Teachings from Nancy Dufresne
"A Word For 2023" by Nancy Dufresne
Two years before my husband died suddenly, the Spirit of God said to me, “All I want you doing is practicing peace.” He was telling me what to emphasize in my daily life to help prepare me for what was ahead. I didn’t know what was ahead, but HE did! God was preparing me for that day so that day wouldn’t take me off course.
I obeyed Him. I practiced peace. How did I do that? Every thought that didn’t add to my peace, any thought that tried to trouble my mind, I answered it with the Word of God, then I cast it down, refusing to touch it in my thought life. I paid attention to my thought life.
"Faith Calls" by Nancy Dufresne
Jude 1:3 reads, “...it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith….” In telling us to “earnestly contend for the faith,” that lets us know that there are enemies to faith that will try to rob us of our faith – fear, doubt, unbelief, false doctrine, etc.
How active are these words that surround faith – earnestly – contend. These are not passive words. “Earnestly” speaks of our interest level. How interested are we? It takes real interest to press past opposition and to see a thing through to the end. Without being interested, people won’t continue – they’ll give up. “Contend” shows us that there will be opposition. Faith has to be CONTENDED for. The deeper things of God don’t come to the casual observer; they have to be contended for, believed for, and pressed into.
"Turning Toward The Presence Of God" by Nancy Dufresne
“Surely or only goodness, mercy, and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and THROUGH THE LENGTH OF MY DAYS the house of the Lord [and HIS PRESENCE] SHALL BE MY DWELLING PLACE” (Ps. 23:6, AMPC).
Every believer is “in the Presence of God” in the sense that the Greater One is within – He’s in us through His Spirit. But we are to learn to live mindful of Him Who is within. It makes all the difference in life when our attention is fixed on the One within. We rob ourselves of the highest flow when we don’t give proper attention to Him Who