Podcast Summary: Understanding Your Covenant | Noel Ramos | Prayer Conference 2021

Podcast: Dufresne Ministries Podcast
Guest Speaker: Noel Ramos
Host: Dufresne Ministries
Event: Prayer Conference 2021, Murrieta, CA
Date: April 15, 2021

Episode Overview

This episode features a message from Noel Ramos delivered at the Prayer Conference 2021, centered on the profound theme of understanding and living out the believer’s covenant with God. Drawing from personal testimony, scripture, and spiritual insights, Ramos emphasizes how grasping the reality of our covenant with God radically transforms prayer, faith, authority, and daily Christian living. The message is both practical and deeply spiritual, encouraging listeners to embrace their rights and responsibilities in Christ.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Nature and Importance of Covenant

• Covenant Defined: Ramos explains that every word from God, especially in scripture, is a “covenant word”—a binding, mutual agreement initiated by God, completed in Christ, and revealed by the Holy Spirit. Without understanding covenant, prayer and faith become weak and ineffective.
  • “Everything that the Lord Jesus Christ speak is covenant. Everything. Everything about the Word is covenant word. So if we don't understand covenant, we cannot understand… we will not be zealous about in our prayer life, in our faith life.” (07:30)
• God’s Initiative: Before anything was created, “the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit” made covenant with each other (09:20; 17:30). Jesus, the mediator, came to fulfill this covenant so believers could enter freely into God’s promises.
  • “Thank you, Lord Jesus, you come down from heaven to fulfill that covenant.” (03:42)
• Believer’s Rights: All that belongs to God is made available to believers through Christ. The Holy Spirit transmits this inheritance (08:26; 33:17).
  • “All that I have that belongs to me belongs to you.” (08:26)

2. Covenant in Practice: Authority & Provision

• Old Testament Example: Ramos recounts the story of Isaac during famine (Genesis 26) and explains how covenant led to supernatural prosperity, regardless of external conditions (10:15).
  • “He has that anointing, you know, to prosper in the time of famine. Because that anointing is connected to the covenant God spoke to.” (11:24)
• Modern Application: God’s provision isn’t limited by economic circumstances (e.g., COVID) if we stand in covenant (11:00). It requires being in the “right place,” often the local church (10:58).
  • “We have to be in the right place. Amen. Called the local church. …That's why COVID will not touch our life if we understand our covenant with him.” (10:58)

3. Righteousness, Dominion, and Prayer

• Righteousness by Covenant: Our authority in prayer derives not from personal merit, but from the righteousness of Christ granted to us by covenant (14:00).
  • “The prayer of the righteous man makes tremendous power available. Not our own righteousness, but the righteousness he gave us.” (14:00)
  • “Our dominion is in the righteousness of the Lord Jesus. Dominion means your own domain, your own household, your church.” (14:27)
• Overcoming the Enemy: Reference to Revelation 12—believers overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony, both rooted in covenant (15:21).

4. Mind Renewal—Living in Covenant Realities

• Mind Renewal in Prayer: Approach God knowing what belongs to you; don’t pray out of worry or ignorance (16:30).
  • “Do not come in prayer not knowing what belongs to you. Do not come to me without knowing that. …Do not pray worrying. Renew your mind.” (16:30)
• Self vs. Covenant: Living out of “self” (the flesh) produces weakness and defeat; living out of covenant grants strength (17:00).

5. The Mediator and Practical Analogy

• Mediator Explained: Jesus as the go-between—using the analogy of a loan agreement (car purchase), explaining how the bank’s strength and resources become available to the borrower through a contract (multiplied in Christ) (18:30).
  • “Normally when you make an agreement, which is the word covenant, you have a mediator… you have a mediator called the loan officer… you are not strong enough to buy whatever it is, right?” (18:30)
• Consequences of Broken Covenant: Just as breaking an agreement with a bank results in loss, breaking covenant with God affects our ability to receive (26:30).

