Dufresne Ministries Podcast Summary

Episode: Obey The Law And Harvest | Nancy Dufresne | JTH Crusades 2024 | Sunday PM Offering
Date: October 14, 2024
Location: Collinsville, Oklahoma
Speaker: Pastor Nancy Dufresne

Episode Overview

In this episode, Pastor Nancy Dufresne delivers an offering message centered on the spiritual law of sowing and reaping—what she describes as "God's law that will not cease." She challenges listeners not only to excel in giving (sowing) but also in receiving (reaping), emphasizing that fully honoring God’s law requires a mentality open to both. Through scripture, personal stories, and testimonies from others, Pastor Nancy illustrates how an incomplete cycle—resisting God's blessing in harvest—is akin to breaking spiritual law, often perpetuating poverty mindsets. The episode is practical, faith-filled, and challenges listeners to renew their minds about prosperity and the fullness of God’s plan.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Law of Sowing and Reaping: An Unbreakable Principle

• Scriptural Foundation:

  • Genesis 8:22 is cited: "While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest shall not cease."
  • Nancy highlights that scripture says "seed, time, and harvest," not simply seedtime—emphasizing both sides of the process (00:31).

• Key Insight:

  • "We have no right disconnecting what God connected. God joined harvest with seed time." (Nancy Dufresne, 01:12)
  • Many believers excel at giving but falter at receiving; it is spiritual disobedience not to expect and accept the harvest.

• Memorable Analogy:

  • Teeter-totter on playgrounds: God won’t “jump off” and leave you falling—He balances sowing with reaping to avoid spiritual or financial imbalance (04:24).

2. Harvest: Receiving as a Vital Act of Faith

• Barrier to Reaping:

  • Many believers are uncomfortable with receiving, feeling undeserving or as if they're taking too much (05:49).
  • "No matter how good we are at giving, if we're not just as good at harvesting, at receiving, it's a poverty mentality." (Nancy Dufresne, 06:09)

• Personal Example:

  • Nancy candidly admits:
    "Let's just be honest about it. I like stuff. … I am fluent at receiving, just like I'm fluent at giving." (Nancy Dufresne, 06:48)
  • God blesses through men’s hands; to refuse it is to refuse the cycle God has set up.

3. Testimonies of Failed and Fulfilled Receiving

• Story from David Ellis:

  • Recounts how his father, a pastor in "old line Pentecostal" circles, repeatedly refused significant blessings (cars, property, TV studio) out of a sense of piety or humility (08:05–12:49).
  • "Time and time again, the Lord was trying to give my dad stuff, and he wouldn’t take it…He could not get a hold that there was so much more for him." (David Ellis, 11:16)
  • Ultimately, the blessings his father left on the table were received and enjoyed by others who were able to receive (12:49).
  • Memorable Moment:
    • Jokingly offers: "If you have a 1966 Lincoln…with suicide doors, I will meet you in the foyer after service." (David Ellis, 12:50)

• Nancy’s Reflection on Spiritual Inheritance:

  • The spiritual harvest of obedient ancestors still exists; it hasn’t “rotted,” and can be called in by faith (13:13).

4. Reaping Requires Faith—Just Like Sowing

• Faith in Both Acts:

  • Sowing is an act of faith, but so is reaping; you must use your faith to receive, not just to give (15:15).
  • Galatians 6:9: "For in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." (16:26)
  • "If we resist the receiving side, we're resisting the law of God and that's disobedience. And God can't bless disobedience." (Nancy Dufresne, 04:39)

• Timing the Harvest:

  • Illustrated by Mark 4:28–29 ("first the blade, then the ear…"); the harvest is a process, and the Holy Spirit leads when it’s due season (17:18).
  • "Sow a seed and pray in the Holy Ghost…because it will make you sensitive to the Spirit's leading of saying, now it's time to reap and you release your faith." (Nancy Dufresne, 18:41)

• Illustrative Testimony:

  • Pastor waiting to buy an airplane; Spirit told him not to "reap a blade," but wait for "the full ear." By waiting for divine timing, he received far greater than he planned (20:08).

