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Hi, I'm Nancy Dufresne. Welcome to our podcast channel. We know you'll be blessed by today's message. Oh, praise him. Praise him, Praise him. Glory, glory, glory, Hallelujah. Well, if you, you know, if you can't preach in an atmosphere like this, I think you're in trouble. But of course, I just set myself up. It's true. It's an honor to be here, everybody, each and every day. I'm thankful that we get to have meetings like this. And they're for purpose, therefore, purpose. This is not just. This is not just an idea that somebody came up with over tea one day. You understand? These are God birthed. I think you can tell that when we're in these, that God is endeavoring to further his purposes through these meetings, just like he is in other meetings and other places. And so we're here to cooperate with what he wants to do, and we're here to really gain skills. Yeah. And you ought to leave these meetings different than you came. That's why we always encourage different ones. Don't just kind of float in, float out if you can help it. I understand if you're working and have shifts and all that, you have to be at. You have to. But it's so great to get in these meetings and stay and stay. I remember I told frequently, I can't help but talk frequently. I'm not ashamed of the fact that I traveled with Brother Kenneth Hagin for seven years. And in those meetings, I was with him during the era that we had what he called Holy Ghost meetings. Started them in 1994. I came on staff the fall of 1993. And so I was in the very first one of those Holy Ghost meetings. And they were two week meetings a couple times. At least one time, I remember they went three weeks and just being, even being on staff, and I can, you know, the staff here, they're doing such a great job. Pastor Nancy Stappa. There's more to do for them. Like, they have more responsibilities than just like showing up and parking it in a seat, you know what I'm saying? There's a lot to do. But. And it was the same with us. You know, we were counting the offering. We were ushering, we were catching. We were, we were doing it all. And, but still we were receiving. And I just, I would get to like the middle of the second week in those meetings and realize, whoa, something's different in me. Well, see that. And that was even with all of the schedule and all the busy, you know, and that would just happen frequently, you know. And so I said that to say that some of these things don't happen when you just are able to catch a meeting or two. And I understand if that's what you can do, that's what you can do. But be sensitive to God to schedule time when he would deal with you, be in this meeting. You hear what I'm saying? Might be too late for these meetings. Well, maybe not, but just letting you know, there are things that come by repeated exposure. You know, when they talk to a cancer patient and they say, we're going to do radiation, it's usually not just a 10 minute thing one time. What do they do? They give them a routine. But why? Because they want whatever they're trying to attack. They want that continual exposure to that radioactive force. Right. Well, see, it's that continued exposure to the glory of God, the presence of God, the word of God, that you come out at the end of these meetings, you'll say, something's different about me, something's different. And well, what happened is God loaded you up with his holy spirit anesthetic and you didn't realize it, but he's doing surgery. He's pulling things out of you that shouldn't be there. He's putting things in you, right? You come out thinking different, like Pastor Nancy's been talking about last night. You come out and you'll be like, who was that person that came night one? Where did they go? Amen. And so we are happy to be in every one of these that we can get in, Particularly emphasizing in these morning services, the subject of prayer. It has a huge place in the plan of God and what God wants to do. And the other day, first day Monday, we began talking to you, showed you a scripture. I don't think I should turn there because I get stuck there. Preachers know what I'm talking about. But over in First Corinthians, chapter one, Paul said, I give thanks for the grace of God bestowed upon you that in everything you're enriched. Remember we talked about being spiritually enriched and enhanced, that you're no longer just merely human. If you're born again, you're human, enhanced. You're human, divine. Amen. Amen. It's not just you in there. Point to yourself, say, it's not just me in here. I'm carrying God. You know, doctors talk about being carriers of things. Well, you know, you might be a carrier of such and such a disease. And how many know Jesus carried them all? So we don't even have to Be carriers. Right. But we are carriers of the substance of God. You're Holy Ghost housing. You are. You're his temple. You're God's temple. Amen. And so you've been enhanced. And Paul said that that's for the purpose that you and I come behind. Remember we talked about that, verse 7, 1 Corinthians 1:7. Look it up later. That you come behind in no