Teachings from Nancy Dufresne
“2025: Strengthened To Go To Further Places In The Spirit” by Nancy Dufresne
This past year was full of the blessings of God for this ministry. God’s goodness and faithfulness were so tangible and apparent, and we are so grateful for those of you who prayed and believed God with us all along the way. But there is so much more that awaits all of us in this new year!
Last year, when we were coming into 2024, God took me to Isaiah 40:31, “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” God showed me that those who spend time waiting upon the Lord by coming into His Presence will mount up above the natural realm, and then they will be strengthened to run without weariness. It’s not first about running, but rather, about first taking our place in His Presence, and then we partake of the strength to run. So, the year 2024 was about “Mounting Up To Run Faster.”
But coming into this new year of 2025, God said that we are to be “Strengthened To Go Further In The Spirit.” There are places in the Spirit we are to occupy, but we must be strengthened to go to those places. We are to receive greater strength to move further with God.
“A Disciplined Mind” by Nancy Dufresne
No matter what arena we are being tested in, it will always be accompanied by an attack on the mind. But we aren’t to live being dominated by the mental arena, instead, we are to be dominated and led by our spirit.
We are faith people. The faith of God is in our heart, in our spirit – not in our mind. That’s why Satan seeks to draw us away from our spirit and into the mental arena, because then he has drawn us out of the faith arena – the spirit arena.
We are to be disciplined in the mental arena, not allowing any troubling thought to enter our mind. Yes, the enemy will suggest all kinds of troubling, fearful thoughts, but a disciplined mind refuses to entertain those thoughts by not turning them over and over in the mind. We can’t keep wrong thoughts from coming to our mind, but we can certainly keep them from entering our mind. When we are disciplined in our thought life, no test will trouble us.
“Don’t Break The Law Of Sowing & Reaping” by Nancy Dufresne
Genesis 8:22 reads, “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”
Seedtime and harvest is a law that God set in motion. When we sow a seed, that seed will produce a harvest. It’s a Law – GOD’S LAW! It’s the “Law of Sowing and Reaping.”
Many of us have been taught from God’s Word the importance of giving, and there are many generous people in God’s family. Being generous is an important spiritual quality to have. But God doesn’t want us to only be good at giving, He wants us to be good at receiving also!