Podcast Summary

Podcast: Dufresne Ministries Podcast
Episode: How To Receive Your Manifestation | Nancy Dufresne | Paducah, KY | JTH Crusades 2024 | Thursday PM
Date: May 10, 2024
Host/Primary Speaker: Nancy Dufresne

Overview

In this episode, Nancy Dufresne teaches how to move from spiritually receiving what God has promised to seeing its physical manifestation, with a focus on healing and faith. Drawing on personal stories, biblical principles, and practical strategies, Dufresne emphasizes the necessity of actively engaging with God’s Word—not just mentally assenting to healing, but persistently feeding on the Word and confessing what has been received. The episode is both teaching and ministry in nature, culminating in a time of prayer and healing.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. From Receiving to Manifestation

• Dufresne outlines the critical period after one has received by faith, but before full manifestation occurs—this is when spiritual opposition is most intense.
• Quote: "We're going to talk about what do you do from the time you perform the act of receiving until it's manifested? Because that's when the block of time that you're going to encounter, everyone's going to encounter." ([00:21])

2. The Spiritual Act of Receiving

• Receiving is an act of the spirit, not the mind ("Your spirit can receive what your mind goes on tilt about" [02:22]).
• It's about agreeing with God, not about earning or deserving ("I don't have to earn it by reading enough Bible... It's already mine." [01:10]).

3. The Role of Confession and Profession

• Jesus is the High Priest of our profession (Hebrews). He fulfills what is confessed, so believers must speak and confess in faith what they have received.
• Quote: "If we don't say it, profess it, confess it, we're giving our high priest nothing to fulfill." ([01:40])

4. Feeding on the Word – The Real "God’s Medicine"

• Dufresne cautions against substituting belief in healing for the actual “taking” (meditating on and ingesting) of God’s Word.
• Quote: “Don’t make the mistake of substituting your belief in divine healing for the actual taking of God’s medicine. What is God’s medicine? His word … Streamline your feeding in the direction of that need.” ([18:20])
• Personal and famous ministry stories highlight the necessity to be persistent, intentional, and specific in feeding on healing scriptures.

5. Memorization vs. Meditation

• Memorizing scriptures is not enough; meditation is key. Meditation drives the Word into the spirit until it becomes a living reality.
• Quote: "The word 'memorize' is not scriptural... Meditation is how you put you in the verse and the verse in you." ([27:17])
• Anecdote: Brother Copeland was quoting healing verses from memory and not seeing results; God told him he had to feed on the Word for himself, not just from memory ([23:10]).

6. Directing Your Attention

• Where you place your attention influences your confession and faith.
• Symptoms and circumstances vie for attention, but God’s instruction is clear: "My son, attend to my words ..." ([41:13])
• The anointing helps receive God's Words, just as fear comes as an influence alongside the devil’s words ([44:05]).

7. Living by Words, Not Feelings or Sight

• Dufresne describes a story of a woman whose healing manifested after she chose to agree with God’s Word over what she saw on a medical screen ([54:00]).
• Quote: “Is what you see greater than what I say?” ([54:51])

8. Practical Steps for Maintaining What You Receive

• Proverbs 4:20-22 is given as a prescription: attend to God's Word with your ears, eyes, and heart; keep the Word before you; meditate on it.
• Living the life of faith and healing must be rooted in daily, personal action—meditation, confession, attention, interest.
• Quote: “What are we going to do from the time we receive, we agree with God … till the time it’s manifested? … I’m going to keep his words going in.” ([01:06:57])

9. Standing Against Time and Symptoms

• Time or lingering symptoms don't revoke what has been spiritually received: “It doesn’t matter how far advanced that disease is, it’s within reach of all your flesh. This word will reach all your flesh.” ([01:05:37])
• Don’t let the passage of time or feelings convince you to let go.

10. Practice: Healing, Peace, and Faith Are Daily Lifestyles

• Nancy’s son, Stephen, taught "Practice healing every day" ([01:13:33])—a call to daily exercise spiritual authority over symptoms, thoughts, and circumstances.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "We are not sick trying to get healed. We are the healed and we refuse to let sickness rob us of our health." — Nancy Dufresne ([01:00])
• "You can't spend what you don't own... That's why many are disappointed with the faith message or healing message is because they're trying to spend verses they don't yet own." — Nancy Dufresne ([29:08])
• "How many times has your stomach been fed and satisfied by the memory of a potato?" — Nancy Dufresne (relating God’s Word to physical food; on the need for fresh intake) ([31:10])
• "Living by words, not feelings." — Nancy Dufresne ([01:01:25])
• "The Christian life is a life of living by words... not by feelings, not by sight." ([01:01:43])
• "Receiving is agreeing with God." ([01:07:33])
• "We have to be interested to arrive at the manifestation of what we've received. And it can't be just by memory." ([01:09:32])
• "It's so good to be healed." ([01:20:44])
• "Every one of us should be saying, I receive. I receive. I'm a receiver. Today is my receiving day. Every day is my receiving day.” ([01:21:20])

Timestamps for Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment | |-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:21 | Main theme introduced: Between receiving by faith and seeing manifestation | | 02:00 | "We are not sick trying to get healed…" principle explained | | 06:00 | Necessity of confession; Jesus as High Priest | | 13:25 | Story about a person dying young—lessons about "secret things" and learning from God | | 18:20 | "Don’t substitute belief for taking God’s medicine"—major teaching | | 22:14 | Brother Copeland’s story of healing and the importance of feeding on the Word yourself | | 27:17 | Meditation vs. memorization of the Word | | 31:10 | Memorable illustration: "memory of a potato" | | 41:13 | Teaching from Proverbs 4:20; importance of attention | | 44:05 | How the anointing (and fear) come as influences with words | | 54:00 | Healing testimony—“Is what you see greater than what I say?” | | 01:01:25 | Theme: Christian life is a life of words, not feelings | | 01:05:37 | “All your flesh”—God’s Word reaches every need | | 01:06:57 | “What do we do after receiving?” – holding fast & continual confession | | 01:09:32 | The danger of “living off the memory” and repeating key prescription | | 01:13:33 | “Practice healing every day”—a call to lifestyle faith | | 01:18:30+ | Prayer line & ministry time—a time of healing, confession, and impartation | | 01:20:44 | “It’s so good to be healed!” Celebration and reminders after ministry | | 01:21:20 | Summary encouragement: “I receive… I’m a receiver… Every day is my receiving day” |

Action Points / Takeaways

• Receiving is a spiritual act, rooted in agreeing with God regardless of what the mind or body feels.
• Manifestation requires ongoing, active feeding on, confessing, and meditating the Word—never substituting memory or belief for direct engagement.
• Direct your attention intentionally onto God’s promises, not symptoms.
• Live by words, not by what you see or feel. Let agreement with God’s Word be your internal anchor.
• Practicing faith, healing, and peace is a daily lifestyle—not an occasional event.
• After you receive, hold fast—don’t let go! Continually reinforce your receiving through confession and meditation.

Final Encouragement

• "Every one of us should be saying, I receive. I receive. I’m a receiver. Today is my receiving day. Every day is my receiving day. Because I always receive." ([01:21:20])
• Practice keeping God’s Word in your mouth, your heart, your ears, and your eyes—this is the key to seeing the manifestation of what you have received by faith.

This episode is a blueprint for turning spiritual receiving into manifest reality, with scriptural depth, practical examples, and passionate encouragement from Nancy Dufresne.