Podcast Summary: "Always Having All"

Promise of Life Church Podcasts — Pastor Nancy Dufresne
Date: July 18, 2024
Episode Theme:
Pastor Nancy Dufresne explores the biblical mindset and spiritual principles behind provision, prosperity, and “having all.” She illustrates how God calls believers to live from their spirits (their hearts), not their heads, and to seek God’s higher thoughts and purposes—especially in the realm of provision, generosity, and fulfilling God's plan for one’s life.

1. Introduction & Main Purpose (00:00–04:50)

• Pastor Nancy opens with the importance of being led by the Spirit in ministering—sometimes the message God desires differs from a prepared sermon.
• Theme: God invites us to "come up higher"—to adopt higher thoughts and ways (Isaiah 55), particularly in how we view His provision and our own lives.
• Quote: "You can have a sermon on your paper and a different sermon in the room, and you better make the choice, you know, when that happens." (00:47)

2. Higher Thinking: Living from the Heart, Not the Head (04:51–18:00)

Key points:

• God’s thoughts and ways aren’t to show us how low we are, but to invite us up into them.
• The heart (spirit) is where God's life and faith reside—not the mind or intellect.
• Biblical Examples:
  • Joshua 5:11: Transition from manna to the crops of Canaan—"To go somewhere different, you have to eat something different."
• George Muller: Example of radical faith, drawing from “the reservoir of God’s grace” and never finding God’s supplies exhausted. (08:45)
  • Quote: “He never found the throne vacant, nor the supplies exhausted. He kept asking, knowing that God, who heard, was able to answer.” (09:55)
• Living beyond calculation: Don’t let your mind and bank account be the limiters of your generosity.

3. God Funds What’s in Your Heart (18:01–34:00)

• Isaiah 54:2: “Enlarge the place of your tent… Spare not. Lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes.”
  • "Spare no expense. Live according to what's in your heart, not what's in your head." (19:10)
• Stories of personal faith where God met needs miraculously when Nancy acted according to her heart’s promptings, not financial calculation.
• Spare no expense: Faith resides in the heart/spirit, not the physical organ or the head.
• "Out of your belly shall flow rivers of living water…" (John 7:38) — Life and abundance flow from the spirit.
• Quote: “God will fund your heart if you live out of your heart. God funds what's in your heart because that's where His life flows and stems from.” (22:13)

4. Acting on the Inward Witness & Faith Projects (34:01–48:00)

• Major life and ministry projects are often prompted by subtle "inward witness," not dramatic external signs.
• Story: Paying off the church building—“...I recognized. Wait a minute. That came from a different place. That wasn't just a frustration at circumstances. That came from a different place. And you know what I did? I pursued it. Why? Because I recognized it was out of my heart, and if it's out of my heart, God's in on that.” (44:57)
• Divine seeds: When God speaks, it often plants a “seed” in your heart—a vision which then grows until it’s time to act.

5. Learning God in Lean and Abundant Seasons (48:01–52:30)

• Lean (“skinny cow”) seasons are not a sign of failure but a time to “learn God;” “skinny cow years are over” is a declaration of moving beyond lack into abundance.
• Abundance does not change mindset: “If you think wrong, it's not good things that make you think right. It's the word that brings right thinking.” (52:00)
• Quote: "Fat cows won’t make you think right. It’s the word that brings right thinking." (52:10)

6. Truth, Not Time, Brings Increase (52:31–1:02:00)

• With Dr. Bill Winston: “Increase doesn’t come by time. It comes by truth.” (53:29)
  • You don’t prosper simply by being saved longer—prosperity comes as you grasp and apply truth.
  • Story: Amy Semple McPherson—her ministry advanced rapidly as a result of grabbed truth, not the passage of years. (53:50–1:00:00)
• Quote (Bill Winston): “Money is a mean master. It will try to intimidate you. And you have to show it who's boss. ... You can't let money tell you no when God has told you yes.” (1:02:15)

7. Money Is a Tool—Don’t Serve It (1:02:01–1:12:00)

• Use money as a tool for God’s plan: “Money is to be picked up at your will and used to serve what's in your heart.” (1:06:29)
• "If you go in and say, 'Can I afford this?' you're asking the wrench for permission — money is a tool for the plan, not your boss." (1:10:00)
• Story: Buying homes and handling transitions by faith, not financial analysis—“God will put more on you when you can’t take anymore so that it’s evident you’re not doing it, He is.” (1:13:15)

8. Funding Follows the Plan (1:13:00–1:21:30)

• God funds the plan—every plan sown by God is already funded; the supply comes as you walk in faith.
  • “If you walk out the plan and stay in faith, all the supply that's already been authored for the plan will come to you as you walk by faith.” (1:16:32)
• Don’t cheat the plan: limits and shortcuts shortchange God’s vision. Example—Kenneth Copeland and building projects, where “saving money” was not the same as fulfilling the vision. (1:21:00)
  • Quote: "You can believe everything that's in your heart. Will you?" (1:22:35)

9. A Mindset Shift: As Much as You Want (1:22:46–1:36:40)

• John 6: Miracle of the loaves and fishes—“as much as they wanted” (not as much as God assigned); there were no imposed limits.
  • “If it's not much, want more. Spare no expense. ... I'm talking about a mindset, a way of thinking that God can move with.” (1:28:50)
• Luke 15: The Prodigal Son—repentance is rewarded; both sonship privileges and responsibilities are essential.

