"Worship, A Flow of This Era" by Nancy Dufresne

Jesus stated, “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth” (John 4:23 & 24).

God is seeking true worshippers. Has He found that in us?

This scripture tells us what comprises true worshippers – those whose worship is directed to the Father and done in spirit and in truth. Worship that is “in spirit” is worship that involves and comes from our spirits, not from our minds or emotions. We are also to worship “in truth.” The Word is truth. Put the Word in your mouth when you worship Him. Rehearse what the Word says when worshipping. Also, when worshipping, rehearse what God’s Word has worked for you in times. Worship Him, reminding Him of all the things He’s done for you.

In praying with some minister friends of mine, the Spirit said, “A song will be given, and the glory will come, then the supply will come.” The glory contains all we need. The supply is in the glory. You get in the glory, and the supply is there. Worship brings the glory.

Dad Hagin said, “Before I start asking things of God, I take time to get in the Spirit.” Rachel Teafatiller, who was a woman of prayer, stated, “People pray, ‘Gimme, gimme, gimme.’ But take time to get in the Spirit, and it will already be ‘Gimme!’ ”

Hebrews 4:16 reads, “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and fInd grace to help in time of need.” The Amplifed translation of that verse reads, “Let us then fearlessly and confdently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it].”

“God is seeking true worshippers. Has He found that in us?”

— Nancy Dufresne

The place of obtaining is at the Throne, in His presence. We belong to the Throne. We are children of the Throne. We belong to royalty.

Heaven is a place of worship. It is an atmosphere of worship. To have a heavenly atmosphere around your life, do what Heaven does – worship. When we worship, we replicate on Earth the very same atmosphere of Heaven. Our worship draws Heaven. The angels on the earth long to hear worship, for that’s the flow of Heaven they participate in, and they long to flow in it on earth with us.

Acts 13:2 tells us, “As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said....” The atmosphere of worship is the atmosphere that the Holy Ghost speaks in. If you need to hear direction from the Spirit of God, minister to the Lord, worship Him. It will help you to hear Him.

Ephesians 5:17-19 instructs us, “Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.”

Dad Hagin gave us proper definitions of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. A psalm is a spiritual poem or ode that can be sung or spoken. A hymn is a song of praise directed toward God. A spiritual song’s content is revealed by the Spirit. As we take time to worship God and get in the Spirit, all of these come by the Spirit.

Years ago, God told me, “There’s a measure of My will you won’t get into unless you take time to speak in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs.” As you enter into psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, His will becomes more clear to you. Notice in the scripture that to not be unwise about the will of God for the revealing of your future is connected to psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs.

When I sing psalms in my private time, many times, something of the future is revealed to me. If I wouldn’t have done that, I would not have had those future things revealed to me. That’s what God meant when He told me that there was a measure of His will that I wouldn’t get into without speaking in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs.

In April 2006, God said to me, “The light that Brother Hagin brought about psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs is in danger of being lost. Emphasize that.”

Brother Hagin said, “We’re going to move into a place of spirituality we haven’t been before, but the way you’re going to get there is to learn to sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs – this is communing with God in your spirit.” He also stated, “Tongues gets you partway through the door, but psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs get you all the way through the door.”

Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs will cause “the spirit of seeing and knowing” to operate, and then the power gifts (gift of faith, working of miracles, gifts of healings) will begin to operate. Jesus said, “I only do what I see My Father do.” He would see things in the Spirit, then go out and perform what He saw.

Paul said, “…I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also” (I Corinthians 14:15). Paul was a worshipper, and prison doors were opened.

As we worship God, increase will come to our lives and ministries, but once increase comes, we must not forget what got us there; we must not quit worshipping God and become occupied with the increase instead of being occupied with God.

Luke 4 tells of Jesus in the wilderness of temptation. One of the temptations He faced was when the devil told Him that he would give Him the power and the glory of the world if He would fall down and worship him. The devil wanted Jesus’ worship. (He wanted that before he was cast out of Heaven.) The devil knows that the one who is worshipped is the one invited to manifest themselves. Worship becomes manifestation.

One main reason God is seeking those who worship Him in spirit and in truth is because those are the ones who recognize Him and His ability. As they express their faith through their worship, He can then manifest His glory through them to bless humanity. He can’t flow through people the way He wants to if they don’t worship Him, because they don’t recognize what His presence and power will do.

