Podcast Summary

Episode Overview

Title: Come Boldly To The Throne
Host: Pastor Nancy Dufresne
Podcast: Dufresne Ministries Podcast – Jesus the Healer Broadcast
Airdate: December 24, 2020

In this message, Pastor Nancy Dufresne invites listeners into an intimate teaching set at her Colorado ranch. She unpacks Hebrews 4:16 ("Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace...") and explores what it means to approach God’s throne with confidence. The episode thoroughly explores how boldness in prayer, faith in Christ’s righteousness, and an awareness of God's presence lead to obtaining both personal and others' needs from God. Through personal stories and practical illustrations, Pastor Nancy emphasizes the simplicity, accessibility, and power of coming to God boldly.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

The Divine Invitation: "Come Boldly"

• Scripture Focus: Hebrews 4:16 – "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need."
  • Pastor Nancy opens by reflecting on this "grand invitation" to have an audience with God (02:36).
  • Emphasizes that the throne of grace is a place of "obtaining": "Nothing goes unanswered at the throne. There is no, no need that goes unmet at the throne. If you bring that need to the throne, that is the place of obtaining there." (04:24)

Faith and Spiritual Supply

• The supply that God has for us—whether financial, relational, or physical—is originally authored at His throne (05:40).
• Coming to the throne of grace is by faith, not by sight (03:30).
• Everything becomes easy in God's presence: "For God, all things are easy. All things are simple. Nothing is complicated in His presence." (07:16)

Skillfulness and Boldness in Prayer

• Anyone can become skillful in prayer by giving themselves to it; it's not a special calling (09:21).
• Memorable advice from a prayerful woman: "If you would take time to get in his presence, you would already— it would already be ‘give me’... In His presence is the place where we obtain and lay hold of the things that we need by faith.” (10:10)
• Don’t go to people first. God intends us to come to Him as the true source (11:40).

Unlimited Access and Living in God’s Presence

• The scripture never tells us when we must leave God’s presence; “He lets you determine that” (13:25).
• “We can come as long, as often as we want and stay as long as we will." (14:00)

The Importance of Boldness

• "The anointing meets boldness. The bolder you are, the greater the degree of anointing that will begin to flow." (14:27)
• Don’t be sin-conscious, but righteousness-conscious. “We can come boldly for one reason, because we’re cleansed by the blood of Jesus.” (16:23)
• Repeated repentance out of guilt, rather than faith, stifles boldness (17:53).

Personal Story: The Accuser of the Brethren

• Pastor Nancy shares a vision her husband, Ed Dufresne, experienced after a healing service (20:25–29:22).
  • After a powerful service, Ed suffered thoughts of failure and inadequacy—classic tactics of the enemy as "the accuser of the brethren."
  • In a vision, God showed Ed a bust of himself shattered with cracks, symbolizing his flaws, then saw blood filling those cracks.
  • God spoke: “The blood of Jesus covers you. The blood of Jesus cleanses you from all those things that are your weaknesses, your faults and failures.” (26:55)
  • Lesson: “God doesn’t see us with those cracks. God sees us made whole by the blood.” (27:30)

Sin, Righteousness, and Divine Memory

• Isaiah 43:25: "I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake, and will not remember your sins.” (32:14)
• Once God forgives and cleanses, He actively chooses not to remember sin, and neither should we (33:02).
• “If you remember all the places you’ve missed it, you’ll draw back from God. But we have to realize Jesus is our righteousness.” (35:10)

Bringing Others to the Throne

• We’re called not just to obtain for ourselves but also for others (38:21).
• Illustration: Like inviting someone to your home who doesn’t know the way and driving them there, you can “bring” others to the throne of grace by your faith (40:30).
• Example: A minister led a terminally ill woman who didn’t know how to pray for healing into God’s presence through worship and agreement, resulting in her healing. “If I can get you to agree with me, to go with me to the throne, we will pray and I will agree with you in prayer and use my faith on your behalf.” (41:22)
• Approach the throne through worship and praise: "We come to his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise." (42:50)
• Lasting result: "After 30 minutes or so... the pain is gone from my body. Oh my goodness, the pain is gone." (44:38)

Final Encouragements

• God’s help, supply, and answers belong to us. “Everything is easy at the throne.” (46:05)
• “Take time every day to worship God and come into his presence... Live mindful of his presence. You don’t ever have to leave the awareness of His presence because He’s on the inside of you.” (47:12)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the divine invitation:
  “Talk about a grand invitation. There’s no more grand invitation than we could receive than to come and spend time at the throne, to have an audience with the throne, an audience with God himself.” — Nancy Dufresne (02:58)

• On ease in God’s presence:
  “For God, all things are easy. All things are simple. Nothing is complicated in his presence.” — Nancy Dufresne (07:16)

• On boldness and righteousness:
  “We can come boldly for one reason, because we’re cleansed by the blood of Jesus. Jesus made us right with God so that God wants us to come to him mindful of who we are in Christ—not mindful of faults, not mindful of failures, not mindful of weaknesses.” (16:23)

• The analogy of bringing someone to the throne:
  “When you know how to approach the throne of God, not only can you bring your life to his throne, but you can bring others who don’t know how... You can come and bring them before God.” (41:00)

• From Ed Dufresne’s vision:
  “The blood of Jesus covers you. The blood of Jesus cleanses you from all of those things that are your weaknesses, your faults and failures.” — God, shown in Ed Dufresne’s vision (26:55)

• On God’s memory of forgiven sin:
  “He has chosen to not remember what he’s cleansed you of. Once it’s cleansed, it’s not even in existence anymore to remember.” (33:34)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:00–02:28 — Introduction and setting (ranch/cabin in Colorado)
• 02:28–05:10 — Hebrews 4:16 and God’s invitation
• 05:10–07:30 — The throne as the place of supply and obtaining
• 09:10–10:45 — Skillfulness in prayer and obtaining from God
• 11:40–14:00 — Don’t rely on people as your source; unlimited access
• 14:00–16:50 — The importance of boldness; boldness vs. sin consciousness
• 20:25–29:22 — Ed Dufresne’s vision, condemnation, and the accuser
• 32:14–35:10 — Isaiah 43:25: God’s forgiveness, divine memory, and repentance
• 38:21–41:22 — Obtaining for others at the throne
• 41:22–46:05 — Real-life illustration: Worship and healing at the throne
• 46:05–47:30 — Final encouragement to live in continual awareness of God’s presence

Conclusion

Pastor Nancy Dufresne’s teaching in Come Boldly To The Throne centers around the believer’s privilege of confident, continual access to God’s presence. She urges listeners to develop skillful prayer lives, practice bold faith based not on one’s own merits but on Christ’s finished work, and live with an awareness of God’s grace and supply—personally and on behalf of others. The anecdotes and scriptural backbone provide both encouragement and practical steps for deepening one’s relationship with God.