DREAMS COME TRUE:

DISCOVERING YOUR HIDDEN TREASURE

By Danielle Daughter of Zion

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Ask. Dream. Ignite.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

SUMMARY

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INTRODUCTION

Imagine, it’s 10 O’clock on the morning of your best friend’s wedding day. Just before leaving to attend the ceremony, you receive an anonymous text message on your phone.  Someone is sending you a special delivery package in the mail. What’s the catch?  You must sign for the package.  That means you’ll be late for the wedding.

A couple of hours later, a delivery guy arrives at your front door holding a white medium sized box. You sign for it and he hands over the box.  You notice the sender’s name and mailing address are missing.  As you wish the delivery guy a good day, you begin to wonder whom it’s from. Is it an early birthday gift from a secret admirer? It could even be a prank you know. There’s only one way to find out.

You open up the package with great anticipation and discover a golden antique treasure box.  It reminds you of those documentaries when archaeologist discover hidden treasures in the ancient ruins of Egypt.  You slowly open the treasure box and you find a small purple card with black lettering that reads: Ask. Dream. Ignite.

A spontaneous thought enters your mind.  You have an idea who it’s from.  The message is from the one and only—Jesus Christ.  He wants to reveal your hidden treasure.  He’s inviting you to give up a moment to spend time dreaming.  This invitation is top priority. It’s more important than any engagement planned for the day.  Yes, even your best friend’s wedding.

Discovering your hidden treasure is a once in a lifetime opportunity.  It’s a gift from God. Won’t you give up a moment to dream with Him? He’s waiting for you.

In this book, I’m going to share with you how God reveals a person’s purpose (or hidden treasure) within a dream.  Then I’m going to share six steps on how you can discover your hidden treasure and make your dreams come true.

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.”

-Matthew 13:44

CHAPTER ONE

Ask. Dream. Ignite.

One cold wintery afternoon, I was walking through the parking lot of my favorite bookstore café on Long Island.  Then suddenly, a midnight blue SUV pulled up beside me.  A woman with a smooth olive complexion and long mocha colored hair rolled down her window and asked me, “Would you like a free palm reading?”

I was taken aback. I assumed she was going to ask for directions. Without hesitation, I responded by saying, “I already know my future; I have direct access to something greater.  My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ – He tells me the future.”

“Keep me in your prayers,” the woman replied before driving off into the distance.

Apparently, palm reading had become overrated in her life.  She needed solid answers about her future and she discovered the answer is through Christ.  He holds our future tightly in the palm of His hand.

At the time, I desired to know what the future held for my life. That may sound a bit contradictory, especially since I told the woman that I already knew my future.  In reality, I only had bits and pieces.  I had a general idea of what He had planned for my life, but I wasn’t quite sure about my purpose.

I had placed the dreams He had given me on hold to pursue other endeavors.  I no longer had a passion for what I had pursued. It was just a bridge to get me where I really wanted to go in life.   I felt like my life was a game of scavenger hunt.  God would give me clues, but I had to search and find the answers.  I looked everywhere, but I kept coming up with zero results.

I believe that God used that moment in time not only to capture the woman’s attention, but to capture mine as well.  I had finally figured it out. He was letting me know that He had the answer to what I’ve been praying for so long, and that was to discover my purpose in life.

Some people may say, “Well, you just needed to pray more! I was able to know my purpose immediately.”  That’s all well and fine, but God created us as individuals—not clones.  Some people may discover his/her purpose immediately, while others may take a little longer. Discovering one’s purpose is not always clear cut.

I like the old saying: He may not come when you want Him to, but He’s always on time.  That’s the story of my life. I certainly was praying for a long time, that’s for sure. He just wanted me to dig a little deeper to find the answer to my prayers.

Then one day, I got fed up about the direction my life was headed. I wanted to know so badly what I was really supposed to do in life for His Kingdom.  So I asked God a specific question. I asked Him to reveal my hidden treasure within a dream.

I define a person’s hidden treasure as our purpose or what God created us to do in life, whether it’s in ministry or career related.

That night, He granted my request.  He not only revealed my purpose, I also discovered that it wasn’t too late to pursue my dreams.  The second night, He instructed me within a dream on what to do in order to make them come true.

This became a great turning point in my life.

After discovering my hidden treasure, I couldn’t wait to give up all of my goals and aspirations so that I could gain full access to my hidden treasure.  I have to admit one thing though …after discovering my hidden treasure I didn’t do what the man did in the parable.  I re-hid my treasure and instead of selling all that I had to buy the land it was hidden in, I continued to pursue my dead-end goals and aspirations.

This reminds me of the Parable of the Talents from Matthew 25:14-30.  Putting off my dreams was like hiding my talents.  I began to wonder if I was being selfish by not taking the bull by the horns to fulfill my dreams.

Why on earth would anyone who’s blessed to find his/her treasure want to procrastinate?  There are so many people who have lived in this world who never fulfilled their dreams, let alone discovered their true purpose.

I felt that fulfilling my dead-end wishes was the only way that I would be able to buy the field my treasure was hidden in so-to-speak.   In reality, my lack of faith and fear was holding me back.

Then I had a second dream about my hidden treasure.  God sent me a friendly reminder message that if I wanted to pursue my dreams, I had to let go and trust in Him wholeheartedly.

Maybe you want to discover your hidden treasure or maybe you’ve passed that stage and you just want to know what He has in store for your future.

Regardless of what the case may be, at some point in everyone’s life, we all desire to know our purpose in life.  Even the people who may seem less likely to dream have a desire to know their place in this world.

Why Does God Want Us All To Discover Our Hidden Treasure?

When God designed us, he gave each one of us a hidden treasure. The assignment that He desires us to fulfill in life is hidden inside of the treasure. Your assignment involves your gift and your purpose. When we discover our assignment and fulfill it, the angels in Heaven rejoice because God’s purpose is once again being fulfilled upon the earth.

Your Gifts

I strongly believe that God desires us to work in professions that are closely related to our gifts. For instance, Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus, was a master carpenter – that was his natural gift which was a part of his assignment.

Unfortunately, we don’t always utilize our gifts and fulfill our purpose.

For example, a few years ago, I briefly stepped away from using my gift to work in customer service for a bank. Although I worked for a prestigious bank, I wasn’t using my gifts. The only reason I was there was to work for a paycheck.

I assumed that I was doing the right thing because society told me that getting a regular job is the right thing to do.  In their eyes, only certain people have gifts. They are truly blind because this is simply not the case.

