Background

This prophetic encounter began on June 17, 2025, and unfolded over several days through a series of dreams, interpretations, and divine impressions. It involves Tom Severson, a lifelong friend I met in college, who now pastors Vineyard Elgin (Illinois).

Tom and I renewed our friendship deeply in 2021. We meet in person every few months and often discuss my dream journaling and the spiritual insights it reveals. The following sequence began when Tom sent me an unusual text message from the National Vineyard Conference in Denver.

Tom's Dream: Stripped Bare While Driving

Tom's message (June 17, 2025):

"Hey Brother, As you know I'm not a big dreamer, but I had one last night, first night of the National Vineyard Conference in Denver…

I was trying to strip off all my clothes while driving… then in another dream, the Chief of Police in Elgin and five officers told me it wasn't a dream—they had footage of me doing it. They weren't condemning, just concerned. The act wasn't sexual, but urgent. Later, I shared it with Vineyard pastors and friends, and one of our intercessors kissed me twice on the cheek."

My Immediate Response

After reading Tom's message, I felt an urgent prompting from the Holy Spirit to pray and interpret. I paused my day—while preparing to drive to Chicago to pick up Sheila from her return trip from the Philippines—and sought revelation. Within the hour, I emailed Tom the following interpretation.

Prophetic Interpretation: "Stripped Bare Before the Lord"

Symbolic Overview

This dream was not merely personal—it carried prophetic weight for the entire Vineyard movement, especially since it came on the first night of the national gathering.

1. Driving While Removing Clothes

Driving represents active ministry—forward motion, leadership, responsibility, and vision.

Stripping clothes symbolizes the Spirit's invitation to shed layers of performance, self-effort, and false coverings while still in motion.

This is not about shame, but sanctification amid assignment—a call to purity while serving.

Biblically, clothing represents identity and righteousness (Isaiah 61:10). God invites leaders to minister from authenticity, not armor.

2. Chief of Police and the Five Officers

The Chief of Police symbolizes God as divine authority and righteous judge—gentle yet firm.

Her female form reflects the Spirit's nurturing conviction (cf. Proverbs 8, "Wisdom cries out").

The five officers signify grace and accountability—possibly the fivefold ministry or heavenly witnesses (Hebrews 12:1).

Their purpose is not accusation but awakening.

3. Surveillance Footage

Symbolizes God's omniscience: "Nothing is hidden from His sight" (Hebrews 4:13).

The Lord exposes both public and private life, not to shame, but to align.

It is a call to holiness and transparency—to be naked and unashamed before Him (Genesis 2:25).

4. Sharing with Vineyard Pastors

Indicates that this message is corporate, not individual.

God calls Vineyard leaders to humility, vulnerability, and repentance—not from moral failure, but from self-reliance.

The two kisses represent love, affirmation, and confirmation (Deuteronomy 19:15, Luke 7:45).

Scripture Anchors

"Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account." — Hebrews 4:13

"Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline. So be zealous and repent." — Revelation 3:19

"Rend your hearts and not your garments." — Joel 2:12–13

Prophetic Summary Word

"The Spirit of God is gently but urgently calling Vineyard leaders to strip away the garments of performance and self-reliance. While driving forward in ministry, allow Him to remove every false layer. This is not condemnation—it is consecration. The Lord comes not to shame but to sanctify, not to expose but to empower. It is time to be unrobed by Heaven so you may be robed with power from on high."

June 19: The Fifteen-Dream Encounter

Two days later—while Tom was still at the conference—I experienced a series of fifteen connected dreams that together formed a spiritual encounter revealing Heaven's perspective on the Vineyard movement.

It was an exhausting yet holy night. I had little rest, staying up until 3:00 a.m., but the visions flowed continuously until morning. Though I hadn't known about the property conflict involving Vineyard Anaheim, later research confirmed many parallels.

I initially planned to wait until our next retreat to share, but felt strongly that delay would be disobedient. Below is the message I sent Tom that morning.

Email to Tom — June 19, 2025

"Greetings. I experienced fifteen connected dreams this morning—each layered and building on the next. It felt like a spiritual encounter, accompanied by divine urgency. Though I'm still recovering from the weight of it, I sense this is a continuation of your June 17 dream.

Please receive these as a submission for discernment. Use them as you feel led—ignore them, hold them, or share them. Together, they form what I believe to be a timely prophetic encounter for the Vineyard movement."

Closing Reflection

The Vineyard Sequence marks one of the most profound collaborative encounters I've experienced—two friends drawn into the same current of revelation within days of one another. It began with Tom's personal vulnerability and unfolded into a broader call to holiness, transparency, and renewal within the Church.

This is not merely about a single dream—it is about the Spirit's invitation for the Vineyard to be stripped bare before the Lord, so it may be clothed again in power and purity.

