Podcast Summary: Dufresne Ministries Podcast – How To Keep Your Healing, Part 6
Episode Date: May 11, 2023
Speaker: Pastor Nancy Dufresne

Episode Overview

In this episode of the Dufresne Ministries Podcast, Pastor Nancy Dufresne continues her multi-part teaching series, "How To Keep Your Healing." The central focus is on maintaining the healing a believer receives—recognizing the ever-active attempts of the enemy to steal it and the vital role of attention, faith, and the Word of God in keeping one's healing secure. Pastor Nancy provides practical, scriptural strategies for believers to ensure lasting victory in their health, emphasizing discipline in focusing one's attention and spiritual input.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Ongoing Battle for Your Healing (00:08–02:41)

• Healing is not just a momentary event. Once a person receives healing—by faith, prayer, or laying on of hands—there remains an ongoing responsibility to hold onto that healing.
• The enemy’s counterattack: The devil aims to bring back symptoms and sow doubt, attempting to make believers think their healing "didn’t work."
  • “Just because symptoms return does not mean that you’ve lost your healing... The devil will use symptoms to try to get you to let go of your healing.” (B, 01:32)
• Response to symptoms: They are framed as temptations to revert to sickness—resist them like any other temptation.
  • “Pain and symptoms are nothing but a temptation to be sick.” (B, 02:04)
  • “You just resist that temptation by taking your stand on the Word of God.” (B, 02:26)

2. The Role of the Word in Maintaining Healing (02:51–07:51)

• Imitating Jesus: He healed, but also “went everywhere teaching, preaching, and healing.” Teaching ensured people had the Word in them to resist counterattacks and hold onto their healing.
  • “Through the teaching and preaching of the Word, he was getting God’s truth into the people... as a safeguard.” (B, 03:56)
• Giving the Word place in your life is essential. “So we have to take our place in the Word and give the Word its place in us so that we can hold fast to the healing that belongs to us.” (B, 04:43)
• Pastor Nancy begins to teach from Proverbs 4:20–22, underlining its foundational importance.

3. Deep Dive on Proverbs 4:20–22 (07:51–19:40)

a. Attending to God’s Words: A Matter of Attention

• “My son, attend to my words...” The call is to give God’s Word first place above every other word.
  • “Put your attention on His words. Why? Because something else will always want your attention. And it matters where you let your attention go.” (B, 09:18)
• The power of attention: Pastor Nancy recounts an anecdote about a scientist hearing a demonic being claim his attention:
  • “Your attention is mine and it will always be.”
    She underscores: “If the wrong thing gets your attention, it can get everything connected to it—your future, your mind, your life.” (B, 12:08)
• Personal discipline: “Whatever gets your attention gets an entrance into your life.” (B, 10:54)

b. Three Instructions in Proverbs 4

• 1. Incline your ear to my sayings (listen and tune in intentionally to God’s Word).
• 2. Let them not depart from your eyes (constant focus, not letting visual distractions or symptoms become central).
  • Illustrated by a testimony: A 19-year-old tennis player, diagnosed with cancer, put a life-size poster of himself playing tennis at the foot of his bed as he underwent treatment. He declared, “I’ll do that again. I’m coming off this bed and I’m going to play tennis again.” (B, 20:58) After staying focused on that outcome, he was healed and returned to professional tennis.
• 3. Keep them in the midst of your heart (internalizing, meditating, and storing the Word within until it becomes faith).

c. Symptom Return and Selective Attention

• Symptoms or negative words might come, but you choose what to attend to.
  • “Just because the devil threatens or suggests some things and you hear it does not mean that you’re believing it.” (B, 15:03)
  • “It’s not a sin to hear the threats of the enemy. It’s a sin to let your attention go to the threats of the enemy.” (B, 15:20)
• Example from David and Goliath: David heard Goliath’s threats, but immediately turned his attention to God’s covenant. “The greatest thing David had working for him was the covenant and the God of the covenant.” (B, 18:47)

4. Practical Application: Guarding Ears, Eyes, and Heart (22:49–25:53)

• To keep healing, you must actively control:
  • What you hear (“Incline your ear...”)
  • What you see (“Let [the words] not depart from your eyes...”)
  • What you store inside (“Keep them in the midst of your heart...”)
• “God’s Word is food for your spirit. It is faith food. It’s food for your faith. Amen. It’s also food for your mind. Your mind needs it. So that you think right.” (B, 24:18)

5. Healing Requires Active Seeking (24:31–26:07)

• Proverbs 4:22: “For they are life unto those that find them, and health [medicine] to all their flesh.”
  • Emphasis on finding the Word—blessings and healing don’t come by accident but by actively seeking, feeding, and storing the Word.
  • “We can’t just sit back and coast into the blessings of God... They move in those who find them. Meaning this: you have to show yourself interested.” (B, 24:44)

Memorable Quotes

• “Pain and symptoms are nothing but a temptation to be sick.” – Pastor Nancy (02:04)
• “Whatever gets your attention gets an entrance into your life.” – Pastor Nancy (10:54)
• “If the wrong thing gets your attention, it can get everything connected to it—your future, your mind, your life.” – Pastor Nancy (12:08)
• “Just because the devil threatens or suggests some things and you hear it does not mean that you’re believing it.” – Pastor Nancy (15:03)
• “It’s not a sin to hear the threats of the enemy. It’s a sin to let your attention go to the threats of the enemy.” – Pastor Nancy (15:20)
• “The greatest thing David had working for him was the covenant and the God of the covenant.” – Pastor Nancy (18:47)
• “God’s Word is food for your spirit... Your mind needs it so that you think right.” – Pastor Nancy (24:18)
• “We can’t just sit back and coast into the blessings of God... They move in those who find them. Meaning this: you have to show yourself interested.” – Pastor Nancy (24:44)

Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:08–02:41: The ongoing battle after healing; resisting the enemy’s counterattack.
• 02:51–07:51: Teaching, preaching, and the Word as safeguards; introduction to Proverbs 4:20.
• 07:51–19:40: In-depth discussion on attention, Proverbs 4 breakdown, anecdote about the scientist and the tennis player.
• 22:49–25:53: Practical application—guarding what you hear, see, and store in your heart.
• 24:31–26:07: Active seeking for healing; summary and closing encouragement.

Closing Note

Pastor Nancy concludes with a promise of more teaching in future episodes, urging listeners to “come back next episode.” She reiterates the central truth: “Jesus is the healer.”

For listeners new and returning, this episode underscores that lasting healing is possible, but requires focused, ongoing faith discipline—especially regarding where you place your attention and which words you allow to shape your belief.