Podcast Summary: "The Praise Cure, Part Two" | Nancy Dufresne | Jesus The Healer Broadcast

Host: Dufresne Ministries
Speaker: Pastor Nancy Dufresne
Date: July 11, 2019

Overview

In this impactful episode, Pastor Nancy Dufresne continues teaching on "The Praise Cure," focusing on the power of praise and worship in receiving and maintaining healing and wholeness from God. Drawing from biblical accounts and personal testimonies, she challenges listeners to prioritize worship as the vital step that brings not just relief but restoration and wholeness, highlighting that worship positions believers to receive the fullness of what God has provided.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Importance of Praise in Receiving from God

• Speaking Praise vs. Negativity

  • Pastor Nancy explains that what we speak determines what's active in our lives. If our mouths are full of praise, God moves; words of fear and worry, however, invite the enemy.
  • Quote (00:33): "I want you to know the devil's always wanting to put something else in your mouth... because he knows the one who gets your mouth gets to move in your life."

• Psalm 34:1 – Continual Praise

  • Nancy insists that praise should be ongoing, rooting the believer in faith and opening the way for God’s movement.

2. The Story of the Ten Lepers (Luke 16)

• Obedience, Cleansing, and Worship

  • All ten lepers obeyed Jesus and were cleansed, but only one returned to thank and worship Him—this act of gratitude positioned him to receive more.
  • Nancy illustrates that obedience brings deliverance, but worship brings restoration.
  • Quote (02:35): "If you will worship God long enough, there's no miracle you can't receive. There's no healing you can't receive. There's no provision you can't receive."

• Wholeness Through Worship

  • The one who worshipped was made whole—not just cleansed, but restored.
  • Memorable Moment (07:45): "The others, the nine, had that process stopped. But this one had fingers put back on. He had toes put back on. He had body parts that were lost put back on. What did that? Worship."

• Jesus Equates Worship With Faith

  • Nancy underlines that Jesus called the healed Samaritan’s worship "faith."
  • Quote (09:24): "Worship is a flow of faith. Jesus called this man's worship faith."

3. The Process of Moving Into Wholeness

• Three Steps to Victory

  1. Speak to the Mountain: Command problems to leave.
  2. Command the Devil: Tell Satan to take his hands off your life.
  3. Praise: This is the final, essential step that ushers in the anointing for wholeness.

• Worship Positions for Restoration

  • Greater wholeness comes to those who worship deeply and persistently.
  • Quote (12:40): "Worship puts back in your life what the devil stole from your life. Worship positions you for wholeness."

4. Testimonies and Examples

• Personal Story: Receiving Deliverance through Praise

  • Nancy shares her experience with prolonged spiritual struggle—only resolved when she entered into persistent praise (“The Praise Cure”).
  • Memorable Moment (22:00): "After a year and a half... I had left off the vital step of worship... Once you do those, go on to the third step of worship, because that's going to be the bulk of time that you're going to spend worshiping God."

• Physical Healing: Restless Leg Syndrome

  • She also recounts victory over restless leg syndrome, which left after a day and a half of determined praise—after rebuking and medicine had failed.
  • Quote (25:51): "Day and a half, all that's gone. All that's gone. After four years, all of it's gone... I could feel, like, the nerves in my leg reviving."

5. How Long Should We Praise?

• Praise Until the Anointing Comes

  • The amount of time depends on personal spiritual foundation, but the breakthrough comes "when you get full"—full of faith, the Word, and the Spirit.
  • Illustration (13:40): Comparing musical training to faith: with a solid foundation, results come faster.

• Quote (15:40): "Worship brings the anointing, and it's the anointing that destroys the yoke."

6. Practical Application

• Praise Out Loud—Unashamedly

  • Nancy encourages believers to let their families hear their praise; faith is expressed in vocal thankfulness, not silence.
  • Quote (18:10): "Anything we can thank God for out loud, before we see it, we'll see it. Jesus will make sure we see it."

• Make Worship Your Focus

  • The bulk of spiritual effort should focus on worship; it brings freedom from every yoke—sickness, fear, depression.

Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• On Expression of Gratitude:
  • "It's not whether you're Jew or Gentile, it's what you do in your gratitude. What kind of respect are we going to show God?" (03:30)
• On Wholeness Through Worship:
  • "Your faith and your confession can take you to one level, but you add your worship onto it and you go all the way." (11:10)
• On the Power of Worship:
  • "Worship gives you what others cannot have." (14:00)
• On Receiving the Anointing:
  • "We have to worship long enough for the anointing to come." (15:50)
• Faith Defined:
  • "Faith is anything you can thank God for out loud. See, if you won't thank God for it out loud, you're embarrassed, you're ashamed." (17:40)
• On Overcoming Yokes:
  • "If you'll praise long enough, worship God, it'll bring you into a place of his presence and his anointing that those things can't stay anymore." (19:25)
• On the Praise Cure:
  • "There's nothing you can't praise your way out of." (21:10)
• Formula for Victory:
  • "Number one, what are you going to do? Answer it. Number two, what are you going to do? Tell the devil to take his hands off that situation and leave your life. And then the bulk of your time is going to be doing what? Worship." (27:10)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:16 – 03:30: The importance of praise, using words, and Psalm 34:1
• 03:30 – 11:50: Story of the ten lepers and the power of gratitude/worship
• 11:50 – 16:00: How worship leads to wholeness, faith/worship connection, and practical illustration
• 16:00 – 22:00: The process and steps to victory; testimony of spiritual struggle resolved with praise
• 22:00 – 26:00: Testimony of healing from restless leg syndrome through persistent praise
• 26:00 – 27:40: Practical steps for listeners to achieve victory via praise
• 27:40 – End: Declaration/prayer for listeners to apply the message

Final Exhortation and Actionable Steps

Summary Instructions:

1. Speak to the mountain (problem).
2. Command the devil to take his hands off.
3. Give the bulk of your time to worship and praise, continually and out loud.

Closing Prayer Example (27:25):
"Father, I thank you for the price that was paid for me. Victory belongs to me. So I take my victory... And now, Father, I praise you. I thank you that your power is working right now. I glorify you. I praise you..."

Conclusion

Pastor Nancy Dufresne’s teaching affirms that faith is expressed not only by commands and confessions, but most powerfully by worship and praise. Persistent, heartfelt worship brings the anointing of God, restoring what was lost and leading to complete victory and wholeness.

Key takeaway:
"There’s nothing you can’t praise your way out of." (21:10)