How to Interpret Dreams and Visions Perry Stone

and prayer. Leaning his chair back against the outside wall, Dad felt a hand grab his right shoulder through the wall! He suddenly slumped over and instantly felt his spirit depart his body, moving faster than the speed of light upward into the universe. He thought perhaps he had died of a heart attack. Dad described how he eventually stopped somewhere out in the universe and was surrounded by the most beautiful sapphire blue heaven. He was standing on nothing, but he felt no fear. Suddenly he observed a silver ball of light approaching him in the far distance. To his amazement, Al Collins stepped from this light, raised his right hand, and said, “Fred, God has called you to preach.” He lowered his hand, then lifting it a second time, he spoke, “Fred, God told me to tell you that you must preach.” Without any warning, Al stepped back into the light and appeared to travel into the beautiful blue open space and disappear. Dad suddenly felt his spirit moving at a high speed as it reentered his body. (See 2 Corinthians 12:1–4.) When he came to himself in the chair, the hair on Dad’s body was standing straight up. The energy he felt from the experience was electrifying ! Dad gave his name to the draft board, but he was never called into the military! There are some who do not believe the Lord could or would allow such an amazing incident to occur. However, consider the supernatural calling of Saul of Tarsus into the ministry. Saul was traveling to Damascus, Syria, with legal papers to arrest key Christian church leaders. Saul’s journey was suddenly interrupted by a heavenly light, as Christ Himself spoke to Saul from heaven (Acts 9:3–5). The light was so