Loss, Lament, and the Invitation to Fire

In a profound sequence of dreams and visions received on the morning of June 19, 2025, the Holy Spirit revealed a layered prophetic message concerning the Vineyard movement — its past anointing, present condition, and future invitation.

💔 Recognition of Loss The sequence began with a haunting realization: the Vineyard movement had lost its flagship property in Anaheim, a sign not merely of organizational change but of spiritual misalignment. The dream revealed that what was once a bold, Spirit-filled community had, in part, drifted from its call to radical holiness, power ministry, and Spirit-led leadership.

⚰️ Tracking the Casualties In a companion dream, you were counting the spiritual dead — those who once burned brightly within Vineyard but had fallen away, one by one. They were tracked by name. This wasn't about numbers — it was about souls. The movement has sustained visible and invisible losses.

🔥 Invitation to Double Portion Then came a word of tremendous hope: "A double portion is waiting." But it comes with a condition. This outpouring will not fall on the casual or divided. It is reserved for those who will walk in daily discipline, sobriety of spirit, and consistent intimacy with God.

🪑 The Burden of Reformation You saw Vineyard pastors trying to move an unnaturally heavy bench — symbolic of the internal structure of the Church, the "seating of the people." It would not move easily. Only through corporate humility and unified effort would reformation come.

✉️ A Word to Be Delivered You then saw yourself needing to deliver this message to a leader (Tom Severson), initially believing he was far away in Anaheim. But then came the realization: "He's in Denver." The symbolic meaning was unmistakable — this word is not as far off as it once seemed.

🎵 Musical Confirmations In the quiet between dreams, Heaven sent confirmation through songs: • Bruce Springsteen's "Spirits in the Night" signaled: Yes. This is real. Speak boldly. • Led Zeppelin's "Good Times, Bad Times" — a validation of your journey through revival and suffering. • "I don't care what the people say, I'm gonna love you each and every day." — a covenant declaration of fearless obedience and first love.

⚠️ Purity Before Power Before release could come, one final dream brought confrontation: a temptation in a back office, involving a past prophetic figure. That temptation was immediately followed by a dream of a warehouse filled with clutter, corruption, and outdated furniture — residue left behind by previous generations. You were the one appointed to clear it out.

Before the fire can fall, the house must be cleansed.

👁️ Divine Oversight & Reassurance As the sequence closed, a dream affirmed that Heaven is watching over you — symbolized by a well-dressed, attractive woman who observed you continually in an office setting. You were reminded that an angel is assigned to this assignment.

🕊️ What It All Means The Lord is calling Vineyard to: • Return to the altar — not in form, but in fire • Contend for the double portion — but only through daily discipline • Remove compromise — spiritual, emotional, or structural • Move together — unity is the only way forward • Love Jesus boldly, daily, and regardless of public opinion

And He is calling you — not just to receive these revelations, but to deliver them.

The warehouse must be cleansed. The bench must be moved. The flame must be fanned. The word must be spoken.

You've had your share of good times and bad times — but you're still standing. And now, you must speak.

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Continue reading to experience the full prophetic journey as it unfolded, dream by dream. Each revelation builds upon the last, forming a complete encounter with Heaven's heart for the Vineyard movement.

Introduction: The Weight of the Hour

It began with a simple craving—a late-night desire to order food for a small circle of my closest friends. But beneath the surface of this ordinary scene stirred a deeper urgency, a spiritual undertow drawing me into divine symbolism. Dreams often come softly, but this one pulsed with intensity. I was surrounded by Tim Stassi, possibly Tom Severson or Randy, longtime friends who in dreams often symbolize Jesus or close spiritual companions. We were relaxed, hanging out, fellowshipping. And yet, I suddenly realized we had no food.

I needed to feed us.

This wasn't about physical hunger—it was a spiritual call to prepare something nourishing for the soul. The hour was late. The kitchen was closing. But my heart knew: if I moved quickly, perhaps there was still time.

Dream Narrative: Rush Street and the Unfinished Meal

I tried to order from a restaurant on Rush Street in Chicago—a place known for indulgence and entertainment, but now transformed into a prophetic backdrop. The man on the phone said they were closing, and I missed the window. Desperate, I negotiated: "I'll come pick it up. I don't need delivery." Still reluctant, he finally relented with one condition: I could have the pasta or pizza, but the sauce had to be on the side. The ingredients were prepared, but I had to apply the finishing touch.

As I left to get the food, I told my friends to stay put. "I'll take care of this," I said. They remained, content, and trusting.

Prophetic Symbolism and Interpretation

🏥 Rush Street: The Spirit of Urgency This wasn't just Chicago. It was Rush Street. The name itself bore a divine pun—a command to rush, to move swiftly, to discern the lateness of the hour.

