Seeing the Voice of God: What God Is Telling You through Dreams and Visions (19 page)

sackcloth:
fasting, repentance and prayer (Ps. 35:13)

safe:
a place of safety, being safe (
Prov
. 
18:10
)

salmon:
having to swim upstream, go against the flow (Phil. 4:13)

salt:
“salt of the earth” (Matt. 5:13); graceful speech (Col. 4:6); healing water (2 Kings 2:21)

sandals:
see shoe

sandstorm:
a desert storm symbolizing great trial (Ps. 83:13–15)

Satan:
rebuke him using Jesus’ name if he is seen or heard in a dream (Acts 26:18; Luke 10:17–19)

saw:
God’s power to cut or tear down (
Isa
.
10:34
)

scabs:
indication that an emotional wound is healing but is not to be picked at (Ps. 147:3)

scars:
past emotional wounds, hurts (John 20:27)

scarecrow:
fear; putting one’s faith in the wrong strength (
Jer
. 
10:5
;
Ps
. 
28:8
)

school:
learning; grade level shows difficulty of tests (Matt. 11:29; Acts 19:9
NASB
)

scissors:
cutting or pruning (
Isa
. 
18:5
)

scorpion:
mix of a snake and a spider, both of which represent demons (Luke 10:19)

scroll:
a written command and a commission from God (Ezek. 3:1)

séance:
could mean someone with occult ties is trying to influence your life (
Isa
. 
54:17
)

seat belt:
protection, especially in ministry (
Ps
. 
5:11
); see car

secretary:
a helper; assistants in dreams may be angels (
Dan
. 
10:13
NLT
; Rom. 16:22)

security guard
:
possibly an angel; a protector in authority (
1
 
Chron
. 
9:27
)

seed:
an investment to be tended (Mark 4:31–32)

sewer:
a dirty environment (
James
 
1:21
)

sex:
may reveal a spirit of lust; if dreaming of a past relationship, break soul ties in prayer (
1
 
John
 
3:3
)

shade:
a reprieve from hard work; protection (Ps. 121:5)

shadow:
covered by God (Ps. 91; 36:7); if dark, may be demonic/death (Ps. 44:19; 23:4)

shaking hands:
two people shaking hands symbolizes agreement (Job 17:3
KJV
)

shampoo/conditioner:
a need for cleansing and conditioning/softening (
Ps
. 
51:2
)

shark:
a hidden demonic predator; pray prayers of protection if seen in dream (
Isa
. 
27:1
)

sheep:
Christians; children of the Great Shepherd (John 10:15, 27)

sheepdog:
evangelistic; rounding up the sheep (
John
 
10:16
)

shelter:
a place of protection from the elements of life (Ps. 61:4)

shepherd:
Jesus, or a literal pastor to pray for (Ps. 23:1)

sheriff:
an enforcer of the law; possibly a pastor or teacher (
Gal
. 
3:21
;
Matt
. 
5:17
)

shield:
one’s faith that extinguishes the enemy’s arrows (Eph. 6:16)

ships:
a group or organization with many on board (Acts 27:37)

shipwreck:
the destruction or sinking of a ship (group) or one’s own faith (
1
 
Tim
. 
1:19
)

shirt:
one’s personal covering; if giving shirt off your back, sacrifice (Matt. 5:40)

shoe:
the gospel of peace, walking in peace (Eph. 6:11)

shopping:
choices and selections to be made (Deut. 30:19)

shopping cart:
what is in the cart is what to focus on; food = spiritual food, etc. (John 6:27)

shoulders:
shouldering a burden (Gen. 49:15); also government (Isa. 9:6)

showers:
see rain

sickle:
for harvesting, symbolically for souls or evangelism (Joel 3:13; Mark 4:29)

silver
:
knowledge; insight, understanding (Prov. 2:3–4); testing, refining (Mal. 3:3)

sinking
:
disaster or emotional despair (Jer. 51:64; Ps. 69:15)

sinking ship
:
failure of a larger work (1 Tim. 1:19); see shipwreck

sirens:
a warning that battle is coming; a call to pray and trust for victory (
Num
. 
10:9
)

sister:
if not literal, a dear friend (Matt. 12:50)

skipping:
being carefree (Job 21:11)

skull/crossbones:
death, opposing Christ’s message (
Luke
 
23:33
;
Prov
. 
8:36
)

skydiving:
freedom with risks (
Gal
. 
5:13
)

sled:
expedient prayers during wartime (
Job
 
38:22–23
); see snow

sleep/fatigue:
a need for spiritual awakening (Prov. 6:9; Eph. 5:14)

sleeping bag
:
travel or emotional/spiritual homelessness (
Jer
. 
10:17
NASB
)

smoking:
addictive behavior (
Gal
. 
5:1
)

snake:
Satan (Genesis 3:14a); alcohol/wine (Proverbs 23:32); evildoers (Ps. 140:3)

snow:
a call to war/pray seen in a dream or awake; snow heralds war (Job 38:22–23)

soap:
spiritual cleansing (Isa. 1:25
NASB
)

soldiers:
part of God’s army (2 Tim. 2:3; 1 Cor. 9:7); used by Satan (Mark 6:27
NLT
)

