Podcast Summary: Sharing In Jesus' Success, Part Two | Nancy Dufresne | Jesus the Healer Broadcast
Podcast: Dufresne Ministries Podcast
Host/Speaker: Pastor Nancy Dufresne
Date: December 12, 2019
Episode Overview
In this episode, Pastor Nancy Dufresne explores how believers can share in Jesus’ success by following God’s instruction for prospering and living in abundance. She uses Joshua 1:8 as a central scripture, unpacks its practical application, and emphasizes the power of God's Word in achieving spiritual, physical, and material success. The teaching is lively, illustrative, and filled with personal anecdotes and scriptural insights.
Key Discussion Points and Insights
1. The Difference Between God’s Mercies and His Best
- Nancy highlights the Israelites’ journey, contrasting life in the wilderness with life in the Promised Land (00:25).
- Miracles in the Wilderness: Manna and unworn clothes (00:45), though miraculous, were "miracles for the disobedient" and "God’s mercy, not His best."
- Quote: “It was a miracle… but it was God's mercy to a disobedient people. But it was never his plan to feed them with manna.” [01:38]
- God’s Best: The Promised Land represented ongoing abundance—a "flow," not just moments of provision (02:15).
2. God’s Instruction for Success: Joshua 1:8
- God gives Joshua a single, powerful verse as the “prescription for success” (03:43):
- “This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may observe and do according to all that's written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success.”
- Ownership Principle: God wants believers to be “owners, not renters”—spiritually and materially (05:15).
- Quote: “It was never God's idea that his people be squatters in the wilderness… His idea was that they own the land.” [04:47]
- The devil opposes believers’ ownership because it removes his influence (06:20).
3. Practical Application: Honor and Obedience to the Word
- The answer to every life situation is in “the book.” Success is not automatic; individual response to the Word is crucial (07:45).
- Quote: “What the individual does with the Word determines whether or not we have success.” [08:45]
- Acts of faith—prayer, giving, serving—won’t replace honoring God’s Word (09:38).
- God’s part: Gives the book. Our part: Do what the book says.
4. Speaking the Word: Confession Leads to Possession
- The first act is to keep the Word in your mouth (10:14).
- Quote: “Success we experience in life will depend on what we do with the Word in our mouth.” [10:30]
- Referencing Mark 11:23–24 and Jesus’ cursing of the fig tree: Jesus modeled putting the Word in his mouth (12:04).
- Confession: Speak what God says, not personal or inherited opinions. Use God’s “answer key” for life (13:20).
- Anecdote: Ed Dufresne giving out test answers in Bible school, illustrating God giving us the answer key in His Word (14:50).
- Quote: “This book is your answer key.” [15:50]
5. Having a Part in Jesus Through Confession
- Jesus’ controversial sermon on “eat my flesh and drink my blood” explained as partaking of the Word (17:16).
- Quote: “To eat his flesh is to eat the Word. How do you eat the word? Well, how do you eat food? With your mouth. You put the word in your mouth.” [18:15]
- Only the Word you 'eat' (confess and meditate) becomes yours. If you don't take Jesus as healer/provider with your words, you don’t possess those benefits (19:30).
6. Consistency in Confession: A Lifestyle of Speaking God’s Word
- Keeping the Word in your mouth as a lifestyle, not just when things are going well (21:02).
- Illustration: You don’t get married by showing up, but by saying something—confession is key to covenant (22:10).
- Quote: “Just showing up in church doesn't mean you succeed. You have to say something.” [22:41]
- The Word should be spoken regardless of circumstances; both in good and challenging times (24:11).
7. How Jesus Modeled Saying the Word in Trials
- During Jesus’ wilderness temptation, He consistently answered every attack with scripture—“the Word in his mouth” (25:20).
- Practical steps for believers: When symptoms, lack, or attack show up, answer with the Word (26:30).
- “One way to have the word in your mouth? When symptoms show up, answer it.”
8. Aggressive, Not Passive, Faith
- Based on Matthew 11:12—the Kingdom is taken by “force of faith.”
- Quote: “A passive word in your mouth gets very little. God honors bold faith.” [29:05]
- Success comes from putting the Word in your mouth with aggression and intention—not just wishful thinking (28:44).
9. Divine Order: It Must Be Spoken to Be Fulfilled
- Referencing Matthew 8:17: “That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet...”
- Quote: “If it is unspoken, it goes unfulfilled. Something won’t be worked in our life till we say something.” [30:24]
- Illustration from Genesis 1: The Holy Spirit hovered until God spoke—the Spirit works only on the spoken Word (32:10).
- Quote: “Give [the Holy Spirit] something to perform… He doesn’t perform humans words. He performs God’s words in humans mouths.” [33:49]
- The level the Spirit works in our lives depends on us speaking the Word (34:08).
10. The Importance of Meditation: The Word in Your Thoughts
- Second instruction: Meditate on the Word day and night (35:22).
- Meditation involves thoughts and attention, not just words; the Word must be internalized.
- Example of meditation: Repeat and emphasize each word of “My God shall supply all my needs…” (36:35).
- Quote: “Meditation puts the meat in the words you say.” [38:58]
- Words coming from the heart (spirit) carry power, while empty mental repetition is ineffective.
Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments
- On Abundance: “Abundance is a flow… It’s a continual flow of life.” [02:16]
- On Ownership: “God’s idea is to turn you into owner of everything… Everything your hand touches. You own it.” [05:29]
- On Success: “Success is not automatic. We have to do the right thing toward the book.” [08:48]
- On Confession: “Your success begins with you putting what he says in your mouth, not what you say, what he says.” [16:01]
- On Meditating the Word: “Meditating the Word puts the Word in you.” [39:18]
- On the Holy Spirit: “He doesn't perform humans words. He performs God’s words in humans mouths.” [33:49]
Timestamps for Key Segments
- God’s Miracles: Manna and the Wilderness vs. Promised Land – 00:25 to 03:00
- Prescription for Success (Joshua 1:8): – 03:43 to 06:00
- Ownership and Spiritual Authority – 05:15 to 07:00
- Role of the Word in Success – 07:45 to 09:38
- Confession and the “Answer Key” Analogy – 13:20 to 15:50
- Eating the Word, Partaking of Jesus – 17:16 to 19:30
- Consistency in Speaking the Word – 21:02 to 24:11
- Jesus in the Wilderness: Responding with the Word – 25:20 to 26:30
- Aggressive Faith (Matthew 11:12): – 28:44 to 29:05
- Spoken Word enables the Holy Spirit – 30:24 to 34:08
- Meditation: From Mental to Spiritual – 35:22 to 39:18
Final Thoughts
Pastor Nancy Dufresne offers a clear, practical roadmap for believers seeking to walk in Jesus’ success: honor and speak the Word consistently, meditate deeply on Scriptures, and become “owners” in every area of life. The episode is filled with practical metaphors, scripture-rooted principles, and a call for bold, active participation in God’s plan for abundance.