Podcast Summary: Worship & Miracles, Part One | Nancy Dufresne | Jesus the Healer Broadcast

Podcast: Dufresne Ministries Podcast
Host/Speaker: Pastor Nancy Dufresne
Date: September 19, 2019

Episode Overview

This episode is a powerful teaching by Pastor Nancy Dufresne on the relationship between worship, faith, and experiencing miracles. Drawing on biblical principles, personal experience, and insights from spiritual mentors, Nancy explores why worship is the highest form of prayer, how it ignites and sustains faith, and how it brings the anointing that destroys burdens and ushers in God’s miraculous power. The teaching is practical, faith-filled, and exhortative, urging believers to become skillful worshipers for their benefit and the blessing of those around them.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Central Role of Worship in the Life of a Believer

• Worship as the Highest Prayer:

  • Nancy explains there are nine kinds of prayer in Scripture, but the prayer of praise and worship is the highest because it must accompany all other kinds of prayer. (00:16)
  • “No other prayer will work without this prayer of praise and worship.” (00:29)
  • Citing Psalm 100, she emphasizes: “Come into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise. So the approach to God is one of worship and praise and gratitude.” (00:38)

• Worship Keeps Our Focus Right:

  • “We don’t worship him so he can feel good about something. We worship him because it holds our attention on the one who is worthy of attention.” (01:02)
  • Worship sustains our focus on God rather than on circumstances, preventing misplaced trust and anxiety.

Worship as an Act of Faith

• Faith Engages the Unseen:

  • “Worship is an act of faith. Why is it? Because faith is dealing with the unseen and we do not see the God we worship.” (01:24)
  • “The best and the quickest way to tap into the flow of faith is to begin to worship God.” (01:35)

• Worship Propels Faith into Action:

  • “Inactive faith gets you the same results as no faith.” (01:55)
  • “One of the great benefits of worshiping God is it gets your faith going. It keeps momentum to your faith.” (02:08)

The Power of Worship: Testimony and Revelation

• Brother Norvel Hayes’ Revelation:
  • Nancy relays a word given to Norvel Hayes:
    • “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.” (03:05)
    • God's instruction: “Teach my people to worship me more. If you’ll teach my children to worship me more, I’ll do great and mighty things for them.” (03:25)
  • The insight: It’s not merely affection or occasional worship, but more—worship as a consistent, daily life flow.

True Worship vs. Form and Habit

• John 4:23—Worship in Spirit and Truth:
  • “Is there something that’s not true worship?... God’s looking for true worship. He’s not looking for a form of it.” (04:30)
  • True worship occurs “not just during the song service of church, but...in your car…when you sit down to pay your bills…in the way you conduct your marriage…as a flow of your life.” (05:08)
  • “When [God] finds someone who knows how to worship Him, he finds faith. And when he finds faith, he finds an entrance into humanity’s needs.” (05:45)

Worship Brings the Anointing

• Why the Devil Opposes Worship:
  • “The more we worship, what will happen? The anointing will start flowing. And the anointing destroys the yoke.” (06:48)
  • The devil works to minimize worship in believers’ lives to diminish the anointing and perpetuate bondage. (07:15)
  • “Worship brings the anointing and the anointing destroys the yoke.” (07:47)

Worship as a Barrier Against the Enemy

• Praise as Spiritual Protection:
  • “Psalm 34:1, his praise shall continually be in my mouth...we are keeping a continual flow of the anointing around our lives. And when there's a continual flow of the anointing, any strategy the devil launches against us is repelled.” (08:22)
  • Personal Testimony: Nancy shares how after her husband’s sudden passing, continual worship created a spiritual barricade—preventing sorrow and grief from gaining entrance. (09:38)
    • “By worshiping God, sorrow couldn’t get in. Grief couldn’t get in. Defeat couldn’t get in. Why? It was a barricade.” (10:08)
    • “No matter what you're facing, double up on worship.” (10:32)

The Timing and Persistence of Worship

• How Long Do You Worship?
  • “How long is long enough [to worship]? Till the anointing comes.” (11:10)
  • Even if worship begins ‘in the natural’ or without emotion, persisting allows the heart to connect, shifting worship to the spirit—where the anointing is released. (11:25)
  • “If you’ll worship long enough, you’ll slip over into your spirit, step over into your spirit getting engaged…and when you do, then you step into that place where the anointing comes.” (12:00)

Biblical Examples and Further Insights

• Paul & Silas in Prison (Acts 16):

  • “It says they prayed and they didn’t stop there...they prayed and they sang praises.” (12:36)
  • “And while they were doing that, what happened? Things started shaking up. Right there came an earthquake. And all the prison doors flew open. All the chains on them broke off. Why? Because the anointing showed up. The anointing showed up.” (12:58)
  • Key Insight: The anointing is tied not just to praying, but to praising and worshiping.

