Dufresne Ministries Podcast

Episode: Holy Ghost Service | Joel & Amy Siegel | Paducah, KY | JTH Crusades 2024 | Tuesday AM
Date: May 8, 2024

Episode Overview

This episode captures a live “Holy Ghost Service” led by Pastors Joel and Amy Siegel at the Jesus the Healer Crusade in Paducah, KY. The atmosphere is one of deep worship, with the focus on experiencing the presence, anointing, and glory of God through music, prayer, praise, and ministry time. The episode unpacks themes of spiritual receptivity, prayer, entering into God’s presence, and being refilled by the Holy Spirit, encouraging listeners to press in beyond personal preferences for style and form to enter fully into the substance of spiritual encounters.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Letting Go of Preferences to Experience God's Presence (00:08–05:30)

• Host (Joel Siegel) opens with reflection on the variety of worship styles, encouraging the audience to set aside their musical preferences and engage with the substance of what is happening in the service.

  • “How many know that we need to set aside style if we’re going to experience substance? When I say substance, I mean the substance of God…” (01:13)

• Highlights the value of repetitive declarations in worship, especially during “Victory, I’ve got it now” and similar songs.

  • “You are actually setting spiritual law in motion in your own life… you can’t not have victory; you can’t fail.” (04:16)

• Emphasizes the importance of actively entering in:

  • “Don’t just stand there… don’t get mental about it. But enter in, enter in fully. Enter in with your whole heart and you’ll experience results.” (06:40)

2. Understanding & Practicing Prayer (06:40–11:00)

• Joel moves toward teaching on prayer, referencing passages from Matthew 6:7 (“Prayer ignorant”), and 1 Peter 4:7 (being watchful and sober unto prayer).

  • “Ignorant doesn’t mean evil… it just means uninformed.” (08:39)

• Stresses the critical role of both receiving the Word and communicating with God in prayer, especially in end-times.

  • “If you want to pray right, you need to think right. You need to think scripturally and have a scriptural understanding.” (09:43)

3. Manifestations of God’s Glory (11:07–13:00)

• Amy Siegel joins, reminding of a prophetic word spoken in prayer the previous week:

  • “It was decreed that there would be extreme manifestations of his glory… dramatic manifestations.” (10:42–11:08)

• Discussion on the varied ways God’s glory manifests—cloud, fire, wind, still small voice—and the importance of not being nervous but simply enjoying His presence.

4. Experiencing God’s Presence (Worship and Ministry Flow) (13:00–25:20)

• The service transitions into extended worship, singing “There’s a Sweet, Sweet Spirit” and original choruses about the anointing and being set free.

  • “There’s a sweet anointing flowing into this place. Step into the waters and see. He will touch you, he will change you, fill you up to overflowing, step in and be set free today." (19:26)

• Invitation to those seeking a tangible experience of God’s presence:

  • “If you’re here and you would say… I just don’t sense… but I want to… we’ll connect our hands to your hands. Like jumper cables… praise the Lord.” (25:21)

• Ministry time—laying on of hands, singing in the Spirit, and encouragement to participate in joy and praise.

5. Teaching on the Holy Spirit and Continually Being Filled (29:01–32:00)

• Joel references John 7 and Acts 2, teaching about the outpouring and continual refilling of the Holy Spirit:

  • “There's not just one filling. There's many refillings… If nothing else, when God's presence floods the room, he wants to fill people with his presence.” (30:03)

• Calls for people to come forward for fresh infilling and freedom, guiding through declarations:

  • “Take it now, receive, be filled, be free…” (31:47–38:52)

6. Extended Ministry, Impartation, and Celebration of Change (32:00–53:16)

• The ministry continues—laying hands, singing, and proclaiming freedom and lasting change.

  • “Take it now… just receive, be filled, be free… you’ll never be the same.” (36:00–38:52)

• Congregational thanks and praise for God’s kindness and renewal.

  • “Thank you for fresh in-filling today. Thank you for the rain in this place. You fill our life with good things.” (49:12)

• The theme of transformation repeats:

  • “I've been changed. My thinking has changed, your way of looking at things. I've been changed. Nothing is the same.” (52:25)

7. Word and Spirit Balance (53:16–54:40)

• Joel brings focus back to the interplay of “Word and Spirit”:

  • “Nothing takes the place, of course, of the Word… But by the same token, nothing takes the place of what the Spirit would like to do in bringing times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord.” (53:18)

• Encourages humility and hunger in receiving from God.

  • “God takes the foolish things of the world… Those who hunger and thirst, what do they get? They are filled.” (54:40)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Joel Siegel:

  • “You are actually setting spiritual law in motion in your own life… you can’t not have the victory, you can’t fail.” (04:16)
  • “If you want to pray right, you need to think right. Amen. You need to think scripturally and have a scriptural understanding.” (09:43)
  • “If you would want to come down… we will… connect our hands to your hands. Like jumper cables, we’ll help you in that regard.” (25:21)
  • “There's not just one filling. There's many refillings… if nothing else, when God’s presence floods the room, he wants to fill people with his presence.” (30:03)
  • “Nothing takes the place… of the Word… But… nothing takes the place of what the Spirit would like to do in bringing times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord.” (53:18)

• Amy Siegel:

  • “It was decreed that there would be extreme manifestations of his glory… dramatic manifestations.” (10:42)

• Congregational Song:

  • “He will touch you, he will change you, fill you up to overflowing, step in and be set free today.” (19:26, repeated throughout 18:19–24:57)
  • “I've been changed. My thinking has changed, your way of looking at things. Nothing is the same.” (52:25)

• On Spiritual Hunger:

  • “Those whose pride doesn’t allow them to enter in remain excluded, but those who will crucify the flesh and say, ‘I just give it all to me. I don’t care what I look like… I just am too hungry for more of you’… Those who hunger and thirst, what do they get? They are filled.” (54:40)

Important Timestamps

• 00:08 – Exhortation to set aside style for substance in worship
• 06:40 – Emphasis on prayer, scriptural understanding of praying effectively
• 10:42 – Prophetic reminder about dramatic manifestations of glory
• 13:00–25:20 – Extended worship and invitation to personal ministry
• 29:01 – Teaching on Holy Spirit baptism and continual refilling
• 31:50–38:52 – Laying on of hands, declarations of freedom, and “Be filled, be free” ministry
• 49:12 – Congregational thanksgiving for fresh infilling
• 52:25 – Testimonies and affirmations of transformation
• 53:16 – The “Word and Spirit” principle
• 54:40 – Call to humility and spiritual hunger

Tone and Atmosphere

The episode is vibrant, enthusiastic, and deeply reverent, marked by spontaneous praise, prophetic flow, and direct appeals for faith and participation. The language is dynamic and pastoral, characterized by repeated encouragement, scriptural grounding, and a continuous invitation to enter in and receive.

Summary

This “Holy Ghost Service” episode is both a teaching and demonstration of living, tangible encounters with the Holy Spirit. The Siegel’s ministry blends Word-based teaching with Spirit-led ministry, centering on the necessity of participation, expectation, and hunger for God’s presence. Listeners and participants are encouraged to let go of inhibitions, receive fresh impartation, and experience personal transformation—promising that in the presence of the Holy Ghost, “you’ll never be the same.”