gift, waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. And we pointed out that. That when it talks about coming behind in no gift, it's the Greek word charisma. And it's the same word that's used when it talks about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. We talk about sometimes the nine gifts or the nine. What do we call them? Thank you. The manifestations of spirit. Because over in First Corinthians 12, it says, the manifestation of the spirit is given to every man. That's what that is. And so when it says you come behind in no gift, we could say this. That you. That you come behind, or you don't fail to miss. That you. That you don't fail to participate in any of the manifestation of God any way that God would desire to manifest. That is what's going to usher in the coming of the Lord, the manifestation of God. Now let me explain what we mean by the manifestation of God. Manifestation means. Simply means to appear. How many know that there's a spirit realm? We could call it the God realm, the spirit realm. The spirit realm is the world. It's a world that coexists along with this earth realm, which we could call the natural. The Bible calls it the natural realm. Yeah, There's a natural world and a spiritual world. And what's in the natural is really a reflection a lot of times of what's going on in the spiritual. Now, in the spiritual world, there's not just. It's not just God. There's. It's not just God and his things. There are demonic spirits. There's a dark side. Don't. You know. Don't mean to, like, go over to the dark side, but you know what I'm talking. There's the dark side. How many know. They were always trying to persuade Luke come over to the dark side. It's good there in Star Wars. You know what I'm talking. Anybody witnesses here? Are there any witnesses? Star wars people? Okay, I just have one question. If the dark side was so good, why did they look so bad? Right? Because the ones that were in the dark side, you look at them, they're hardly Human. If it's so good there, why you looking so bad? I think that the good life is the life where you end up looking. Okay, But see, in the spirit world, there's the dark side, there's the God side, there's influencing forces, there's things going on. Amen. And then there's this natural realm. And we are interested in God being able to manifest in this natural realm. So what do we mean? We want what's in spiritual realm that's of God to be able to appear in the natural realm. Some of y' all looking like, I never thought about that. Sure you have. Sure you have. You prayed. You asking God for stuff. You want healings? Some. You know many people. Well, anybody that's sick, that has any sense wants to not be sick, right? You want healing? Well, where are we going to get that? Well, sometimes you can get it just from this natural realm. Doctors have been enlightened in certain areas. There's certain things that they can do but ought not be. Putting your faith and trust there. You know what I'm saying? Your faith and hope should be. Even if you are at the doctor, your faith and hope should be in God. Because we all know, and any doctor knows, they're limited in what they can do. And their situations can get past their help, right? But not past God. See, God created man, right? And listen, anytime they build, anytime mechanics create an aircraft, create a vehicle, what do they also make? They make a service manual. They think about how to fix this thing. They don't just make it throw it out there. And when something breaks, they don't go. I never thought about that. You mean one of the tires came off? What are we going to do? Aren't you glad you don't have to buy a new car every time a tire, right, goes bad? Yeah. No, no. See, they know how to fix things. When God created man to be perfect, but trust me, he knows how to fix what he created. He is the manufacturer. You understand? He is the manufacturer. And so there are times you're going to want things from his realm. In heaven, there is no sickness. There is no disease, there is no poverty, there is no curse. No curse. And one day, the earth will reflect that. But not today. We're not there yet. We have the first fruits of our redemption. But now creation still groans and travails, you understand? But waiting for the redemption. So we. There are times where we want what's in God's realm to manifest or appear in our realm. And the good news is, friends, you don't have to convince God of this. It's his idea. It's his idea. He has set things up for you and I to be able to experience and even withdraw from his realm, from the God realm. And things come into our realm. It's what we call heaven on earth. And really the Bible over in Deuteronomy talks about that. Heaven on earth. Yes. So that's what we mean when we talk about the manifestation of God. We want that which is of God to appear as it's supposed to, as it ought to. See what we're saying. But God desires to really invade earth with his glory and his presence. Anybody ever read a verse about all the earth being filled? Filled? Filled with what? The curse of the enemy? No, the glory. The manifestation of God