10. All That Is God’s Is Yours (1:36:41–1:51:30)

• 2 Corinthians 9:8: God is able to make all grace abound so that “you always having all sufficiency in all things may abound to every good work.”
  • Repetition as meditation: “I always have all. I always have all.”
• 2 Samuel 12: God says to David, “If that had been too little, I would have doubled it.”
  • "Your increase is not going to offend God... I would have doubled it. That's a king's offer. We have a better covenant!" (1:50:00)

11. Real-Life Faith Lessons (1:51:31–2:17:00)

• Stories of divine provision for ministry and personal life (buying houses, renovation).
• Manners and honor in faith—being guided by faith doesn't mean acting disrespectfully toward others.
• “When you realize that, you don’t have to fight for yourself. How peaceful life is.” (1:56:09)
• "The money is for the plan. All I have to do is be interested in the plan. And the money shows up if I stay with the plan." (1:15:00)

12. Practice Plan-Minded Living (2:17:01–2:25:00)

Notable Dialogue:

• B: "If you're money minded, you'll go without. If you're plan minded, you'll always have more than enough. ... How can anyone say you're money minded when you didn't even know you had the money?" (2:18:00)
• Stories about Brother Copeland—paying cash for a jet after “not even knowing the money was there”—being plan-minded, not money-minded.

13. Attacks on the Mind—Guard Your Thinking (2:25:01–2:30:45)

• The root of all attacks—be it finances, health, relationships—is on the mind; the devil seeks to get you to “think wrong.” The mind is the battlefield, but victory is in the Spirit.
  • “He has to attack the mind to try to get you to think wrong. ... You have higher ground to operate from. You have a spirit created in the image of God...” (2:29:00)
• Faith habits: Don’t let your actions be guided by outward circumstances (e.g., constantly checking finances); stay led by the inward witness.

Memorable Quotes (with Timestamps)

• "You can have a sermon on your paper and a different sermon in the room, and you better make the choice, you know, when that happens." (00:47)
• "He never found the throne vacant, nor the supplies exhausted." (on George Müller, 09:55)
• "Spare no expense. Live according to what's in your heart, not what's in your head." (19:10)
• "God will fund your heart if you live out of your heart." (22:13)
• "If you think wrong, it's not good things that make you think right. It's the word that brings right thinking." (52:10)
• "Increase doesn't come by time. It comes by truth." (53:29, Dr. Bill Winston)
• "Money is a mean master. It will try to intimidate you. And you have to show it who's boss." (1:02:15, Dr. Bill Winston)
• "Money is to be picked up at your will and used to serve what's in your heart." (1:06:29)
• "If you go in and say, 'Can I afford this?' you're asking the wrench for permission — money is a tool for the plan, not your boss." (1:10:00)
• "If you walk out the plan and stay in faith, all the supply that's already been authored for the plan will come to you as you walk by faith." (1:16:32)
• "You can believe everything that's in your heart. Will you?" (1:22:35)
• “As much as they wanted.” (on John 6—no limits on God’s provision, 1:26:45)
• "Your increase is not going to offend God... I would have doubled it. That's a king's offer." (1:50:00)
• "The money is for the plan. All I have to do is be interested in the plan. And the money shows up if I stay with the plan." (1:15:00)

Key Takeaways

• Provision and prosperity come from following the Spirit and God's plan—not self-effort, financial calculation, or mere passage of time.
• God invites us "up higher" to a mindset of faith, generosity, and spiritual abundance, unshackled from mental or worldly limits.
• The heart (spirit) is where God sows plans and gives faith—live from there, not from the head.
• God always supplies for His plan—the "funding" arrives as you walk it out by faith.
• Money must be kept as a tool, not a master; never let it dictate your decisions or limit your faith.
• The way you think and the truths you embrace directly affect your experience of increase.

For Reflection

• What is in your heart that you’ve been hesitating to pursue because of practical or financial concerns?
• Are you living "plan-minded" or "money-minded"?
• How might you enlarge your thinking to align with God’s “always having all” promise?

Episode Tone: Warm, humorous, storytelling; full of scriptural teachings, practical wisdom, and inspiring faith anecdotes. Pastor Nancy speaks candidly, encouraging and challenging listeners to live boldly out of their hearts and trust God for “always having all.”