God can use dreams for many purposes. Here are four biblical ways He speaks through them.

1 –God Can Impart Through Dreams

In 1 Kings 3:5–12, the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream and invited him to ask for whatever he desired. Solomon asked for an understanding heart so that he could lead God’s people well and distinguish between right and wrong. The Lord was pleased with his request and gave him extraordinary wisdom.

Solomon did not merely dream about God—he encountered God in his dream. What happened while he slept resulted in a genuine impartation that affected his waking life.

There have been times when I sensed the Holy Spirit’s presence intensely in a dream and then awakened with that same sense of His presence in the room. A dream can become a genuine place of encounter. God can impart wisdom, courage, direction, or spiritual strength through it.

2 –God Can Reveal the Future Through Dreams

Genesis 41 records Pharaoh’s troubling dreams and Joseph’s God-given interpretation. The dreams revealed that seven years of prosperity would be followed by seven years of famine. Because God revealed what was coming, Egypt was able to prepare.

God can reveal future events through dreams. Sometimes, He may show you something before it happens; at other times, He may confirm what He has already been speaking to your heart.

Years ago, at about age ten, I had a dream in which I saw an old man carrying a load in a "Ghana Must Go" bag. I took the load from the old man and walked with him for a distance. At a point , he asked me to put the load down, and when I did, he opened the bag; it was full of Bibles. He gave me one of them and told me to cherish it. He then said he could carry on from that point. He moved a distance away and vanished into thin air. In another dream at a different time, I was given Genesis 17:1–4. In a third dream, a well-built man in a white robe came to me and gave me a briefcase, telling me to guard it well, as everything in it was for me. I opened it and found a Bible and a white handkerchief with a dove drawn at the center, inscribed with the words "Holy Spirit."

When I shared these dreams, I was told God would use me. Since then, God has used dreams to show me what lies ahead, what is present, and even what is in the past that needs to be unraveled.

3 –God Can Reveal Important Information

After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and told him it was safe to return to Israel with Mary and Jesus (Matthew 2:19–20). The dream provided the information Joseph needed for a decision in that moment.

Daniel also declared, “But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the future” (Daniel 2:28, NLT).

The Holy Spirit may reveal a missing piece of information, bring clarity to something you have been sensing, or expose a matter that needs prayer. But dreams must never make you paranoid or suspicious of everyone around you. Do not make accusations or major decisions based on a dream alone. Remain discerning, levelheaded, prayerful, and submitted to Scripture.

4 –God Can Warn Through Dreams

God may use a dream to warn you about physical danger, spiritual attack, a damaging decision, or a difficult season ahead. Sometimes a warning calls you to act; other times, it simply calls you to pray and prepare.

In Genesis 15:12–14, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a terrifying darkness came over him. God warned him that his descendants would be oppressed for 400 years, but He also promised to judge the nation that enslaved them and bring His people out with great wealth.

This passage corrects a common misconception: a dream from God will not always feel pleasant. A warning may produce a serious or even troubling emotional response. The presence of a negative emotion does not automatically prove that a dream is not from God. The more important questions are whether the message agrees with Scripture and whether it ultimately leads you toward faith, obedience, prayer, and redemption.

God bless you!