This way of thinking reminds me of the publishing industry.  There are many publishers who truly believe that you have to be like a Stephen King or Terry McMillan in order to be a writer. They make the decision if you’re going to be a published author.

Today, God has broken down barriers and opened up many doors within the publishing industry. Those who were born with the gift of writing can now become self-publishers without a publishing house’s consent.

People can use their gifts to write their own blog articles, publish books and share it with an unlimited amount of readers from around the world.

That means, God can give a person an idea for a book and the writer can publish it when she’s finished writing the book. A gifted writer doesn’t have to get a publishers permission to become a published author any longer.

There are other occupations that God has opened up doors in. For example, Hollywood led us to believe that your last name had to be Spielberg, Lucas or Lee and a 100 million dollar budget in order to make a film.

In the 21st century, you can make your own independent films and show it to your audience over the Internet or an art house theater without a large budget.

God has broken the glass ceiling in many industries so that every day people (like you and me) can use our gifts and touch hundreds (or even thousands) of lives.

Your Purpose

Once we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior, we automatically become   citizens of His Kingdom. He assigns us spiritual gifts that He desires us to fulfill.

That assignment could be a Sunday school teacher, a worship leader, musician, a missionary, a ministry, etc.

The Importance of Discovering Your Hidden Treasure

The purpose of finding your hidden treasure is to discover your purpose and hidden gifts. Some people discover their gifts when they are young, while others may not know their gifts until they are well into adulthood.

There are many people walking around today who have hidden gifts, but they haven’t discovered them.  Sadly, there are many people who have died and never discovered their gifts.

What are you designed to do? What is your gift?

Where is Your Hidden Treasure?

Like an archaeologist, who discovers hidden artifacts from the ancient past, I once tried to discover the hidden treasure God placed inside of me before I was born.  God knew us all before we were formed in our mothers’ wombs.  After all, He created us.

In Jeremiah 1:5 (NKJV), God told the prophet Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

Now of course, God hasn’t ordained everyone to be a prophet, but He has created us in His image, just like Jeremiah. That means, before you were born, God locked and sealed your purpose within you.  Life’s journey is to discover and to unlock our hidden treasure (or purpose) and fulfill it before we leave this earth to our new home in Heaven.

Remember the parable found in Matthew 13:44 about the hidden treasure in the field?  The scripture reads:

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.”

I often wondered about the contents inside the hidden treasure.  I always pictured a treasure box filled will diamonds, gold, pearl necklaces and large colorful gemstones the size of a fist. Then one day, I had an “aha” moment.  I realized the hidden treasure was like an invitation for the man to discover his purpose.

God has given each one of us a purpose.  He desires for us to discover it and to use it to advance His Kingdom.  There’s nothing like knowing and fulfilling His purpose for your life.  That’s what life is all about.

During the time I read Matthew 13:44, I was searching for my hidden treasure.  I guess you can say that I was searching for it in all the wrong places.  However, God had something better planned for my life than what I had ever imagined.

It took me quite a while, but I knew if I could find my hidden treasure, I would have discovered my purpose. There was only one drawback - I didn’t know exactly where to begin my search.  Then one day I discovered that God hides our hidden treasure within our heart.  In Matthew 6:21 it reads: “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also”.

It’s interesting, before an archaeologist begins a search, he/she generates specific questions about the past that he/she desires to answer. Then the search begins.  Sometimes you just have to come straight to the point and ask God the right questions in order to discover your hidden treasure. He will answer you.

Whatever your purpose is in life, it is to draw you closer to Him and help humanity by leading lost souls to Christ.  When you pursue what He has for you, the end result is always successful.  You can never go wrong when you follow His plan for your life.

"And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel." -Isaiah 45:3

CHAPTER TWO

How God Communicates Through Dreams

“It seems like we only exist on this earth to fend for ourselves.  There’s no instruction--no guidance. How can our dreams possibly come true?” A middle-aged man asked the host at a seminar this question on dream interpretation that I attended not too long ago.

He couldn’t wrap the idea around his mind that dreams have significant meanings that can actually guide us throughout our lives and help us solve real problems.  I wanted to explain so badly how I felt, but I figured it wasn’t my show, especially since I already shared two of my dreams with the group.  I didn’t want to seem gung-ho and overzealous.

If I were given the opportunity, I would have shared with him that the human race is not left here alone on this great big planet to navigate through life in the dark.

When you focus and trust in God, He will direct your path in life.

Does God Communicate Through Dreams in the 21st Century?

Yes, He still communicates with human beings through dreams in today’s day and time.  God has been communicating with people through dreams for centuries.

There is an abundance of Biblical proof that God speaks to human beings through dreams.  In fact, one-third of the Bible is about God communicating through dreams.  It is also very ironic that we lose 1/3rd of our lives to sleep.  There is nothing more amazing than spending a percentage of your sleep time communicating with the Almighty.

What Does God Reveal in Dreams?

God not only reveals a person’s hidden treasure within a dream. He also gives us warning dreams, prophetic dreams and good dreams that reveal future events, such as a newborn baby or even a job opportunity.

Imagine God giving you a dream about a better job offer or a business opportunity.  Immediately after having the dream, you seek Him for guidance on how that dream can come true.  He gives you instructions on what to do to prepare for your blessing.

Then a month later, your boss hands you a pink slip. You have no worries because you’re prepared for something greater. This is what I mean by not being left on this Earth to navigate through life in darkness. He will lead those who have an open mind and an open heart.

Did Charismatic Christians and The New Age Movement Start the Idea of Dreams from God?

The whole idea of God speaking to people through dreams was originated from God the Creator. There is no particular group of people who created the idea of God speaking through dreams. In other words, dreams weren’t created from any particular church denomination or the New Age Movement.

It’s important to note that a person doesn’t have to be a Christian to have dreams from God. Remember King Nebuchadnezzar from the Book of Daniel?  He had a hardened heart and he still received dreams from God.  Sometimes God will deliver instant messages to non-believers in order to capture their attention and to draw them closer to Him.

I recently conducted research online about non-Christians who have dreams from God. I have come across many testimonies from converts who had dreams from God that led them to salvation.  For example, I found a few testimonies from Muslims who left their Islamic faith and became born again Christians due to a dream about Jesus.

I can only imagine what it must be like to be devoted to another religion, then suddenly become a follower of Christ because of a dream.

God created us with the ability to dream so that the Holy Spirit can lead us in the right direction while we’re sleeping. For example, in the Book of Genesis, God established a covenant with Abraham through a dream.

How Does a Dream from God Work?

During the sleep mode, He activates and reveals the instructions He has embedded within in our hearts (Job 33:15-16).  The good thing about dreams from God is that you don’t have to be at a certain spiritual maturity level.