covering the earth. Covering. As the waters cover the sea, his glory covers me. Right. Come on. God desires to manifest himself in the earth to a great degree. Amen. And as he does, as his glory rises and rises and rises and rises, the day will come when we as a body will rise, Rise, go up. Amen. And that is the plan of God. That's what we're wanting. Well, why doesn't it always happen to the degree we think it ought to happen? Are you like me? Do you understand that things don't always look just like the way they ought to look? Well, what should they look like? Well, the New Testament's a good pattern. It ought to at least look like the ministry of Jesus would be a good starting point. Right. For how things ought to look. Well, what, what happened in the ministry of Jesus? Well, John the Baptist sent some of his followers to check up on. On. See, he, John the Baptist was. Was thinking what most people thought, that we're going to have an overthrow of this Roman government and get these stupid centurions out of here. Yes. And when that didn't happen, John sent followers to Jesus and he said, what's going on here? Are we going to get these stupid Romans? Because John was in prison and the Romans were the ones with the keys. And he's like, can you. When are we going to see what we all thought we was going to see? Jesus said, tell John what you're seeing. And what did he say? The blind eyes are open, the deaf hear, the lepers are cleansed. Huh. The poor have the gospel preached. And then one place he said, the maimed are made whole. And Jesus didn't just talk it, that was actually happening. There was demonstration of these very things. And we're grateful when, you know, if this is your situation, I Understand, there's nothing like being free when you hadn't been free. And so if you had a shoulder that you didn't have full rotation and now you do, well, that's something to celebrate. We understand that. But there's also this category of blind, deaf, maimed. And you know what I'm saying things that are a little bit, just from a medical standpoint, a little bit beyond or more remarkable than your shoulder getting that 20% motion, which is precious. So there's different levels, you know what I'm saying? And just from what I can, we're just not where we want to be yet. And we're contending, not satisfied until what we see looks just exactly like what Jesus ministered. And I know different people, you know, these things are. Do happen at different times, but certainly not to the degree that I sense in my inner man. I'd like to see these things happening to a degree that it changes not just the people in the building, but it goes beyond the building. And you might think, well, let's get this building bought and paid for in full. But I'm telling you, one service with the full display of the works of Jesus, and you're going to have to start thinking about, well, okay, where's the next one? Because you know what I'm saying? Come on. Because this one can't accommodate, right? So there's these different levels of manifestation. We're interested in progressing and going further in the manifestation of God. And instead of coming behind where God wanted to do more than what we were able to do, where the service was supposed to go farther. Listen, these meetings are precious, but what's our standard? Just everything Jesus did just that, right? Amen. I'm not saying we're falling short. What did I tell you the other day? Not here in Tulsa, right? Skyatuk, different places like Sepulpa, Broken Bow, but not, you know, no water, but not. I understand in Tulsa, you all got it going on, but. So this is just really a message that you could take for other people, you know, to share with other people that, you know. But can I. Can I take you down the road a little bit here on this. Can you go to James the Fifth chapter? Hope you're not too disappointed what we're doing here. I think it's. I think the word's good, you know, Whoo. Come behind in no manifestation. Everything that God wants to do, he's able to do. That's what we're after. That's what we're after. And, you know, we're not Just talking about meetings like these meetings. We're talking about you and your church, wherever you came from, we want that in your church, right? It should be your desire, it should be your prayer that Lord, all that you want to do, we want to accommodate, right? We don't want to, as a, as a local body, wherever you're from, we don't want to come behind in any gift. We don't want, we don't want it to be the kind of place where you desire to do things but aren't able to do it because of the lack of cooperation or lack of understanding in the people. All that God wants to do, we want him to do. And so forgive us if we're in a little bit of a training session this morning, but that's the prescription. And so along these lines, James, chapter five, we read down in the 16th verse, confess your faults one to another and pray one for another that you may be healed. Now this last sentence in this verse, the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Do you see that? The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. The