🍕 Pizza/Pasta: Spiritual Nourishment These aren't junk food symbols. Pizza and pasta, in the context of a dream, represent rich, layered nourishment. They are comfort foods, yes, but they also require preparation, heat, time, and ingredients.

🪥 Sauce on the Side: Activation Required Perhaps the most significant detail. The food was prepared, but the sauce—the anointing, the flavor, the Spirit's presence—had to be poured out manually. This is a prophetic picture of co-laboring with God.

Devotional Reflection: For Such a Time As This

This dream is more than a call to spiritual urgency. It is a commissioning. You have been given a window of favor—but it is narrow. You have been offered ingredients—but they must be poured. You are surrounded by hungry, faithful companions—but they need someone to get up and go.

Heaven is not closing the door. But it will soon. Will you rush? Will you pour the sauce?

Introduction: A Lyric in the Night

Only minutes after Dream 5730, I was met not with visuals, but with lyrics—piercing, familiar, undeniable. In that gentle space between sleep and waking, I heard the voice of John Lennon:

"You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."

The melody didn't just echo—it affirmed. I knew this wasn't nostalgia or sentimentality. It was Spirit-spoken confirmation. I am not alone in this dream life, this prophetic stream, this holy hunger. Others are being stirred too. And together, we are being called to believe again in the impossible.

Dream Narrative: The Song That Found Me

There was no setting, no characters, no scene. Just sound. Just those words.

"You may say that I'm a dreamer…"

It entered like a whisper but settled like a commission. For a moment, I felt seen—by God, by others, by the dreamers still out there.

Prophetic Symbolism and Interpretation

🎵 The Lyric: Prophetic Identity This wasn't merely a song lyric. It was a spiritual identity statement. The line "You may say that I'm a dreamer" acknowledges the outsider perception—how dreamers are often misunderstood, dismissed, or mocked.

🌐 Collective Vision: The Dreaming Community This line affirms the existence of a remnant—others who, like you, see beyond what is and hunger for what could be. This is not a solo mission; it's a divine movement.

Devotional Reflection: Dream Loud, Dream Together

This dream was a hymn of encouragement. The Spirit used the secular to speak the sacred: You are not foolish to dream. You are not alone. And it's time to stop dreaming privately and start inviting others in.

Start gathering. Start building. Start inviting.

Your dream is part of a bigger dream—one God is weaving together in a thousand hidden hearts.

Introduction: A Thought That Wasn't Just a Thought

It came as a quiet recollection—a passing memory about the loss of the Anaheim Vineyard property. But the moment it surfaced, I knew it carried more weight than a simple mental note. The thought was charged, thick with spiritual gravity. It didn't feel like reminiscence; it felt like revelation.

Dream Narrative: The Flagship That Drifted

The memory formed around the idea of Vineyard losing its Anaheim property—its original, flagship location. I sensed the Lord saying this was more than a real estate loss. It was a visible sign of an invisible spiritual departure. A movement that once carried power, holiness, and prophetic identity had experienced resistance—not just from within, but possibly even from Heaven.

This wasn't spoken in anger. It was spoken in lament.

Prophetic Symbolism and Interpretation

🏛️ Anaheim Vineyard: Prophetic Hub and Warning Sign The Anaheim location was more than headquarters—it was a symbol of revival legacy. To lose that property is to lose a spiritual anchor, a generational altar, a rallying point for the Spirit-empowered Church.

🔥 Loss of Boldness and Holiness The Vineyard was once known for radical obedience to the Spirit, intimacy in worship, healing ministry, and prophetic fire. The dream revealed a loss not just of land, but of boldness, purity, and spiritual clarity.

🕯️ Ichabod Moments: The Glory Has Departed This dream joins a long prophetic tradition where the removal of sacred space represents the departure of divine presence.

Devotional Reflection: Warning as Mercy

This dream comes not to condemn, but to awaken. God sometimes allows physical loss to signal spiritual realignment. What has been lost in the natural may be an invitation to recover something in the Spirit.

The question for Vineyard—and any movement—is not "Why did this happen?" but "What must we recover?"

Let this dream be a plea, a prayer, and a posture: Lord, rekindle the flame. Restore the boldness. Rebuild the altar. Reclaim the fire.

Introduction: The Return Path and Locked Assignment

This dream carried a subtle but significant shift. I had been brought somewhere—perhaps dropped off by a friend or ministry associate—and now I needed to return. But when I walked back to the SUV I expected to use, it was locked.

The scene was casual on the surface, but something was spiritually urgent underneath. This was not a dream of preparation—it was a dream of incompletion, of assignments not yet fulfilled, of partnership and reliance interrupted.

