Podcast Summary

Podcast: Dufresne Ministries Podcast
Episode: Resisting Gets You Into Receiving, Part 2 | Morgan Dufresne | Paducah, Kentucky | JTH Crusades 2025 | Tuesday AM
Date: May 27, 2025
Speaker: Morgan Dufresne (with references to Pastor Nancy Dufresne and others)
Main theme: The spiritual process of resisting negative thoughts and doubt to position oneself to fully receive what God has promised, with an emphasis on renewing the mind and maintaining revelation and rejoicing.

Episode Overview

Morgan Dufresne continues the teaching on the principle that “in the resisting is the receiving,” expounding on the critical yet often overlooked period between believing God’s promises and seeing their manifestation. She draws parallels from Paul’s trials in Acts and uses practical illustrations to show how resisting wrong thoughts enlarges our capacity to receive from God.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

The “Sliver of Time” Between Believing and Receiving

(00:50 - 05:00)

• Morgan references a statement from a previous message:

  “There’s a sliver of time from when you resist, you have, that resisting time—from when you believe and when you expect, to the time it manifests, there’s the resisting time. And what you do in that sliver of time determines the amount of time.”

  • Purpose: She emphasizes the importance of what believers do in the "sliver" between faith declaration and manifestation.

Paul Before Gallio—Illustration of Futile Arguments and Progress

(05:00 - 11:30)

• Reads Acts 18:12-17 and laughs over the comic seriousness of Sosthenes being beaten at the judgment seat:

  “It was like a cartoon…They just beat the fool—It’s a serious situation, right? There’s persecution in the church. And they said, we have had enough.”

• Spiritual parallel: The repetitive, unproductive debates Paul faced are likened to how believers' minds drag them back to reasoning, doubts, and unending questions that stall spiritual progress.
• Memorable quote:

  “You got to take your mind and sometimes just beat it. That’s right. If you don’t know how to beat your mind with the Word of God, you’re missing out.” (11:00)

The Battle with Reasonings: Beating Your Mind with the Word

(11:30 - 18:30)

• The devil wants to keep believers “looping” in their minds—questioning their worthiness, performance, and whether they qualify to receive from God.
• Morgan attributes the same mentality to the Pharisees who obsessed over performance:

  “They didn’t have to perform perfect to receive perfect.”

• Calls listeners to stop reverting to self-judgement and performance-based faith:

  “Progressing in the things of God means more to you, and means more to God, than coming and bringing yourself back to some kind of judgment.” (15:30)

• Every time you resist a wrong thought, you enlarge your capacity to receive.

  “Because wrong thoughts fill in the space between believing and receiving.” (16:10)

The Role of Thoughts in Receiving

(18:30 - 25:00)

• Wrong thinking about a situation prolongs the “sliver of time.”

  “The devil doesn’t just want thoughts to stay in your head. He wants them to be believed by your heart.”

• Discusses how rehashing the past and worrying about the future are the only two things the carnal mind can offer:

  "Your mind can only give you what you have experienced in the past, or what you should be fearful of for the future.” (25:00)

• The discipline is to “beat” those thoughts with scripture and refuse to allow them to loop back in.

Practical Example: Testimony of Healing

(33:00 - 37:20)

• Morgan shares Pastor Cody’s healing testimony:

  • Multiple expensive doctor visits with no solution.
  • Decided to get in the Word, “beat the devil” off his leg by saturating himself with scripture, not allowing himself to loop back into natural solutions.
  • Result: When prompted, left his crutches and walked—“Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7)

• Notable quote:

  “You mean to tell me this Bible is enough for the devil to flee? Absolutely. He doesn’t need your loud tongues. He doesn’t need you screaming and hollering. Just one word out of these scriptures has enough power.” (36:00)

The Root of True Victory: Changing Your Thinking

(45:30 - 48:20)

• Explains the difference between being done with the situation and being done with wrong thinking about it:

  “Victory is in the thinking, not in the manifesting. Your victory is in the way you think about it.”

• Encourages listeners to “beat [their] mind with the Word of God” until it becomes subservient, refusing to allow thoughts of lack or sickness any place.

Scriptural Instruction: Taking Every Thought Captive

(50:00 - 54:45)

• Quotes from 2 Corinthians 10 on taking every thought captive to Christ:

  “Does that thought obey the Word? If it’s not in obedience…then I have to take that thought and bring it under. I’ve got to take it captive.”