• Kenneth Hagin Quote:

  • “Any man will pray when they are faced with a need ... but only a man of faith will praise when he's faced with a need.” (14:03)
  • “It’s not, do you pray when things go wrong? Do you praise when things go wrong?” (14:27)

• Key Application:

  • “There is a close relationship between worshiping the Lord and being delivered from tests and trials. ...You can worship your way out of any test and trial.” (15:12)
  • “Praising and worshiping God was always the main flow. That was my exit out of that thing.” (15:35)

Worship, Anointing, and Miracles in This Era

• Miracles and Skillfulness in Worship:

  • “There are healings and miracles that belong to this era. Worshiping God is a flow of that.” (16:04)
  • “We must learn to practice on our own lives so that when God...has a flow, it’s to bless more than us...when we come together as a church family...united praise and worship...will bring us to a greater level, a greater degree of anointing.” (16:50)

• Kathryn Kuhlman Example:

  • “Her fellowship with God made it easy for others to receive their miracle. ... She knew how to worship God until the anointing would come; then those who would just get around...would receive their miracle.” (17:38)

• Becoming Skillful in the Anointing:

  • “It’s not about getting God to send the anointing. It’s about us becoming skillful with the anointing available.” (18:20)
  • Learning to worship skillfully ensures the anointing is not just available for us but for others who ‘get around us’; they can receive healing and miracles because of the flow we carry. (18:35)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the Purpose of Worship:

  • “We don’t worship Him so He can feel good about something. We worship Him because it holds our attention on the One who is worthy of attention.” (01:02)

• On Faith and Worship:

  • “Worship is an act of faith.” (01:24)
  • “Inactive faith gets you the same results as no faith.” (01:55)

• God’s Word to Norvel Hayes:

  • “Teach my people to worship Me more. If you’ll teach My children to worship Me more, I’ll do great and mighty things for them.” (03:25)

• Defining True Worship:

  • “True worshipers know how to worship when things look to be out of place.” (05:38)
  • “He seeks those who know how to worship Him. Not everyone knows how to worship Him.” (05:53)

• Worship and the Anointing:

  • “Worship brings the anointing and the anointing destroys the yoke.” (07:47)
  • “If his praise is continually in our mouths...we are keeping a continual flow of the anointing around our lives.” (08:33)

• Personal Testimony of Worship in Grief:

  • “By worshiping God, sorrow couldn’t get in. Grief couldn’t get in. Defeat couldn’t get in. ... Worship produced the anointing around my life that barricaded out the enemy from working his plan.” (10:08)

• Worshiping Until the Anointing Comes:

  • “How long is long enough till the anointing comes? ...If you'll just keep at it...you’ll step into that place where the anointing comes.” (11:10–12:00)

• On Miracles and United Worship:

  • “United praise and worship...will bring us to a greater level, a greater degree of anointing, so that...those who have been bound with situations....just step into a flow that's already been created by those who have skill in worshiping God and they...receive what they need.” (16:50)

• Skillfulness with the Anointing:

  • “It’s not about getting God to send the anointing. It’s about us becoming skillful with the anointing available.” (18:20)

Timestamps of Key Segments

• 00:16 – Introduction to worship as a type of prayer and its biblical importance
• 01:24 – Worship as an act of faith and its impact on the believer
• 03:05 – Norvel Hayes’ revelation on the power of worship
• 04:30 – Defining true worship from John 4:23
• 06:48–07:47 – Worship, anointing, and why the enemy opposes it
• 08:22–10:32 – Worship as a spiritual barricade/testimony of overcoming grief
• 11:10–12:00 – How to persist in worship until the anointing flows
• 12:36–14:27 – Paul & Silas, Kenneth Hagin quote: worship vs. prayer in crisis
• 15:12–16:04 – Exiting trials through praise; worship’s role in the era of miracles
• 17:38–18:35 – Kathryn Kuhlman, united worship, and becoming skillful with the anointing

Conclusion

Nancy Dufresne passionately teaches that worship is not merely a segment of church services, but a dynamic, daily practice that releases faith, brings the anointing, and unlocks miracles. The measure and constancy of one's worship determines the flow of God’s blessing and power. Worship is both a shield against the enemy and a doorway into provision and deliverance—not just for us, but for all those drawn into the presence we carry.

Key Call to Action:
“No matter what you're facing, double up on worship...Worship until the anointing comes.” (10:32, 11:10)

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