Podcast Summary: "Faith and Joy, Part Three" | Nancy Dufresne | Jesus The Healer Broadcast

Podcast: Dufresne Ministries Podcast
Host/Speaker: Pastor Nancy Dufresne
Episode Date: April 22, 2019

Main Theme

This episode continues Pastor Nancy Dufresne’s powerful series on the inextricable link between faith, joy, and peace in the Christian life. Drawing primarily from Romans 15:13, Pastor Nancy emphasizes that while faith is essential for pleasing God and receiving His promises, it cannot operate in isolation; joy and peace are its necessary companions. The episode imparts practical insights on measuring, cultivating, and practicing these spiritual forces, especially in the face of opposition or trials.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Centrality of Faith in Pleasing God (00:17–03:30)

• Without faith, it’s impossible to please God.
  • Good deeds and church involvement are commendable, but “if you leave off faith, you’re not pleasing to God.” (00:37)
• Faith touches every area of a believer’s life:
  • “You can’t teach faith without touching every single arena of a believer’s life, because faith is connected to your moral life. It’s connected to your love walk, your patience…giving…obedience…because faith must be in every single arena.” (01:13)

The Need to Mix Faith With the Word (03:31–05:55)

• Using the analogy of pre-mixed pancake batter that only works when water is added:
  • “God did the hard part. He gave us the easy part. Mix faith. That’s all you have to do. Add your faith, mix your faith with [the Word] and pour it out in your life. It will work.” (05:13)

Faith’s Companions: Joy and Peace (05:56–09:23)

• Romans 15:13:
  • "Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing.” (06:04)
• Measuring your faith:
  • “You can measure your faith level by measuring your joy level. You can measure your faith level by measuring your peace level.” (06:37)
• Joy and peace aren’t emotions—they’re spiritual forces:
  • “Joy is not an emotion. It’s a force, and it’s on the inside of you. It is a fruit of the Spirit.” (07:10)

Cultivating Joy and Peace (07:44–10:04)

• Joy and peace must be drawn out and cultivated, like picking fruit from a tree:
  • “Many people’s lives are in famine spiritually because they’re not picking out and drawing out of their spirit the fruit that God has given them.” (07:55)
• Practical tip:
  • “You always measure your faith level by measuring your joy and peace level.” (09:13)

Handling Opposition and Maintaining the Flow (10:05–15:27)

• Defending your faith:
  • “You have to earnestly contend for the faith…there are going to be things that are going to come and try to rob you. Better keep things off of your faith because with no faith, you can’t conduct business with God.” (10:55)
• Jesus’ focus when He returns:
  • “When I come back, will I find faith on the earth? …He says, I’m looking for faith. Why? Because without faith, none of these other things can operate as they should.” (12:20)
• The Spirit of Faith has a sound:
  • “You can hear it when someone just talks…What is that? That’s the spirit, spirit of faith in them.” (15:07)

Faith as the Pipeline for God’s Grace (15:28–18:48)

• “Faith is a pipeline…when God has something for your life, he needs a pipeline for that power, that grace, that ability to reach your need.” (16:30)
• Faith doesn’t provide; it allows God’s provision to reach you:
  • “It’s not faith that provides for you. It is faith that gives access for God to provide for you. It’s not faith that heals you. It is faith that gives God conduit, a channel through which his healing power can flow.” (17:04)

Fullness in Joy, Peace, and Faith (18:49–22:23)

• Full joy and peace flow from full faith:
  • “Partial faith, partial joy, partial peace…Only moments of joy, only moments of peace come from only moments of faith. But full faith in full flow means full joy, full peace in full flow.” (19:54)
• Anticipation for end-times miracles and revival:
  • End-time revival will require believers and ministries to develop “full potential power” in all fivefold offices and all gifts of the Holy Spirit:
    • “Now you start hitting full potential flows. Now you’re going to hit miracles you’ve not seen before.” (21:02)
• Standing firm amid opposition:
  • “What’s going to hold you steady is you stay in joy and peace. No devil’s pushing me off. I’m rejoicing the whole way.” (21:30)
• “Joy and peace is a divine inoculation against the viruses of tests and trials…when the faith of God is on the inside of you and flowing, it inoculates you with joy and peace.” (22:01)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “If you don’t mix faith with the word when you hear it, you’ll get offended at that word.” (04:44)
• “Your victory is waiting for your faith to show up. It’s all prepared and it’s waiting, but it takes faith to go in and lay hold.” (01:53)
• “You always measure your faith level by measuring your joy and peace level.” (09:13)
• “Without faith, the flow of God cannot meet your needs…faith is so important.” (18:12)
• “If we say we’re faith people, we also have to say we’re joy people…we’re peace people.” (26:31)
• “Learn to release faith through joy. That’s how come you can get up and dance out of your bed in the morning…” (27:09)
• “When you’re rejoicing, God will speak to you.” (25:15)
• “Joy and peace will not let the opposition in.” (22:38)
• “[Joy] is a force that is a companion of faith, and it will keep all opposition out.” (21:46)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:17 – 03:30: The primacy of faith for pleasing God; faith’s impact on every life area
• 03:31 – 05:55: Faith must be mixed with hearing the Word; pancake batter analogy
• 06:04 – 09:23: Romans 15:13; Faith’s companions: joy and peace as spiritual “measuring sticks”
• 10:05 – 15:27: How to contend for faith; spirit of faith; faith must be full and flowing
• 15:28 – 18:48: Faith as the channel for God’s promises; pipeline and conduit analogies
• 18:49 – 22:23: The relationship between partial/full faith and partial/full joy and peace; preparing for last-days revival
• 21:46 – 25:15: Practicing joy and peace, especially in trials; Paul’s model in prison; how rejoicing activates faith
• 26:31 – 27:43: The inseparability of faith, joy, and peace; releasing faith through joy

Final Takeaways

• Faith is essential—but it requires the active presence of joy and peace to flourish.
• Joy and peace are not mere emotions, but spiritual forces to be cultivated and practiced deliberately.
• The measure of your joy and peace is a reliable indicator of your faith’s vitality.
• Faith, joy, and peace together form a spiritual “inoculation” against trials, enabling believers to receive all God intends for them.
• Persistent, practiced faith “in full flow” is the key to entering the new dimensions of God’s miraculous power for the current generation.

“If we say we’re faith people, we also have to say we’re joy people…we’re peace people.”
— Pastor Nancy Dufresne (26:31)

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