Regardless of your background, or age, God can communicate with you through the process of dreaming.  There’s no respecter of persons when it comes to having dreams.

What is a Dream from God Like?

I can always tell when God is trying to speak to me through dreams. He has given me warning dreams, prophetic dreams and of course, He’s revealed my hidden treasure within a dream.

One thing that I’ve learned is that every person’s dream is unique to that individual.   Dreams from God have hidden messages. Some dreams you will be able to understand (or interpret) immediately. Then there are times when you have no other choice than to pray for God to open up your understanding about the dream.

When I write my dreams on paper, God opens up my understanding by helping me to interpret the dream as I am writing.  As I write, He communicates through a series of thoughts. Sort of like the still small voice you hear when God is trying to speak to a person. So, when a thought comes to mind, I write it down on paper.

Before I began asking God to help interpret my dreams, I was able to tell when He was trying to reveal to me something about my life or even someone else’s life.  Whenever I have a dream from God it does something deep within my heart.  It’s hard to explain, I just know it’s from Him.

My dreams from God are usually played out like a scene in a movie, like many people’s experiences.  Then the dream is fulfilled by coming true.

For example, I once had a prophetic dream about a shooting incident that took place at an Ohio school back in February of 2012.  I had the dream just 30 minutes before the incident took place.  Within the dream, God gave me instructions on how to pray for the people involved.

When I woke up, I wrote down the dream on paper.  About a couple of hours later, I logged onto my computer and saw a breaking news flash that read: Chardon High School Shooting in Ohio.

Many times He has given me personal warning dreams that came with instructions on how to avoid danger.  For example, many years ago, God showed me within a dream that my patience level was at a boiling point at grocery stores. If I didn’t control my impatient behavior, I would have experienced a tragedy.

My impatience wasn’t anything drastic. I was no more impatient than most New Yorkers in a hurry.  Within the dream, I became impatient with the wrong person while standing on line. I was warned within the dream not to say anything to the person.

Unfortunately, I didn’t listen. When I got outside in the parking lot, the person that I was impatient with on line approached me and stared at me with no expression on her face.  I was afraid to look at her dark and eerie looking eyes.  The woman didn’t say a word to me. Then she suddenly pulled out a long sharp knife and began to stab me multiple times in the chest. As she was stabbing me, she had this evil animated expression on her face.

When I woke up from the dream, I felt my heart pounding.

Not long after having the dream, I was at the same grocery store I dreamed about that morning.  I began to feel very impatient and anxious while standing on line. A woman jumped in front of me with her shopping cart without saying a word. I felt like saying, “Excuse me!”

That’s when God reminded me about the warning dream. I decided to remain calm and quiet.  I’m so glad that I took God’s warning dream seriously, and didn’t brush it off as ‘just another dream.’

Unfortunately, I didn’t take every dream seriously. There were many times when I wished that I paid close attention to my dreams.  I would often have a dream and not take it seriously until after the incident occurred.

Today, when God reveals a warning within my dream, I pray for wisdom in preparing for a situation or to avoid a situation.

Church Leaders Should Take Dreams from God More Seriously

I believe it’s imperative for church leaders to understand the importance of hearing God through dreams.  If more people learned the importance of having dreams from God, many people would avoid situations or at least be prepared when a situation arose in life.

Thankfully, I attended a church that took dreams from God seriously. There were many times when certain members of our church would testify about a dream God had revealed to them. When people shared their dreams, it was life-changing for many people.

As a teenager, I remember a minister from our church reveal a warning dream during his sermon. This was during the time when the country was doing well economically.

In the dream, some of the saints were suffering because their prayer life was non-existent.  According to the dream, many people suffered and would need to depend on prayer like never before in order to survive the unstable economic climate in the future.

The minister’s dream had such an impact on my life that every time I would slack off a little with praying, God would remind me about the minister’s dream. Then I would quickly get back into the prayer mode.

It’s great to have dreams from God, whether it’s warning dreams, prophetic dreams or dreams that reveal one’s hidden treasure.  The important thing is to act upon your dreams in order for the good ones to come true and to prepare (or avoid) for a situation when He presents you with a warning dream.

It’s important to take your dreams seriously and to know how to respond when He gives you a dream. Later on, I’m going to share how to respond to a dream from God.

Does God Speak Through Every Single Dream?

God is in control of how often He gives you dreams. I can only speak for myself. I don’t have dreams from God every single night, but when I do, I’m grateful for them.  Dreams are like a friendly reminder that God is here watching over us and He cares about our well-being.

Like most dreamers, I enjoy when God gives me dreams – it sets the tone for my day.  I especially love when He reveals fresh ideas within a dream, whether it’s a dream about future success or a celebration that He has in store for the future.  Dreaming is an exhilarating experience.

There is nothing like God sharing His calendar of events and allowing you to witness it come to pass.  I’m even grateful for the warning dreams.  God loves us so much that He will warn us within a dream on how to avoid danger and He gives instructions on how to obtain a blessing.  He’s an amazing God.

Are Dreams from God Biblical?

There are many Scriptures that prove that dreams from God are Biblical. Here are a few Scriptures of proof:

Acts 2:17 (KJV)

“And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams..."

Job 33:14-18 (KJV)

14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

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

16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

Dreams were also recorded throughout the Bible in Genesis, Judges, 1 Kings, Daniel and Matthew.  Remember when God gave Joseph (the husband of Virgin Mary) a warning dream about Mary?

“But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.” -Matthew 1:20 (KJV)

“When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.” -Matthew 27:19 (KJV)

"And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you." -Genesis 40:8 (KJV)

"And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. -Numbers 12:6 (KJV)

"As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams." -Daniel 1:17 (KJV)

"And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way." -Matthew 2:12 (KJV)

"And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions..." -Joel 2:28

"Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation." -Daniel 5:12

Other Scriptures include the following:

Genesis 41:1-49

Genesis 46:1-7

Judges 7:9-18

Deuteronomy 13:1-5

There are several more Scriptures about God communicating with humans through dreams. The Scriptures above are just a handful of Scriptures about dreams. I urge anyone who wants to know more about dreams from God to study the Scriptures and to ask God to reveal the hidden meanings within the Scriptures.

“And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams..." -Acts 2:17 (KJV)

CHAPTER THREE

The Secret to Finding Your Hidden Treasure Revealed

I remember reading one of my favorite magazines at a café one afternoon. I was reviewing the Top 100 Americans who pursued their ultimate dreams.  I couldn’t understand how people would suddenly discover their purpose in life out of the blue. They would walk down the street and trip and break the heel of their shoe. Then suddenly, they would discover their purpose in life.

