Podcast Episode Summary

Dufresne Ministries Podcast

Episode: Worship Brings The Anointing | Nancy Dufresne | Prayer Conference 2025 | Thursday PM
Date: April 18, 2025
Speaker: Pastor Nancy Dufresne (with contributions from music team and other ministers)

Main Theme & Purpose

This episode centers on the profound spiritual connection between worship and the manifestation of God’s anointing in the believer’s life. Pastor Nancy Dufresne, during the Dufresne Ministries Prayer Conference, teaches that deep, heartfelt worship is not just an act of praise, but the gateway to God’s power, healing, victory, and the destruction of yokes (burdens or obstacles). The episode combines exhortation, prophetic encouragement, and practical demonstration—through song, ministry, and testimony—to illustrate how worship unlocks divine help and breakthrough.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Call to Deeper Worship

• The Presence and Angels: The service opens with a sense of the supernatural presence (“a host of angels in the house”) and a call to engage fully in worship, especially singing in the spirit (00:27–03:54).
• Individual Participation: Pastor Nancy encourages everyone that God wants to hear their unique, sincere voice in worship, not just rely on others (00:27–02:22).

Demonstration: Singing in the Spirit

• Corporate Worship: The congregation is led to sing in the Spirit, emphasizing “victory” and the reality of Christ living within believers (03:54–15:28).
• Declarations of Identity: Through prophetic singing, key affirmations surface: “Christ in me the hope of glory,” “I’m living in Him,” and walking by faith, not by sight (08:48–13:58).
• Memorable Quote:

  “Christ in me, the hope of glory, has rewritten my life story...I’ll never be the same.” (15:05–15:28)

A Demonstrated Sermon

• Teaching by Example: Pastor Nancy explains the value of “demonstrated sermons,” where truth is not just preached, but lived out and experienced by the congregation (14:25–15:28).
• Carrying Revelation Home: She stresses that worship is not entertainment but a means for believers to carry spiritual revelation into daily life (16:21–16:52).

The Revelation on Worship from Norvel Hayes

• Heaven’s Diagnosis: Pastor Nancy shares a pivotal word God gave to Brother Norvel Hayes:

  “My children basically love Me, but they live in poverty and sickness and defeat...because they don’t worship Me enough.” (18:00–22:10)

• The deficiency is not in faith, confession, or prayer, but in insufficient worship that brings the anointing—a principle reinforced by Dad Hagin:

  “Praise brings the anointing. And it’s the anointing that destroys the yoke.” (22:27–23:42)

Personal Testimony: The Anointing Within Breaks Yokes

• Struggles and Breakthrough: Nancy recounts past struggles with fear and opposition, particularly related to international ministry work, and her revelation that breakthrough came not through striving but by yielding in worship to the anointing within (24:00–29:33).
• Practical Process:
  1. Shift from trying to “figure it out” mentally.
  2. Turn inward—yield to the bubbling anointing (unction) within.
  3. The anointing springs up, often as travail (deep intercessory prayer), and breaks the yoke swiftly—what once took years to overcome is resolved in seconds (25:50–29:33).

Worship as a Skill and a Strategy

• Not Natural—Must Be Taught and Practiced:

  “You have to be taught how to worship when your mind is trying to run away with your life...when your emotions want to take off running...you have to be taught to worship in the face of opposition. You will not naturally go there.” (36:44–38:40)

• Worship in Every Circumstance: Demonstrates that worship is especially powerful in moments of trial—personal loss, fear, offense, or need.

The True Role of Confession and Anointing

• Not Useless Confessions: Nancy warns against rote confession without the anointing or revelation (“useless confessions”), stressing that true confession flows when the tongue connects to the spirit through worship (41:41–43:00).

The Anointing is Always Available

• God in You, Not Just for You:

  “If you’re going to approach every difficulty as ‘God, do something,’ you’re already at the disadvantage, because you’re waiting for God to send something when He’s already empowered you with something.” (34:58–35:40)

• Worship is an Act of Faith: Worship opens the door for the anointing to manifest and break every yoke (38:40–40:22).

The Practical Application: Worship Leads to Great and Mighty Things

• Yielding Brings Breakthroughs:

  “If you’ll teach my children to worship Me more, I will do great and mighty things for them. On the other end of your worship is great and mighty things.” (40:22–41:38)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Christ in me, the hope of glory, has rewritten my life story...I’ll never be the same.”
  —Prophetic Song (15:05–15:28)

• “My children basically love Me…but they live in poverty and sickness and defeat. They don’t live in heaven’s blessings because they don’t worship Me enough.”
  —God to Brother Norvel Hayes, recounted by Nancy Dufresne (18:00–22:10)

• “We have to practice yielding to that yoke-destroying anointing in private...That’s what Leanne was trying to get us [to do]: singing in tongues in a further place—get past your head, connect your tongue to your spirit.”
  —Nancy Dufresne (29:33–32:30)

• “If you’ll learn to turn this way instead of this way to try to figure out your strategy of standing, you’ll find that within a moment…what took me three years to get past, in the past, in 30 seconds…that thing turned.” —Nancy Dufresne (32:36–33:52)

• “Worship is an act of faith. And that’s all the anointing is looking for: an open door of faith.” —Nancy Dufresne (38:40–38:48)

• “Useless confessions…void of revelation, void of the anointing, and they are just the mimicking of words.” —Nancy Dufresne (41:41–42:30)

Important Segment Timestamps

• 00:27–03:54: Exhortation to worship, call to sing in the Spirit
• 03:54–15:28: Prophetic worship and declarations of victory and identity in Christ
• 15:28–16:52: Teaching on worship leaving a lasting impact beyond the service
• 16:52–24:00: Story about Norvel Hayes and the key revelation on worship and the anointing
• 24:00–29:33: Personal testimony on overcoming fear and opposition through worship
• 29:33–38:40: Instruction on practicing worship in all circumstances, how worship unlocks the anointing
• 38:40–41:38: Emphasis on worship as an act of faith and the promise of “great and mighty things”
• 41:41–43:00: Teaching on confession, the role of the anointing, and practical demonstration
• 45:29–54:07: Further worship through song—“Going Further”—corporate response and declarations
• 54:07–63:19: Preparation for healing ministry, demonstration that worship is the highest form of prayer, and laying on of hands for healing

Flow and Language

The tone throughout is heartfelt, encouraging, and faith-filled. Pastor Nancy shares generously from her own journey and instructs in a practical, accessible manner. The language is occasionally spontaneous and prophetic, reflecting the flow of worship and ministry in a live conference setting.

Takeaways for the Listener

• Worship is not just music—it is the key to accessing God’s anointing and power in your daily life.
• The anointing to break every yoke is already inside you as a believer—worship draws it out.
• Breakthroughs often come not by striving, but by turning inward to worship and yielding to the anointing.
• Practical skill in worship must be developed—especially in challenging times—so that, in crisis, your default is to turn to worship.
• Confession and prayer without the spirit's anointing are just empty words; worship connects the tongue to the spirit.
• On the other side of heartfelt worship are the “great and mighty things” God desires for His children.
• Praise and worship are the “ready position” for every believer—keep returning to that place, and you’ll be equipped for every challenge.

Final Memorable Quote

“Worship is an act of faith. And it’s the anointing that destroys the yoke. It’s not your worship that destroys the yoke; it’s the anointing that your worship opens the door to.”
—Nancy Dufresne (38:40–39:00)

This episode is a call to both experience and practice the power of worship—not as ritual, but as an access point for God’s presence, power, and purpose in your life.