Podcast Summary: How To Keep Your Healing, Part 10

Podcast: Dufresne Ministries Podcast
Host/Speaker: Pastor Nancy Dufresne
Date: May 11, 2023
Episode Theme: Practical and spiritual principles for how to “keep your healing”—maintaining divine healing and health after receiving it, through spiritual discipline, resisting fear, and prioritizing your spiritual life, including being part of a local church.

Main Theme Overview

Pastor Nancy Dufresne explores what believers must do to “keep their healing” once they have received it. She emphasizes that although healing belongs to every believer, maintaining it requires spiritual alertness, resistance to fear, ongoing faith, and connection to a local church and pastor. Pastor Nancy uses Scripture and real-life examples to show the importance of tending to your spiritual life, resisting the devil’s attempts to steal your health, and the critical role of the local church for protection, teaching, and support.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Enemy Tries to Steal Healing

• Upon receiving healing, believers should expect the enemy to try to counterattack by bringing back old symptoms or fears.
• Quote [01:32]:

  "Once we've received healing, when healing is manifested in our body, the devil will try to launch a counterattack. And he will try to bring back old symptoms, old pains to try to again dupe you, deceive you into receiving them back.”

2. The Importance of Resisting Fear

• Fear is described as a spirit, not simply a feeling.

• Believers have authority over the spirit of fear and must close the door to it.

• Quote [02:32]:

  “Fear will come, but fear should have no place of entrance in us. Why? Because we have total authority over the spirit of fear. Fear is not simply a feeling. It is a spirit that we have authority over. Amen.”

• Fear attacks power, love, and the mind.

• When fearful thoughts come, believers must answer them out loud with Scripture, not just ‘think them away.’

• Quote [04:34]:

  “When fear shows up, faith needs to answer. And when thoughts of fear come, answer them... You cannot outthink thoughts of fear. You have to answer thoughts of fear. And you tell them that's a lie. And you answer it specifically with the word of God. Amen.”

3. Building Up Yourself: The Role of Speaking in Tongues

• Praying in the Holy Spirit builds up (fortifies) the believer’s spirit and faith. (Jude v.20 referenced)
• Speaking in tongues helps become “more spirit conscious than flesh conscious.”
• Quote [06:08]:

  “When you speak in tongues, take time to quiet the mind. Focus on your spirit... Speaking in tongues plays an important role in building up your spirit and building yourself up. Amen.”

4. What You Do AFTER Receiving Healing Matters

• Where you go after healing—whether you pursue spiritual things or return to carnality—matters greatly.

• Biblical examples:

  • Lame Man at the Gate Beautiful (Acts 3) – Went to the temple, pursued God.
  • Man at the Pool of Bethesda (John 5) – Found in the temple after healing.
  • Ten Lepers – Sent to the priest; obedience led to healing as they went.

• Quote [08:52]:

  “One of the most important things when you receive healing, it matters where you go after you're healed. I cannot overemphasize that enough.”

• God heals so that your health becomes a blessing to others—He wants to work through you, not just for your benefit.

5. Spiritual Growth is Essential for Retaining Healing

• Neglecting your spiritual growth makes you vulnerable to losing your healing.
• Ongoing feeding on the Word and faith development are crucial.
• Quote [14:52]:

  “Very often people will lose their healings in the setting where they have neglected their own spiritual growth and development... The devil takes advantage of their lack of faith to bring things back on them.”

6. The Need for a Local Church and Pastor

• You can be saved anywhere, but spiritual growth requires teaching—just as children need school for academic development, believers need pastoral teaching for spiritual development.

• Quote [16:35]:

  “To grow up spiritually, to develop a spiritual life, you need to be taught… You need help to be taught by somebody who knows God better than you.”

• Attending church is about obedience to God (Hebrews 10:25) and receiving pastoral oversight, teaching, and protection.

• Jesus made church attendance His habit (Luke 4:16).

7. The Pastor's Role in Protecting Your Healing

• Pastors are gifts to the church (Ephesians 4), offering ongoing instruction, protection, and spiritual covering.

• Without a pastor, believers become “sheep without a shepherd”—vulnerable, fainting, scattered (Matthew 9:35-36).

• Quote [21:48]:

  “The pastor has the anointing on him to keep your life from being scattered, to help keep you from fainting. If we're a good student of the word that's preached there.”

• Important to be teachable and submitted—having someone with spiritual authority to help, pray, and speak into your life (Hebrews 13:17).

• Attending a church that teaches and imparts healing doctrine is literally a life and death matter.

8. Summary: Find and Be Committed to a Church that Teaches Healing

• The teaching you receive determines what you believe and experience.
• If your church doesn’t teach divine healing, you won’t be able to stand when opposition comes.

Memorable Quotes and Moments

On Answering Fear

• [04:34] “You cannot outthink thoughts of fear. You have to answer thoughts of fear. And you tell them that's a lie. And you answer it specifically with the word of God.”

On the Importance of Church after Healing

• [08:52] “It matters where you go after you’re healed. God heals us, and he intends us to use that health for his blessing. To be a vessel he can bless through.”

On Spiritual Growth

• [14:52] “Very often people will lose their healings in the setting where they have neglected their own spiritual growth and development.”

On Needing a Pastor

• [16:35] “You need help to be taught by somebody who knows God better than you.”

On Jesus’ Church Attendance

• [18:48] “If Jesus, the Son of God found it important to be in church, we as the sons of God need to give importance to being part of a local church, we need to be taught.”

On Having a Spiritual Shepherd

• [22:30] “The devil has an open target on sheep without a shepherd... it's another protection, a layer of protection. It's part of the security system of God.”

On Life and Death Significance of Church Choice

• [24:30] “It’s a life and death situation of what church you go to. It's life and death what you know about the Word or what you don't know about the Word, it matters.”

Important Timestamps

• 00:08 – Introduction: review of healing series
• 01:30–04:40 – The enemy’s counterattack after healing and the role of fear
• 06:05–08:00 – Praying in tongues and building up your spirit
• 08:52–14:52 – Where you go after healing: biblical examples and spiritual direction
• 14:52–16:35 – The importance of continued spiritual growth in holding healing
• 16:35–20:41 – The necessity of church and pastoral teaching for spiritual development
• 20:41–22:30 – Jesus’ example, teaching, and healing in church settings
• 22:30–25:30 – The anointing and protective role of the pastor; why being teachable and committed matters
• 25:30–End – Closing prayer for healing and encouragement to rest in faith

Tone and Language

Pastor Nancy’s tone throughout is warm, encouraging, and direct, blending authority with compassion. The language is practical, faith-based, and anchored in Scripture. She often says “Amen” after key points, underlining agreement and affirmation, and uses stories, analogies, and repetition to reinforce critical teachings.

Summary Takeaways

• Resist fear actively after receiving healing—don’t passively accept thoughts that try to bring symptoms or disease back.
• Pursue ongoing spiritual growth, feeding on God’s Word, and spend time praying in tongues.
• Where you go and what you do after you are healed matters. Don’t spiritually isolate—press into church and spiritual things.
• You NEED a local church and pastor for protection, teaching, and continued victory.
• The church you attend and submit to can be a matter of spiritual life and death. Be deliberate and teachable.
• Rest your faith on God’s power, not on your ability to “get rid of symptoms.” Faith invites God’s power.

For those seeking healing or struggling to keep their healing, Pastor Nancy’s message is a call to spiritual vigilance, community, and unwavering reliance on God’s Word and faithful shepherding.