Episode Overview

Title: No More Worry | Nancy Dufresne | Fresno, CA | JTH Crusades 2024 | Friday PM
Host: Dufresne Ministries
Speaker: Pastor Nancy Dufresne
Date: April 2, 2024

In this dynamic and faith-filled episode, Pastor Nancy Dufresne teaches on breaking free from worry, guarding the mind, and walking in the peace of God. She emphasizes the importance of local church community and pastoral leadership for continued spiritual growth and maintaining healing. With Scripture, personal stories, and practical advice, Nancy equips listeners to recognize and resist fear, anxiety, and mental torment, cultivating skill and mastery over their thought life.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Importance of Community and the Local Church

• After receiving healing or a miracle, being part of a local church is essential to sustain and grow in spiritual breakthroughs.
• Biblical Illustrations: Nancy shares the stories of Elijah (by the brook and then to Zarephath) and Abraham (sacrificing Isaac at the specific mountain God chose) to illustrate the necessity of being exactly where God instructs for provision and breakthrough.

"We're not authorized to redirect ourself from where God directed us to be." (09:07)

• Pastors and Church Community: Pastors play a crucial role in helping believers discern God's commands and plans for their lives, providing necessary spiritual food and guidance.
• Jesus Modeled Church Attendance:

"You can't be like Jesus and not go to church. Why? Jesus went, as was his custom." (Luke 4:16) (16:01)

The Woman with the Issue of Blood – Mark 5

[21:40 – 32:00]

• Never Settle for Lingering Conditions: The woman’s refusal to become comfortable with her sickness, despite 12 years of suffering, is highlighted.
• Act on the Word: Her miracle began "when she got out of her house" and pursued Jesus, even at personal risk.

"You don't just get a miracle by doing what's convenient." (25:08)

• Go Low for Your Miracle: Pastor Nancy humorously demonstrates, with Pastor Ruby’s help, the woman’s humility and determination to reach the hem of Jesus’s garment.
• Testifying Despite Fear: The woman shares her testimony in front of Jairus, ruler of the synagogue, risking condemnation; her faith is affirmed by Jesus.

Jesus’ Instruction: “Go Into Peace”

[42:40 – 1:05:00]

• Receiving and Keeping the Miracle: Jesus not only healed the woman but instructed her on how to keep her healing:

  "Go into peace and be continually healed and freed from your distressing bodily disease." (46:45)

• Maintaining Peace: Protecting peace is vital to sustaining what God has done in your life. Loss of peace can open the door to sickness and other attacks.
• The Mind is the Battleground: Most sickness and disease begin with attacks "from the neck up"—in the mind.
• Resisting the Mental Arena:

  "If you’re asking questions, you’re in the mental arena. In the spirit arena, there’s no questions, there’s answers." (1:01:33)

• Abraham’s Example: Abraham did not trouble his mind with questions but trusted God’s instructions.
• Demons Seek Expression: Negative thoughts and fear are not yours unless you adopt them; they are like "baggage" that doesn’t belong to you.

Practical Illustrations and Memorable Quotes

Carrying What’s Not Yours

[1:13:30 – 1:21:00]

• Pastor Nancy uses purses and backpacks as props to illustrate how people carry burdens—worry, depression, anxiety—that don’t belong to them:

  "Just because you feel the weight doesn’t make it yours." (1:17:29) "Calling them mine does not make them mine." (1:18:40)

Resisting Fear and Understanding Authority

• 2 Timothy 1:7 is quoted:

  "God’s not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind."
  Nancy explains how fear seeks to neutralize our authority and convince us that negative thoughts are truly ours.

• On perfect love:

  "Perfect love casts out fear. When you have a perfect understanding of God's perfect love for you, fear can't get in." (1:27:00)

On Skill, Worry, and the Faith Arena

[1:32:40 – 1:47:00]

• Kenneth Hagin’s Testimony: Nancy relays how Hagin, even on his deathbed, learned the sin of worry was blocking his healing.

  "Worry is a sin. It's not just a feeling." (1:44:53)

• Worry as the Offspring:

  "Fear and doubt get together, and they produce an offspring called worry." (1:47:22)

• How to Gauge Worry:

  "How do you know if you’re worrying about it? If you’re thinking about it, you’re worrying about it."

• Change Your Confession: Don’t pray against what you don’t want, declare what you do have:

  "I don’t pray prayers over my family of what won't happen. I say what I have. We're kept by the power of God." (1:51:30)

The Sin of Worry and the Skill of Peace

[1:47:10 – end]

• Rachel Teefa Tiller’s Testimony: Peace in the midst of dire circumstance as a practical example of living untroubled.

  "Just because you’re in the midst of a heightened circumstance doesn’t mean you have to give it your attention." (1:55:10)

• The Skillful Life: Life is sweet with skill; skill in managing your thoughts and consistently practicing the Word.

  "What took me years to get past, I can get past in seconds now. Why? Skill, skill, skill. Develop skill. Life will be sweet. Life is troubled when you’re unskillful." (2:06:00)

Notable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• On Placement and Provision:

  "We’re not authorized to redirect ourself away from the place God already directed us to be. ...The ram God’s supply was on the place where God told him to be." (09:07–12:50)

• On Going Low for a Miracle:

  "Go low. Go low. That’s what Pastor Ruby does... She says, 'Come on, Pastor.' ...That’s this woman with the issue of blood." (27:55)

• On Ownership of Thoughts:

  "Just because you feel it, just because you can feel the pressure, does not make it yours." (1:19:14)

• On Authority over Fear:

  "God’s not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind... You are master tonight. Be masterful." (1:29:22, 2:07:54)

• On Dealing with Worry:

  "Worry is a sin. It’s not just a feeling. It’s a sin. Why? Because you’re choosing to believe something against the word." (1:44:53)

• On Prayer and Confession:

  "I don’t pray against things. You pray against things, that's fear. ...I don’t say what I don’t want. I say what I do have. I have His power." (1:51:39)

• On Thoughts:

  "If a thought doesn't make you more peaceful, resist it. If a thought doesn’t make you more joyful, resist it. If a thought doesn’t cause your faith to flourish, resist it." (1:57:20)

Structure of the Episode (Major Timestamps)

• [00:00–10:00] – Opening encouragement; local church importance; lessons from Elijah and Abraham.
• [10:00–21:40] – Examples of divine supply & obedience.
• [21:40–42:39] – The woman with the issue of blood; pursuing miracles; leaving convenience.
• [42:40–1:05:00] – Jesus’ instruction: “Go into peace;” guarding peace as the way to lasting healing.
• [1:05:00–1:29:00] – The mental arena; resisting worry; faith vs. mental questions; authority over fear.
• [1:29:00–1:47:00] – Skill in thought-life; testimonies; refusing to let negativity become identity.
• [1:47:00–end] – Developing lasting peace; practical skill; testimonies of peace; closing prayer and encouragement.

Final Takeaways

• Cultivating peace and refusing worry are essential skills for the Christian life and for holding on to what God has given.
• Negative thoughts, fear, and anxiety are not your property—don't claim or carry them.
• Sustained results (healing, provision) come through ongoing community, pastoral care, and disciplined thought life.
• Faith statements and aligning your confession with the Word (not with fear) are powerful tools for living free from worry.
• Mastery in this area is a process: “What took me years to get past, I can get past in seconds now. Why? Skill, skill, skill.” (2:06:00)

For those who want to move beyond worry and mental torment, this episode is a master class in biblically rooted peace, faith, and the benefits of living connected to a local church and Christian community.