Five Types of Prophetic Dreams for the Present By Laura Harris Smith l What Your Dreams are Telling You l Dreamworld Truths

Warning Dreams

Warning dreams warn of coming danger caused by a person, the evil one or a wrong decision we are about to make. Sometimes we need saving from an enemy, and sometimes we need saving from ourselves. Warning dreams aren’t “fate,” meaning they are not definitely going to come to pass. God will often show you things in dreams so you will partner with him in prayer and change them. Sort of like those movies with alternate endings where you can use your DVD remote to decide the outcome, heeding a solid warning dream can prevent bedlam from breaking out.

"And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route." - Matthew 2:12 (NKJV)

Directional Dreams

Directional dreams “seal your instruction,” as Job 33:16 promises dreams and visions can do. The Bible is full of directional dreams. In Genesis 46:2–3, God tells Jacob in a dream to go to Egypt. In Genesis 31:24, God instructs Laban in a dream to speak kindly to Jacob. In Matthew 1:20, God tells Joseph in a dream to take Mary as his wife. Directional dreams leave you thunderstruck when you awake at the detailed counsel you realize you’ve just received. God wants to be intricately involved in the minutia of your life, if you’ll let Him.

"Then He opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction. In order to turn man from his deed, and conceal pride from man, He keeps back his soul from the Pit, and his life from perishing by the sword." - Job 33:16–18