Amplified translation, as most people are. I don't think you can, I don't think you can be a word of faith believing Christian and not know this verse in the Amplified Bible. I think it's a requirement. So for you to get your certificate, how many are card carrying, your card carrying faith people, right on that, you know, in order for you to get that card, you had to know this in the Amplified translation, where it's. Where it says. I don't remember what it says, you know, I do something about the earnest, heartfelt continued prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available. Dynamic in its working Dynamic in its working prayer makes tremendous power available. So what are we talking about? The manifestation of God is what? It's God's realm appearing in our realm. It's the conditions of heaven appearing in earth. We're not going to have the full manifestation of heaven on earth, as I said, until we wrap up some other things. But we have the first fruits of our redemption now and we can partake of it. Glory to God. Hallelujah. And so when we talk about not coming behind, when we talk about God manifesting things can be easier or more difficult based on conditions in a congregation. And what this verse we just read talks about is power being made available. Power being made available. We could say it this way. Power being brought to the forefront. It can be easier or more difficult for God to manifest as he Ought and prayer will help make power that exists available. Available. What do we mean, available? Easily accessed. Easily accessed. I heard. If I can share an illustration that Pastor Nancy used many, many years ago, that just has stayed with me. Well, a lot has stayed with me over the years, thankfully. But. But this one illustration she was talking about when, you know, her son Grant is one of the leaders up on stage. And when he was a young boy, maybe nine years old, they were flying in from a trip and didn't get home till like they were driving home from the airport, maybe like one in the morning. You remember this story. And he saw the lights for Walmart and he said, mom, look, Walmart, let's go. Because there must have been some. I don't know what he thought he was liking at Walmart, but there must have been something he was interested in. So he said, let's go to Walmart. And she said, no, love, Walmart's closed. It's like one in the morning. They're not open. And he said, well, sure they are. There's cars there. Yeah, there's cars there. And so she explained to him that those aren't customers, those are people. What are they doing? They're stocking the shelves. Why? Because it's so much easier. I mean, if you have to go to Walmart, it's so much easier. You go in for a box of Sugar Smacks. Do they still make you remember? What do they. They just call them smacks now, don't they? Honey Smacks. It's a lie. It's sugar. See, when we were kids, it was sugar Corn Pops. They just put the word sugar on there. And then they decided, wait a second, we don't want these parents thinking we're giving our kids sugar. So they just took the word sugar off. But how many remember Sugar Smacks? Come on. Honeycombs. Big. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hello. All those good cereals. So how many know, when you go to Walmart, it's, what if you had to go in for your box of Sugar Smacks, and instead of going to a shelf, you had to go back in the storeroom and start opening boxes. That's not easily accessed. That's difficult. Going in a dark room and trying to open boxes and there's like, this is just Shredded Wheat. Ew. All bran. Ugh. Ugh. Where's the Sugar Smacks? But no, no, see, what they do is they have a system of shelving. Yeah, they have shelving. And they put them out and you can. There's a cereal aisle. Aren't you glad they don't just put. See, when I go in a grocery store, it's more infrequent than my wife. I go in and I'm like, I just have to look around because it's been a while. If you get in the flow, then you know where to go. Preach that later. Send me an offering. No, you go to the cereal aisle. Why? It's all there. And they. The gross stuff that's all together, the all bran, the non frosted mini wheats, shredded this and all that, that's all together. And then you get to the better stuff, right? And you go in and it's right there, easily accessed. You pull one off, you put it in your cart. That's what she was, she was telling Grant, they are just stocking the shelves. But then she applied this, that illustration to this verse. When you and I pray effectually fervent, making power available. We're stocking the shelves. We're making things that God would desire to manifest. We're making them easily accessible to where the unskillful person, maybe the new believer, maybe the unbeliever that comes in, they end up being able to just reach out and grab what they need because it was made available. Made available. And God wants his things readily available. Now, let's talk about this a little further, if we can. God's helping us today, isn't he? The effectual fervent prayer. If you were here the other day, I made mention of this, I want to tell you