Podcast Summary: “The Power Of Divine Love”

Podcast: Dufresne Ministries
Speaker: Pastor Nancy Dufresne
Location: Paducah, Kentucky | JTH Crusades 2025
Date: May 28, 2025

Episode Overview

This episode, led by Pastor Nancy Dufresne, centers on the theme of Divine Love—what it means, how it operates in the life of a believer, and why it is crucial for faith to be effective. Pastor Nancy emphasizes the biblical truth that the Christian life is not just about possessing God’s blessings, but allowing the divine nature of Christ—particularly divine love—to flow through us. The episode contains deep teaching, practical analogies, memorable stories, and a live demonstration of healing ministry.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Faith and Its Activation Through Words and Love

• Faith Must Be Spoken (Mark 11:22–24)

  • Pastor Nancy explores the importance of not just believing in our hearts but also confessing with our mouths:

    “You don’t have things because you believe them. You have things because you say them.” (03:10)

  • She challenges the audience to “allow Him to be involved with our words”, linking speech to the transfer of faith from spirit to circumstance.

• Divine vs. Human Faith

  • On being born again, believers receive divine faith, not just human or natural faith, which is described as “the same faith that created this universe.”

    “Once you got born again, God gave you a measure of divine faith… you have the God faith, the exact same faith that created this universe.” (09:25)

• Faith Works by Divine Love (Galatians 5:6)

  • Faith only works when fueled by divine love, not human love:

    “If faith is a vehicle, love is the fuel. …Divine faith can go anywhere, but it’s got to be fueled with divine love.” (16:05)

2. Distinguishing Divine and Human Love

• Human Love is Conditional and Limited

  • Human love “equals how someone treats it” but cannot go beyond humanity; divine love is unconditional.

• Functioning in the Divine Flow

  • Believers are "no longer authorized" to operate in human love because God has imparted his own love within us.
  • Pastor Nancy repeatedly encourages listeners to prefix spiritual graces (love, faith, joy, peace) with “divine”:

    “When you read these words, it would help you to say ‘divine’ in front of that—divine love, divine faith, divine peace…” (13:08)

3. Unforgiveness as a Block to Faith

• Unforgiveness Disconnects from Divine Flow
  • Mark 11:25 is cited as the “hard stop” to the working of faith—unforgiveness (toward others or oneself):

    “Your faith won’t work because divine faith won’t function in unforgiveness; it shuts it down.” (32:50)

  • The need to also forgive oneself is highlighted as essential to keep faith operative.

4. Living ‘In Christ’—A Mindset and Identity

• Transformation of Thinking (Renewing the Mind)

  • The necessity of “thinking as one in Christ”—renewed thinking is tied to living from the resources, capacities, and identity found only “in Christ.”
  • Practical advice:

    “If you say, ‘I can’t forgive,’ you’re talking outside of Christ. In Christ, you can.” (35:45)

  • “Strip off” the old man (Ephesians 4:22-24) by aggressively renewing your thinking.

• Remaining Hidden in Christ

  • Using Psalm 91, Pastor Nancy likens staying “hidden in Christ” to Stephen’s childhood hide-and-seek:

    “The problem is, we’re hid in Christ, but the devil will say, ‘Remember what they did to you?’ and you stick your head out... Stay hid, stay hid.” (46:30)

• Living From Divine Identity, Not Experience

  • “You are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” Believers are encouraged to respond to every challenge from their position in Christ.

5. Practical Application: Loving Enemies (Matthew 5:43-44)

• How to Love Actively:

  1. Bless those who curse you—respond with positive words.
  2. Do good to those who hate you—acts of kindness even at personal cost.
  3. Pray for your persecutors—intercede genuinely for their welfare.

• Memorable Story: Pastor Nancy’s account of obedience in giving away a piece of cherished jewelry to someone opposed to her marriage, illustrating “doing good” to those who oppose you (~1:01:00).

• Corrie ten Boom Example: World War II survivor who, through divine love, forgave a concentration camp guard who had harmed her family.

  “God did not expect her to conjure up her own forgiveness—He gave her His forgiveness to forgive with.” (1:06:30)

6. Healing Ministry Demonstration

• Live Demonstration (Beginning ~1:18:00)
  • Pastor Nancy and Pastor Chris minister healing to those with uneven legs and related issues.
  • The method involves prayer, commanding the body to align, and faith in action—in line with the earlier teaching about faith and words.
  • Many testimonies of healing and restored function are shared live.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Faith and Speaking:

  “The act of believing is incomplete until it’s joined with our saying. The Bible knows nothing about believing without saying.”
  (04:18)

• On the Source of Spiritual Graces:

  “All these fruits of the Spirit that are inside of you, you have to choose to operate in them on purpose.”
  (46:30)

• On Living ‘In Christ’:

  “If you don’t address the mind, everything about your life will look like your unsaved neighbor.”
  (42:40)

• On Unforgiveness:

  “One step outside of love is a step into sin.” (31:30)

• On Divine Forgiveness:
  (Corrie ten Boom’s story)

  “I cannot forgive with my own ability, but I choose to let You forgive him through me… the moment she chose divine love, divine forgiveness, she recognized God did not expect her to conjure up her own forgiveness. He gave her His forgiveness to forgive with.” (1:06:30)

• On Divine Healing:

  “Your body will obey you. Talk to it. … Divine faith stops working when divine love stops flowing.” (29:30)

Timestamps for Key Segments

• Mark 11, Faith and Confession: 02:00 – 10:00
• Divine vs. Human Faith and Love: 11:00 – 19:00
• Love is the Fuel for Faith: 16:05
• The Realm of Love/God’s Property: 23:09 – 33:00
• Unforgiveness and Staying on God’s Territory: 32:50 – 36:30
• Living ‘In Christ’—Identity, Renewed Mind: 35:45 – 46:30
• Staying Hidden in Christ (Psalm 91): 46:30 – 53:00
• Loving Your Enemies, Practical Examples: 59:19 – 1:05:00
• Corrie ten Boom Illustration: 1:06:30
• Healing Demonstration Segment: 1:17:00 – end

Conclusion

Pastor Nancy Dufresne’s message powerfully teaches that the Christian’s ability to walk in faith, healing, and victory is inseparable from the flow of divine love within. By living from our identity in Christ, speaking words of faith, forgiving others and self, and choosing divine love over the limitations of humanity, we remain in God’s realm—where all the blessing, healing, and peace of Christ are accessible. The episode ends with moving demonstrations of healing, reinforcing the practical outworking of faith fueled by love.

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