I once was so desperate to find my niche in life that I tried living someone else’s dream. I’ve learned that dreams aren’t a “one size fits all” package deal.  When you try to live someone else’s dream, you’re not being original.  Most of all, you don’t have a sense of fulfillment in life because the dream doesn’t belong to you.

When you try to live someone else’s dream, it’s like trying to fit a 300 pound football lineman into skinny jeans.  Painful!

When it came to discovering my purpose, I wasn’t completely in the dark. I had an inkling of what God wanted me to do in life, but I wasn’t 100 percent sure.

Then one night, I asked Jesus, “What am I supposed to do? I’m just so tired of being in the dark - I want to know ...what do you have in store for my life?”

I didn’t realize it at the time, but my purpose was available to me. I knew that God spoke to people through dreams, but I didn’t know to what extent.  I thought that he just gave warning dreams sprinkled with a few good dreams every now and then.

The good dreams that He gave me were fascinating because they were often related to my future success in life.

However, during this time of my life, I didn’t seem to have the good dreams any longer.  I figured that He ceased from giving me dreams because He was displeased with me.  I discovered years later that simply wasn’t the case.

That evening, I needed to know about “me.”  I needed God to show me what to do because I didn’t have a clue.  I would often read inspirational books to get answers, but I would always find myself back to square one.

I would pray, but I didn’t know how to listen to God.  I would ramble on during prayer, but not take the time out to stop and listen to what He had to say.

I needed to know if I even had a successful future because I wasn’t receiving any indication that I was steering in the right direction to find my hidden treasure.

The greatest fear I had was finding myself 10 or 20 years later still trying to figure out my purpose.

That evening I didn’t have an awakening dream, but it sure felt good expressing my feelings to God. When I woke up the next morning, I felt good in my spirit. I knew that He heard my prayers and that everything would eventually work out according to His will.

In just a few days after talking to God, I received solid clues on where to find my purpose.

There comes a point in life when you just have to come out and ask: What is my purpose? What’s in store for my life?

Once you ask the Lord about what He has planned for your life, He won’t hold back.  You might as well grab your favorite cup of coffee, sit down and take notes because He will reveal your purpose to you.

The Invitation to Finding My Hidden Treasure

My husband and I were invited to a church service by a relative a few years ago.  A prophet was scheduled to preach that evening.  I was excited about going, but I didn’t expect anything unusual to happen. For me, it was just a much needed night away from my work.

When it was time for the preacher to minister to the congregation, a negative thought entered my mind. I figured that he would say something negative about my life.  I imagined him telling me:

Look at the expiration date on your dreams …God is telling you to give them up and live an ordinary life.

This slightly negative feeling reminded me of when I was back in high school when I liked this boy.  A prophet was scheduled to preach at a church service one Friday evening.  He asked me to come up to the alter because God wanted to relay a message to me.

He said, “There is someone trying to pull you down. God says leave that person alone because he will drag you down.”

I knew he was referring to the boy at school. Although I was disappointed at the time, I’m glad I listened. He was 100% right.

So, years later, when another prophet asked me and my husband to come up to the alter to minister to us, I had to set aside fear.  At this point in my life, I had nothing to lose.

The message that he brought to us was one of encouragement; but I still desired to know about my purpose.

That evening, God sent me a major clue to finding my hidden treasure.  My relative gave me a message from God that had very unusual, but specific instructions.  The instructions were in the following order:

1. Get a spiral notebook.

2. Get 2 sharp #2 pencils.

3. Place the notebook and pencils by your nightstand.

4. Wait and God will reveal to you what to write.

After receiving the prophecy, I didn’t know why God would want me to get a notebook and pencils. Did He want me to become a sketch artist?  I guess there was only one way to find out.

Although I didn’t know specifically what He wanted me to do, at least I was a few steps closer to discovering my hidden treasure.

I felt like the man in the Bible who found his treasure in the field. This was my invitation from God to dream. It didn’t arrive in the postal mail or in a treasure box.  It came through another human being.

Once again, I hid my treasure and didn’t sell all I had to gain full access to what God had in store for me. It was as if I was just satisfied by the idea of discovering my hidden treasure.

It took me four years finally to decide to follow through with the instructions.

Don’t bother asking me why.  I have no idea why I didn’t follow through immediately.

During the four years, I eventually buried God’s instructions in the back of my mind.  The funny thing is, during the four year period, I was still searching for my purpose. You would think that I would revisit the message that was given to me at the church service.

My life would have been a whole lot easier if I followed the instructions that evening when the prophecy was fresh.  Instead, I went back to my dead-end goals and aspirations.

Today, I believe that when God reveals something to you, you should act upon it immediately.  Whether you have children, a full-time job or a business, never allow anything to stand in the way of discovering your hidden treasure and pursuing your dreams.

Another mistake that some people make is waiting until the time is right. Suppose the right time never comes!  The time may never be right for you, but it will always be perfect timing for God.

When God gives you instructions, don’t prolong the time because you just may miss out on discovering what he has planned for your life.

Anyway, we got out of the service around 11:00 pm. I could have easily stopped at a local 24 hour CVS store to buy a notebook and a full pack of sharp #2 pencils.

I often imagine what would have happened if I followed His instructions immediately. Then He would have given me clear cut answers on His plan for my life.

God is so amazing. He gives us grace and so many chances!

He’s just waiting with anticipation to reveal the mysteries of life to us. Life can be so much easier if we just stop and take a moment to talk and listen to what He has to say. It’s better than walking around with blinders upon our eyes.

Fortunately, God didn’t give up on me. I eventually revisited His invitation to dream.

One day, I was searching on YouTube and I came across this video about ministers who dream.  One minister gave instructions on how God communicates with us through dreams and the importance of dreams.

The instructions were very similar to the instructions God sent to me at the church service. This video was published and posted three years after I received the instructions.  That’s when I finally decided to follow through and reply to God’s invitation to dream.  As a result, I was FINALLY able to discover my hidden treasure.

How to Discover Your Hidden Treasure

Now’s the exciting part! Are you ready to discover your hidden treasure?  Maybe you already know, but you desire to know what direction to take in order to achieve your purpose.  Is there a ministry that you want to embark upon, but you’re not sure if it’s His will?

Imagine receiving the answers to your prayers through your dreams.  Through God, anything is possible.

God can reveal what He has planned for your life when you sleep at night.  All you have to do is ask and He will reveal your hidden treasure.