• Uses an analogy of dogs:
  • The mind is like a golden retriever—always wanting to ‘touch’ something, seek solutions, comfort, and settle questions.
  • Sometimes, your mind needs to be a guard dog: “I do not take you. You are not coming in here for the last time.”

Shortening the “Sliver”—Closeness to the Word

(58:20 - 1:01:00)

• The way to lessen the time between faith declaration and manifestation is to keep no distance between yourself and the Word:

  “The closer you…The quicker you close the space in your mind from the Word of God, the quicker you close that space from releasing your faith and manifestation, holding fast to the Word.”

Obedience Training: Resisting for Owner and Dog (You and Your Mind)

(1:01:00 - 1:04:45)

• Obedience training isn’t just for the dog, it’s for the owner: It’s up to the believer to “reel that mind back in, tug that leash back,” refusing to let wrong thoughts lead the way, even if they offer comfort in the short term.

The Two Keys to Resisting: Revelation and Rejoicing

(1:05:00 - end)

• 1. Revelation:
  • Renewing the mind. Not just memorizing scripture or reading devotionals, but allowing revelation to penetrate and change thinking.
• 2. Rejoicing:
  • True rejoicing flows from revelation. When both come together, “power flows and the situation can turn in a moment.”
• Memorable quote:

  “Revelation comes first. Rejoicing comes next. In the rejoicing, power flows.” (1:07:30)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote | |-----------|---------|-------| | 11:00 | Morgan Dufresne | “You got to take your mind and sometimes just beat it. That’s right. If you don’t know how to beat your mind with the Word of God, you’re missing out.” | | 15:30 | Morgan Dufresne | “Progressing in the things of God means more to you, and means more to God, than coming and bringing yourself back to some kind of judgment.” | | 16:10 | Morgan Dufresne | “Every time you resist wrong thoughts, you have enlarged your capacity to receive.” | | 25:00 | Morgan Dufresne | "Your mind can only give you what you have experienced in the past, or what you should be fearful of for the future.” | | 36:00 | Morgan Dufresne | “Just one word out of these scriptures has enough power. Resist the devil and he will flee.” | | 45:30 | Morgan Dufresne | “Victory is in the thinking, not in the manifesting. Your victory is in the way you think about it.” | | 50:40 | Morgan Dufresne | “Does that thought obey the Word? If it’s not...I’ve got to take it captive.” | | 58:45 | Morgan Dufresne | “The quicker you close that space from the Word of God, the quicker you close that space from releasing your faith and manifestation.” | | 1:07:30 | Morgan Dufresne | “Revelation comes first. Rejoicing comes next. In the rejoicing, power flows.” |

Actionable Insights for Listeners

• Identify the “sliver of time” in your life where your faith wavers and actively resist any reasoning that keeps you circling your problems.
• Use the Word of God as the primary tool to “beat” down contrary thoughts—be relentless as the Greeks in Acts.
• Recognize the futility of relying on performance or perfection; God’s promises are not accessed by works.
• Regularly take your thoughts captive (2 Corinthians 10), refusing them entry unless they agree with the Word.
• Don’t confuse being tired of the situation with truly being done with wrong thinking; true freedom comes when your thinking aligns with God’s Word.
• Make revelation your first priority, not just devotional reading. Let all rejoicing flow from fresh revelation, not just emotion.

Structure & Flow

• Opening: Personal reflection and spontaneous shift in sermon’s direction due to Holy Ghost (00:00 - 01:00)
• Scripture Reading: Acts 18—Paul before Gallio (05:00 - 11:00)
• Application: Mind as court battle—Resist looping debates, beat your thoughts (11:00 - 18:30)
• Practical Advice/Testimony: Don’t loop back to reasonings; testimony of healing through Word immersion (33:00 - 37:20)
• Scriptural Instruction: Take thoughts captive (50:00 - 54:45)
• Analogies: Dogs as metaphor for mind’s behaviors; need for obedience training (54:45 - 1:04:45)
• Conclusion: Two keys—Revelation and Rejoicing; call to practical application (1:05:00 - end)

Final Takeaway

Morgan Dufresne powerfully illustrates that the battleground for receiving God’s promises is in our minds during that critical “sliver of time” after stepping out in faith. Resisting negative thoughts with constant revelation from God’s Word, and letting genuine rejoicing follow, is the guaranteed path to manifestation. The episode encourages listeners to become skillful resistors—not by striving in their own strength, but by filling the space between believing and receiving with the Word, thereby enlarging their capacity for God’s best.

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