Podcast Summary: "Believe The Love" with Nancy Dufresne

Dufresne Ministries Podcast | Sunday's Online Service | 4.19.2020
Release Date: April 20, 2020
Speaker: Pastor Nancy Dufresne

Episode Overview

In this special online service, Pastor Nancy Dufresne explores the foundational theme of "believing the love"—embracing and acting upon the love that God has for every believer. She teaches from 1 John 4 and other key passages to encourage the church to be rooted in God’s love, explaining how it affects faith, protection, and daily living. Listeners are guided through biblical insights on living within the "love kingdom," overcoming fear, and experiencing God's fullness by understanding and trusting in His love.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Miracles and Obedience: The Wedding at Cana

• Scriptural Basis: John 2: Wedding at Cana
• Main Point: Obedience to God's instructions—even when they defy common sense—is often the key to receiving miracles.
• Quote:

  “Anytime you’re going to have a miracle, anytime you’re going to receive an answer from God, this is exactly the same process that is put in place… Whatever he says to you, do it.” (08:59)

• Insight: Reasoning or analyzing God’s commands can talk you out of a miracle, because they often defy “the mental arena.”
• Timestamps: 04:00–13:00

2. Giving as a Foundation for Heart Change

• Personal Testimony: Nancy shares about her husband's early Christian walk.
• Key Point: God often deals with our giving first to connect with our hearts, not our outward flaws.
• Quote:

  “The first thing [God] dealt with was his giving… because the Word says that where your treasure is, your heart is there.” (17:52)

• Timestamps: 13:00–18:00

3. The Fullness of God—Rooted and Flooded with Love

• Scriptural Focus: Ephesians 3:17–19
• Thesis: God’s plan is for believers to be “wholly filled and flooded” with Him—leaving no room for doubt, fear, or worry.
• Quote:

  “When you’re wholly filled and flooded with God Himself, you absolutely have no room for anything else in you.” (19:19)

• Timestamps: 19:00–21:00

4. Understanding and Believing God’s Love

• Primary Passage: 1 John 4:15–16
• Main Points:
  • God doesn’t just have love; He is love.
  • We must believe both that God loves us personally and that what His love provided belongs to us.
  • Everything God does is a “love act.”
• Quote:

  “God is nothing as much as he is love. Every action of God is a love act, every thought of God is a love thought.” (23:40)

• Timestamps: 21:00–27:30

5. Living in the Love Kingdom

• Passages: Colossians 1:13–14, John 13:34
• Key Concept:
  • As believers, we’ve been moved out of the "kingdom of darkness" into the "kingdom of love."
  • The new commandment is not just human love, but God’s love—supernatural, unquitting, and unchanging.
• Quotes:

  “The realm of God is a love realm. Everything within His realm is under the flow of love.” (29:40) “Before Jesus, the only love seen on earth was human love…and human love is a quitter. Divine love never quits; it never changes.” (33:54)

• Timestamps: 27:30–36:30

6. The Dangers of Stepping Outside of Love

• Teaching from: Kenneth E. Hagin (Dad Hagin)
• Key Point:
  • Stepping outside of love is stepping into sin and onto the devil’s territory, opening the door for attack.
• Quote:

  “One step outside of love is a step into sin… That’s how come the devil can attack people. If you’re on his territory, he has a right to attack you.” (38:15)

• Timestamps: 36:30–39:50

7. The Apostle John as an Example of 'Believing the Love'

• Key Observations:
  • John referred to himself as “the one whom Jesus loved” and consistently leaned upon Jesus, focusing on the love Jesus had for him.
  • Even severe persecution couldn’t harm John, as his deep belief in Jesus’s love seemed to set him apart.
• Quotes:

  “John made the focus of Jesus’s love for him the focus of his life… What set his walk with Jesus apart is John believed the love.” (51:20) “They did not know how to kill the man. Why? Because he believed the love more than he believed the persecution.” (56:44)

• Timestamps: 44:50–58:00

8. Believing What Love Provided and Rejecting Fear

• Scriptures: 1 John 4:18, Isaiah 54:14, 1 Corinthians 1:30
• Main Ideas:
  • Accepting our righteousness in Christ (not through our works, but by faith in what love provided).
  • As the mind is renewed to righteousness, believers are “far from oppression and fear.”
  • Fear and oppression are not “near” the believer who is established in love and righteousness.
• Quotes:

  “In righteousness shalt thou be established.…Thou shalt be far from oppression.” (Isaiah 54:14, discussed at 01:09:15) “Perfect love casts out fear, because fear has torment.” (1 John 4:18, 01:11:10)

• Timestamps: 58:00–01:13:00

9. Practical Application: Answering Fear with Love

• Advice:
  • Don’t try to 'feel' love; believe by faith what love provided, especially in the face of fear.
  • Speak to fear with the truth of what God’s love has done—supply, healing, protection, etc.
• Quote:

  “Talk to fear about what love provided for you… No, you don’t fear! Love already provided my supply.” (01:16:20)

• Timestamps: 01:15:00–01:17:00

10. Rooted and Grounded in Love Leads to Fullness of God

• Scripture: Ephesians 3:17–19
• Insight:
  • Being 'rooted and grounded in love' secures believers against fear, adversity, and causes them to be “filled with all the fullness of God.”
• Quote:

  “The fullness of God… is connected to what you know about love. The more you have a revelation of love, the more you’re going to be filled and flooded with God himself.” (01:24:40)

• Timestamps: 01:21:30–01:25:00

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Whatever He says to you, do it… On the other end of what God says is the answer we need.” (09:22, Nancy Dufresne)
• “God is nothing as much as He is love. Every action of God is a love act.” (23:40, Nancy Dufresne)
• “One step outside of love is a step into sin.” (38:15, Nancy Dufresne quoting Dad Hagin)
• “John believed the love more than he believed the persecution and believed what was coming against him.” (56:44, Nancy Dufresne)
• “Faith works by love… Our faith won’t work outside the love realm.” (01:26:50, Nancy Dufresne)

Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Topic | Timestamp | |---|---|---| | Opening Prayer & Announcements | Housekeeping | 00:00–04:00 | | The Wedding at Cana - Obedience & Miracles | 04:00–13:00 | | Testimony on Giving | 13:00–18:00 | | Fullness of God & Intro to Love | 19:00–21:00 | | 1 John 4: God IS Love | 21:00–27:30 | | Love Kingdom & New Commandment | 27:30–36:30 | | Stepping Outside of Love | 36:30–39:50 | | The Example of John | 44:50–58:00 | | Established in Righteousness | 58:00–01:13:00 | | Overcoming Fear with Love | 01:15:00–01:17:00 | | Ephesians 3:17–19, Fullness | 01:21:30–01:25:00 | | Closing Prayer | 01:27:50–End |

Recap & Final Exhortation

Nancy Dufresne urges believers to meditate on God’s love, to actively “believe the love” for themselves and their circumstances, and to respond to every worry or fear by declaring what love has already provided. She emphasizes that being deeply rooted in God’s love is essential to living victorious, fearless, and full lives as members of His love family and kingdom.

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