“In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed. Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction.” -Job 33:15

CHAPTER FOUR

Six Steps to Discovering Your Hidden Treasure

When God revealed my hidden treasure, He gave me a separate dream that instructed me to write a book about dreams.  He even told me to entitle the book Dreams Come True.  This chapter is dedicated to the six steps to discovering your hidden treasure.

Here are the tools that you will need prior to following the steps below.

*A dream journal (or notebook)

*2 sharpened pencils

The following are six steps to remember when recording your dreams on paper:

Step #1: Place your sharpened pencils and a notebook (or journal) by your nightstand.

Leave your dream journal open to a blank page and leave your pencil on top. The purpose of this step is to record your dream before it vanishes from your memory.  You’re also showing God that you’re serious about having a dream.

Quick Tip: You can use your laptop, iPhone or iPad, however, if your battery dies, by the time you plug in the adapter, you can easily forget important elements of your dream. If you have a Smartphone, there are many free dream journal apps you can use. Make sure you print out a copy of your dreams so that you have a hard copy in case your files are accidently deleted.

The reason why I recommend using a pencil instead of a pen is because a pen can easily run out of ink. By the time you search for something to write with, you could easily forget important parts of your dream. The key is to make it easy as possible to record your dream.

Step #2: Pray a short prayer right before you drift off to sleep.

It doesn’t have to be a long drawn out prayer. It can be as simple as the following prayer:

“Lord, I believe that you speak to us through dreams. Lord, speak to me tonight through my dreams. Reveal my hidden treasure. What do you desire for me to do with my life."

Step #3: When you wake up, immediately record the dream in your dream journal.

When God presents you with a dream, write out the dream immediately. Don’t worry about editing the dream—just write.

Don’t wait until after you’ve showered and had breakfast to write down your dream. Otherwise, you may forget the dream. From the time you wake up, write down the dream.

According to dream experts, people tend to forget 50% of their dreams within the first 5 minutes of waking up. This is why it is crucial that you record your dreams immediately, regardless of how small the dream may seem; also, make sure you record the date and time of the dream.

I remember having a dream about Hurricane Sandy. I didn’t record the dream because I felt like I was a pro and I didn’t need to write it down. A couple of weeks later, the dream came true.  Although I remembered the dream, it would have been nice to have documented proof to refer back to in the future.

Plus, I could have prepared much sooner rather than waiting three days before the storm warnings were announced on television. There could have been hidden details about the dream that I had forgotten about.

Quick Tip: Another reason why it’s important to record your dreams is because if you forget about a dream, it is a good reminder. There were a couple of times that I’ve had dreams that I completely forgotten about until I reviewed it in my dream journal.

Step #4: Get 8 hours of sleep.

The last hour of your sleep will be dedicated to dreaming.  This is an important step to remembering dreams. I went through a short season of my life when I couldn’t remember any of my dreams.  This was long before I discovered my hidden treasure.

I began to wonder why I didn’t have dreams as often as I used to in the past.  I finally realized that it wasn’t that I didn’t have dreams. I just couldn’t remember them because I didn’t get adequate sleep.  When I began to sleep 8 hours regularly, I began to remember my dreams.

Quick Tip: Make sure you’re consistent with your dream time. Avoid sleeping 8 hours one night and 2 hours the next night. All-nighters should be out of the question. When you don’t get adequate sleep, it will interrupt your communication with God at night. He may be trying to reveal His plans for your life or even a warning to prevent danger.

Step #5: Ask God to help you interpret your dreams.

God will help you interpret your dream as you’re writing it down. He also unravels His interpretation as you’re reading it back to yourself.

You don’t have to buy a dream interpretation book or pay for a 30 minute session with a dream interpreter. The dream interpretation will come naturally from the Holy Spirit. He designed our minds to be able to interpret our own dreams.

God wouldn’t give you a dream and not provide instructions on how to fulfill your dream.  Just pray and ask God to provide you with the wisdom to interpret your dreams.

Step #6: Ignite your dream.

This is the final process of discovering your hidden treasure. This step requires action. There’s no point in having a dream and not act upon it.  Immediately after God has helped you interpret your dream and revealed your hidden treasure, you have to ignite your dream for it to come true.

Quick Tip: If your dream requires money and other resources that seem out of your range, ask the Lord for guidance.

When God revealed my hidden treasure, I asked for further instruction on how to pursue my dream. He revealed it to me in another dream.

The six steps above will help you remember and interpret the dreams that God has given you.

Even before I started using this process, God communicated to me through dreams. When I first started using this process, I started having dreams more frequently.  In fact, I started having a flood of dreams. It was as if God was saying, okay, now she’s ready to listen.

At first, it was a little overwhelming for me because He had so much to reveal to me. I had to take breaks. It was like I had one dream after another. I couldn’t wait to go back to sleep at night to see what He had to reveal.

I have, what I call, ‘special dreams’ at least two or three times a month.  A special dream is basically a dream from God. Here’s an example of how dreams has worked for me the first night of following the 6 step process.   I prayed before going to sleep and asked God to reveal to me what I’m really supposed to do with my life.

I left my notebook open with a pencil at the side of my bed to show Him that I was serious and ready to listen and obey Him. God gave me two dreams within the same week.  As mentioned previously, the first dream revealed my purpose.  Then I asked God what I was supposed to do even to get to that level.

He gave me specific instructions on what to do.  Even after the dream, I began to doubt God about the dream.  I would ask myself, how can these dreams be true, let alone come true?

It’s important that you don’t doubt God because doubt can block your blessings. You can eliminate doubt from your mind by trusting in Him.

Also, make sure you have established a relationship with God. Although God has given dreams to people who don't know Him, if you're having trouble dreaming, this could be preventing you from remembering your dreams.

Do you have a personal relationship with Christ? If not, all you have to do is believe that Jesus is your savior and ask Him for forgiveness of all your sins (we were all born with sin). When you accept Him as your savior, He forgives your sins and you automatically inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. That means, when you die, heaven will be your home for eternity.

Don't have unrealistic expectations.

Sometimes God will give you a dream that will totally blow your mind. However, when you ask God to give you a dream about your purpose, don't have unrealistic expectations.

For example, don't ask God, "How can I pick the winning numbers for the Mega Millions and retire rich?" or "I'm 72. How can I look 50 years younger in 30 days?"

The purpose of asking God for a dream is to discover your Hidden Treasure.  If your goals are unrealistic, you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

I would love to share with you in full detail about each dream I had that led up to discovering my hidden treasure.

I feel that there are some things you should keep to yourself. However, I will share the second part of the dream that God gave me regarding this book.

