Podcast Summary: Dufresne Ministries Podcast
Episode: Fullness & Fervency | Nancy Dufresne | Jesus the Healer Broadcast
Date: October 15, 2020

Overview

In this episode, Pastor Nancy Dufresne explores the intertwined themes of fullness, boldness, and fervency in the Christian walk, especially as they relate to receiving miracles, enduring hardship, and serving God wholeheartedly. Using scriptural examples, personal experience, and practical analogies, Nancy urges believers to pursue life with their whole being, cultivate fervency in prayer and service, and let the fullness of the Word and Spirit turn hard things easy.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Boldness Flows from Fullness (00:09)

• Boldness isn’t a personality type—it’s “a divine force that comes out of the fullness” of the Word and Spirit.
• When someone full of the Word speaks, “there’s a sound to it and there’s a flow to it… the anointing meets boldness.”
• Key Insight: The more you’re filled with God’s Word and Spirit, the more fearless and bold your actions and prayers become.

“The bolder you are, the stronger the anointing will be.” — Nancy Dufresne (01:20)

2. Wholeheartedness: The Core Requirement (02:10)

• Jesus’ command in Mark 12:30: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.”
• Being wholehearted is non-negotiable—God doesn’t give suggestions, only commandments.
• Nancy draws analogies with sports: Coaches value wholehearted athletes over merely talented but half-hearted ones.
• Wholeheartedness determines our effectiveness, not talent, IQ, or qualifications.

“It’s not about how much talent or divine ability we have. It’s how wholehearted are we?” — Nancy Dufresne (03:36)

• Reaping What We Sow: If we desire God to be fully on our side in our needs, we must offer Him wholehearted devotion.

“If we don’t sow wholeheartedness, do we reap wholeheartedness? Probably not.” — Nancy Dufresne (05:38)

3. Enduring Hardness as a Good Soldier (07:40)

• Referencing 2 Timothy 2:3: “Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”
• Hard situations are inevitable, but when filled with the Word and Spirit, believers can “sail up and over” challenges rather than crash into them.
• Personal Example: Nancy shares about her husband’s passing—it wasn’t the hardest season because she was already anchored and filled with the Word.

“The hardest thing of my life was when I faced tests and didn’t know the Word… fullness and knowledge of the Word made hard places easier.” — Nancy Dufresne (16:36)

• Analogy: Just as a pole vaulter with skill and momentum can easily clear obstacles, so can believers with fullness and skill in the Word.

4. Skill in the Word & Continued Fullness (15:40)

• “Anytime you come up to something in your life and it’s hard for you, it’s pointing to where you lack skill.”
• Key Practice: Continually fill up—fresh infilling is needed daily, not just a carry-over from yesterday.

“It’s not about maintaining yesterday’s fullness. Every day needs a fresh infilling.” — Nancy Dufresne (18:32)

5. Fervency: The Expression of Wholeheartedness (19:50)

• Scriptural Emphasis: Psalm 18:1 (“I love you fervently, O Lord…”), Song of Solomon 2:15, Acts 12:5, James 5:16, Colossians 4:12, 1 Peter 1:22-23, Romans 12:10-11.

• Fervency—being “all in” with God—is required in:

  • Prayer: The Church’s fervent prayers saved Peter, not casual, one-time prayers. “Fervent prayer… will not quit till it sees the answer.” (24:14)
  • Love: To love fervently is to love beyond feelings or people’s responses—“you don’t give up on people… you don’t withdraw love just because they act unlovely.” (25:51)
  • Service: God wants His people serving with fire, zeal, energy: “Never lag in zeal… be aglow and burning with the Spirit.” (Romans 12, various translations) (26:35)

• Fervency Yields Results: Only fervent prayer, love, and service produce lasting fruit. “Religion will pray once, but fervency goes to the end.”

6. Practical Application: Ways to Cultivate Fullness & Fervency

• Fill up daily with the Word and Spirit.
• Serve God and others not out of obligation, but with active devotion.
• Refuse to be half-hearted in “church work” and circumstances—see them as opportunities for the miraculous.
• Don’t look for quick escape from hardship; instead, develop spiritual skill and fullness so obstacles become launch pads.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Boldness & Fear
  “Any vessel that's full of the Word and full of the Spirit has no room for fear.” — Nancy Dufresne (01:00)

• On Wholeheartedness
  “God doesn't give his people suggestions. He gives them commands.” — Nancy Dufresne (04:35)
  “When we have a need, we want God to be wholeheartedly involved, not half-heartedly involved.” — Nancy Dufresne (05:13)

• On Enduring Hard Times
  “Hard circumstances call for fullness, and fullness makes everything easy.” — Nancy Dufresne (09:44)

• On Fervency in Prayer
  “It’s not just prayer, it’s fervent prayer. What is fervent prayer? It’s wholehearted. It is a prayer that will not quit till it sees the answer.” — Nancy Dufresne (24:14)

• On Divine Love
  “Love fervently means that you don’t give up on people. It means that you don’t withdraw love just because they act unlovely.” — Nancy Dufresne (25:51)

• On Serving God
  “Use all your energy to serve the Lord. Be on fire in the spirit. That’s what fervency is. That gets you to the other side.” — Nancy Dufresne (26:48)

Key Timestamps

• 00:09 — Boldness as a divine force, not personality
• 02:10 — Loving God with all heart, soul, mind, strength
• 04:35 — Commandment vs. suggestion from God
• 07:40 — Endure hardness as a good soldier (2 Timothy 2:3)
• 10:11 — Fullness makes hard things easy; analogy of pole vaulter
• 16:36 — Personal testimony: grief, loss, and the power of fullness
• 19:50 — Introducing fervency as the companion to boldness
• 24:14 — Fervency in prayer: Peter’s deliverance vs. James
• 25:51 — Fervency in love: what love really demands
• 26:35 — Fervency in service: various Bible translations on serving God

Conclusion: The Call to Action

Fullness and fervency are the keys to bold, overcoming, result-filled Christian living.
Be wholehearted in devotion to God, fervent in prayer and love, and maintain daily fullness from the Word and the Spirit. That is the life God blesses and moves through.

“Fervency is so important to keep you going so you don’t quit... Never let the fire in your heart go out.” — Nancy Dufresne (27:00)

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