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Repentance brings a change of attitude concerning God. The sinner naturally vilifies God. Even when he speaks of His love, he has no conception of God’s justice and wrath. True repentance brings a sense of the Holy God who cannot look upon sin. It impacts a change of mind concerning sin itself upon a person.
The unrepentant delight in sin. A child of God may be tempted to sin and even fall into sin, but his bosom aches when he does so. A true child of God who has repented cannot enjoy sin and continuously longs for deliverance. Before every child of God, there is a vision both of what he is and what he ought to be. He cries with the poet; “O that a man might arise in me that I might ease to be.”
Repentance gives the sinners a change of mind concerning him. Before our salvation, we all had a good opinion of ourselves. Like the Pharisees, we often thanked God that, “we were not as other men, extortionist, unjust, adulterers, or even as the publican" (Luke 18:11). But, every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted (Verse 14). Where there is true repentance, though, men often despair of themselves, and like the publication, their cry is, “God be merciful to me a sinner”. They echo Paul’s exasperated plea: “O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death" (Romans 7:24). For Christ came not to call the righteousness, but sinners to repentance (Luke 5:32).
Repentance affects the motions and will, and also creates a change of feeling. We must beware here lest we are deceived. The old time evangelist who specialized in death-bed stories often created mere human emotion filling the mourners' bench with weeping people. These mourners often had a remorse for their evil doings, deeply regretting they had not been better men and women when they were told about meeting their “mother” in heaven. But remorse in not repentance, though I must say remorse is a very common experience for those who commit sin. Someone has called remorse the “echo of lost virtue”.
Remorse is the attitude of mind and heart for some evil done. Repentance, however, goes deeper. Repentance creates a sorrow for what we are rather that remorse for what we have done. Therefore says the Hebrews writer, “Leaving the principles of the doctrines of Christ (Messiah), let us go into perfection by not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works” (Hebrews 6:1).
Christian repentance is not merely the pangs of an injured conscience. Christian repentance follows the Holy Spirit’s convicting work deep within our soul (John 16:7 and 8). It lays strong hold upon the human will and brings the sinners into conformity with the will of God. It is heeding God’s call from a life of destruction (Mark 1:15). Repentance does not mean merely shedding tears over our wrong doings. It ends in faith in Christ, the Saviour. The Church must preach and teach until these conditions are obtained in the ministries. Then our revival shall have come. For this is the will of God for all mankind (Acts 17:30).
Today what the Church and the continents at large need is repentance. The call of the pulpit to the pew must be repentance. And that of the crusades to the nations must similarly be repentance, and this must eventuate in confession of sins. The scripture, therefore, tells us: “Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the Lord your God” (Jeremiah3:13).That will move our God to come down and heal our many wounds. We are reminded that, “The Lord’s hands is not shortened, that it cannot save neither is His ear heavy that it cannot hear, but your iniquity have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear” (Isaiah59:1 and 2). He that covers his sins shall not prosper, but whoso confess and forsake them shall have mercy (Proverbs 28:13). “For as many as the Lord loves, He rebukes and chastens; be zealous therefore and repent!” (Revelation 3:19).
The repentance must not only be among the lowly citizens but must spring from the governors trickling to the governed. “Therefore whosoever hears these sayings of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man which built his house upon a rock. And everyone that hears these sayings of mine and does them not shall be likened to a foolish man which built his house upon the sand,” declares the Lord Jesus Christ (Mathew 7:24 and 26).
Almighty God is calling to the people today as He did to former Israel that, “Therefore also now, says the Lord, Turn even to me with all your heart and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning. And rend your heart and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God. For He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repent Him of the evil. Who knows if He will return and leave a blessing behind Him, even a meat offering and drink offering unto the Lord your God? Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly; gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bride-groom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord weep between the porch and the altar and let them say: Spare your people O Lord and give not your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them; wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? Then the Lord will be so jealous for His land and pity His people. Yes the Lord will answer and say unto His people, Behold I will send you corn, and wine and oil, and you shall be satisfied therewith; and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen but I will remove far off from you northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face towards the east sea and his hinder part towards the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up and his savor shall come up because he has done great things. Fear not O land; be glad and rejoice; for the Lord will do great things. And I will restore to you the years that locusts has eaten, the cankerworm and the caterpillar and the palmerworm my great army which I sent among you. And you shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that has dealt wondrously with you, and my people shall never be ashamed" (Joel 2:12-21: 25 and 26).
The Lord’s northern army is the destruction God brings upon a people as a result of their wickedness. Indeed righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people (Proverbs 13:34). For the Lord God of Israel, the Creator of the heavens and the earth loves righteousness and judgement (Psalm 33:5). He stresses that judgement is his strange work (Isaiah 28:21). The reason being that when his judgements are on the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness (Isaiah 26:9). When a nation leaves wickedness and turns to the Lord, such a people receive pardon and sure favour from the Lord God Almighty. The psalmist thus wrote: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord and the people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance” (Psalms 33:12).
The Lord delights in the humility of a people. This makes Him hear our plea and smile back at us with a pardon. And this humility must start in His sanctuary. He says: “If my people, which are called by my name shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins, and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14). Therefore every Christian by and far, let us rally in repentance for the healing of our lands. For repentance turns away God’s wrath.
Nineveh found itself in a similar situation many African nations are in today. Plagued with wickedness in diverse places and faced with imminent judgment, the Almighty God used Jonah to deliver a message of judgment to the people of Nineveh: “Surely the Lord God will do nothing but He reveals His secrets to His servants the prophets” (Amos 3:7). Unlike most of our folks who hear and turn the head the other way, the Ninevehs believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest-including the king-to the least of them. And God saw their works that they turned from their evil way, and God repented them of the evil that he had said He would bring upon them, and He did it not (Jonah 3).
Repentance touches the core of God’s heart. Humble yourself and return to the Lord your Creator. Repentance automatically brings healing. The Lord says, “Wash you, and make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes, cease to do evil. Learn to do well, seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, and judge the fatherless plead for the widow. Come now and let us reason together; though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow: though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient you shall eat the good of the land” (Isaiah 1:16-19).
The Living God is the healer of nations. The psalmist has declared of Him: “God be merciful to us, and cause His face to shine upon us. That your way may be known upon the earth, your saving health among all nations” (Psalm 67:1 and 2). Perhaps this ought to be the prayer on everyone’s lips now.
Stay awake O Christian in the truth!
The good LORD has always extended this gracious invitation to man over the millennia. And, therefore, if it is your desire to know Him as He truly is - the Lord of lords and King of kings, the Savior, and Redeemer of mankind, then pray this prayer of repentance unto salvation: “Lord Jesus Christ, I come to you with all the sins I have committed and I beg you to forgive me. I confess that I am a sinner and that I cannot save myself. Please cleanse my body, soul, and spirit with your precious blood. I need your help Lord, and I ask you to come and live in my heart. I want to serve you, obey your commands and do what is right. I want to live for you every day, please lead and guide me by your Spirit into righteousness. Thank you, O Lord for hearing and answering my prayer. Amen!”
Welcome now to this grand and mighty army of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on earth. Read the Bible often, and join a congregation near you where Christ Jesus is preached and the Almighty Godhead: Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, is worshiped in Spirit and in Truth for your own spiritual growth and strength.
The Almighty God make you the apple of His eyes as I solemnly declare of Him: “After He has honored me and has sent me against the nations that have plundered you - for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye - I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them” (Zachariah 2:8). The peace and love of Christ Jesus the Lord be with you now and forever.

