All great points above. What a treat to have this coming together of spiritual support!
The things I will add are not meant to detract from what they said, but get into some simple details.
I had a dream I received a letter from a friend of mine and in it was a cheque with a huge amount, although I dont know how much it was.
The letter added personal communication to the award. There was satisfaction in the personal attention, not just the windfall. It's the thought that counts.
A check is a piece of paper that promises money is yours. Promissory note. A statement of transfer that is legally backed, but not actually currency. And currency itself is not actual gain, but a symbol of the ability to purchase what you choose. So this is a promise of a promise, given from a distance, and not telling you how much.
Faith was mentioned above, worth meditating on.
It was for you, but you didn't know the amount. Someone else still had the upper hand on what was meant for you. (Maybe it wasn't conveyed that way in the dream...can be positive or negative.)
It was like the stimulus package, slated to arrive in increments over time.
Stimulus:[wash my mouth]How Fast We're Spending Nearly $800 Billion | ProPublica
In any case, you did get a check.
Two nights earlier my husband had a dream he was fishing with a wooden rod, he caught a very big fish so big it broke the rod. But he managed to land the big fish. There were some familiar faces from childhood and one lady helped him she took the hook off the fish and kept guarding it.
I agree that fishing probably relates to people. Past dreams here have seemed to. Water is often the masses of people; a fishing pole lures one individual at a time, and pulls it out of the masses.
If this does not relate to his ministries or to your family, I would be a little worried. The fishing rod is his tool for accomplishing the activity, and the fish overpowered and destroyed it.
It was similar to the story of nets breaking, which was good. Maybe the dream will end up thoughtful reassurance when something happens, seeing that the catch was worth the tool/method breaking. Human effort, pride, systems, plan... what made him able to target the fish and bring it out into the open. Bring it into a different realm.
On the comments above about guarding, the woman might be a ministry or business (spin-off contractor?) that keeps an eye on the catch. For example, he was able to woo an important client, and then pass this on to subcontractors who took good care of the account. Or he planted a church and someone else pastored it.
I also had another dream casting out demons frm my brother and sister, was casting them out in Jesus Name, the demons flee. Whats strange is me and christian family members were praying and fasting for our family; we had prayer points for all our family members.
Brother and sister in a dream might be sister churches or ministries. You took charge and made sure they were set free from what troubled them... what kept them from fullness of life and service.
My favorite quotes:
Childhood ...Growth. Early experiences, forming experiences. Old friends. Something started a long time ago.
IF this was from G-d, your whole family fasting and praying together is extremely significant!
the path to that place is different for each person, and each person is at a different stage. When we are sharing, we can be asking the Holy Spirit about how to approach each person.