about it again. Effectual fervent in the original language. Again, I'm not a Greek scholar, I'm barely a Greek student. I can't read it. But I just study after the people that wrote the dictionaries, that's it. And they say that the word effectual fervent is the Greek word energeo. Sounds a lot like our word energy, because it is. And it's also that same word is only used a couple times. It's also the word translated, working. When the Bible talks about the working of miracles, the energe. Amen. And it refers to this energy creating or energy generating operation. Matter of fact, First Corinthians 12, if you've ever read over there, it talks about there's gifts, there's diaconate, places of service, the diaconos. Right, the administrations and operations. And you're thinking, what is that? That's that same word, energeo. It's the manifestation of God. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man. I just like to say it this way. The power generating prayer of a righteous person brings to the forefront a great degree of power. A tremendous degree of power. That's the Segal translation. Listen. The power generating prayer. Prayer will help generate power. The power generating of prayer of a righteous person brings to the forefront a tremendous degree of power. Makes accessible. Makes it available, makes it easy to reach out and grab. Amen. You're welcome to jump in if you. If you need to jump in. Just saying, doing my best, but help me out. Amen. So prayer makes prayer aids in the manifestations of God. Really? Are you good to look at another verse? Then would you be good to look at two? Okay, go to the first chapter of Philippians. It's just awful quiet in this, you know, I get a little nervous when things are too quiet because my comfort zone is chairs got moved and folk are laying around and stuff like that. But I can hang with you. I'll do you. Why make all of you adjust to me when I could just adjust to all of you? We'll just do it that way. Hallelujah. Praise him forever. Now, Paul writing to the Philippians. Anybody know where he went to write this great letter? Did he go to the library? Well, some quiet place. I heard an interview not too long ago. Many of you will know the name Rick Renner. He's a tremendous minister. And somebody was asking him about writing, how he writes his books. And I got interested because God's used me over the years in that area and continues to, I guess. So I'm like, okay, how do you write? And he was asked, well, where do you go to write your books? Meaning, do you have, like, this quiet place? And he said, actually, no. The opposite. He said, there's a grocery store in Moscow. And I sit in the coffee shop with people all around, and I watch the people. And he said, I'll get my coffee. I'll order my coffee. I'll set it there. And he said, I won't touch it for six hours. I'll just be there writing different strokes, huh? Somebody easily distracted, like, you know who right here. I'm like, whoo. Was that a person that just walked by? You know, like church members when you're trying to preach a person. I ain't never seen a person before. Somebody just walked by. We all got to look and see who it is who just came in. All right. I don't know why. No, Paul wasn't writing in a grocery store. Coffee shop. He wasn't writing in the grocery store coffee shop. He wasn't In Starbucks. He was in prison. He was in prison. And in the 19th verse, he said, I know that this. I told you about where he was so I could tell you what this was. This his prison sentence. This shall turn. Would you say it with me? This shall turn. Think about what situation you believing for, huh? Say it. This shall turn. Yes, it shall. Yes, it shall. This shall turn to my salvation or deliverance or freedom through, uh. Oh, you, prayer. He was hanging it. He was hanging his help on the prayers of other people. How many? Know some folk would be still in jail today if they had. If they had to trust their congregation. Come on, man. There's some folk. But Paul had some confidence. This is some confidence. He said, I know. I'm convinced. I'm convinced that I'm getting out. And you know why we're getting out? Because of your help. Your help. But he said, we'll get out through your prayer. And look at this. And the supply of the spirit of Jesus Christ. Now, don't let that be confusing. Can we read it this way? I'm going to get out of here through your prayer. And the resulting spiritual supply. Or the spiritual supply generated through your prayer. Hello? Hello? Yes. Effectual fervent prayer creates a spiritual supply. This is the same thing. We're talking about stocking the shelves, making that power easily available. And Paul knew what power could do to a prisoner. Some folk are saying. What you talking about? I'm talking About Acts, Chapter 16. When Paul and Silas, they had to generate their own. Hello? And aren't you. Listen, aren't you glad that if it's just you and Silas or just you and you and whoever, you and your spouse, you and your friend, whatever. If it's. Or if it's just you and you feel like your feet are fast in stocks. What's that mean? You can't make no progress. And