The Power Of God, Part Two | Nancy Dufresne

Jesus the Healer Broadcast – January 12, 2022

Episode Overview

In this message, Pastor Nancy Dufresne explores the ever-present power of God, emphasizing its accessibility and the believer's responsibility to activate and become skillful with it. Building on teachings from Kenneth Hagin and personal experiences, she illustrates how God's power—manifested through the Holy Spirit—is available everywhere, not just in specific places or moments. Nancy encourages listeners to cultivate skillfulness in cooperating with the Holy Spirit and highlights the role of faith, action, and spiritual mentorship in experiencing the miraculous.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Power Is Everywhere—Not Just in Special Places

• Pastor Nancy recounts Jesus’ words to Kenneth Hagin:

  “When I was on the earth, I was the power of God. If people needed power, they had to get where I was... But now the Holy Ghost is on the earth, and he is the power of God, and he is present everywhere.” (00:20)

• The implication: God’s power is available everywhere—your home, car, workplace, or hospital room—because the Holy Spirit is everywhere.

2. Faith Must Stand in God’s Power, Not Human Wisdom

• Nancy references Paul:

  “No wonder Paul said that your faith would not stand in the wisdom of men... but that your faith would stand in the power of God. What? That's present? Present? Yes.” (01:08)

• She assures listeners that God’s power is actively present and accessible right where they are, not just in church or special gatherings.

3. Personal Testimony—Activating God’s Power by Faith

• Nancy shares a story about her infant son, Grant, who was hospitalized with a severe fever (03:00–08:20). Unable to receive immediate medical treatment, she uses the waiting time to invoke the promise Jesus gave to Kenneth Hagin:

  “Jesus, you said, believe the prophets and you'll prosper... you told him, there's enough power in every sick room and in every hospital room... I'm in one of those rooms, so I qualify.” (04:10)

• She acts in faith, prays, and spends an hour praising God for His healing power rather than worrying.
• Outcome:

  “At the end of an hour... the doctor came in, he examined him. He said, there's nothing here. I don't know why you’re here.” (07:45)

4. Faith Activates Power—Belief Precedes Feeling

• Nancy emphasizes:

  "Did I see it? No. Did I feel it? No. I believed it. He didn't say, if you feel the power. He said... you got to believe." (06:17)

• The power was there whether or not it was felt or seen.

5. Illustrations of Power’s Effects—Seen and Unseen

• She uses analogies and other testimonies (from Kenneth and Gloria Copeland in Peru) to demonstrate how people experience God’s power—sometimes dramatically, sometimes quietly:

  “Power can be seen and power can be felt. But power can also be unseen. And power can be unfelt.” (12:10)

• She likens God’s power to radiation: unseen, unfelt, but verifiably real and effective (13:30).

6. Skill & Cooperation with God’s Power

• Nancy underscores that simply being present isn’t enough; believers must learn to be skillful in cooperating with what God provides:

  “It's not just about power being present because God did his part. But man has a part to play with the power of God—to become skillful.” (17:50)

• She tells a story of her late husband, Ed Dufresne, in a meeting where Jesus rebuked him for “not being skillful with the healing anointing,” highlighting responsibility and skill development (19:10).

7. Skill in Spiritual Things Is Critical

• Nancy defines skill as faithfulness plus competence:

  “Well done, thou good and faithful servant. If a man is good at his job, he's skillful at it. If a man isn’t good... he can’t be promoted.” (25:00)

• She warns against being self-taught in spiritual things, stressing the need for mentorship and imitation in the Spirit (31:12).

8. Practical Ways to Grow in Skill

• Observe spiritual mentors:

  “Get under someone who knows... Even if you don’t know how to respond to the Spirit, pay attention to those who do, do what they do.” (32:10)

• Imitation, like a child learning language, is part of spiritual growth.

9. Becoming a Doer, Not Just a Hearer

• Nancy critiques passive learning:

  “Just showing up at church does not equal our skill... Taking notes does not equal skill. It’s the doer that’s blessed.” (36:00)

10. Responding to Healing Waves—A Call to Action

• Sharing a prophetic insight about healing waves in her services, Nancy urges action:

  “Healing power is going to start flowing in waves... But it’ll be up to you how you respond. If you just stand there mentally engaged, it'll rob from you. But if you’ll just open up... say, I receive. I receive it.” (39:20–41:00)

• She guides listeners in actively receiving by faith, emphasizing that physical manifestations are not a prerequisite for believing God’s power is at work (42:10).

Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• On the omnipresence of God’s power:

  “Right now in your house, there's power present. Right now in your car, there's power present... Because the Holy Ghost is everywhere.” – Nancy Dufresne (01:38)

• On activating God's power:

  “Jesus, I strike that power with my words of faith, and I speak for that power: You go from the top of his head to the soles of his feet. You drive out anything that God didn’t put in... That power is working right now.” (05:12)

• On faith over feeling:

  “Don’t wait to feel it, don’t wait to see it. We'll get the result of that power.” (14:30)

• On spiritual skillfulness:

  “No one needs an unskilled worker showing up faithfully to do it wrong... Faithful to operate skillfully in what you've been graced and entrusted with...” (26:35)

• On mentorship and imitation:

  “If Dad Hagin jumps, you jump. That’s called being a student... Don't stand there and do what you’re going to do. You do what those who know do.” (32:50)

• On practicing faith in adversity:

  “It's skill that stands up in the face of what it doesn’t feel and says, I believe in the power of God that is unfelt, unseen, and I receive it now...” (38:30)

• On acting on faith:

  “We’re not checking to see if it works. We're giving action to that power. We act on that power that we receive.” (47:41)

• Call to testimony:

  “Now everybody turn around and look and see how good Jesus is.” (49:23)

Timestamps of Important Segments

• 00:20: Jesus’ message to Kenneth Hagin about the ever-present power of the Holy Ghost.
• 03:00–08:20: Testimony of Grant's healing and the power of spoken faith.
• 12:10–13:50: Discussion on unseen and unfelt power (analogy of radiation).
• 17:50: The importance of being skillful with God’s power.
• 19:10: Story of Jesus’ rebuke regarding lack of skill with the healing anointing.
• 25:00: Scriptural foundation for “skillful and faithful servant.”
• 31:12–33:00: On mentorship, imitation, and spiritual learning.
• 36:00: The difference between hearing and doing.
• 39:20–41:00: Prophetic word about healing waves and the congregation’s necessary response.
• 47:41: Call to physical action as a demonstration of faith.
• 49:23: Celebration of healings and encouragement to witness the results.

Summary

This episode centers on the omnipresence and accessibility of God’s power through the Holy Spirit. Pastor Nancy Dufresne weaves teaching, testimony, analogy, and practical instruction to encourage believers not only to believe in God’s power but to activate it by faith and grow skillful in cooperating with it.

Listeners are challenged to move beyond passive faith and become doers—learning from spiritual mentors, practicing the presence and power of God in daily life, and taking practical steps of faith, even when circumstances and feelings contradict the Word. Nancy makes clear that God's part—making power available—is always done; it is up to believers to apply faith, grow in spiritual skill, and act on what God has provided for victorious living and ministering to others.