Press Release
Pastor and Popular Speaker Stephanie Ike Okafor Offers an Insightful and Biblically-Based Guide, Helping ReadersDiscern God’s Voice While They Sleep The average person spends 26 years of their life sleeping. How would their life look if they gained years of wisdom, guidance and strategy while they were asleep?
In her new book,
The Power of Your Dreams: A Guide to Hearing and Understanding How God Speaks While You Sleep (a WaterBrook hardcover; on sale 8/20/24) popular speaker and executive pastor (ONE Church Hollywood, CA) Stephanie Ike Okafor says that any ordinary believer
can not only enjoy the physical benefits of rest while they sleep, but can also engage with God’s presence and receive wisdom and guidance for their lives through their dreams.
Both immensely insightful and practical, the book helps readers understand many common questions around dreams including:
- How do I know if my dream contained a message from God?
- What’s the meaning of nightmares? How can I overcome the fear nightmares often produce?
- How can I prepare my body, mind and soul for sleep and dreaming? What if I can’t remember my dream?
- How can I understand what symbols, colors and numbers mean in my dreams?
Ike Okafor, who has had numerous powerful encounters with God since she was very young, has seen remarkable results as she has mentored people who have reported how listening for God’s voice in their dreams has led to greater clarity about their life and helped them make key decisions with newfound confidence.
Firmly anchored in biblical truth,
The Power of Your Dreams also looks at lessons to glean from the experiences of those who received dreams from God in Scripture, including Joseph, Jacob and Pontius Pilate’s wife.
Additionally, Ike Okafor explores different types of dreams (
Directional, Impartation, Strategy, Encouragement, Watchman and
Warning Dreams), highlighting her own significant experiences with them, along with examples of these types of dreams in Scripture. She shares practical guidelines to help readers distinguish “God dreams” from others.
Throughout the book, Ike Okafor assures readers there isn’t a one-size-fits-all method for dream interpretation and emphasizes that each believer needs to depend on the Holy Spirit for guidance and filter their understanding through the boundaries of God’s word.
“To grow in our knowledge of God, it’s essential to begin by studying His Word with the specific intent of learning about His ways,” she writes. “Without a foundational knowledge of God through the Bible, it becomes challenging to distinguish between the voice of God and that of the enemy or even ourselves.”
The Power of Your Dreams is a unique an essential guide that will help believers tap into the power of his voice and the full potential of their dreams.
Reflection questions to help individuals and groups apply the book to their lives are included after each chapter.
“Dreams are often considered desolate places, seemingly insignificant. But God calls us to holy-ground experiences in our dreams. Through the discovery of God’s voice while we sleep, God can reveal His plans for our lives, show what we’re purposed to do on earth, give us strategy for breakthrough, and so much more.”
-Stephanie Ike Okafor in The Power of Your Dreams
Stephanie Ike Okafor is available to discuss the topics above as well as these additional talking points:
-The four primary ways we experience God’s voice: feeling, knowing, hearing and seeing
-What we can learn from those in Scripture (such as Daniel, Joseph & Jacob) who received dreams from God
-Fascinating insights from science and history, including examples of transformative discoveries that were conceived in dreams and how the average person sleeps for 26 years of their life!
-What the Bible and science says about the benefits of a good night’s sleep
-Advice on how to prepare your body, mind and soul for restorative sleep and dreams
-How God assured her that her baby would be OK via a dream after her OBGYN suggested that she terminate her pregnancy; how God spoke to her about her calling through a dream
-The importance of using a dream journal to engage with God and his communications
About the Author: Stephanie Ike Okafor (pronounced “ee-kay Oak-a-for”)
is a dynamic leader, executive pastor, and podcast host, and the author of
The Power of Your Dreams: A Guide to Hearing and Understanding How God Speaks While You Sleep (WaterBrook; on sale 8/20/24). Her talk on understanding dreams has been viewed more than 1.2M times online. Stephanie is the co-creator and co-host of the podcast series The Same Room, and she pastors a vibrant faith community in Hollywood at ONE Church under the leadership of pastors Touré Roberts and Sarah Jakes Roberts. She’s a regular guest on TBN’s Better Together. For more information, visit stephanieikeokafor.com, instagram.com/stephanieike (459,000 followers) and tiktok.com/@stephanieikeokafor (448,200 followers).
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