Podcast Summary: Dufresne Ministries Podcast

Episode: How To Keep Your Healing, Part 7

Host: Pastor Nancy Dufresne
Date: May 11, 2023

Episode Overview

This episode continues the series on “How To Keep Your Healing.” Pastor Nancy Dufresne shares key teachings from Proverbs 4:20–22, emphasizing the believer’s responsibility in retaining healing by actively engaging with God’s Word. The discussion centers on practical steps for incorporating the Word into daily life, understanding spiritual principles for lasting healing, and the necessity of persistent, faith-filled action.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Receiving vs. Keeping Your Healing

• Faith’s Ongoing Role:

  • “It’s one thing to receive and it’s another thing to hold fast.” (00:56)
  • Methods of receiving healing can vary, but keeping healing requires one’s own faith.
  • “Somebody else’s faith might assist you, but their faith is never a substitute for your own faith.” (02:08)

• Counterattacks from the Devil:

  • The devil frequently attempts to steal what God has given.
  • Counterattacks can happen immediately or even years later; believers must be vigilant and fortified with the Word.
  • “We must be fortified with the Word to stand our ground.” (04:10)

2. Proverbs 4:20–22 – The Believer’s Part

• Active Engagement Required:

  • The scripture instructs to attend to God’s words, incline your ear, let them not depart from your eyes, and keep them in the midst of your heart.
  • Pastor Nancy stresses that faith is not automatic—believers must fulfill their part for God’s blessings to remain.

• God’s Word as Life:

  • “God’s words…they are life. They don’t just give life, they are life.” (07:24)
  • Just as food becomes part of your body and affects you, God’s Word must be taken in to affect your life and health.

3. How God’s Word Works in You

• Spiritual Digestion Analogy:

  • Just as food must be eaten and digested, God’s Word must move from the mind to the heart (spirit) to be effective.
  • “If you just take God’s Word and send it to your mind, it can’t process it. It’s got to go through your spirit.” (11:36)

• Heart = Spirit of Man:

  • The “heart” in the Bible refers to the center of a person’s being, not the physical organ.
  • “When the Bible is talking about the heart of man, it’s talking about the spirit of man, the center of man’s being.” (14:10)

• Faith Is of the Heart:

  • The mind can be renewed by the Word to agree with the heart, but faith operates in the heart, not the mind.

4. Finding God’s Word—Not Casual, But Intentional

• Treasure Hunting Analogy:

  • Pastor Nancy shares a story about Bible school students searching for hidden money: those who paid attention to instructions found it, while others missed out.
  • “We can’t live our spiritual life casually just walking around and hoping something floats to the top and jumps on us.” (17:35)
  • God’s Word is a treasure—only those who truly seek and “find them” receive its life.

• Active Pursuit:

  • “You cannot find the right thing going the wrong direction. Wrong thinking is the wrong direction.” (20:46)
  • God hasn’t hidden things from us but for us, to be discovered in His Word.

5. God’s Word as Medicine

• Scripture Has No Limits:

  • “No physical condition is outside the reach of the Word.” (24:56)
  • Even advanced diseases are not beyond the efficacy of God’s Word.

• Not Just for the Sick:

  • “Even to those who are well, as you take the healing Word, it just keeps building health… building it and building it.” (28:30)
  • Regular intake of healing scriptures fortifies health, just like exercise strengthens a muscle.

6. “Dosage” and Frequency of the Word

• Medicine Requires Repetition:

  • Spiritual healing works like natural medicine—frequency and quantity matter.
  • “If we take enough of the Word long enough, it will drive out every symptom.” (32:02)

• Don’t Substitute Belief for Practice:

  • “Don’t make the mistake of substituting your belief in divine healing for the actual taking of God’s medicine.” (23:48)
  • Belief alone isn’t enough; taking in the Word is required.

• No Overdose Danger:

  • “With the medicine of the Word, no danger of overdose. The more you take, the more your health is fortified and it shows up.” (36:22)

• If You Don’t See Change—Double Up:

  • “If you feed on the Word some every day, but nothing’s changing, then double up. Double up on your dosage.” (37:15)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

“God’s words…they are life. They don’t just give life, they are life.”
— Pastor Nancy Dufresne (07:24)

“Somebody else’s faith might assist you, but their faith is never a substitute for your own faith.”
— Pastor Nancy Dufresne (02:08)

“No physical condition is outside the reach of the Word.”
— Pastor Nancy Dufresne (24:56)

“Don’t make the mistake of substituting your belief in divine healing for the actual taking of God’s medicine.”
— Pastor Nancy Dufresne (23:48)

“If we take enough of the Word long enough, it will drive out every symptom.”
— Pastor Nancy Dufresne (32:02)

“With the medicine of the Word, [there’s] no danger of overdose.”
— Pastor Nancy Dufresne (36:22)

Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:56 – The difference between receiving and keeping healing
• 02:08 – Faith must be personal and continuous
• 04:10 – The devil’s counterattacks and the believer’s defense
• 07:24 – God’s Word as life—analogy to eating food
• 11:36 – The difference between mental assent and heart-level faith
• 14:10 – What the Bible means by “heart”
• 17:35 – Story: Bible school students and the treasure hunt
• 20:46 – The necessity of going in the right direction—thinking and focus
• 23:48 – Quote about not substituting belief for taking God’s medicine
• 24:56 – God’s Word’s unlimited reach
• 28:30 – Even the healthy must continually feed on the Word
• 32:02 – Frequency and “dosage” for the Word to be effective
• 36:22 – No overdose danger with the Word
• 37:15 – Advice: Double up your intake if not seeing results

Conclusion

Pastor Nancy Dufresne’s message is clear: the believer’s ongoing, faith-filled engagement with God’s Word is essential for maintaining healing. Just as medicine is effective only when taken regularly and in proper “dosage,” so too with God’s Word for our spirits and bodies. The episode encourages listeners to pursue the Word intentionally, keep it not just in their thoughts but in their hearts, and persistently declare and act on it to experience enduring health.

Memorable Closing:

“If we’ll give an all-out effort to the Word, it will do an all-out work in us.” (37:45)

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