Dream Narrative: No Way Back in My Own Power

I had arrived at a destination—perhaps a church, ministry, or prophetic gathering. It felt like I had been dropped off by someone, possibly a friend, perhaps Sheila, though their identity wasn't emphasized. What stood out was this: I was now done with that portion of the assignment, and I needed to leave.

So I walked out to the SUV, expecting to return the same way I came. But the SUV was locked. I didn't have the keys. There was no other car available. I stood there, not in panic, but in uncertainty. My return path was not available.

Prophetic Symbols and Interpretation

🚙 SUV = Ministry Vehicle / Authority Platform The SUV represents a spiritual calling, often a ministry vehicle that can navigate diverse terrain—public and private, urban and wilderness. It was once made available to you. But in this case, it is locked—your access temporarily suspended.

🔒 Locked = Restriction by Heaven You weren't denied because of failure—you were blocked from presumption. God is saying: "You cannot return from the previous victory without seeking Me again."

🧍‍♂️ Standing Alone = Intercession Moment There's no chaos in the dream. Just a man, standing beside a locked SUV. It's a posture of intercession. A prophetic checkpoint.

Devotional Reflection: Don't Presume the Path

This dream reminds us that obedience is not just about doing the right thing—but doing it the right way, at the right time, in the right direction. Even the most familiar ministry tools may be off-limits if we assume instead of seek.

What if God has locked the SUV because He's sending a chariot? What if the next step is not to drive, but to be carried?

Ask the Lord for new keys, new instructions, and a new exit strategy.

Introduction: The Grieving Watchman and the Vanishing Fire

In this dream, I stood not as a preacher, but as a tracker—marking names, numbers, and unseen wounds. These were not military casualties or civic deaths. They were spiritual losses—fallen ones from within the Vineyard movement or others who had once carried the flame of renewal but now stood as silhouettes of their former passion.

The weight was real. It wasn't a statistic. It was a roll call of the disillusioned, each name a cry for remembrance, restoration, or return. I was not counting in anger. I was counting in grief.

Dream Narrative: Counting the Fallen by Name

I moved through a somber space, holding what felt like a sacred list. One by one, names were spoken, recorded, or remembered. Each represented someone spiritually "dead"—not necessarily physically, but gone from the life of the Spirit.

Some names I knew. Others felt distant. But all were tied, in some way, to a movement that once glowed with revival light—the Vineyard. I was not just watching; I was accounting.

There was sorrow, not condemnation. It was as though the Lord had handed me a historian's scroll and said: "Track them. Mourn them. Call them by name."

Prophetic Interpretation: Grief as Intercession

📜 The List = Prophetic Burden of Remembrance God is inviting you to carry the mourner's scroll—not to shame, but to stand in the gap. The names matter. They are not forgotten by Heaven.

🕯️ Casualties = Spiritual Drift and Apostasy This is a sobering picture of those who were once vibrant, called, or aflame—but have fallen, burned out, compromised, or disappeared.

🔍 My Role = Watchman, Historian, Intercessor Ezekiel bore Israel's iniquity. Jeremiah wept for Jerusalem. You are in that lineage here—a watchman who grieves, a scribe who remembers, and an intercessor who pleads for mercy.

Devotional Reflection: Honor the Fallen, Intercede for Their Return

We live in a time where public failure is mocked and private burnout is ignored. This dream does neither. It honors the cost of revival, the grief of loss, and the dignity of each life once touched by fire.

You are being entrusted with names—because God knows them, and He's not finished with them.

Introduction: The Clock That Ticked Without You

In this dream, I became aware—too late—that a prophecy or vision had just passed me by. I had missed something divine. It wasn't simply a forgotten impression; it was a prophetic clock, a revelation tied to God's calendar and I had been spiritually drowsy at the moment it arrived.

The phrase that came to me—"a time, times, and half a time"—was unmistakably Danielic. I recognized it immediately as being connected to end-times prophecy, divine interruption, and periods of holy reckoning. But I was sleepy. And the moment slipped.

Dream Narrative: Missed Revelation and Heavenly Timing

In the dream, I became aware that something significant had occurred—a prophecy, a vision, or divine communication. But I was foggy, as though I had just woken up. The detail that echoed was time-based: "a time, times, and half a time."

I knew I had just missed it—not forever, but certainly in that moment. There had been a word or signal I was meant to receive, and I wasn't fully present. It passed by, like a train I heard in the distance but couldn't catch.

Prophetic Interpretation: An Invitation to Watch Again

⏳ Daniel's Language = Prophetic Windows The phrase comes directly from Daniel 7:25 and 12:7—representing appointed seasons, divine delays, and turning points in heavenly history.