you're whipped. Your back's whipped. And you're hurting. We're hurting. Come on. Might be financially. We're hurting. And it looks dark. And it looks like it's the midnight hour. Come on. What did they do? Paul and Silas began to pray and sing praises. Pray and sing praises. And it generated a spiritual supply so powerful that the foundations of the prison shook. And everyone's bands were loosed. How many know, if you're going to be in prison, it matters who you're in with. Put me in the. Put me in F block. Faith block. Put me in F block. Maybe I won't be in the faith block. Yeah, that's just an Example, Prayer and praise. How many know praise is a form of prayer? Probably the great. Probably the type of prayer you spend most of your time praying. And it, when done effectually, fervently. It's a power generating force, makes power available, brings it into manifestation, the power of God so that what's in the spiritual realm can come into the natural. There's no bondage in the spiritual realm. And that was brought in to the natural realm. Amen. And Paul's here. Here's Paul in prison again. That I know. I know. I don't know. Maybe some of you scholars can help me with. Was this written before or after the other? I don't know which came first. Maybe the Book of Acts. One came first, but anyhow, let's say it did. He knew this would work. I know this shall turn. I know this shall turn. I know this shall turn. I know. Through your prayer and the resulting spiritual supply. Glory to God. Glory to God. Can you handle one more verse? Listen, I didn't get to preach yesterday. I mean, somebody took up all. How many know? That is the plan. We always yield to the greater one. Hallelujah. I'm just playing. I'm playing, but listen, listen. One more, one more. And then we're going to. We're going to do some generating, cooperating with God. You know that verse I'm thinking about but can't put my finger on right now. Second Corinthians, chapter one. Hallelujah. Hey, the word's good. The word is good, Man. We got some stuff that we want to get to tomorrow as well. Believe you. Believe in all with us, right? And then everything for these next couple nights. Praise the Lord. So Paul's prison stay, well, verse eight. He said we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia. He had trouble everywhere. And so his prison stay was not the only trouble. He had said we were pressed out of measure, above strength insomuch that we despaired even of life. But we had the sentence of death in ourselves. That we should not trust in ourselves but in God, who raises the dead. Who delivered us from so great? How many here? You've ever been rescued? You've ever had some deliverance, huh? Yes. He delivered us from so great a death and doth deliver. Aren't you glad that God doth deliver? Turn to your neighbor and say, he doth deliver still? Yes, he doth. Yes, he doth. Okay, who's the guy you were listening to? What's his name? George Stormont. Has anybody ever heard of George Stormont, he was a contemporary of Smith Wigglesworth, Right? Okay. He knew him for a little bit. So in our day, we would say we were close, personal friends. And he was sharing about how Smith Wigglesworth was using the word saith. They called it Seth. He called it Seth. Seth. But he was using it totally out of grammatical context. Listen to it sometime. I don't think I'd butcher it the way he said. But anyhow, George Stormont was trying to correct him because he was saying, you got a Seth, you got. You got a Seth. Smith was preaching, you gotta Seth it. You gotta Seth it. And Brother Storm is like, that's not how you use that word. That's past. Saith is past tense. Just call it say, not saith. Smith was saying, you got a Seth. You got a Seth. Seth it some more. He's saying that's how you use the word. And what does Smith say? Well, he said it's saith Seth this. And he was pointing it out. Yeah. He was going through all the different tenses. Said, that's it, man. You got it. Yeah. He finally said Seth. And Brother Wigglesworth smacked him and said, that's it, man. You got it. Keep sething it. Yes, he doth. He doth deliver still. Yeah. Who delivered us? Look at. Come on. Who delivered us from so great a death? And doth deliver. Yes, he doth. Come on. Ah, Tulsi, you're working me hard. Yes he doth. Yes he doth. Yes he doth. In whom we trust that he will yet deliver. Look at verse 11. You also helping together. You ready? You got your seatbelts fastened? You also helping together by prayer for us that. For the gift bestowed upon us. Now, how many. If you're looking at. I'm using the King James here. How many? See that word bestowed. What's funky about it? Italic. Professor, what's it mean when the word said italic? It's italic. It's slanted. It means you've got to turn your head a little bit. Ah, no, sorry. I'm getting myself all kinds of happy. When it's. Can I say it Dr. Dufresne's way? Italitized. Doctor Dufresne had a vocabulary. One of his words was italitized. Italitized Means it was added by the translators to help. Meaning it's not there in the original. And truthfully, sometimes it helps, sometimes it really doesn't, to be honest about