Colossians 2:15 reads, “And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.” Since Jesus defeated Satan, spoiling principalities and powers, the only power Satan has left is the power of suggestion. He will suggest something to your mind to try to deceive you into believing it so that he can work it against you.

     I like what God said to one minister: “When Satan suggests thoughts and images to you, it is much like the filming of a movie. When you watch a movie in the theater, even if something happens that you don't like, you're aware that it isn’t real – it’s just a movie, it’s just pretend.” 

When God speaks to us, He doesn’t speak to our mind, He speaks to our spirit. Our spirit knows things that our mind hasn’t caught up with yet, so we must quiet the mind enough to hear what our spirit knows. Although our spirit knows things, until it dawns on our mind, we can’t walk it out. What the Holy Spirit communicates to our spirit will float up and enlighten our mind.

Years ago, when my husband was ministering in Lima, Peru, God spoke to him and said, “Ninety-seven percent of My people are living beneath what I’ve provided for them. If I told you to take a whole year off from work, you ought to have enough money in your operating account to live on for at least one year, without touching any of your savings. If I told a pastor who had 100 families in his church to build a building, if that pastor is teaching the people the Word, and they are doing it, in one offering that congregation ought to be able to give one million dollars without touching their savings.” (That would be $10,000 per family.)

In this past year, we have experienced a great flow of God’s blessings. We have seen the fulfillment of many things we were believing for, and we are so grateful to God for it.      

We are also grateful for you, the friends and partners of Dufresne Ministries, for your love, faith, prayers, and generosity, and we are thankful that we get to run this joyous race with you!     

We are excited and expectant about what 2024 holds for us all as we move forward with the vision. This ministry is growing and increasing. The pace is picking up, and we are loving the ride!     

Brother Hagin would often say, “You can’t believe beyond actual knowledge.” In telling his testimony of being raised up off his deathbed at 17 years of age, he didn’t even know he could be healed until he saw healing in the Word. Even though he saw that he could be healed, he didn’t know how to release his faith to receive healing until the Holy Spirit revealed it to him when reading Mark 11:24. Once he saw what the Word said and acted on it, then his faith worked and he was raised up. The Spirit gave him revelation of the Word, and when he gained that revelation, his faith to receive healing worked. Faith requires revelation to work.