Podcast Summary: "Married To Your Miracle"

Dufresne Ministries Podcast
Speaker: Stephen Dufresne | Holy Ghost Meetings 2024 | Wednesday AM
Date: January 10, 2024

Main Theme Overview

This episode centers on the essential spiritual principle of becoming “married to your miracle.” Stephen Dufresne explores why many believers do not maintain their healing after receiving prayer—emphasizing that receiving a miracle requires a deep, ongoing, covenantal commitment akin to the commitment in marriage. Drawing from personal stories, scriptural examples, and ministry anecdotes, Stephen illustrates how faith, remembrance, and aggressive pursuit collaborate to make a miracle last.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Greatest Prosperity is Healing

• Opening Insight: Both Stephen and Pastor Johnny reflect on their spiritual focus shifting from preaching prosperity to preaching healing.
  • “The Lord said, the greatest prosperity that you can have is healing. … Money’s not worth much when you’re sick.” (Stephen, 00:54)
  • They discuss how hospitals are full despite medical advances, and assert that true hope is in the power of God to heal.
• Quote:
  • “We’ve seen multimillionaires laid up in hospitals … They’re not enjoying it.” – Pastor Johnny (01:33)

2. Ministry Legacy: Jesus the Healer

• The Dufresnes’ ministry foundation is to proclaim Jesus as the healer, continuing the vision seen by Stephen's father.
• The mission is affirmed: spreading the word of healing worldwide so that “healing power cannot be refuted.” (03:08)

3. Why Do Some Not Walk Away Healed?

• Stephen expresses concern over repeated prayer lines and people not sustaining their miracle.
• Revelation from God:
  • “The Lord said to me, ‘They’re not married to their miracle.’” (Pastor Johnny quoting the Lord, 04:57)
    • Not a lack of faith or effort, but a lack of covenantal attachment.

4. Faith and Healing: The Covenant Analogy

• Stephen likens receiving a miracle to entering the covenant of marriage—committing regardless of fluctuating feelings.
  • “If we say, I’m leaving my old way of being sick behind and I’m forming an attachment to healing … No matter the way I feel.” (Stephen, 10:05)
  • Even when you “don’t feel married” or your spouse is distant, the covenant remains (08:28).
• Memorable Quote:
  • “Healing is not a one night stand. Just because it didn’t work out and you didn’t feel the way you needed...Try again.” (Stephen, 26:59)

5. Scriptural Foundations:

• John 4:46-53 – The nobleman takes Jesus at his word, believes without immediate evidence, and receives his miracle.
  • “He has to take the words that were given to him and cut a covenant on that word.” (Stephen, 14:10)
  • Importance of a “point of contact” (hands laid on) and writing down the date/time of healing (16:17).
• Matthew 8:5-13 – The centurion’s faith: “speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.”
  • “He knew they’re about to cut a covenant to say, you say that word and it’s done.” (Stephen, 34:42)
• Mark 10:9 – “Let no one separate” what God has joined – applied here to your union with healing. (23:14)

6. The Power of Remembrance

• Stephen tells childhood stories to highlight how “monumental moments” stick with us—paralleling how the moment of healing should be memorialized and cherished (17:25–22:16).
• Refers to testimonies (Dad Hagin, Lester Sumrall, Oral Roberts) where holding fast to a specific moment cemented enduring healing.
  • “If he lost the vision of where he came from, he would lose his miracle.” (Stephen, 25:47)

7. Aggressively Honoring and Pursuing Healing

• Healing must not be taken for granted—“healing should be pursued aggressively because it belongs to us.” (31:19)
  • Cherish healing as a “precious gift” and make changes in lifestyle to honor it (33:17).
• Healing’s purpose is not just deliverance, but activation: “Healing puts you to work.” The man at Bethesda pool, Lazarus, the woman with the issue of blood—all had new responsibilities post-miracle. (29:10–29:56)

8. Desire and Expectation

• The desire to see miracles, signs, and wonders is essential: “If I truly desired it, I would have already seen the redwoods.” (42:19)
• Stephen encourages the congregation to desire greater miracles, mentioning Down Syndrome children, limbs growing, resurrection, and more—challenging everyone to believe bigger. (43:23–44:57)

