Podcast Summary: "The Miracle Is In Your Arising | Stephen Dufresne | Holy Ghost Meetings 2023"

Podcast: Dufresne Ministries Podcast
Host: Dufresne Ministries
Speaker: Stephen Dufresne
Episode Date: January 16, 2023
Theme: Stepping Out in Faith – The Miracle is in the Arising

Episode Overview

This episode, led by Stephen Dufresne during the Holy Ghost Meetings 2023, centers on the concept that miracles—especially miracles of healing—are activated when believers act in faith, even (and especially) before they “feel” anything. Stephen encourages the congregation and livestream audience to defy symptoms, take action by faith, and “arise” into the healing Jesus offers. Drawing on scripture, practical analogies, and testimonies both classic and contemporary, Stephen’s message is lively, faith-filled, and focused on making healing an active, present reality.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Faith Does, Not Waits

• Miracles Happen When You Act:
  • “The miracle is in the arising.” (08:58) – Stephen explains that God’s intervention shows up when we step out in faith, acting on God’s word instead of waiting for a feeling.
• Faith Is Opposite to Sickness:
  • “Sickness goes this way. Your confession goes this way. [Faith] is the opposite of what is physically happening.” (16:42)

2. Biblical Examples: The Power of Rising

Stephen walks through key healing stories to illustrate his point:

• Paralytic Let Down Through the Roof – Mark 2

  • Friends bring the paralyzed man to Jesus, breaking through obstacles for their friend to “arise.”
  • “Faith takes risk... in the mind it doesn’t think, ‘I’m about to tear up somebody’s house for my own sake.’” (14:17)

• Man at the Pool of Bethesda – John 5

  • A man, sick for 38 years, becomes “comfortable in the waiting,” but healing came “the moment he tried to get up.” (27:17)
  • “We become comfortable in the waiting... not that sick, but not that great. It’s acceptable.” (26:19)

• Man with the Withered Hand – Luke 6

  • Jesus says, “Rise up and stand there.” The miracle comes when the man attempts what he could not do before.
  • “You are responsible to do something. It’s not Jesus’ responsibility. It’s yours and mine.” (34:31)

• Other Stories:

  • Raising of the dead (Luke 7:14)
  • Woman bent for 18 years (Luke 13:11)
    • “After 18 years, you become one with sickness... Sickness makes you accustomed to it, trains you in to rob from you.” (44:35)
    • “She was made straight because she was willing to try to get straight.” (46:29)

3. Modern & Personal Testimonies

• Take Action by Faith:
  • Smith Wigglesworth: A man packs a lunch he hadn’t been able to eat—and eats it by faith after prayer (31:00).
  • “He made up his mind, when I get there, I’m not coming back the same way I went. And we’ve lost that in the church—there’s not been that eagerness and that line.” (32:13)
• Do What You Can’t – Even Small Steps:
  • “Maybe you can’t get up from stomach problems, but you can do something... By faith, I spin this hula hoop..., that’s my arising.” (19:54)
  • “Make something up by faith that you do against what you’re going through.” (21:21)

4. Call for Today’s Testimonies

• Stephen urges the congregation not to settle for only “hundred-year-old testimonies.”
  • “I appreciate Smith Wigglesworth’s testimony, but I want my own in this time... I want ones for these years, last week, yesterday.” (29:05)

5. Practical Advice: Defy Sickness

• Take Ownership:
  • “You have to make a decision: I’m healed tonight. And if you don’t make that decision, you’ve never crossed the bridge... No matter what I feel, I know I’m healed.” (19:10)
• Be Aggressive:
  • “You’ve got to be aggressive with sickness, because it’s aggressive with you.” (50:29)
  • “When you need healing, try to do stuff you couldn’t do before. You don’t have anything to lose.” (58:35)

6. Ministry Time – Demonstration of Faith in Action

• Stephen lays hands on people for healing, repeatedly emphasizing:
  • “When hands are laid on me, I will be healed. Do you believe that? It doesn’t matter what it feels like.” (51:27)
• For each individual and prayer cloth, faith is placed not in symptoms, not in feelings, but in God’s word.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “You don’t have to feel healed to be healed. You don’t have to have warm oil flow over your head. There’s a promise in the Bible that says, if you will believe, not feel, you’ll be healed.” – Stephen Dufresne (02:42)
• “The miracle is in the arising.” – Stephen Dufresne (08:58 et al.)
• “Faith takes risk.” – (14:17)
• “Healing is not a feeling, it’s a promise that Jesus said if you’ll believe it, you’ll have it.” (22:33)
• “The completion of healing is in the action. You’ve got to put action to your faith.” (28:37)
• “I want testimonies that happened this afternoon. Could we agree on that?” (29:05)
• “You have to do the opposite. Make something up by faith...” (21:21)
• “Sickness is an evil spirit... Jesus called it an evil spirit.” (47:39)
• “It’s kind of hard to go into urgent care and talk about how good Jesus is when you’ve got all that junk wrong with you... There has to be a testimony.” (48:10)
• “Never be embarrassed about your healing.” (73:41)

Key Timestamps

• 02:42 – “You don’t have to feel healed to be healed.”
• 08:58 – “The miracle is in the arising.”
• 10:00 – 13:57 – Story of the paralytic and friends (Mark 2)
• 16:42 – Faith’s confession “goes the opposite” direction of sickness.
• 19:54 – “By faith, spin this hula hoop... that’s my arising.”
• 26:19 – 27:17 – Man at the Pool of Bethesda: On “becoming comfortable in the waiting.”
• 28:37 – “The completion of healing is in the action.”
• 29:05 – Desire for present-day miracles and testimonies.
• 31:00 – Wigglesworth testimony: Man packs his lunch.
• 34:31 – Man with the withered hand: Doing the impossible.
• 44:35 – Effects of long-term sickness.
• 46:29 – “She was willing to try to get straight.”
• 50:11 – “Write it in your Bible: Tonight, January 11th, I was healed.”
• 51:27 – Healing line: “When hands are laid on me, I will be healed.”
• 73:41 – “Never be embarrassed about your healing.”

Conclusion & Final Encouragements

• Faith Is a Decision, Not a Feeling: Stand on God’s word, do the opposite of what your symptoms tell you, and act like it’s done.
• Take Action—That’s Where the Miracle Is: Whether standing, walking, eating, or even spinning a hula hoop, do something by faith.
• Share Your Testimony: “Never be embarrassed about your healing.” Your testimony is powerful and helps others believe.
• Be Aggressive Against Sickness: Sickness is a thief; don’t accept it—push back in faith.
• Celebrate Continuously: Celebrate the Healer, Jesus, and live as the healed, regardless of what you “feel.”

For Livestream Listeners

(72:47) – Stephen leads online viewers through a self-healing confession, laying hands on themselves and declaring healing in Jesus’ name.

“I say that I am healed in the name of Jesus. I drive out any sickness, any infirmities, any bone problems, any hurts and pains, stomach problems, head problems, whatever it is. I say that I’m healed now in Jesus name.” – Stephen Dufresne (72:45)

Closing

The episode closes with encouragement to continue celebrating Jesus, expecting and sharing testimonies, and living in the reality of healing as a promise, not a feeling.

Summary prepared for listeners who missed the episode—capturing the tone, teaching, energy, and life-application focus of Stephen Dufresne’s message.