Podcast Summary: Hold Fast, Part Two | Nancy Dufresne | Jesus the Healer Broadcast

Podcast: Dufresne Ministries Podcast
Episode: Hold Fast, Part Two
Host/Speaker: Nancy Dufresne
Date: February 4, 2021

Episode Overview

In this installment of the "Jesus the Healer" Broadcast, Pastor Nancy Dufresne continues her teaching on the crucial faith principle of "holding fast" to what we've received from God. From her Colorado ranch, Nancy explores how faith doesn’t end once a prayer is answered; rather, it requires ongoing vigilance, gratitude, and confession in order to prevent the enemy from stealing blessings, healing, or breakthroughs. She illustrates these truths through powerful testimonies and offers real-time ministry and prayer for healing, emphasizing that God’s power is always accessible when faith is exercised.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Faith: More than Just Receiving (00:30–04:00)

• Nancy outlines four actions of faith:
  1. Faith is released—You take hold of God’s promise.
  2. Fight the good fight of faith—Standing your ground despite opposition.
  3. The answer manifests—Your prayer is visibly answered.
  4. Hold fast to what you’ve received—Continuing to exercise faith after the answer has come.
• “After you've received your answer from God, continue to exercise your faith to hold fast to what you received.” (01:40)

Key Quote:

“When you receive something from God, you don't just release your faith and take your faith off of it, but you uphold it so that nothing that you've received from God is lost.” (01:04)

2. Living a Lifestyle of Gratitude (04:01–09:20)

• Gratitude is highlighted as the primary method for “holding fast.”
• Testimony of a woman healed from cancer who worships every time Jesus is mentioned as healer:

  “I cannot hear Him referred to as healer and me not stand up in reverence and worship Him for that.” (05:36)

• Nancy stresses that continual thanksgiving protects your blessing from being stolen by the enemy.
• “Lack of gratitude is an open door for the devil to steal from you.” (07:10)

3. Biblical Foundation for Holding Fast (09:21–13:40)

• 1 Thessalonians 5:21—“Hold fast that which is good.”
• Anything received from God is good and must be actively maintained by faith.
• It's possible to lose what you've received if you let go of gratitude and faith.

Key Quote:

“What you've received from God, you don't automatically keep… There’s a thief that wants to steal from you what God's blessed you with.” (10:40)

4. Testimonies Illustrating Holding Fast (13:41–27:08)

a. Kenneth Hagin’s Healing (13:41–20:40)

• Story of Kenneth Hagin, healed as a teenager after being bedridden, facing skepticism from teachers and doctors.
• His confidence on returning to school:

  “I’m not up by willpower. I’m up by faith. And my faith will hold.” (18:30)

• The principal, moved by Hagin’s conviction, gives him special permission.

b. The Blind Woman’s Story (20:41–27:08)

• Woman born blind, healed at an Oral Roberts crusade, who began to lose her sight again.
• Instead of giving in, she continued to thank God for her healing daily:

  “Thank you, Father, that my eyes are whole. Thank you that I can see. Thank you that you've already healed me.” (22:08)

• Despite three weeks of worsening symptoms and returning blindness, she held fast in faith and gratitude until her sight was fully restored.
• Takeaway: Symptoms or setbacks may come, but unwavering gratitude and confession secure the blessing.

5. Maintaining Your Miracle: Practical Instructions (27:09–32:20)

• What to do when symptoms try to return: “Say, ‘No, you don’t. I’ve received my healing, Father; I thank you that I’m healed.’” (32:01)
• Reaffirm your position and keep your faith active through thankfulness.
• Feeding on the Word and worship are key ways to reinforce your faith.

6. Ministry Moment: Healing Prayer and Word of Knowledge (32:21–44:45)

• Nancy prays for listeners' specific needs—finances, healing, etc.—joining her faith with theirs.

• Words of knowledge:

  • Someone’s throat healed (34:10)
  • Shoulder & arm healing (35:08)
  • Healing for crippling arthritis in hands (36:45)
  • Knees being restored (38:20)
  • Healing for someone with disease in toes (40:01)

• Encourages listeners to act on their faith—move the healed area, confess healing aloud.

  “Faith is an act. Act on that word that God says…” (36:50)

• Reminds all:

  “If symptoms try to come back, say, ‘No, you don’t. I’ve received my healing… I’m not letting it be stolen from me.’” (41:20)

7. Universal Availability of God's Power (44:46–48:39)

• Shares a Kenneth Hagin vision:

  “There is enough power in every sick room and in every hospital room to raise up that sick one, if they only knew it’s present. Because the Holy Ghost is present everywhere.” (46:20)

• The healing power of God is present for anyone who will receive—regardless of whether their specific condition is called out.

• Encouragement closes with:

  “You’re authorized to call yourself healed because power is working for you in your behalf.” (48:10)

  • “Jesus is such a wonderful healer. He loves to heal you. He’s looking for the opportunity to heal if people will just believe and receive.” (48:29)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “There is no way the devil can steal from you what you’re thankful for, what you’re grateful for.” (06:55)
• “What you receive from God is not automatically kept. You have to hold fast to it.” (11:18)
• “My faith will hold.” —Kenneth Hagin (18:30)
• “Faith not only receives from God, but faith also holds fast to everything that you have received from God.” (28:11)
• “God won’t move uninvited. You must receive power that comes.” (35:40)

Key Timestamps

• 00:30 – Introduction to “hold fast” principle
• 04:07 – Woman healed of cancer testimony; power of gratitude
• 09:21 – Teaching from 1 Thessalonians 5:21
• 13:41 – Kenneth Hagin’s teenage healing and testimony
• 20:41 – Testimony of the blind woman’s perseverance
• 27:09 – Practical steps to maintain your answered prayer
• 32:21 – Prayer for listeners and words of knowledge for healing
• 44:46 – Kenneth Hagin vision: God’s healing power is always present
• 48:10 – Closing encouragement to “call yourself healed”

Conclusion

In “Hold Fast, Part Two,” Nancy Dufresne provides a faith-building, practical, and heartfelt teaching that underscores the necessity of maintaining, through gratitude and confession, the blessings you've received from God. Packed with poignant testimonies and live ministry, the episode is a faith resource for anyone wanting to secure and protect God’s promises in their life.