A Faith-Building Weekend With Nancy Dufresne
 
Recap
What a weekend we had with guest minister Nancy Dufresne. She shared on the power of faith and reminded us that God and the Holy Spirit should always remain our focus. That means when we face difficulty, listening to the Holy Spirit, our guide on the inside, is the best thing that we can do. You can walk in faith toward your miracle!
 
Dive Deeper
We loved hearing the stories that guest minister Nancy Dufresne shared this weekend! It builds your faith when you hear about God at work healing people physically and turning people’s mental and emotional states toward Jesus.
 
Nancy shared three Spirit-led messages this weekend on faith, healing, and miracles. She reminded us that you don’t have to do anything to earn your miracle, but you can position yourself to receive your miracle. It’s as though the promise of God is at your doorsteps like an Amazon package, waiting to be picked up. All you have to do is open the door and take it by faith.
 
Now, a key step in moving toward your miracle is your faith, and your faith should be in more than the Word. Your faith should be ready to follow the specific direction of the Holy Spirit. That’s why you need to listen to His direction. That’s what Mary did when they ran out of wine at the wedding in Cana. She told the servants, Do whatever Jesus tells you to do. She pulled on the miracle-working power of Jesus, and then told the servants to listen to what He says.
 
Listening to Jesus shows it is a relationship. It is a learning process. It is a growing process. Moving toward a miracle happens as you learn to grow in your faith and trust the Lord.
 
Read About It
John 2:1-5 KJV
And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: and both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
 
Matthew 9:36 KJV
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
 
Matthew 9:36 Amp
When He saw the throngs, He was moved with pity and sympathy for them, because they were bewildered (harassed and distressed and dejected and helpless), like sheep without a shepherd.
 
Romans 4:21 KJV
And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
 
Luke 4:16-18
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
 
 
Discussion Questions
 
Are you ready to receive your miracle?
What are you expecting from the Lord?
Do you act on the Word without listening to the Spirit first?
Why is it important to listen to the Spirit before acting?

Recent Sermon Notes

GRACE UNVEILED: “Death, Raised, Bound, Loosed,” #28 | Jim Hammond

Pastor Jim continued with his series on the book of Romans entitled, “Grace Unveiled.” His focus was the passage in Romans 7:13–14: “Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful. For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.” Pastor Jim taught on the Apostle Paul’s own personal struggle with trying to live his Christianity with an Old Covenant mindset… how it was impossible to do and something that would only bring about failure. In spite of Paul’s warning, many Christians try to live their Christian lives with an Old Covenant mindset.

GRACE UNVEILED | Don’t Blame the Mirror for What You Look Like #27 | Jim Hammond

Pastor Jim gave the 27th installment of his series on the book of Romans called, “Grace Unveiled.” We’re in the seventh chapter, nicknamed by scholars as “Law School.” Romans chapter six tells us that sin has no more dominion over you. The reason is because you’re not under the law; instead, you’re under grace. Yet, many believers are living as though they are under Old Covenant law. How does that happen? Their mentality is Old Covenant, not New Covenant. Pastor Jim explains how that happens. 

GRACE UNVEILED: “School of Law” #26 | Jim Hammond

Pastor Jim gave the next installment to his teaching series on the book of Romans: “Grace Unveiled.” In this 26th message, he taught on Romans chapter 7, which he subtitled, “School of Law.” In this chapter, the Apostle Paul used an allegory of the marriage relationship to compare the Old Covenant with the New Covenant. Even though Christians are under the New Covenant, they very often slip into the mindset of someone that lived under the Old Covenant.  

Between the Calling and the Separation | Pastor Marie Helene Moulin

Our very special guest minister came all the way from Nice, France to deliver a special word from the Lord to us. When Pastor Marie-Hélène Moulin was praying about the message the Lord wanted her to share with our congregation, His words were simply to tell us, “The Lord is recruiting!” In preparation for the work of end time harvest, the Lord has begun to call believers into full-time ministry. She explained that not every believer is called to full-time ministry. However, every believer is called to the ministry of reconciliation—sharing Jesus with the lost.

Help of the Holy Spirit | Dennis Burke

we had the pleasure of being ministered to by guest speaker, Dennis Burke. He began his message, “Help of the Holy Spirit” by declaring, “I believe over the next few minutes, the Holy Spirit’s going to deposit something into your life.” Really, that’s why we come to church. We come to church to make ourselves available to the Holy Spirit in order for Him to deposit in us things that are life changing! One word from God “can truly revolutionize something in your life.”