Podcast Summary: Dufresne Ministries – “How To Receive A Miracle, Part Two”

Host: Nancy Dufresne
Date: October 9, 2021
Episode: Jesus the Healer Broadcast

Overview

In this faith-building episode, Pastor Nancy Dufresne explores "How To Receive A Miracle," emphasizing the believer’s active role in cooperating with God for miracles. She uses Biblical examples, practical steps, and spiritual insights to teach listeners that miracles are not just “God’s part” but require human obedience, faith, and ongoing action—regardless of convenience or logic.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Understanding Our Role in Receiving Miracles

• Main Point: Miracles require both divine power and human cooperation.
  • “So much of the time, people just think a miracle is totally on God’s part… That’s not what the Word teaches.” (01:25–01:53)
  • God is looking for us to take specific actions; miracles don’t “just happen.”

2. Biblical Example: Wedding at Cana

• Scripture Reference: John 2:1–11 (02:12)

  • Jesus’ first miracle (water into wine) bypassed all natural processes.
  • Mary’s instruction: “Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.”
    • Nancy: “She was safe in telling the servants, whatsoever he says to you, do it.” (03:22)

• Principle: Miracles “bypass natural laws… Miracles are a divine acceleration.”

3. Obedience Opens the Door to Miracles

• Obedience is a consistent theme in all of Jesus’ miracles—those receiving needed to DO something.

  • “No one who received a healing under Jesus’s earthly ministry received a healing without them obeying something he told them to do.” (05:24)

  • Our obedience invites God’s participation: “God will not work in our lives without our permission.” (06:30)

  • Memorable Quote:

    • “God is a perfect gentleman. He will not work uninvited, but the devil will. The devil will force... but not God. God works by invitation.” (06:42)

4. Miracles Can Be a Process, Not Always Instantaneous

• Example: Peter walking on water (09:02)

  • There was no Scripture authorizing Peter to walk on water—he needed a specific WORD from Jesus.

    • “Don’t move ahead without the word. Never make big decisions in life... without the word.” (12:30)

  • As long as Peter obeyed (“come”), the miracle sustained him. When he stopped, he began to sink (14:10).

  • Insight: “He received a miracle, but he lost a miracle... A miracle can be received, but a miracle can be lost if we quit doing the right thing.” (15:30)

  • Key teaching: Miracles may begin as a process (“money coming,” “body already getting better”)—don’t stop believing or obeying just because it isn’t instant.

5. Take Action—Faith Needs Movement

• Faith is not passive belief—“Faith is an act. Faith obeys something. Faith makes movement.” (19:53)

  • “God can’t steer a parked car. You got to be moving.” (21:22)
  • When you need something, start doing something; God directs action in motion.

• Notable Quote:

  • “It’s not just all on God’s side... when [Dr. Lester Sumrall] needed something, he had to start making an act. Why? Because then God could direct those actions.” (20:40)

6. Obedience Beyond Logic or Convenience

• What God asks may not make sense (“fill the pots with water”), but obedience is key.

  • “Don’t try to figure out whatsoever he says to you, do it whether it makes sense or not.” (22:00)
  • God’s instructions may bypass natural logic: “He will tell you to do things that won’t make sense because he’s bypassing natural processes. And your sense can only calculate natural processes.” (22:36)

• Mary’s instruction—"whatsoever":

  • “God’s way of thinking and God’s way of doing is different than man. That’s why whatsoever he tells you to do you would have never thought of.” (23:40)

7. Old Testament Example: Widow at Zarephath

• (1 Kings 17, summarized at 25:20)

  • Prophet Elijah asks a widow in famine to give her last food—an act of obedience that led to miraculous provision.
  • Miracles demand responding to God’s leading, not human logic or convenience.

• Quote:

  • “Let me tell you what’s not convenient. Not getting your miracle. That’s not convenient.” (28:50)

8. Recognizing the Spirit’s Leading

• Often, believers “know” in their spirit the next step, even if it doesn’t feel spectacular or logical.
  • “Just follow what's in your spirit... sometimes you have peace in your spirit about doing something, but not peace in your head. Ignore the head.” (31:10)
  • Many miss the miracle by disliking or ignoring that gentle leading.

9. Success Tied to God’s Word, Not Others’ Opinions

• “Whatsoever he saith, not what others say, not what your finances say, not what your relatives say… Success lives with what he says.” (33:22)

  • Sometimes God will answer through a pastor or others, but always discern if it’s God’s voice.

• Don’t add or subtract to what God says.

  • “Just do it exactly the way he says it.” (35:30)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Cooperation:
  • “Miracles are not just God working independent of man. God gives us something to obey. When you need a miracle, ask God, what do I need to do?” (04:23)
• On the Importance of Movement:
  • “God can’t steer a parked car. You got to be moving.” (21:24)
• On Obedience Over Logic:
  • “Do whatsoever he says to you, do it whether it makes sense or not.” (22:01)
• On the Leading of the Spirit:
  • “Just follow what’s in your spirit… Sometimes you have peace in your spirit about doing something, but not peace in your head. Ignore the head.” (31:12)
• On Success:
  • “Success does not live with what other people say. Success lives with what he says.” (33:35)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• 01:25: The human role in miracles vs. divine responsibility
• 03:22: Wedding at Cana—Mary’s key instruction
• 05:24: Obedience in every miracle in Jesus’s ministry
• 06:42: “God is a perfect gentleman” (spiritual principle)
• 12:30: Peter walking on water—need for a word
• 15:30: Receiving and losing a miracle
• 19:53: Faith must be active, not passive
• 21:22: God cannot steer a parked car
• 22:36: Logic vs. obedience in miracles
• 25:20: Widow at Zarephath—obedience despite lack
• 31:10: Recognizing the Holy Spirit’s leading
• 33:22: Whose voice to heed
• 35:30: Symmetry in obedience—no adding or subtracting

Conclusion

Pastor Nancy Dufresne’s teaching urges believers not to place all responsibility for miracles on God but instead to actively seek, listen, and act on God’s leading—even when it feels inconvenient or illogical. Miracles, she teaches, flow through faith, obedience, and following the Holy Spirit’s nudges step by step.

Essential reminder:
“Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it.” (Repeated throughout; central to the message)

Next episode tease: Learning to recognize the leading of the Holy Spirit.