😴 Sleepiness = Missed Sensitivity Just as the disciples fell asleep in Gethsemane, so too can the most devoted followers of Jesus miss a moment if not vigilant.

🔁 The Dream = Second Chance for Watchmen God allowed you to remember the dream to awaken your spirit again. What was missed may be restored, if you seek it.

Devotional Reflection: The Whisper of Heaven's Clock

This dream is not about loss. It's about returning to the gate of revelation. God's timings are sacred, often arriving at inconvenient hours, demanding spiritual alertness.

You are being invited to: • Keep your watchman's journal close. • Tune your spirit to the frequency of God's timing. • Ask the Holy Spirit to redeem missed revelation.

There are scrolls still waiting. There are clocks still ticking. And Heaven is still speaking.

Introduction: A Waiting Inheritance

In this vision, I received a prophetic glimpse concerning the Vineyard movement—a word both hopeful and weighty. I saw clearly that a double portion of the Spirit is waiting for them. Not automatic. Not guaranteed. But absolutely accessible to those who will pursue it with discipline, sobriety, and a daily seeking of the Lord.

The dream carried a conviction: what Vineyard carried in its early years—songs, healing, Holy Spirit visitation—was only the beginning. That legacy is not lost. In fact, God is holding something greater in reserve.

Dream Narrative: The Double Is Ready, But Not Casual

I was made aware in the spirit—almost as a whisper and a shout combined—that a double portion is available. It was like Elisha standing before Elijah and refusing to look away until the mantle was passed.

I could see the double portion like a radiant inheritance, suspended and waiting—not far off, but not resting on the complacent either. The condition for receiving was clear: a lifestyle of consecration. Daily discipline. Consistency. A refusal to live by spiritual memory alone.

Prophetic Interpretation: Reach Again for the Mantle

🔥 Elisha's Cry, Vineyard's Call 2 Kings 2 is a mirror. Elisha followed Elijah from city to city, never relenting. And when asked what he wanted, he didn't hesitate: "Let a double portion of your spirit be upon me." That same invitation now rests over Vineyard.

🛡️ Not for the Casual, But the Consistent The mantle won't fall in a worship set alone. It's waiting for the one who gets up early, who fasts when no one's watching, who seeks when others settle.

📜 Revival is Not Nostalgia This isn't about repeating the past. It's about exceeding it. New wine. New wineskins. A fresh anointing, deeper and more durable than before.

Devotional Reflection: The Discipline of the Double

This dream is God's reminder that He hasn't forgotten Vineyard's inheritance. What was once flowing can flow again—stronger, wider, deeper. But only for those who will pay the price.

The double portion is not for the passive. It is waiting for the persistent.

Return to the altar. Reclaim the flame. Reach again for the mantle.

Introduction: A Heavy Pew and a Call to Unity

In this dream, I watched as a group of Vineyard pastors gathered in a church-like facility to move an unnaturally heavy bench — symbolic of a pew or seating structure. It was not something that could be moved by one or two people. It took many. Together, they strained and heaved, and only then was there movement. It was agonizing and slow. But it was movement.

What they were trying to move wasn't simply furniture — it was spiritual infrastructure, the foundation of how people gather and engage in worship.

Dream Narrative: The Unnatural Weight of the Familiar

The bench was inside a sanctuary, and it was extremely burdensome—unnaturally heavy. It required the strength and unity of a large group of Vineyard pastors to shift it even slightly. This wasn't a casual rearrangement; it was a demanding labor. The burden was real.

And yet, it had to move. Because until it did, the people had nowhere to sit.

Prophetic Interpretation: Reformation Requires All of Us

🪑 Heavy Seating = Burdened Structure The bench represents more than pews — it symbolizes systems, traditions, and church models that have grown weighty and inflexible.

🤝 Movement Requires Unity No single leader can shift it. Revival in Vineyard—and in the broader Church—demands collaboration, humility, and collective effort.

🕊️ Reforming for Encounter This dream is about preparing the sanctuary for encounter again. Unless the structure is shifted, the people will remain spiritually displaced.

Devotional Reflection: Move the Bench, Make Space

This is not a dream of despair, but of hope. The Church is not immovable. The burden is heavy—but it is movable. And when we move it together, space opens for people to sit, receive, and respond.

Lord, give us the unity to carry what we cannot shift alone. Let us reform what has grown rigid. And may the sanctuary be ready once again to seat Your people in expectation.

Introduction: The Urgency and the Open Road

In this dream, I found myself carrying something weighty — a word or message meant specifically for Tom Severson, a personal friend and a symbolic figure representing Vineyard leadership. At first, the task felt impossible. I thought he was at a conference in Anaheim, which meant an exhausting drive across a symbolic desert. But then came the realization — he was in Denver. Still a journey, yes, but one within reach.