it. So here, let's just pretend that's not there. You also helping together. By prayer for us that for the gift upon us. Hey, hey, hey, hey. That word gift. That word gift. Guess what? Guess what? Charisma, the manifest of Jesus, the manifestation of God upon us. The manifestation. You also helping by prayer so that the manifestation upon us by the means of many persons. Many persons what? Helping together by prayer. By the means of many persons. Thanks may be given by many on our behalf. Why would you give thanks? Not because you didn't have the answer. Because he doth deliver. Still he dothed it again. Somebody should sing a song. He'll doth it again. Yes, God will doth it again. I think we doth be done. You also helping together by prayer. What do you mean? That effectual, fervent power generating form of prayer that brings to the forefront, makes easily accessible God's power, brings to the point of manifestation to where when somebody just with faith, even just a little bit of faith just reaches out to the corner of it, they get it. They get it, they get it. It's not a struggle. Now, in closing, you know what that means? Nothing. But it does in this. I mean, I am in closing. But just one final thought that I doth desire to make here. I got a glimpse of this years ago. I have a friend, I won't name him, but this friend pastors a church and great ministry he's got and other pastors under him, what have you. And I went into his church years early on in our friendship. I went into his church and when I walked into the sanctuary, it was before a service. I walked into the sanctuary and it's like I walked into a different atmosphere in his church. I sensed God just there was a, can I use this word? Tangibility that had permeated the atmosphere. Well, what was that? That was the atmosphere of heaven, a degree of it in the room when there wasn't even a service going on. And so I inquired, talked to him about, found out that they had regular prayer in there and see what were they doing? They were stocking the shelves, they were generating power. And then I've been in other services, many since then. Before then and after that, then, matter of fact, where you just go into the place and there would be such a tangibility just in the room that it's almost like the atmosphere was saturated with the environment of heaven. And that ought to be desired. Brother Hagin would talk about the healing revival that took place in America in the 1940s and 1950s. And he said, he made this statement, he said it's like healing was in the air. The Atmosphere was so saturated with healing that people who probably didn't even know what we would call the principles of faith, people who probably really didn't have a whole lot of skill. In fact, he even said some of them really were barely in ministry. They were getting blind eyes open. They were just having remarkable. Why the atmosphere got saturated with healing. You might say, well, how do we get that again? Probably the same way they got it, which was prior to that, there was a movement. Brother Hagin said, you know, me and others just had extended seasons in prayer. What would they do? Stocking the shelves, saturating the atmosphere with healing. What did my friend do at his church? Stocking the shelves, saturating the atmosphere. So when a sinner comes in and they sit in the seat, God plops down right on top of them and they don't even know it. They might think this is uncomfortable, but before they realize what they've done, they've gotten saved because the atmosphere was such that it was difficult to resist. Huh? People should come that weren't expecting healing and leave healed. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And that's part of the era that we're in. That's what we desire. Amen. Come on. Daw. Come on up. Anybody get anything good today? I know what I got. Duff. Duff, Duff. It's all you. Okay, good. Can we pray today? Do this with me. You don't have to stand the whole time, but just let's stand up. To start with. Yes. And listen, we want to encourage you. Please stay focused during this time. It can be a discipline. If you're not used to maybe extended times of prayer. We're not going to go extraordinarily long because I already have. So stay hooked. Stay hooked. Stay connected. Yeah. Father, we're grateful. Thank you for your plan. Thank you for your purposes. Thank you for that which you desire to do in the earth today. For every area in which you choose to manifest, to which you desire to manifest. We seek to cooperate with that manifestation today, Father. We seek to do our part cooperating in prayer, helping together in prayer to bring that tremendous degree of power to the forefront, easily accessible. Thank you for the manifestation of God. Lift your voice and give thanks to him for everybody. Thank you, master. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, master. Oh, we bless you. We praise you. We worship you. Glory. Glory. Glory. Glory. Glory. Glory. Glory. Glory. Glory. Praise. Praise. Praise. Praise. Praise. Praise. Praise. Yes. Glory to God. Glory to God. Glory to God. Yes. Yes. We bless you. We praise you. We worship you. Yes. We honor we honor you. We honor. We honor and reverence. We honor and reverence. We honor and reverence. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Easy healing. Easy healing. Easy healing. Yes. Easy to receive. Easy to receive. All the spiritual equipment needed. For the pastors, for the teachers, for the evangelists, for the prophets. For the prophets, the apostles. Standing in the fullness. Standing in the fullness. Standing in the fullness. Oh, thank you. All the equipment available. New rooms. New rooms. New rooms of anointing. New rooms of anointing. Oh, the revelation. For the next. The next phase. The next phase. Yes, the next phase. The next phase. Stepping in, stepping in, stepping in. Not a struggle, Not a struggle, but a struggle. Step. Not a struggle. Just. Mama. Yes, father. Yes, yes, yes. Glory, glory, glory. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, master. Thank you, thank you. Thank you, master. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Oh, yes. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Hahahaha. Hahahaha. Hallelujah. Stay in this attitude of prayer. Of course I want to say something to help certain ones. You know, if you have a bicycle that has different gears, you know, in the lower gears you're doing a lot of pedaling to make any movement, right? Just a whole lot of effort, effort, effort. But if you go up a couple gears, you drop into something to where you have some momentum and the same effort is getting a lot more done. And the same thing is true in prayer. Praying in the spirit. You know, if you're mildly engaged, you're going to just do a lot of spinning. If I can use that illustration and not make all kinds of progress. But when you're engaged, and then you might be engaged but just not have ever gone down to some deeper places, that's what praying with other people will help you do. And so we just want to give a few more minutes to this, but I want to encourage you, maybe connect further what you were talking about yesterday. Connect. Keeping one ear on your inner man, right? One ear maybe on what's going on and just hook up more. And I believe we're going to drop down a gear ker chunk and we'll get more going with our effort. Does that make sense? Yeah. Yes, yes. The angels working. The angels working. Yes, yes, yes. The angels, the angels working. The angels going. Yeah, yes, Oh yes, oh, yes, oh, yes. Oh yes. Helping together, helping together, helping together. Yeah, yeah, yeah. In the heart. In the heart. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh my. The merging the merging. The merging of the realms. Yes. Yes. The God realm. The God realm. The God realm. Coming to our realm. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We give thanks. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you, master. Thank you. Thank you. Hallelujah. Thank you, master. Thank you, master. Hahahahaha. Ha ha. Ha ha ha. Yeah. Thank you, master. Can we lift our voice in thanksgiving to him? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. How good. How good. How good. How good. How good. How good. How good you are. How good you are. How good you are. Yes. Yes, yes. Yes. Yes, yes, yes. We praise. We praise. We praise. We praise. We praise. We trust. You've enjoyed this message. Visit us at dufresneministries.org to learn of our upcoming meetings. Share your testimony, become a partner or visit our online store. This program has been made possible by the friends and partners of Dufresne Ministries.
Podcast: Dufresne Ministries Podcast
Episode: Generating A Spiritual Supply | Joel & Amy Siegel | Tulsa, OK | Wednesday AM | Miracle Crusade 2023
Date: April 25, 2023
In this energetic and faith-filled session from the Miracle Crusade 2023, Pastor Joel Siegel (with comments and support from Amy Siegel) delivers a message centered on the power of prayer to “generate a spiritual supply.” Emphasizing the practical workings of prayer, the episode explores how believers can partner with God to see greater manifestations of His presence, power, and glory—both in their churches and their own lives. Drawing from scripture and personal ministry experiences, Pastor Joel breaks down how spiritual readiness and collective prayer “stock the shelves” for God’s miracles.
Heaven Invading Earth:
Biblical Pattern and Expectancy:
Atmosphere Matters
James 5:16 and the Amplified Bible:
Stocking the Shelves Analogy:
Energeo—Power-Generating Prayer:
Paul’s Example:
Acts 16—Generating Their Own Supply:
2 Corinthians 1:11—Helping Together by Prayer:
Atmosphere Saturation:
Desiring Saturated Environments:
This episode is both a teaching and an exhortation calling the Church higher: to contend for the fullness of God’s manifestations—praying effectually, cooperating as a body, and creating an atmosphere where God’s power is accessible for all. The blend of practical illustrations, scriptural groundwork, and stirring stories makes this episode engaging for both seasoned believers and newcomers seeking to deepen their understanding and experience of God’s tangible presence.
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