5. Cultivating a Mindset Open to Receiving

• Challenge:

  • Reject words and mentalities like "I shouldn't receive that," or "I can’t receive that," as they reflect poverty mindsets and break God’s law (22:16–23:40).

• Personal Testimonies:

  • Stories about receiving extravagant gifts (diamond ring, “Super Bowl” ring) only to have God direct her to give them away as seed (21:50–24:45).
  • "What we think is our harvest, God calls it a seed." (Nancy Dufresne, 25:54)
  • Testimony about others missing their harvest because they failed to recognize or refused it.

• Mindset Importance:

  • Receiving abundance is not about “stuff,” but about thinking as God does.
  • "I'm talking about a mindset. I'm talking about a renewed mind in the direction of sowing and reaping. Because this is God's law." (Nancy Dufresne, 25:47)
  • References Kenneth E. Hagin’s encounter with Jesus about enjoying a new car as an illustration of God’s attitude toward receiving good things (26:56).

6. Final Exhortation

• Release Your Faith in Both Sowing and Reaping:
  • Don’t perpetuate depression-era, poverty thinking—receive your blessing boldly (28:03–29:02).
  • "Release your faith tonight. Once you give your seed, release your faith and be bold to receive…Because that's the way I please God when I fulfill his laws." (Nancy Dufresne, 28:55)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "We have no right disconnecting what God connected. God joined harvest with seed time."
  (Nancy Dufresne, 01:12)

• "When God says reaping, it's because he's after your increase. He's not just after your seed, he's after your increase."
  (Nancy Dufresne, 02:10)

• "No matter how good we are at giving, if we're not just as good at harvesting, at receiving, it's a poverty mentality."
  (Nancy Dufresne, 06:09)

• "If we resist the receiving side, we're resisting the law of God and that's disobedience. And God can't bless disobedience."
  (Nancy Dufresne, 04:39)

• "Time and time again, the Lord was trying to give my dad stuff, and he wouldn’t take it…He could not get a hold that there was so much more for him."
  (David Ellis, 11:16)

• "A spiritual harvest doesn't rot…their harvest has not rotted. And your word says we can reap where we have not sown."
  (Nancy Dufresne, 13:15)

• "If we practice not receiving, we're not going to be skillful when God has a greater harvest down the road."
  (Nancy Dufresne, 21:29)

• "What we think is our harvest, God calls it a seed. And sometimes people don't recognize their harvest and they bypass their harvest. They decline it."
  (Nancy Dufresne, 25:54)

• "I'm not talking about stuff. … I'm talking about a renewed mind in the direction of sowing and reaping. Because this is God's law."
  (Nancy Dufresne, 25:47)

• "Release your faith tonight. Once you give your seed, release your faith and be bold to receive…Because that's the way I please God when I fulfill his laws."
  (Nancy Dufresne, 28:55)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:31–04:24 — Foundations: Genesis 8, the law of sowing and reaping, analogy of the teeter-totter
• 05:49–07:00 — Why failing to receive reflects a poverty mentality
• 08:05–12:50 — David Ellis recounts testimony of his father’s struggles to receive
• 13:13–15:11 — Spiritual inheritance and claiming unclaimed harvests
• 16:26–18:41 — Faith required for both sowing and reaping; timing of the harvest
• 20:08–21:29 — Airplane testimony: Following the Spirit, not reaping too soon
• 21:50–24:45 — Nancy’s personal “seed or harvest” stories and examples
• 25:47–26:56 — Mindset: Changing your thinking about prosperity
• 28:03–29:02 — Application: Release your faith for both sowing and reaping

Conclusion

Pastor Nancy Dufresne’s message calls listeners to fully honor God’s law of sowing and reaping—not just in generous giving, but in bold, expectant receiving. Rejecting blessings out of false humility or old poverty mindsets is likened to spiritual lawbreaking. Faithful believers are encouraged to see reaping as a vital, God-honoring part of faith. Both scriptural teaching and vivid personal testimony make this a motivating lesson for anyone seeking to step into the fullness of God’s blessing and provision.