Podcast Summary: Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne Audio Podcast

Episode 105 | Praise Is Enough
Date: November 25, 2022
Host: Nancy Dufresne
Podcast: Dufresne Ministries

Episode Overview

In this deeply encouraging episode, Nancy Dufresne explores the vital spiritual practice of praise and worship, teaching why "praise is enough" in the battles and trials of life. Drawing from personal experience, biblical principles, and powerful testimonies, she emphasizes that praise and worship are not only acts of faith and reverence but key forces for breakthrough and victory, especially in times of adversity, grief, sickness, and mental pressure.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Power of Praise and Worship

• Nancy begins by affirming that God’s power is present in every situation ("There's enough power in every sick room..." [00:10]), urging listeners to receive it by faith.
• Praise and worship as acts of faith:
  • "Praise and worship is a flow of reverence for God, but not only that, it is an act of faith." [00:40]
  • We are worshiping a God we do not see; thus, it is fundamentally a faith action.
• Quoting Kenneth Copeland:
  • "When you pray, you lay hold of things, but when you praise, you win battles." [01:40]
• Praise is described as an expression from within, not a means of fixing outer problems:
  • "Praise is an expression of what's in here, not what's out here." [02:41]
• Praise and worship create the atmosphere of heaven:
  • "Praise and worship is the atmosphere of heaven. When we step into praising and worshiping, we step into the same atmosphere that heaven operates under." [02:57]

Choosing Your Flow: Testimony of Grief and Praise

• Nancy recounts the passing of her husband in 2013 and the conscious choice she made to praise her way through loss:
  • "There were other flows offered me... I could have gone into the flow of grief. I could have gone into the flow of sorrow. But I knew that you get into that hole and you'll have to get yourself back out of that hole. And there's no sense in going there." [04:07]
  • "If grief and sorrow were a flow of honor, then why did Jesus come redeem us from it? It says he bore our griefs and carried our sorrows." [04:41]
• Practical application: Worshiping God for hours each day helped her avoid the grip of grief and hold fast to faith.
  • "Basically, I spent hours worshiping God day after day after day. Why? That kept me out of any other flow offered me." [05:12]

Praise as an Exit from Trials

• "Every exit road out of every test I’ve ever gone through, the exit road was paved with praise and worship." [06:27]
• Scriptural Foundation:
  • James 1:2: "Count it all joy, my brethren, when you fall into diverse tests and temptations." [07:28]
  • Romans: "The kingdom of God is... righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost." [08:10]
  • These attributes are not dependent on circumstances but are resident in every believer.

The Practice and Perseverance of Praise

• Nancy emphasizes the discipline of praise, especially in challenging seasons:
  • "What the psalmist say? When David wrote the Book of Psalms, he said, his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Do you know that that's an instruction to us?" [09:04]
• Key quote:
  • "At times of test and trial in my life, that was the door I opened to exit out: rejoicing and praising God, and worshiping Him, not trying to get something, but for knowing what He had already made mine." [09:56]

The “Praise Cure” and Moving from the Mental Arena to the Spirit

• Nancy shares a transformative experience dealing with mental bombardment:
  • After every method seemed to fail, God told her: "The praise cure." [10:24]
  • After a week of persistent praise, she experienced a spiritual breakthrough: "It clicked. I stepped into my spirit. I got out of that mental, stepped into my spirit. And that's where the issues of life flow from." [13:13]
  • How long to praise? "However long it takes, just keep doing it. Keep doing it, keep doing it." [13:50]
• She describes resisting the enemy during this process:
  • "While [the devil] is fleeing, he's talking the whole time he's leaving... He flees, slinging threats back." [15:18]
  • She likens the lingering effects to a bell’s momentum after being rung: "That's just the momentum. It's not like everything stops sometimes in a moment, but it just dies down..." [16:09]

Notable Testimonies

Smith Wigglesworth—Praying With Eyes on Jesus

• Story: Praying over a dying woman with other Christians, only seeing results when focusing on Jesus, not the situation.
  • "When you prayed, you prayed looking at the dying woman. I prayed looking at Jesus." [17:29]

Kenneth E. Hagin—Receiving, Not Striving

• Praying for a pastor’s dying wife: breakthrough came when they ceased striving and instead praised over her, opening their hearts to hear God’s instructions and receive healing. [18:38]

Young Evangelist Healed of Tuberculosis

• After months of prayers for healing, realized what was missing, determined to praise God for healing.
  • "If it were prayer I needed for healing, I'd have been healed by now... I'm just going to praise God that I am healed." [22:09]
  • Despite weakness, crawled outdoors and whispered praise, which grew in strength until he was miraculously restored.
  • "At the end of two hours, I'm standing up... I'm shouting so loud that they heard me a mile away. He praised his way out of that test." [24:01]

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On praise as a breakthrough:
  • "There's nothing you can't praise your way out of." [05:04]
• On grief:
  • "Grieving and sorrowing for my husband was not a flow of honor... If grief and sorrow were a flow of honor, then why did Jesus come redeem us from it?" [04:28]
• On the discipline and patience of praise:
  • "How long do I have to say it? How long does it take to get out of the mental arena to the spirit arena? I can't tell you for you. However long it takes, just keep doing it, keep doing it, keep doing it." [13:50]
• On shifting focus:
  • "Praise and worship holds you looking at the right things." [17:29]
• On the atmosphere of heaven:
  • "Praise and worship is the atmosphere of heaven. When we step into praising and worshiping, we step into the same atmosphere that heaven operates under." [02:57]

Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:10 – Receiving God’s power by faith; introduction to praise and worship
• 01:40 – Kenneth Copeland quote: praise wins battles
• 04:07 – Personal story: Choosing praise over grief after her husband’s passing
• 06:27 – “Every exit road...paved with praise and worship”
• 09:04 – The instruction of continual praise
• 10:24 – The “praise cure” revelation
• 13:13 – Breakthrough from mental to spiritual realm
• 15:18 – Resisting the devil; analogy of the ringing bell
• 17:29 – Smith Wigglesworth’s testimony: focusing on Jesus
• 18:38 – Kenneth Hagin: The receiving end, tuning to God
• 22:09 – Testimony of the evangelist healed of tuberculosis
• 24:01 – Healed after two hours of whispered praise

Conclusion

Nancy Dufresne’s message is clear and uplifting: praise is not just a reaction to victory, but the very means by which believers access the power and presence of God in every circumstance. Through personal narrative, scriptural teaching, and miraculous testimonies, she urges listeners to choose and persist in the flow of praise, making it the pathway out of every trial—no matter how impossible it seems.

“There’s nothing you can’t praise your way out of.” [05:04]

For further resources, visit DufresneMinistries.org and consider reading Nancy Dufresne’s book "Worship" for deeper teaching on this subject.