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Doña Rosa is Mateo’s grandmother.

But is that all she is?

From the beginning, there has been something different about her. Mateo tells her about journeys thousands of years into the past—and somehow, she isn’t surprised.

She listens. She guides him. She helps him understand what he has seen.

And every once in a while, she leaves us wondering:

**What does Doña Rosa know?**

This week’s Behind the Story introduces one of the most lovable—and yet most mysterious—characters in Mateo and the Secrets of the Eternal Word.

**Who Is Doña Rosa?**

Read the story behind the story on my blog.

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Need to know.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: GOD'S STANDARD OF JUDGMENT FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION.

"And God spake all these words, saying..." (Exodus 20:1, KJV)

Many people claim that God's law has been abolished. Yet from Genesis to Revelation, God judges sin according to the very principles found in the Ten Commandments. Before Sinai, people were already held accountable because God's moral law reflected His holy character (Romans 2:14–15).

The Bible is clear:

«"Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." — Ecclesiastes 8:11 (KJV)»

God's judgment may not always come immediately, but no sin goes unnoticed, and no sin will ultimately go unpunished unless it is repented of and forgiven through Christ (Acts 17:30–31; Romans 6:23).

1. "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." (Exodus 20:3)

God has always judged idolatry.

Israel worshiped the golden calf (Exodus 32:1–35). About 3,000 people died, and the Lord sent a plague upon the people.

King Solomon turned to other gods (1 Kings 11:1–13). God declared that the kingdom would be torn from his son.

Nebuchadnezzar exalted himself and set up a golden image for worship (Daniel 3). God humbled his kingdom, and later, because of his pride, he lived like a beast until he acknowledged the Most High (Daniel 4:28–37).