Within a dream, God gave the idea to write a book. He told me to “write the book before all others.” He even told me to title the book Dreams Come True.

When I woke up from the dream, I immediately wrote down the details of the dream in my dream journal. If God didn’t inspire me to write a book about dreams, I would have never wrote the book.  In fact, I was in the process of writing a book at the time, but I didn’t complete the book because I ran out of inspiration.

With Dreams Come True, I was bursting with so many ideas that I had to split the book up into two separate books.

This book is proof that when you get your inspiration directly from God the Creator of all things, He’s packed full of ideas for you to utilize for your career or ministry.

Making Your Dreams Come True

Here’s how to chart your course and how to make your dreams come true.

Take the contents of the dream that requires you to take action, underline it and place it into bullet points. For example…

My Dream:

God told me to write a book before all others. He was standing there …I saw an image of Him as if He was in the distance. Then that’s when He gave me the idea to write the book. He said to call it Dreams Come True.

*Write a book before all others.

*Call it Dreams Come True.

Then ask the Lord to help you create a plan that will help you accomplish your dream. Write it down on paper.  For example, for my dream, I wrote the following plan:

I’m going to research and write a book about dreams. I’m going to entitle the book Dreams Come True. I’m going to pray that I follow the Lord and not get distracted because I want this dream to come true.

In order for my dream to come true, I had to sit down and actually write the book (easier said than done). Although God inspired me to write the book, I had to take action and actually start writing.

If you’re the type of person who needs to create a to-do-list to fulfill your dreams, I recommend incorporating your dream goals on paper and transferring it onto a to-do-list mobile application like Awesome Note.

There are many free to-do-list apps out there, but this app will allow you to stay organized and send yourself reminders directly to your phone.

Creating goals that are associated with fulfilling your hidden treasure is the key to fulfilling your dreams.

To live your dreams, you have to: 1. Ask God for a Dream; 2. Dream it; 3. Ignite your dreams.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain

CHAPTER FIVE

Living Your Dreams: What to Do When God Gives You a Dream

One day I told God that I wanted to live my dreams. I talked to Him about a dream that he gave me several years ago.  During the time that I had this dream, I was working a dead-end 9-5 job. I was just buying time – or should I say buying my freedom so I could pursue my passion.

In the dream, I was no longer working my dead-end job; I was actually living my dreams. It was a run of the mill Tuesday afternoon and my husband and I were sitting at a beautiful restaurant in Niagara Falls (Canadian side) surrounded by windows. We were discussing ideas about our next venture.

I woke up that morning with a huge smile upon my face because that was confirmation that everything was going to work out in life.

When I told God that I wanted that dream to come true and I hope it wasn’t too late for it to come to pass - He assured me that it wasn’t too late.  He has been preparing me for that dream to come true ever since He gave me the dream.

Sometimes God will give you dreams that are destined to come true without any effort on your part. Then there are dreams that require us to take action if we want them to come true. For instance, let’s say that God gives you a dream about going back to school to learn a new trade or to advance in your career. You have to take action if you want that dream to come true.

Don’t allow life’s circumstances to deter you from accomplishing your dreams.

A few months after God revealed my hidden treasure, I remember logging onto my computer one morning to check my schedule for the day. I made plans to work on my book.  However, I had so much work to do that I didn’t know where to begin. So, I rearranged my schedule and put my writing, at the bottom of the list.

I’ve done this before and the end result wasn’t pretty. I would be gung-ho about accomplishing my writing goals. I would make promises that I would dedicate time to pursue my dream every day until it came true. Then a life situation would arise like a tsunami and hinder me from working towards my goals until several days later.

I would feel guilty about putting my dreams on the hold, especially since God gave me the okay to accomplish them. It was as if He was holding a door for me to enter a special room He created just for me. All I had to do was enter the room and accomplish my dream.  Instead, I would ask Him to hold the door and wait until I had sufficient time.

Then I would pray for Him to bless me with more time so that I could freely enter. I had baggage (my job) that was weighing me down and preventing me from moving forward.  In reality, He gave me plenty of time to accomplish my dreams. He gave me 24 hours within a day.  I just needed to take action and get it done.

This reminds me of when Jesus asked the disciples to drop what they were doing to follow Him. One man said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” Jesus said, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.” -Luke 9:59-60

I needed to take a leap of faith and follow Christ in the direction He was leading me.

God was telling me that now was the perfect time for me to pursue my dreams, but I was telling Him, “When I clear up my schedule, then I can dedicate time.”

I would often try and convince myself that even though I didn’t have time to pursue my dream 100 percent, it was a blessing that I was able to work from home. At least I didn’t have to go out and work at my old dead-end 9 to 5 job any longer.  I didn’t realize it at the time, but I had created a dead-end job for myself.  No one was preventing me from accomplishing my dreams, but me.  That was a tough pill to swallow.

One time, when I put off writing for several weeks, I tried placing my goal as a reminder on my automatic calendar notification.  I would roll my eyes every time the reminder would pop up on my computer because I knew that I should be pursuing my dream. Instead, I would spend several hours helping other people achieve their goals, but I wasn’t achieving my own.

My job became my ball and chain in life.  Every time I thought about achieving my goals, it was like a ball and chain would suddenly appear and swing past me as a reminder that I had work to do. I began to wonder if I would ever be able to live my dreams because no matter what I would do, there never seemed to be enough time.

I had lost the passion a long time ago for working my dead-end job. I felt miserable because I wasn’t living my dream. It was time to make a serious change.

Anyway, this particular morning, I logged onto Facebook to check out the latest status updates before hitting the bricks with my work. Then I came across the following quote that someone posted by Mark Twain.  The status read:

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

That quote stuck with me throughout the day.  It reminded me that I made a promise to myself.  I was just about to renege on my promise once again.

After reading that post, the Lord led me to my list of goals that I created several days before. He told me to read it carefully. So, I did. That’s when I decided, enough is enough! I’m not going to allow anything to stand in the way of achieving my dreams any longer.

At that very moment, I rearranged my schedule and placed my writing right back where it belonged – at the very top of my priority list.

This isn’t the first time that I had an awakening moment. A couple of weeks before this time, I printed out the first few pages of this book. I promised myself that I would write the next three chapters and print out the second portion within the next couple of days.

That didn’t happen because I became so inundated with life that I placed this task at the bottom of my priority list.  Then one night, God gave me a dream.

I dreamed that someone in my family came out with the same book before I did.  In the dream, I was shocked because I didn’t think that the person was ever interested in writing, let alone a book.  The person had her manuscript complete and she was ready for publishing.

