Teachings from Nancy Dufresne
"Properly Define Faith" by Nancy Dufresne
Receiving and manifestation are 2 different things. “Receiving” is dealing with your spirit – “manifestation” is dealing with the natural realm. “Receiving” is something you do with your spirit, your heart. Before something from God manifests in the natural realm, it must FIRST be received with your spirit.
God is a Spirit, and He deals with us through our spirit. When we receive something from God, we receive it with our spirit first – then it will manifest in the natural realm. That’s why we can know on the inside of us that we have something before there’s evidence of it in the natural realm.
"It Is Given – I Receive It” by Nancy Dufresne
Hebrews 4:3 tells us, “…[His] works had been COMPLETED and PREPARED [and WAITING for all who would BELIEVE] from the foundation of the world” (AMPC).
Everything we need to fulfill God’s will and to live the life He authored for us has already been completed and prepared – it’s just waiting for our faith to show up! He completed and prepared our answer long before our need ever showed up – it’s been waiting from the foundation of the world!
How does our faith show up? Through our words and actions. When we declare what He said is ours and act on His Word, that’s our faith giving God permission to perform what He has already provided and said about our lives.
"Faith & The Impossible" by Nancy Dufresne
We can only move with God by faith, so to advance spiritually, we must continue to feed our faith. If our faith isn’t growing, our spiritual life isn’t developing.
In Hebrews 11, speaking of the heroes of faith, we see the phrases “by faith, through faith, and in faith” recorded 20 times. These faith heroes moved with God by faith.
God majors on faith. God’s Word majors on faith, therefore, we should major on faith.
In Mark 4:24 Jesus stated, “…Be careful what you are hearing. The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure [of virtue and knowledge] that comes back to you—and more [besides] will be given to you who hear” (AMPC).