6. The Church, Ministers, and Mutual Supply

• The Role of the Pastor/Minister: No one matures alone; pastors are God’s voice for us, imparting revelation critical for spiritual growth (43:06–43:16).
• Corporate Covenant: Connection to the local church and to ministers is integral; God always tells people the place to go for their supply (45:10).
  • “God will always tell them the place where they should go. …and in that place, God will speak.” (45:10)

7. Living Full of the Spirit & Expecting Miracles

• Everyday Miracles: Living the Spirit-filled life brings everyday miracles—joy in the Holy Ghost, financial provision, changed hearts (31:56; 32:00).
  • “You want miracle, joy you joy.” (31:56)
• Staying Full: Movement (action in the Spirit) draws miracles—reference to “move it, move it” song as a call to joy and motion in faith (32:04, 32:46).
  • “When you move, he moves.” (32:46)

8. The Armor of God—Covenant Revelation

• Full Armor as Revelation: All the armor of Ephesians 6 is summed up as revelation of covenant word—this is our strength and defense (70:06).

9. Prayer for Ministers: Paul’s Model

• Praying for Utterance: The church must pray for pastors and ministers to have continual revelation and boldness (73:15–74:21).
  • “Paul was about to end… praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit… and for me, that utterance may be given…” (73:15)
• Receiving Correction as Covenant People: A proper heart anticipates and receives correction and direction from God’s voice through ministers (76:10).

10. Personal Testimony and Living Testimony of Covenant

• Noel Ramos’s Story: From a broken home and depression, Ramos describes how revelation of covenant changed his life, family, and ministry (05:30; 61:44).
  • “I was depressed every day for many years. But thank you for revealing your word so I can renew my mind.” (05:30)
  • “Things doesn't look good in our family. My wife knows when our finances go low: ‘You haven’t been praying the way you should pray.’ She knows it…When you spend time with God, everything goes up.” (63:40)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Knowing Your Covenant:
  • “Do not come in prayer not knowing what belongs to you. Do not come to me without knowing that.” – Noel Ramos (16:30)
• On God’s Provision in Crisis:
  • “There's famine in the land, but we cannot be touched by the famine. But he has to hear from God, Isaac, right?” – Noel Ramos (11:00)
• On Righteousness:
  • “Our dominion is in the righteousness of the Lord Jesus. Dominion means your own domain…” – Noel Ramos (14:27)
• On Joy as Evidence of Miracles:
  • “Every time the Holy Ghost move, when he hears faith, when he hears the action… When you move, he moves.” – Noel Ramos (32:46)
• On Covenant and Prayer:
  • “Never come to God with condemnation. …Thank God for the covenant blood that will cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Because we already have righteousness in Christ.” (57:32–57:52)
• On Pastoral Correction:
  • “I gotta love that correction. I gotta take it… I'm ready, Pastor. Whatever it is God gave you, I’ll take it. Why? Because I prayed.” – Noel Ramos (76:10)

Key Timestamps

• 00:09 – 06:20: Powerful opening prayer and introduction on the centrality of God’s Word and the covenant.
• 07:29 – 14:27: Covenant as the foundation for prayer and faith; Old Testament examples.
• 16:30 – 19:50: Practical instructions—come to God knowing your covenant rights; mind renewal.
• 21:57 – 24:05: Practical analogy of covenant (loan agreement), need for mutual participation.
• 31:10 – 33:15: Miracles, joy in the Spirit, and living full every day.
• 43:05 – 45:10: The need for pastors/ministers in revealing God’s plan to the body.
• 70:03 – 75:49: Ephesians 6 - The armor of God and the essential role of praying for ministers.
• 63:40 – 66:03: Ramos’s personal testimony—covenant realities transforming family and ministry.

Conclusion

Ramos’ message passionately urges believers to awaken to the reality and privileges of their divine covenant, to approach God boldly on that basis, to stay full of the Holy Spirit, and to connect deeply with their pastors and local church. Understanding and living our covenant rights is the pathway to victorious, joy-filled Christian living and effective prayer.

Final Exhortation:
“Come boldly in the throne of grace. Come boldly. You can't come boldly until you know what belongs to you. That's what God said. Tell my children, don't come to me without knowing what belongs to them. Amen.” (77:57)

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