Then I came around with my three printed chapters that collected dust because I procrastinated for so long in getting the book finished.

Within the dream, I made the following announcement to everyone: “That’s so ironic. I’m currently writing on the same topic.” No one really paid me any mind because it was all talk and no show as far as people were concerned.

This dream was a major wakeup call for me.

Let’s face it, time is very short. You have to live life to the fullest. I’ve learned that you can’t wait until the ‘right time’ to live your dreams.  From the moment that God reveals your life’s purpose; you have to take action and leap into faith. You have to be willing make it happen no matter what comes your way in life.

"There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand." -Proverbs 19:21

CHAPTER SIX

Never give up on your God given dreams

Is something (or someone) in your life preventing you from discovering your hidden treasure or preventing you from accomplishing your dreams?  Never allow anyone to block your path from discovering your purpose and accomplishing your dreams.

Make sure you guard your dreams. Only share them with people you trust and those who are spiritually mature. Remember, not everyone will believe or understand your dreams, especially those who don’t believe in dreams from God.

I remember sharing my dreams about my future success to people a few years ago ...big mistake.  I was told basically to give up my dreams because there were more important things in life to accomplish, such as holding down a J.O.B. (Just Over Broke).

One person even painted a picture of my future if I followed my dreams.  They imagined me sitting in a nursing home being a burden to society and my children. All I had left in life were my unfulfilled dreams.

People will form their own opinions about your life.  If their opinions and advice don’t fall in line with what God has planned for your future, ignore them. Always remember, your purpose was designed by the Creator and not the world.

When God gives you a dream, it will come true. All you have to do is believe and do your part and He’ll do the rest to make it happen.

You Don’t Have to Be a ‘Special Type of Person’ to Live Your Dreams

Someone once told me that you have to be a ‘special type of person’ to live your dreams.  Some people believe that God hand selects who He wants to fulfill his/her purpose in life - this is simply NOT the case. He desires for us all to live our dreams. The only way truly to achieve success is to discover your hidden treasure and live your God given dreams.

We all have a purpose on this earth.  Life is all about discovering your purpose and fulfilling it while living here on earth. This can’t be stressed enough.

Anyway, when I first heard this negative comment, I was in my early thirties and I had missed the boat, in some people’s eyes. I had the opportunity to accomplish my dreams back in the day, but it was far too late for them to come true.

In fact, even before I reached my 30th birthday people were beginning to give up hope in my dreams. They were having second thoughts because it was taking too long for them to come to past.

Even when my father was alive, he began to have doubts about my dreams.  I remember talking over the phone with him about my future.  I told him about my dreams and he said, “Why don’t you just put them a side and get a regular job.”

It was as if every discussion we ever had about my dreams was instantly shattered into oblivion.  I felt like we were traveling on a boat to discover my hidden treasure and he decided to jump ship because it was taking too long to reach my destination.  I was left with a paddle, and a worn out map.

I could have used my GPS, but it malfunctioned, so, I had to settle for a dusty old compass. I wasn’t sure if I was going in the right direction in life. I wasn’t quite sure if I even had a treasure to discover.  Be honest, would you travel with a person on a boat if you thought for a minute that he or she was going in the wrong direction?  I would have probably done the same thing …but then again, I would have remembered when I was in his/her position.

This is the same man who lectured me for two hours about achieving my dreams. Then again, I’m not surprised. My dad was from the military and was very much by the book when it came to maintaining a career timeline.  At age 25, I remember my dad saying, “You only have 5 years left until you turn 30 to accomplish your dreams! Hurry!”

My father had actually created an imaginary timeline of my life.  Thankfully, I never gave up on my dreams, but sometimes it was very difficult because I could never seem to come even close to fulfilling them.

What I needed was guidance. I needed to obtain valuable information from the one who authored the script of my future. It took me a long time to realize that no man or woman can give you full details of your life unless God reveals it to a person …Yes, even your loved ones.  Now, I’m not saying that the advice that my dad gave me on the phone that day or the advice from others were wrong.  It was just advice!

The World’s Formula to Living Your Dreams

People who don’t understand your dreams will give you advice taken from the world’s formula to living your dreams.  Society tells us that if someone is trying to pursue a dream and it doesn’t seem to be working out or it is taking too long to come to pass, this is a sign that the person should give up and do something else.

At one point in my life, a thought came to me while pondering on my future. Suppose the world is right about my future.  Maybe I should give up my dreams and work 9 to 5 in a tiny cubicle until I decide what to do.

Then maybe 5 or 10 years later, I can fulfill my dreams. In reality, it wasn’t my time to give up on my dreams and I’m so glad that I didn’t listen to other people’s negative opinions.

Don’t Let Your Dreams Die

One of the worst things you can do in life is allow your dreams to die. The easy part is having a dream. The hard part is keeping your dream alive until it comes to pass. Do whatever you have to do to keep your dream alive, even if it means reading your dream journal until you have it memorized. You have to ignite your dream and keep it burning.

I remember sitting at a Chinese restaurant with my father several years ago.  We were buying time before attending a seminar at the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan.  I was really on cloud nine that evening. I was 100 percent focused on pursing my dream of a career in fashion.  My dad was also focused.

This was a couple of years before he started having doubts about my dreams.   I didn’t mind his lecture this time because he was giving me tips on how to present myself in front of people within the industry.

At the end of the seminar, it was the first time I got my feet wet in the business world.  I was bold enough to approach the director of a fashion show to share my ideas. He was very receptive and gave me his card along with a few pamphlets.   He told me to touch base with him within the next few months before the big fashion show.

A few months passed. Life happened, and I never followed up on the big event. I took a major detour in life and settled for second best. For some reason, I felt that I could achieve my dreams faster if I got a regular J.O.B.  So, I began to follow the world’s formula for success.

I figured that I could raise enough funds so that I could eventually quit and pursue my dreams full-time.  So, I put my dreams on hold.

Years passed and I eventually buried the idea of pursuing my dream, but deep inside, I knew that it was meant to be.

One day, I realized that I never really asked God for direction in accomplishing my dreams.  I figured that I could create my own success formula without His guidance.   When things didn’t work out as I planned, I assumed that it wasn’t meant to be.

There is good news; I never allowed my dream to die.  It was just on temporary life support.

I remember a few years later, I was working at one of my dead-end jobs. One day, a co-worker said something that rubbed me the wrong way, he said: “I bet you never thought that you would be working at this dump in High School”.  I immediately let him know that the job that I was on was just temporary and there was a method to my madness.