Lesson: God alone deserves worship.

2. "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image." (Exodus 20:4–6)

God condemns image worship.

The golden calf brought immediate judgment (Exodus 32).

Jeroboam's golden calves led Israel into sin, bringing God's judgment upon his house (1 Kings 12:26–33; 1 Kings 13:33–34; 1 Kings 14:7–16).

Lesson: Worship belongs to the Creator, not created things.

3. "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain." (Exodus 20:7)

God holds His name sacred.

A man blasphemed God's name and was put to death by God's command (Leviticus 24:10–16, 23).

Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, treated God's worship with contempt and dishonored His name through their wickedness. God judged them, and both died on the same day (1 Samuel 2:12–17, 22–25, 34; 1 Samuel 4:11).

Lesson: God's name must never be treated lightly.

4. "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy." (Exodus 20:8–11)

God blesses obedience and judges deliberate rebellion.

A man gathering sticks on the Sabbath was judged according to God's command and stoned (Numbers 15:32–36).

God warned Israel that Sabbath-breaking would bring national judgment (Jeremiah 17:21–27).

The Babylonian captivity came in part because Israel neglected God's Sabbaths (2 Chronicles 36:20–21).

Lesson: The Sabbath is holy because God made it holy.

5. "Honour thy father and thy mother." (Exodus 20:12)

God blesses honor and judges rebellion.

Absalom rebelled against his father David and died tragically (2 Samuel 15–18).

Children mocked Elisha, saying, "Go up, thou bald head." Two she-bears came out of the woods, and forty-two youths were mauled (2 Kings 2:23–24).

Lesson: God expects respect for parents and those He has appointed.

6. "Thou shalt not kill." (Exodus 20:13)

God judges murder.

Cain murdered Abel, and God cursed him and drove him from the ground (Genesis 4:8–12).

David arranged Uriah's death. Though forgiven, he suffered severe consequences in his household (2 Samuel 11–12).

Lesson: Human life is sacred because it bears God's image.

7. "Thou shalt not commit adultery." (Exodus 20:14)

God judges sexual immorality.

David committed adultery with Bathsheba, and the child died. The sword never departed from David's house (2 Samuel 11–12).

Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38). Judah acknowledged, "She hath been more righteous than I." His sin was exposed publicly. Scripture records the shame of his actions, though it does not say he was judged for "ten generations."

Lesson: Sin may be forgiven, but it often carries painful consequences.

8. "Thou shalt not steal." (Exodus 20:15)

God judges theft.

Achan stole what God had devoted to destruction. Israel was defeated at Ai, and Achan and his household were judged (Joshua 7:1–26).

Gehazi deceitfully took gifts from Naaman and was struck with leprosy (2 Kings 5:20–27).

Lesson: Nothing can be hidden from God.

9. "Thou shalt not bear false witness." (Exodus 20:16)

God judges lying.

Ananias and Sapphira lied to the Holy Spirit and died immediately (Acts 5:1–11).

Jezebel arranged false witnesses against Naboth, bringing God's judgment upon her and Ahab's house (1 Kings 21).

Lesson: God is a God of truth.

10. "Thou shalt not covet." (Exodus 20:17)

Coveting leads to destruction.

Ahab coveted Naboth's vineyard, resulting in murder and God's judgment (1 Kings 21).

Judas Iscariot's love of money led him to betray Christ and perish (Matthew 26:14–16; Acts 1:18–20).

Lesson: Coveting begins in the heart but produces deadly fruit.

The Ten Commandments in the Final Judgment

The Bible ends where it began: God's law remains His standard of righteousness.

Romans 2:12–16 — God will judge the secrets of men.

James 2:10–12 — We shall be judged by the "law of liberty."

Ecclesiastes 12:13–14 — "Fear God, and keep his commandments... For God shall bring every work into judgment."

Revelation 20:12–13 — The dead are judged according to their works.

Revelation 22:14 (KJV) — "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life..."

Conclusion

From Genesis to Revelation, God has never treated sin lightly. Every violation of His holy law brings guilt, and every act is recorded in heaven. Some judgments come immediately, while others are reserved for the final judgment. Yet God's mercy is available to all who repent and believe in Jesus Christ.

