show you something that's happening in our ministry that's amazing. And I wanna challenge those of you who normally log off at this point. They say, okay, that's it. It's done. I'm done. I'm gonna log off. No, no, no. Now is the time to participate with what God is doing. This is an opportunity. We needed 2.75 million for phase one of the studio project. Now we're at 2,058,000. Guys, under 700,000 left. I think that's around 692,000, maybe 691,000. But 690 is all that's left of this major phase. This is phase one. Let me show you where we're at, guys. This project is ongoing. This is the main studio. You see they're bringing in materials. Next picture. Just keep them going, guys, until I tell you to stop. This is the main studio. We're not that fast. Go back to the other one. Britain took that real literal. This right here is the main studio. This is where we're gonna build the big sets. People are gonna be gathering. And then you can see walls are going up. Some walls are coming down. Some walls are going up. Construction is happening actively. I, today, the ministry wrote a $200,000 check today. That's one of the first payments that was due for this construction. We paid it. We're on time with our bills, thank God. And this right here is what's happening. And here's what's going to happen in the ministry. These are the concept arts, or the concept art, that we put together. There's where you'll gather and have your coffee before coming in for service. There's where we'll put some seats out so you can pray and get ready to receive from God, revival history there. There's some of the restrooms that you'll be using before you come into the service that we have live at the studio. All of these things, right there, you can just hold it here, actually. This is the green room for our guests who come on to encounter TV and you can actually stop with the photos now. Guys, this is God's project. Why are we doing this? Very simple. I can explain all the benefits. I could tell you, oh, this means weekly meetings. I could tell you, oh, this means our own data center, which will help to future-proof our content just in case we ever get taken off of YouTube or social media. I could tell you, oh, this will help us to produce more content. I could even say that this will help us to train other ministries in the area and help them to grow their production so that we might multiply our impact. But most of all, it's very simple. Every time this ministry has expanded, we've gone to a new level of soul-winning every single time. Why is that? Because when you pour resources into this ministry, we use it to expand the kingdom and to win the law. So I need everyone right now to go to DavidHernandezMinistries.com slash expand. We have one month left to raise the remaining amount, one month. And I know people of God, we can do this, but it's gonna take all of us. There will be tens of thousands of people who watch this. It's going to take all of us, giving the best that we have. I want you to do two things. One, I want you to give your best gift. Number two, I need you to pray that God would touch the hearts of a few key wealthy people. I don't know who they are. I'm not putting anybody on in the spot here, but I know by the spirit that there are some watching whom God has given great abundance to in this season. And they're like Joseph's, who are going to bless the kingdom even in the time of famine. And I need you to pray, people of God, that the Holy Spirit would speak clearly to those who've been given great resources that they might add to our project. So it's gonna take every one of us giving the best that we can and a few key donors. It's just the way it happens every time. Usually all of the people together with their gifts of 25, 100, 25, 130, 40, all of the people together will bring about 70% of it in. And then usually the last 25 to 30% is finished off by a few key people who've been kind of watching the project, waiting, seeing where it's going. These are the people we need to pray for. These are the people we need to pray that God would speak clearly. And they're just waiting. They're saying, Lord, speak to me if you want me to do this. So I need you to do those two things. Go to davidhernandezministries.com slash expand. And then I need you to pray that God would touch the hearts of people who have resources stored. And you may not even consider yourself wealthy, but in other people's minds you are. And you have resources stored and you've been praying, should I do this? Should I help? Is this the Lord? I need to pray for these people. I need all of us to pray that God would touch the heart of these key donors because that is how I believe this project is going to be completed. Now, if you enjoyed this teaching, as you're giving, make sure you also check out, how do I hear the voice of the Holy Spirit? Three keys in that teaching. I show you how to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit with three practical, biblical, applicable truths that you can apply to your life right away.