Podcast Summary: “How To Keep Your Healing, Part 4”
Podcast: Dufresne Ministries Podcast
Host: Pastor Nancy Dufresne
Date: May 11, 2023
Episode Theme: Continuing the teaching series “How to Keep Your Healing,” Pastor Nancy Dufresne explores practical, faith-based strategies for holding fast to healing after it’s received, emphasizing the active role believers play in maintaining the manifestation of health.
Main Theme & Purpose
This episode focuses on the biblical foundations and practical steps for keeping one’s healing after it has been received. Pastor Nancy Dufresne discusses the believer's active responsibility, the importance of right thinking and confession, and the need to resist the enemy’s attempts to bring back symptoms or doubt. Through scriptural references and real-life examples, she aims to equip listeners to make healing a permanent reality in their lives.
Key Discussion Points and Insights
The Necessity of Holding Fast to Healing (00:09 – 05:00)
- Emphasizes that receiving healing is just the beginning; holding onto healing requires active participation and faith.
- Quote: “No matter what method you received healing through, you’re still going to have to be the one to hold fast to it by yourself.” (00:47, B)
- Others can support you in faith but cannot substitute your own stand.
The Tactics of the Enemy and Our Response (05:00 – 08:00)
- The enemy tries to bring back familiar conditions or symptoms to trick believers into thinking they've lost their healing.
- Quote: “We are the healed. We are the healed. The day you were born again, you moved into that position.” (02:01, B)
- Running symptoms and pain off requires resisting their return and refusing to let sickness “squat” on your health.
The Role of Knowledge and the Word (08:00 – 10:20)
- Healing must be accompanied by an ongoing commitment to teaching and preaching; ignorance opens the door to the devil.
- Quote: “Ignorance opens the door to the devil. The devil’s counting on ignorance to gain entrance.” (09:05, B)
- To keep healing, value not just the miracle, but also continual intake and meditation on the Word.
What It Means to “Hold Fast” (10:20 – 14:30)
- References 1 Thessalonians 5:21 (“Hold fast that which is good”) and Revelation 3:11 (“Hold that fast which thou hast”) to show that maintaining good things is not automatic.
- Believers have the position of wholeness because of Christ.
- Quote: “Although Satan is defeated, he’s not yet imprisoned. He’s still on the earth. That’s why we hold fast.” (12:15, B)
- The enemy's main weapon is suggestion; resisting him means believing and declaring God’s Word above all else.
The Good Fight of Faith (14:30 – 17:00)
- The fight of faith is a “fight of words” — never believe your feelings, reasoning, or any outside voices above God’s Word.
- Continually confess God’s Word, resisting negative thoughts and threats.
- Quote: “The only power the devil has left … is that of suggestion. … That’s all he’s got left is his tongue.” (15:45, B)
- The difference between “get” and “got” in healing (“I’m not trying to get healing. I’ve got healing.”)
The Power of Confession and the High Priest Role of Jesus (17:00 – 21:30)
- Speaking God’s Word keeps the door open for His power to operate; believing you’re already healed is key.
- Jesus as High Priest is “listening for us”—our words give Him permission to fulfill His role on our behalf.
- Scriptures Used:
- Hebrews 4:14 (“Let us hold fast our profession”)
- Hebrews 10:23 (“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering”)
- Quote: “He cannot be the high priest of a wrong confession. … Talk the Word.” (20:34, B)
Real-Life Example: The Blind Woman Healed (21:30 – 23:45)
- Story of a woman instantly healed of blindness, who lost her sight again but kept proclaiming “Thank God I’m the healed” for three weeks until her sight returned.
- Key lesson: The fight isn’t just for a moment — “holding fast is the way we live.”
- Memorable Moment: “She just kept holding fast. That was holding the door open for the great high priest…” (22:35, B)
The Example of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (23:45 – 26:00)
- Even when things got worse, they refused to compromise. Their unrelenting profession of faith made the king doubt his own strategy, not theirs.
- Quote: “Make him [the devil] question his devices. Don’t make his devices make you question God or the Word.” (25:19, B)
- Their stand changed a nation.
Notable Quotes and Moments
- On maintaining healing:
“We’re not trying to get healed. We are the healed. … You have to hold to it. Why? Because Satan comes to steal, kill and destroy.” (01:27, B) - On the role of knowledge:
“Ignorance is expensive. Gaining knowledge will cost you something, but ignorance is far more expensive — it’ll cost you everything.” (09:17, B) - On standing firm:
“Never believe anything more than you believe what God says.” (13:12, B) - On the enemy’s remaining power:
“The only power the devil has left … is that of suggestion. … That’s all he’s got left is his tongue.” (15:45, B) - On faith and confession:
“It’s not your faith that heals you, it’s God’s power that heals you. But faith opens the door for the power of God to heal.” (16:56, B) - On holding fast as a lifestyle:
“Holding fast is our lifestyle. It’s the flow of faith. And we just hold fast.” (18:54, B) - Encouragement:
“You’ll change your entire household, your future generations, when you know how to hold fast.” (25:50, B)
Important Timestamps
- 00:09 – Introduction to episode’s theme; importance of holding fast to healing
- 02:00 – “You are the healed” positional teaching
- 09:05 – Destructiveness of ignorance; valuing teaching and the Word
- 12:15 – Why we must hold fast even though Satan is defeated
- 15:45 – The power of suggestion: the devil’s only remaining tool
- 17:00 – The power of speaking/confessing the Word
- 20:34 – Jesus as High Priest of our confession; He cannot fulfill a wrong confession
- 21:58 – Testimony of the woman healed of blindness
- 23:45 – Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: holding fast under pressure
Final Takeaways
- Maintaining healing is an ongoing, participatory process.
- Continual knowledge of and confession of God’s Word is crucial.
- Faith and confession are a lifestyle, not a one-time event.
- The only power the enemy has is suggestion; resist with right believing and right speaking.
- Jesus, our High Priest, responds to the faith-filled words we speak.
Closing encouragement:
“It is our privilege to hold fast. … We must become skillful with the victory that’s ours.” (25:56, B)