We are not called to go to bed after a heavy dinner and have horrible dreams. Rather, we are called to dream dreams of a great future that agree with God’s plans for our lives. The Word of God, the Bible, is God’s dream bank (His dream for triumphant living), from where we can all draw health, peace, success, victory, etc. I am not talking about daydreaming or nightmares, but about Bible-dreaming, with light from heaven dawning on your soul.

I never had a problem starting my home, because I discovered in God’s dream bank that, “It is not good that the man should be alone” (Gen. 2:18). 

God, therefore, said, “I will make a help meet to make life better for him.” 

This makes it obvious that God did not die. sign marriage to make life worse for the man. So, all that “For better or worse, in sickness and in health’ marriage vows that people recite during wedding ceremonies is unscriptural, it is a curse! Tradition is an enemy of progress, and a destroyer of destinies. But, as long as your dream has its root in the Word of God, it has a future. The Bible is God’s dream book for man.

Any dream outside it is a trap; so draw your dreams from “The Book.” I had always known I was going to have plenty of money. How? From “The Book”. Job 22:22-25 says:

“Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.”

Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

I am glad to let you know that I have never borrowed, and will never borrow till I die. This is my dream. 1 am a giver, and so, I see a very prosperous future for myself. From where? From “The Book.” This is not mere daydreaming. Your dream must have its roots in the Bible; Otherwise it has no future. No matter your calling in life, the Bible is God’s dream book for you.

I caught a dream of old age from the Bible. God said: 

“The number of your days I will fulfill.” And in case you don’t know the number, He said, “With long life will I satisfy you” (Ps. 91:16). 

Jacob was 147 years old when he died, and Joshua was 110. These were patriarchs under the Old Testament. I then said to myself, “If the ministration of death be so glorious, how much more shall the ministration of the spirit be?” If you catch this same dream of longevity with me, you are bound to enjoy the same.

Bible dreams, unlike Satan’s traps, are sealed with the blood of Jesus and tried in fire seven times. Whatever you see from Genesis to Malachi, and from Matthew to Revelation is available for your possession. This is what it takes to be restored to honour and dignity.

For example, for those serving God, His dream forbids that you be barren or suffer miscarriage. It forbids that you carry any form of sickness and disease about. It also forbids that you be crushed by the enemy in death (Exodus 23:23-25, Deut. 7:14). A God-given a makes You a winner and a ruler, and it charts a glorious destiny for you.

Though our congregation was still under forty worshippers in 1984, I had seen, in Deuteronomy 28:1, that if I would diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord and do what He tells me, then God would set me on high above all nations of the earth. Note that He didn’t say above my nation, but above all nations. I immediately knew I was not programmed for “local championship”. 

I saw that I was an international personality, who was not going to die as a person, but as an institution. This was even when there was neither any comeliness nor form that anybody should desire me.

Dream Bible dreams, as what you see today will determine what you become tomorrow! Jesus said, “One thing is needful.” So, sit down and catch a dream, because any dream you catch from the Bible will lighten your burdens.

I caught a dream of divine health. I saw in my Bible that He himself took my infirmities and bore my sicknesses (Mt.8:17). I, therefore, knew I could never be a victim of sickness, because His dream for me is void of sickness. A dream is the number one requirement in God’s magic formula for success. 

There must be a dream before one can begin to talk about fulfillment in life.

I would like you to know that triumph is your destiny, and that God is concerned when you are dying under the weight of Satan’s afflictions. You need to know how to play your covenant cards in order to excel and prevail over life’s circumstances that may rise up against you.

There are people today who are obviously working very hard, but who have nothing to show for it. Every morning they are up and out on the streets. Yet, such people just can’t locate what life has to offer them. Why? They lack a dream. Friend, we live in a dreamers’ world.

Dreamers reign on this planet earth. Without an authentic dream, you don’t have a future. The Bible is God’s dream bank from where you can discover your future and design your destiny. Whatever you see in it is guaranteed as a dream that must come to pass.

Many years ago I saw from God’s Word that redemption is not limited to the soul, but also covers the body (3 John. 2). I discovered that God is just as concerned about my physical life, as He is about my spiritual life.

I also discovered from God’s Word that when Jesus was being beaten (before He went to the cross), my body was rescued from pains, sicknesses and diseases.

Except you can “unbeat” Him and remove the stripes from His body, nobody can succeed in placing sickness on me. I came out with a dream – I cannot be sick! This is how you enter into covenant Bible dreams.

They come through a discovery, an embracing of the truth, and an application of its demands. I have become an eternal enemy of sickness. I see sickness as a devil that must be cast out. I see my body as the temple of the Living God, so my dream for a healthy life is sealed. Stop announcing sickness!

Friend, none of my dreams have failed so far. The most authentic dreams any man can ever dream are Bible-backed ones: revelation imparted dreams. They never fail. The devil will not deceive you any more! You’ll no longer be caught in his ‘night-traps, in Jesus’ name…

This text is an extract from the book “WINNING THE INVISIBLE BATTLES” written by David O. Oyedepo. 
We invite you to read the following article “REBUKE THE CONTRARY WINDS“.

DREAM BIBLE DREAMS. DREAM BIBLE DREAMS.