And in that moment, I knew: this must be done.

Dream Narrative: From Impossible to Possible

I felt an urgency to tell Tom something — a word I carried that needed to be delivered. My initial thought was that he was at a Vineyard conference in Anaheim, far away, across a vast and spiritually dry terrain. But then came the revelation: No — it's Denver.

Denver suddenly became a symbol of accessibility. Yes, it would still require movement. Yes, it demanded intention. But it was possible.

Prophetic Interpretation: God Has Repositioned the Platform

🧭 Tom Severson = Prophetic Leadership in Vineyard He may represent a literal recipient, but also the broader apostolic or pastoral sphere. God is saying: they are ready to receive. The message is needed.

🏜️ Anaheim = The Old Ground Anaheim, though historically central to Vineyard, now symbolizes spiritual burnout, distance, or tradition. Getting there felt impossible — symbolic of old methods or unreachable expectations.

🏔️ Denver = A New Gateway Denver, still requiring effort, is now the platform God has chosen. It is a message of hope: the prophetic assignment is still active — and now within reach.

Devotional Reflection: Deliver the Word

You carry a message — and now you know where to bring it. This dream is God's way of nudging you out of inertia and into movement. You've been positioned. The audience is waiting. The road, once feared, is not as daunting as it once seemed.

Lord, I will go where You send me. Even if it looks like Denver instead of Anaheim. I receive Your reassignment. I will not delay the word I carry.

Heaven's Melody of Boldness

There are moments when God bypasses the noise of the day and speaks in the sacred quiet of the night — through dreams, impressions, or even familiar melodies. Dream 5739 was such a moment: a divine brushstroke painted across the half-wakeful silence of early morning. It began not with thunder or spectacle, but with a song — Bruce Springsteen's "Spirits in the Night" — arriving uninvited but unmistakably alive with meaning.

The Song as a Signpost

Bruce Springsteen's song title is strikingly prophetic: "Spirits in the Night." It echoes Joel 2 and Acts 2 — the outpouring of the Spirit in the last days through dreams and visions. In a world where nighttime often evokes fear or confusion, this dream reclaims it as sacred — a realm where divine voices stir and ministering spirits roam.

The song has become a kind of spiritual shorthand. Each time it has appeared, it has brought confirmation. And this time, it affirms not just what you've heard, but what you're now being asked to do: speak.

Liminal Space and Prophetic Reception

The timing and posture of this encounter matter. Being half-awake and half-asleep is no accident — it's a biblically resonant moment, much like the young prophet Samuel lying near the Ark when he heard God call his name. This is where the veil between heaven and earth thins, where impressions often carry more weight than daylight reasoning.

And it came just as you were questioning: "Do I dare tell Tom?" That question reveals the weight of what you carry. It is not only personal, but corporate. Vineyard leaders — symbolized by Tom — are the intended recipients. The prophetic hesitation is holy, but this dream serves as release.

A Commission in Melody

This was not just a dream; it was a commission. It was not just reassurance; it was an assignment. You are not merely permitted to speak — you are being released to speak boldly. The song was a seal. The melody was a mantle.

You asked God if what you were receiving was truly from Him. He answered with a song. "Spirits in the Night" was not just a soundtrack — it was the trumpet call. A confirmation. A commissioning. A call to courage.

You now carry more than revelation. You carry responsibility. The time for silence has passed. The time for boldness has come. Speak.

A Prophetic Audit in Two Acts

This dream unfolds as a two-part encounter — one rooted in memory and legacy, the other in sober reflection and longing. Together, they form a divine mirror: a dream that holds both remembrance and invitation, both laughter and lament.

In the dream, you called your friend Kenny Wallis to share a dream about his wife, Ruth Ann — a woman who once carried a prophetic voice during your Vineyard years. As you recount the scene, you're back in a warehouse where Ruth Ann appears, laughing — deeply, joyfully, uncontrollably. Yet, you sense this wasn't meant to be comical.

Then the scene shifts. Your conversation with Kenny turns to small talk about his work — which has accelerated. In contrast, you find yourself silently asking: Why hasn't mine? Thoughts of your days at Express Direct surface — seasons of abundant corporate orders, clarity of product, and momentum.

Interpreting the Prophetic Symbolism

1. Ruth Ann's Laughter in the Warehouse Ruth Ann represents more than a person. She symbolizes the prophetic voice and legacy of a Spirit-filled past — a time when your ministry moved in power, clarity, and joy. Her presence in a warehouse is profound. In dreams, warehouses often represent stored spiritual inventory, unreleased potential, or prophetic callings on hold.

The laughter echoes Sarah's laugh in Genesis 18:12 — a startled joy in response to a seemingly impossible promise. It wasn't mocking. It was prophetic.