9. Authority Over Sickness

• Sickness is identified as an evil spirit: “You have authority over sickness … treat it like a dog.” (47:25–48:11)
• Reminders to aggressively “demand” and “refuse” to relinquish healing.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Healing as Covenant:
  • “Just because you don’t feel married one day doesn’t mean your covenant is broken.” (Stephen, 08:28)
• Receiving by Faith:
  • “When hands are laid on you, whether you feel something or not, you write it down … because when you lose the connection of that moment, it’s easy to fall out of faith.” (Stephen, 16:17)
• On Honoring Healing:
  • “Healing is a precious gift that God has given you, and it has to be honored.” (Stephen, 31:19)
• On Raising Desire:
  • “If you didn’t have a desire, it’s not important to you … But as a church, we desire signs, wonders, and miracles.” (Stephen, 42:54)
• Authority Statement:
  • “Demand healing in your life. Demand it to happen. You have authority over sickness.” (Stephen, 51:55)
• On Remembrance:
  • “Make this a day that you never forget, because it was a monumental day in your life that you received your healing.” (Stephen, 49:04)
• On Aggressive Faith:
  • “Healing should be pursued aggressively because it belongs to us. But I honor that God has made that available…” (Stephen, 31:19)

Key Timestamps

• [04:57] – The Lord’s answer on why people don’t keep their healing: "They’re not married to their miracle."
• [10:05] – "I'm leaving my old way of being sick behind, and I'm forming an attachment to healing..."
• [14:05–16:55] – Breakdown of John 4:46–53: the nobleman’s faith and the “point of contact.”
• [16:17] – "Write it down...when you lose that vigor... it's easy to fall out of faith."
• [23:14] – Mark 10:9 and the unbreakable union with healing.
• [26:59] – "Healing is not a one night stand..."
• [29:10–29:56] – Healing activates new responsibilities in life.
• [31:19] – "Healing has to be honored...pursued aggressively."
• [33:17] – Treat and care for your healing as you would cherish a precious gift.
• [42:19] – “I haven’t seen the redwoods… Because I haven’t desired them…” (analogy for spiritual desire)
• [43:23–44:57] – Desiring big miracles (Down Syndrome, limbs restored, resurrection).
• [49:04–50:45] – Prayer for listeners to receive and memorialize their healing.
• [51:55] – "Demand what happens in your life. Demand healing in your life."

Final Encouragement & Call to Action

Stephen concludes by inviting listeners—near and far—to actively receive and memorialize their healing, citing personal testimony and instructing them to “write down” the date and circumstances of their healing as a spiritual touchstone.

“From this day forward, in Jesus’ name, you declare it. You write this day down, put it on your refrigerator: ‘I was healed on such and such date at this time in Jesus’ mighty name.’” (Stephen, 50:40)

Summary Table

| Segment | Highlighted Scripture | Message Focus | Key Message/Quote | |----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------| | Foundations of Healing | Eph 2:8, Mark 10:9, John 4:46–53 | Healing as covenant, faith’s manifestation | “They’re not married to their miracle.” | | Personal/Ministry Testimony| Testimonies: Hagin, Sumrall, Roberts| Remembrance cementing healing | “Healing puts you to work.” | | Application/Activation | Matthew 8:5–13 | Aggressive possession, honoring miracles | “Healing should be pursued aggressively.” | | Desire & Expectation | Joshua (Numbers 14), various | Expecting greater supernatural acts | “Desire signs, wonders, and miracles.” | | Impartation | N/A | Prayer—point of contact, memorializing | “Make this a day you never forget.” |

Tone & Delivery

Stephen’s style throughout is lively, anecdotal, sincere, and often humorous, weaving in personal stories and light-hearted comparisons while urging seriousness about spiritual commitment and faith.

For Listeners: Takeaways

• Treat your miracle like a marriage—make a covenant and refuse to let go, regardless of feelings.
• Remembrance is crucial: mark the moment you receive from God.
• Aggressively pursue, honor, and protect your healing.
• Desire and expectation “open the door” to miracles.
• Healing is not just for relief, but to empower you for fruitful living.

“I declare you’re healed. When you go home, when you’re on the airplane and you don’t feel like you’re healed, you bring up this time and this moment that you’ve separated, you put aside. I love you guys.”
— Stephen Dufresne, [53:29]