spanking:
discipline or punishment (Prov. 13:24)

sparrow:
the Father’s watchful care (Matt. 10:29)

spear
:
may represent a weapon/strategy God is going to give you for a problem (Ps. 35:3)

spider:
sin; deception; false doctrine; temptation (Job 8:14; Isa. 59:5)

spit:
utter contempt (Job 17:6)

spoon:
ability to feed self or others spiritually (Matt. 25:37); if baby spoon, see babies

spring:
new beginnings and new life (Zech. 10:1)

staff:
pastoral ministry, the tools of a shepherd (Ps. 23:4)

stairs/steps:
stages that take you to a higher place in life or in prayer (
Job
 
14:16
)

stars:
children (Neh. 9:23; Gen. 37:9–10)

Statue of Liberty
:
the USA; the Holy Spirit’s liberty (
2
 
Cor
. 
3:17
NASB
)

steak:
spiritual food for the mature (Heb. 5:12)

steering
wheel:
direction for the road of life (
Ps
. 
32:8
)

stillborn
:
a long-awaited dream symbolically carried to term, and then it dies (Isa. 66:9)

sting:
see bees

stop sign:
to literally stop, as in behavior, activity, etc.; see road signs

stork:
a pregnancy; new baby; new experiences (Jer. 8:7;
John
 
3:3
)

storms:
see rain

stove:
projects in one’s life, i.e., “it’s on the back burner”; see oven

straitjacket:
mental imprisonment (
Isa
. 
26:3
;
2
 
Cor
. 
3:11
)

strangers:
spirits, bad or good—watch their defining behaviors (
Heb
. 
5:14
)

strangulation
:
trying to choke out one’s faith (Ps. 140:4)

straw
:
lesser works that will be burned up one day (1 Cor. 3:12–13)

street names:
study all street name meanings and relevance to you; see names

strongman:
a strong demonic spirit requiring binding in prayer (Mark 3:27)

student:
see school

submarine
:
submission to authority; coming under (
Rom
. 
13:1
NLT
)

sugar:
sweetness of life; too much means imbalanced spiritual diet (
Rom
. 
14:17
)

suicide:
ruining one’s own reputation by foolishness (Eccles. 7:17)

suitcase/bag:
baggage from one’s past (
Matt
. 
11:28
); prepared to move on (
Luke
 
10:4
)

summer:
a season of making plans and working hard (Prov. 6:8
NASB
)

sun:
the Son, Jesus (Mal. 4:2)

sunburn:
great time spent with the Son, Jesus (
Matt
. 
17:2
)

sunrise:
the beginning of a thing, a life or a season (Eccles. 1:5)

sunset:
the end of a thing, a life or a season (Ps. 113:3)

superheroes
:
supernatural abilities for spiritual warfare (
2
 
Cor
. 
10:4–5
)

surfboard:
riding a coming wave of success (
Ps
. 
118:25
;
51:15
)

surgery:
the Great Physician repairing emotions with His skilled hand (
Luke
 
5:31
)

surgical instruments:
show which surgery—e.g., “open heart surgery”; see surgery

surrounded:
being slandered by others (Ps. 109:3)

swearing
/cussing:
an unclean spirit (Eph. 5:4)

sweeping:
see broom

swimming
:
leisure; possibly trying to stay afloat; see drowning

sword:
harsh words (Ps. 57:4); the sword of the Spirit, God’s Word (Eph. 6:17)

tablet:
the heart, ready to be inscribed upon (Prov. 7:3)

tailor:
perhaps an angel or the Holy Spirit preparing you for a life event (
Luke
 
22:9
)

tambourine
:
praise and celebration (Ps. 81:2; Jer. 31:4)

tape measure:
see measuring stick/tape

target:
aiming for a goal, good or bad (Lam. 3:12)

tarot cards:
demonic; fortune telling (
Acts
 
16:16
)

teacher:
a pastor, teacher or Jesus Himself (Luke 6:40)

tears
:
see crying

teeth:
needed for a mature spiritual diet (Heb. 5:14)

teeth falling out:
losing one’s ability to consume a healthy spiritual diet (Heb. 5:12)

telephone:
communication—with others, but mainly with God (
Jer
. 
33:3
)

telescopes:
the prophetic gift and looking into the future (
1
 
Cor
. 
13:2
)

television:
media arts; may mean distraction (
Prov
. 
6:6–11
;
Ps
. 
101:3
)

tennis:
Who begins the game? This is the one who is “serving” (
Matt
. 
23:11
)

tent:
our temporary, earthly body (2 Cor. 5:1–6); see camp/campgrounds

termites:
small, spiritual attacks eating away at your faith’s foundation (Ps. 11:3)

test:
being tested by life’s trials (2 Cor. 8:22
NASB
); a lesson to learn (Ps. 119:71)

text messages:
“receiving words,” i.e., prophetic words (Eccles. 12:10
NIV
; 1 Cor. 2:13)

theatre:
living on “the stage of life” with others watching (
Matt
. 
5:16
)

thermometer/fever:
spiritual infection in the Church Body, or in yours; see fever