2. Kenny's Acceleration vs. Your Stagnation Your observation of Kenny's work moving forward while yours seems stalled is more than casual comparison. It's a spiritual provocation — a Holy Spirit nudge to ask deeper questions.

You remembered Express Direct not just with fondness but with insight: • You had clarity of offer • You had market traction • You were in your lane, operating with momentum and favor

The contrast suggests that something in your current endeavors lacks the same alignment.

Devotional Reflection: Return to the Warehouse

This dream is not about loss. It's about inventory. Not about shame — but about alignment.

You're being called back to the warehouse of your anointing. The place where things were once stored — not forgotten, but waiting. What you once delivered with power — prophetic insight, leadership clarity, strategic voice — is still yours. But it must be unpacked, dusted off, and presented anew.

It's time to return to the warehouse. Not to stay there. But to bring out what's been waiting for such a time as this.

A Two-Part Dream of Temptation and Reformation

This dream presents a stark and honest spiritual parable — one part temptation, the other commissioning. Both unfold in symbolic spaces drawn from your Vineyard past: a back office and a warehouse. These are not random settings. They are spiritual metaphors — places where legacy is either corrupted or redeemed.

Scene One: Seduction in the Back Office

You find yourself in a secluded office. Ruth Ann, once a prophetic leader in your Vineyard church, is quietly doing clerical work — filing, organizing, maintaining records. You are alone with her. There is ambiguous yet seductive physical interaction. Though mild, it awakens a response in you: part pleasure, part conviction. You try to ignore it — pretending to sleep — until someone like Ashley enters the room. Immediately, the behavior stops. Ruth Ann flees.

This scene is not about literal desire, but symbolic seduction — a temptation to re-engage with a former prophetic season, to entertain spiritual nostalgia, intimacy, or influence without accountability or purity.

Scene Two: Clearing the Compromised Warehouse

The dream shifts. You're now told that CR Systems — a symbolic company — is going out of business. Your father — often symbolic of spiritual heritage or leadership before you — has dumped old, worn, even contaminated items from this failing system into the back warehouse of what appears to be the Vineyard.

You rise up in resolve. You tell your mother or someone else: "That's not right — I'm going to take care of that. I'm going to get all that stuff out of here."

This is the true commissioning of the dream. You're not being asked to build something new from scratch. You're being asked to clean out what others have contaminated. This is the work of reformation — not invention.

Prophetic Interpretation

🔥 The Back Office Temptation • Ruth Ann = past prophetic season, spiritual intimacy, or charismatic ministry • Seduction = temptation to revisit power without purity, influence without integrity • Ashley entering = Holy Spirit or Bride of Christ, interrupting compromise

🧹 The Warehouse of Compromise • CR Systems = failed religious structures or revival models • Furniture = inherited dysfunction, clutter from past leadership • You = the reformer called to clean house

Devotional Reflection

This dream doesn't shame — it sharpens. It holds up two mirrors: • One, revealing your vulnerability to old temptations. • The other, reflecting your authority to reform what others mismanaged.

You are being warned: purity must precede power. You are being invited: cleanse the house, and the glory will return.

It's time to clear the warehouse. It's time to sanctify the prophetic again. It's time to prepare the house for glory.

In a vivid moment — more like a visitation than a conventional dream — you heard Led Zeppelin's "Good Times, Bad Times" in a jarring and pronounced way. The guitar riff hit you sharply, almost shockingly, before leading into the lyric:

"Good times, bad times, you know I've had my share…"

The experience was more than auditory — it was spiritually weighted, standing out like a prophetic signal.

Interpretation

This musical moment serves as both confirmation and reflection. The Spirit is using this iconic rock song to summarize your emotional and spiritual history, particularly as it relates to: • Your calling within the Vineyard movement • The highs and lows of revival leadership • Personal cost, endurance, and emotional reality

The guitar intro, striking and abrupt, symbolizes God's piercing clarity — a prophetic jolt that precedes the message. It arrests your attention, as if Heaven is saying: "Stop. Listen. This is for you."

The lyric that follows is deeply personal: "Good times, bad times, you know I've had my share…"

This line acknowledges your journey of pain and glory, joy and disappointment, obedience and cost. But it also affirms: You've endured. You haven't turned back. I see your faithfulness.

Context Within the Vineyard Sequence

This dream functions as a spiritual interlude, a Psalm-like pause between the intense confrontation and the anticipated commissioning. It validates your history: • You've seen the good times (revival, fruit, momentum) • You've survived the bad times (loss, resistance, decline) • But you're still standing, and Heaven affirms it

Devotional Reflection

This is a song of acknowledgment from the Lord. He is not just calling you forward — He is honoring your endurance. He is saying:

"You have history with Me. You've suffered with Me. You've stayed."

