Podcast Summary: "It's Time For Miracles"

Dufresne Ministries Podcast
Speaker: Nancy Dufresne
Location: Fredonia, New York
Date: October 23, 2019

Episode Overview

In this powerful message, Pastor Nancy Dufresne explores the prophetic directive she received—“It’s time for miracles.” She breaks down the practical and spiritual dimensions of miracles, emphasizing the need for believers to become skillful in working with God’s power. The episode weaves together personal stories, Biblical references, practical teaching, and moments of ministry, inspiring listeners to recognize, respond to, and receive the miraculous in their daily lives.

Key Discussion Points

The Prophetic Directive: "It's Time for Miracles"

• Receiving the Word:

  • Nancy recounts God telling her in September 2019, “It’s time for miracles.”
  • This phrase was not just an observation, but an assignment—a season of increased grace for miracles.

  “When he said it’s time for miracles, there’s a grace, there’s an anointing for it, there’s a grace for it. And when you operate under something, when there’s a grace for it, it’s easy.” (03:29)

• Responding to the Assignments:

  • Nancy underscores the importance of not just hearing but studying, preaching, and praying in the direction God points out.

  “Notice that you get your assignment from one statement. You don’t have to have the statement spelled out for you.” (01:20)

Understanding Miracles: Grace, Skill, and Everyday Occurrences

• Miracles May Look Ordinary

  • People often miss miracles because they expect something spectacular; but God often shows up in “unspectacular” ways.

  “The miracles can look like something every day—if $10 came to you that you didn’t earn, right?” (08:22)

• Miracles Need Our Participation

  • When God highlights miracles, He’s inviting us to partner, become skillful, and intentional in receiving and ministering them.

The Role of Skill: Faithfulness & Becoming Good

• Skill Precedes Promotion

  “Well done, thou good and faithful servant... How about well done, thou good, thou skillful and faithful servant... Promotion comes to people who are good at their job.” (10:23)

• Skill in the Things of God

  • Faith is a skill; receiving miracles is a skill; God looks for those who have learned to "flip the switch" on the power He’s provided.
  • Ed Dufresne’s vision of the wave: Those who enter fully into God’s wave access everything within it—resources, anointings, provision.

  “When we flow in that, we access everything that is connected to that anointing and the grace for that.” (05:16)

Personal Testimonies and Examples

• Anointing for Renovation

  • Nancy shares a personal story of receiving tangible anointing and direction about renovating her home—a parallel for understanding the grace that comes with divine directives. (04:10)

• Story: Unfelt Power Still Works

  • Testimony of Ed Dufresne praying for a woman with an inoperable brain tumor. He felt nothing during the prayer, but the next year, she was healed and had delivered her baby.

  “He said, I felt nothing. But… that cancer was gone. Power unfelt.” (50:23)

• Richard & Oral Roberts’ Wisdom

  “Every day, miracles are coming to you or going past you.” (Richard Roberts, quoting Oral Roberts, 38:58)

Biblical Insights:

• The Burning Bush: Initiative Matters

  • Moses only heard from God after he turned aside from his routine to see the burning bush, teaching that spiritual encounters often require our intentional attention.

  “When he turned aside, then God called… The bush was nothing but an invitation to see something more than a bush.” (01:08:13)

• Skill in Receiving the Flow

  • Drawing from Second Chronicles 16:9, God’s eyes search for those who will let Him show Himself strong—He’s not withholding, but looking for receivers.

  “God’s eyes are already moving… He’s always looking to manifest Himself… not to withhold anything.” (41:45)

The Importance of Turning Aside

• Taking Initiative & Spiritual Curiosity
  • Much of what we receive is initiated by our own hunger and intent—“95% of what we receive from God is initiated by us, not Him.” (01:09:45)
  • Caution against being too busy with the natural and missing the supernatural invitations.

Returning for More: The Ten Lepers (Luke 17)

• Gratitude and Going Deeper
  • Of ten lepers healed, only one returned to thank Jesus; this one was made whole, beyond healing—illustrating that those who seek the “why” and the giver of miracles instead of the miracle itself, receive more.

  “To those who turn back… there’s more… Your worship has put back body parts. Why? Because you took time to turn aside.” (01:18:08)

Sensing What is Vital in the Season

• Prioritizing Divine Assignments
  • Nancy shares practical insights about understanding seasons and callings, not comparing spiritual paths, but discerning what is vital for you.

  “What’s vital for your life is knowing what God is holding us accountable for and giving ourselves to that. Turn aside… it’s going to look different for every person.” (01:22:26)

Ministry & Real-Time Miracles

• Activating Miracle Power

  • Immediate call for listeners to release their faith and receive:
    • “Call for that miracle power to work in our bodies, work in our finances, work in our families, work in our homes, work in our minds.” (01:39:22)
  • Multiple words of knowledge for physical healing: elbows, knees, hips, eyes, ears, throat, spine, heart conditions, and more were called out, and listeners/prayer meeting participants responded.

• Skill in Receiving Beyond Sensation

  “We must become skillful with power that is unfelt… Power can be seen, power can be unseen. Power can be felt, power can be unfelt. I don’t care whether I feel it or see it. I just want power… Power makes life better.” (53:40)

Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On Miracles and Skill
  “Needing a miracle does not mean that you missed God and now you need a divine rescue... sometimes they don’t look very spectacular.” (08:13)

• On Divine Assignment
  “God is offering us a divine invitation. And those who turn aside to see and to ask why and to go further than to what’s obvious… that’s really what Moses was doing.” (01:14:08)

• On Choosing the Vital
  “Learn what’s important and learn what’s not important… What’s vital for your life is knowing what God is holding us accountable for and giving ourselves to that.” (01:22:26)

• On Gratitude and Wholeness
  “Your faith has made you whole... your worship has put back body parts. Why? Because you took time to turn aside.” (01:18:08)

• On Ministry Experience
  “You arrive at skill on purpose. You don’t arrive there automatically because you saw something.” (01:34:52)

• On the Current Season
  “Since it’s time for miracles, it’s time right now. So, Father, we’re here to respond. Miracle power is present. Miracle power is here. Miracle power is moving.” (01:39:12)

Notable Timestamps

• 00:00–07:00 – Introduction; how the directive “It’s Time for Miracles” came.
• 10:23–13:35 – Skill, faithfulness, excellence, and the “well done” servant.
• 29:50 – The distinction between God’s side and our side regarding power.
• 38:58 – Oral Roberts’ famous quote and its implications.
• 50:23 – Testimony: Power unfelt—healing of the woman with brain tumor.
• 01:05:42 – The story of Moses and the principle of “turning aside.”
• 01:14:08 – Ten lepers: returning for more, gratitude unlocks more wholeness.
• 01:22:26 – Sensing what is vital for your unique season and call.
• 01:34:52 – On moving from pastoring to a new phase aligned with divine visions.
• 01:39:12–End – Call to release faith and receive miracles; words of knowledge for various healings.

Conclusion

Nancy Dufresne’s message is a passionate, faith-filled charge to recognize that God has given the Body of Christ a fresh, “now” invitation to experience miracles. Miracles demand our partnership, skill, and initiative. Listeners are encouraged to lean into what God is doing in this season, respond with faith, gratitude, and practical obedience—to not only receive miracles, but to become practitioners of God’s miracle-working power.

(Miracles, Nancy reminds us, are present and available every day. It’s up to us to become aware, turn aside from the routine, and lay hold of what God is pouring out.)