Time went on and I remember people telling me if my so-called dreams were God sent, they would have come true by now. I assured them that I would never let my dreams die.  Deep inside, I was hoping that one day I wouldn’t eat my words. I was determined not to hear ‘I told you so ...I tried to warn you’.

Regardless of what anyone says, if God has given you a dream, it will come true, but you have to make sure it doesn’t die.  There are many people who have lived and allowed their dreams to die. Don’t allow your dreams to die.

Sometimes God will send you what I call a ‘Wake Up Call Dream’.  A ‘Wake Up Call Dream’ is like a warning dream about what could happen if you give up on your dreams.  One night, my husband had one of these dreams.

This was during a time period in our lives when we were considering living the ‘normal life’.  People who live the normal life are those who play it safe by giving up their dreams. This was way before I discovered my hidden treasure.

In the dream, we were out to dinner at a restaurant in the middle of autumn on a Friday night. As we indulged in our meals, both of us were talking about our entry-level jobs. Due to the fact that we lived a fairly comfortable lifestyle and enjoying life in complacency, we didn’t seem to have time for hobbies to bring balance in our busy lives as individuals and a married couple.

We discussed those who were blocking us on our jobs from getting promoted. After we were full from dinner, we wanted to buy time before going to a movie. We went to a hotel next door to a restaurant because we heard there was supposed to be a seminar of some kind.

We walked through the hotel lobby and commented on how nice the place looked. We even took the time to ridicule some of the men and women in the hotel lobby who were attending the event. As we approached a conference room where the seminar was to be held, we read the sign outside the door: “Welcome to the ‘Make Dreams Come True Seminar’.” Neither one of us knew what the seminar entailed; however, we were certainly curious.

As we stood at the doorway, we saw several men and women arranging chairs and placing notebook binders at desks. Inside the conference room, soft jazz music was heard as men and women in business attire promenaded by us to enter the conference room; a few of them even greeted us. We refused to enter the conference room, but somehow my husband’s feet couldn’t budge.

We didn’t realize that fifteen minutes went by before a woman arrived at the doorway. This well-dressed, lovely woman in her late 30s, with a honey brown complexion, medium height and build, and shoulder length dark hair, asked us if we were going inside.

Both of us were inadvertently blocking the doorway. When we finally moved out of her way, the woman grinned at us, put up her left hand and strutted her way through the doors of the conference room.

Moments later, the seminar began and we stood there flabbergasted. We could not believe men and women were happy doing what they love, whether it was in the arts, business, technology, politics or education. As we trudged down the corridor to exit the hotel, my husband came to the realization that our busy life was actually a hollow life.

Our life as a young married couple was actually one of compromise instead of enrichment, fulfillment and longevity – all because we gave up on our dreams.

At the time of writing this book, I asked my husband to write down this dream. When I read the title of the seminar within the dream (Welcome to ‘Make Your Dreams Come True Seminar’), I asked him if that was really the name of the seminar or if he got it from the title of the Dreams Come True: Discovering Your Hidden Treasure book.

His answer was ‘No’. In fact, He didn’t even know that was the title of my book. I found that to be very ironic that he would dream about a seminar that had a very similar title to this book.

Anyway, the point that I’m trying to make is never to let your dreams die.

How to Never Let Your Dreams Die

There are many people who have discovered their hidden treasures. Unfortunately, they chose to allow it to slip through their fingers and die.

As mentioned earlier, it is great to have dreams from God, especially when He reveals your hidden treasure. But it totally defeats the purpose of having a dream if you don’t pursue your dreams and Make Them Come True.

I have read many books about ‘making your dreams come true’, but the books never really shared how to truly make them come true.  The books that I read would often quote: “You Got to Just Do it!” or “Live Your Dreams Today!”  Great, but how do I actually get started?  I discovered, through God’s infinite wisdom, if you truly want your dreams to come true, you have to be willing to ‘let go’ and do the following:

1. Ask God for a dream.

2. Have a dream.

3. Interpret the dream with God’s help.

4. Ignite the dream and make it happen.

5. Pray daily for God’s wisdom and guidance to help make your dreams come true.

6. Never put your dreams on hold.

7. Never let your dream die.

8. Don’t allow anything (or anyone) to deter you from making your dreams come true (no matter what).

Satan Doesn’t Want Your Dreams to Come True

Think about it, do you think the enemy wants your dreams to come true?

Why would he? A big smile appears on his face every time a dream dies.  He lives for our dreams to die. He knows that whenever a person fulfills his/her dream, they are fulfilling the assignment that God has given them to do on Earth. This burns the enemy (no pun intended).

Every time the enemy throws a stumbling block our way or we give him access to trip us up in life, his ultimate goal is for our dreams to die.

In the game of life, God is like a quarterback in a Super Bowl game. He tosses a dream to the wide receiver (you). It’s your job to take the ball and run as fast as you can without stopping until you get to the end zone …then Touch Down!  Your dreams just came true!

God wants our dreams to come true; after all, He created them. Everything that He creates comes into existence. Are you ready to make your dreams come true? Just ask, dream and ignite.

Sweet Dreams!

SUMMARY

Make Your Dreams Come True

1. Ask God to reveal your purpose in a dream.

2. Dream and discover your hidden treasure.

3. Write the dream details in your journal.

4. Ask God to help you interpret your dream.

5. Make a plan from your dream to come true. Use your journal entry as your guide.

6. Ask God to help you follow through on your plans. Don’t Give Up!

7. Ignite your dreams and make them come true.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

I am a dreamer. Since the age of four, God has blessed me with the gift of dreams.  For many years, I took this gift lightly. Every time I had a dream, I would label it as ‘just another dream’.  Then when the dream came true, it was too late. I would often say, “I dreamed about that the other day. Oh well, there’s nothing that can be done now.”

One day, I got fed up on the way my life was going because I had a difficult time trying to figure out my true purpose in life.  Then one night, God revealed what He wanted me to do in life within a dream.

Within a separate dream, He also asked me to write a book about dreams to help others discover their hidden treasure. He told me to entitle the book Dreams Come True.

I realized that there are two things that we all have in common:

1. Every human being desires to know his/her purpose in life.

2. We all have dreams.

God doesn’t only use dreams to help our memory to function properly, as scientist have claimed. He also uses dreams to communicate with us.

Why does he want to communicate with us through the process of dreaming?

He communicates with us through dreams because He loves us dearly and He desires us all to fulfill our purpose. Every time we dream, whether it’s a warning dream, a prophetic dream or a hidden treasure dream—it’s a reminder that He’s with us 24/7, even when we’re in a deep slumber.

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

SUMMARY

ABOUT THE AUTHOR