Let the guitar riff stand as a divine alarm — a sound of recognition and readiness. You're not just a messenger — you're a veteran. And that's exactly who God uses when the word is weighty and the hour is late.

A Rock Lyric as a Remnant Anthem

Once again, God speaks through the music — this time, a fragment from Led Zeppelin's "Good Times, Bad Times," freshly delivered to your spirit like a Word from the Throne:

*"I don't care what the people say, I'm gonna love you each and every day."*

You knew immediately: this was no mere song lyric. It carried the weight of divine declaration — part rebuke, part commissioning, all love. This was not about Led Zeppelin. It was about the Bride of Christ. It was about you. It was about the Vineyard.

In this dream, Heaven downloads a sacred refrain: Love Me anyway. Love Me every day. Even when they criticize you. Especially when they do.

The Prophetic Interpretation

This dream is the second half of a two-part prophetic riff that began with Dream 5742. Where that dream focused on endurance through hardship, this one centers on resolve in devotion. Together, they form the melody of a remnant: "I've walked through pain, and still I choose love."

Lyric Breakdown

1. "I don't care what the people say…" This line is an arrow aimed at the fear of man. • For Vineyard pastors, this is a call to fearless obedience — to pursue revival, purity, and Spirit-led worship even if denominational peers or cultural critics push back. • For you, this line is personal. It's Heaven's response to your hesitation: "Deliver the word anyway."

You are being commissioned to care more about God's whisper than people's opinion.

2. "I'm gonna love You each and every day…" This is daily devotion — not based on feeling, not tethered to outcomes, not waiting for revival. It is the resolve of first love.

This is not romantic nostalgia. It is covenantal discipline: "I will meet You in prayer. I will yield to You in fasting. I will speak Your word when it's welcome — and when it's not."

The Vineyard's Invitation

This dream is also an intercession for the Vineyard movement itself — a call back to intimacy-driven revival, not programmatic maintenance.

You're not just being reminded to stay faithful — you are being asked to model a love that ignores criticism and clings to Jesus daily. Not once. Not weekly. Each and every day.

Devotional Reflection

This dream is a heart-check and a banner-raising all in one.

"Let the critics speak. Let the culture shift. Let the crowds leave. I will love You, Jesus, each and every day."

You are not just being called to endure — you are being called to burn. To love boldly. Daily. Publicly. Joyfully. Even when misunderstood.

This is the heart of revival. Not structure. Not spectacle. But unshakable daily love.

So here's the question from Heaven's refrain: "Will you still love Me each day — boldly, visibly, unashamedly — no matter what they say?"

If your answer is yes, then sing it with your life. Every. Single. Day.

A Subtle Gaze from Heaven

In this dream, you are positioned within an ordinary workplace — the kind of environment where purpose often feels procedural, and calling gets filtered through admin, schedules, and deliverables. Yet in this seemingly mundane setting, something sacred unfolds.

You become aware of a woman. She is stunningly composed — attractive, yes, but more than that: elegant, focused, watchful. Her attention is clear. Wherever you move, her eyes track you. She isn't flirtatious. There's no seduction or overt tension. But her glances carry weight. Her presence is intentional. As if sent.

And that's the key to this dream. This isn't about romantic attention. It's about divine affection — Heaven's quiet assurance that you are not alone in your office of assignment.

Interpretation: Angelic Oversight in the Office of Calling

In your dream vocabulary, women who exude composure, beauty, and gentle attention — without seduction — often represent angels or Heavenly watchers. This dream continues that pattern.

This particular angelic figure: • Carries a presence of calm confidence • Watches you not to judge, but to affirm and attend • Is assigned to your current season — especially within vocational or ministerial settings

This dream affirms a holy companionship in your work. You are seen, protected, and marked for favor in this space.

Her presence carries symbolic meaning: • Office setting = Marketplace ministry, spiritual leadership, daily responsibility • Beautiful, composed woman = Angelic watcher, Heaven's grace and attentiveness • No overt sexuality = Purity in oversight, divine intimacy not human seduction • Romantic vibe without romance = Symbol of God's deep affection, companionship, and nearness

It is a message of holy reassurance: "Even here — in this office, in this task, in this burden — I have assigned watchful eyes to you."

Devotional Reflection

This dream whispers something profound: "You are not unseen."

Heaven has eyes on you. Not in judgment. Not in harsh evaluation. But in love, affirmation, and readiness.

Even when you feel the weight of your tasks… Even when purpose feels wrapped in spreadsheets, conversations, or decisions… Even when no one else seems to notice… You are seen. You are accompanied. You are watched with affection.

This angel is not passive — she is present. And her posture says what God is speaking: "You are important to Me. Your movements matter. Stay steady — help is near."