The cross did not abolish God's law—it revealed how holy it is. Christ died because the penalty of sin is death (Romans 6:23). Through Him we receive forgiveness, and through His grace He writes His law in our hearts (Hebrews 8:10).

"Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." — Ecclesiastes 8:11

Do not mistake God's patience for approval. His mercy invites repentance, but His judgment is certain. Therefore, let us fear God, trust in Christ, and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man (Ecclesiastes 12:13–14).

Amazing Love

PROVERB OF THE DAY

(Proverbs 11)

1. Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD,
But a just weight is His delight.

2. When pride comes, then comes shame;
But with the humble is wisdom.

3. The integrity of the upright will guide them,
But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.

4. Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
But righteousness delivers from death.

5. The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way aright,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.

6. The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
But the unfaithful will be caught by their lust.

7. When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish,
And the hope of the unjust perishes.

8. The righteous is delivered from trouble,
And it comes to the wicked instead.

9. The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

10. When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices;
And when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.

11. By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted,
But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

12. He who is devoid of wisdom despises his neighbor,
But a man of understanding holds his peace.

13. A talebearer reveals secrets,
But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.

14. Where there is no counsel, the people fall;
But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

15. He who is surety for a stranger will suffer,
But one who hates being surety is secure.

16. A gracious woman retains honor,
But ruthless men retain riches.

17. The merciful man does good for his own soul,
But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

18. The wicked man does deceptive work,
But he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward.

19. As righteousness leads to life,
So he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

20. Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the LORD,
But the blameless in their ways are His delight.

21. Though they join forces, the wicked will not go unpunished;
But the posterity of the righteous will be delivered.

22. As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout,
So is a lovely woman who lacks discretion.

23. The desire of the righteous is only good,
But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

24. There is one who scatters, yet increases more;
And there is one who withholds more than is right,
But it leads to poverty.

25. The generous soul will be made rich,
And he who waters will also be watered himself.

26. The people will curse him who withholds grain,
But blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

27. He who earnestly seeks good finds favor,
But trouble will come to him who seeks evil.

28. He who trusts in his riches will fall,
But the righteous will flourish like foliage.

29. He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind,
And the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

30. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
And he who wins souls is wise.

31. If the righteous will be recompensed on the earth,
How much more the ungodly and the sinner

PROVERB OF THE DAY

(Proverbs 11)

1. Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD,
But a just weight is His delight.

2. When pride comes, then comes shame;
But with the humble is wisdom.

3. The integrity of the upright will guide them,
But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.

4. Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
But righteousness delivers from death.

5. The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way aright,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.

6. The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
But the unfaithful will be caught by their lust.

7. When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish,
And the hope of the unjust perishes.

8. The righteous is delivered from trouble,
And it comes to the wicked instead.

9. The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

10. When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices;
And when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.

11. By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted,
But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

12. He who is devoid of wisdom despises his neighbor,
But a man of understanding holds his peace.

13. A talebearer reveals secrets,
But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.

14. Where there is no counsel, the people fall;
But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

15. He who is surety for a stranger will suffer,
But one who hates being surety is secure.

16. A gracious woman retains honor,
But ruthless men retain riches.

17. The merciful man does good for his own soul,
But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

18. The wicked man does deceptive work,
But he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward.

19. As righteousness leads to life,
So he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

20. Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the LORD,
But the blameless in their ways are His delight.

21. Though they join forces, the wicked will not go unpunished;
But the posterity of the righteous will be delivered.

22. As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout,
So is a lovely woman who lacks discretion.

23. The desire of the righteous is only good,
But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

24. There is one who scatters, yet increases more;
And there is one who withholds more than is right,
But it leads to poverty.

25. The generous soul will be made rich,
And he who waters will also be watered himself.

26. The people will curse him who withholds grain,
But blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

27. He who earnestly seeks good finds favor,
But trouble will come to him who seeks evil.

28. He who trusts in his riches will fall,
But the righteous will flourish like foliage.

29. He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind,
And the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

30. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
And he who wins souls is wise.

31. If the righteous will be recompensed on the earth,
How much more the ungodly and the sinner