Worship is the highest form of prayer, and worship is a flow of this revival. God is seeking those who will worship Him in spirit and in truth, for He knows they will be vessels that He can flow through to bless humanity. Let’s choose to not only have moments of worship, but to live a lifestyle of worshipping God.

"Miracles" by Nancy Dufresne

When Richard Roberts was preaching during our Holy Ghost Meetings in January, he quoted his dad, saying, “Every day miracles are either coming to you or going past you!” This reminds us that God is always moving. Whether or not we receive from His movements is up to our faith. Are we expecting every day, or are we only expecting when we’re faced with a crisis?

Miracles are available every day. We are going to need miracles in our lives, and those we come in contact with are going to need miracles. We must learn how to cooperate with God so the miracles needed are received.

Acts 2:22 tells us, “...Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which GOD DID by him in the midst of you....” Notice who did the miracles through Jesus — God did! God is the One who works the miracles, but He needs a man to fow through. Jesus knew how to allow God to flow through Him unhindered, therefore, great miracles were worked. It’s not our job to work miracles — it’s our job to allow God to work miracles through us. To do that, we must become skillful with allowing God to flow through us.

Why was God able to work so fully through Jesus with such mighty works? Many may think that it was simply because He is the Son of God. Yes, He is the Son of God, but that’s not why God was able to work through Him. God was able to work through Jesus because He thought right. There was no fear, doubt, or unbelief in the way Jesus thought, believed, and acted. There was nothing in Jesus that hindered God from working.

God can flow through one whose mind and thinking doesn’t get in His way to hinder Him. Wrong thinking will hinder Him from working. Right thinking allows Him to flow. Someone who thinks right is someone who has their mind renewed with the Word of God. A person whose mind is renewed is a doer of the Word. They don’t just do the Word when the sun is shining and everything of their life is in place, but they do the Word at all times, right in the midst of opposition.

It’s not about getting God to work a miracle, as many think, but it’s about getting the hindrances of wrong thinking and wrong believing out of His way so His miracle power can be received.

Fire Shoots Out of Jesus’ Eyes!

Years ago, my husband was holding services in a Women’s Auxiliary Club. The building looked like a theater with a high platform. As the musicians were playing, Ed saw a cloud come out of the speaker of the B-3 Hammond organ, then Jesus stepped out of the cloud. He spoke to Ed, and when He did, fire shot out of His eyes! “You’re not being skillful with the healing anointing!” Then He stepped back into the cloud, and the cloud went back into the speaker of the organ.

When I recall Ed’s testimony of that vision, I see how important it is to Jesus and to Heaven that we be skillful with what is entrusted to us. Lack of skill displeased Jesus!

“We must learn how to cooperate with God so the miracles needed are received. ”

— Nancy Dufresne

Why do we not see more miracles in our own lives and in ministering to the lives of others? For our own lives, we need to become more skillful at receiving, and in ministering to others, we need to become more skillful at allowing God to flow through us.

How do we become more skillful at this? We have to get rid of wrong thinking and believing and make sure we’re thinking right and believing right. We have to get out of the mental arena and stay in the spirit arena, which is the faith arena. When we do, then we don’t hinder God, who works the miracles.

In Mark 6, we see Jesus ministering in His own hometown. We see that they thought wrong, therefore, they believed wrong, and no mighty work was done there because of their unbelief. If unbelief hindered Him then, unbelief will hinder Him now. If wrong thinking hindered Him then, wrong thinking will hinder Him now.

Thank God, we have the cure for wrong thinking, doubt, and unbelief. The Word is the cure. Let’s apply the cure of the Word to our thought lives and receive miracles from God.

Be a Student of Those Who Are Skillful

When we look at Ed’s vision of Jesus, we see how displeased Jesus was with the lack of skill. One thing that is also important to increasing our skill level is to study those and get around those who are skillful with the same offices, giftings, and endowments we possess.

Thankfully, we have books and recordings of faith pioneers of the past who were skillful with their anointings that we can study, but we also need to make sure we are getting in the services of those who are moving with the Word and the Spirit so we can grow in skill.

Miracles are going to be an earmark and emphasis of the last days revival, so we must become skillful with them. We must take advantage of every opportunity to be a student of those who are skillful.

Every day miracles are coming to us or going past us!