How to Interpret Dreams and Visions Perry Stone

out of town and head to her brother’s estate in Syria. When Rebekah sent him to Syria, she thought Jacob would just be there a “few days,” until Esau cooled off (Gen. 27:44). However, Jacob spent twenty years at his uncle Laban’s ranch in Syria. God eventually appeared to Jacob in a dream and instructed him to return to the Promised Land (Gen. 31:11–18). Jacob’s early life was directed by dreams, but there was, and always is, a time element involved in waiting for any dream to come to pass. I have learned by experience that an encouraging dream that reveals God’s will or purpose for you may take years to come to pass, but it is given to you in advance to undergird your faith , helping you to continue holding on to God’s promise for you. In 1988 I had a very clear dream of seeing a beautiful little girl with straight hair that appeared to be about five years of age. She was full of personality and very animated when she spoke. I asked her, “Whose little girl are you?” She replied, “My name is Amanda, and I am the little girl you are going to have!” This little girl appeared to me in two different dreams months apart! We found out a short time later that my wife was pregnant. We both assumed the child she was carrying was a girl because of the dream. We talked about painting the baby’s room pink, and our closest friends began purchasing frilly little dresses for the baby to wear. On December 23, 1989, at six o’clock in the morning, my wife gave birth to a wonderful son we named Jonathan Gabriel Stone. I was very happy since there is a blessing upon a mother when her firstborn is a male child (Exod. 13:2–15). For years we didn’t think any more about the dream as we were enjoying our son