← Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne Audio Podcast
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Thank you to Kenneth Copeland Ministries for sowing the airtime for this broadcast.
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There's enough power in every sick room and in every hospital room to raise up that sick one that may be describing you. You may be in a sick room, you may be in a hospital room. And I want to remind you, power is present. That power is there to do a work, believe in what's not. Try to get something, but notice that he's already made it yours. It's present right where you're at. Say I receive that power. I receive that power. I receive it right now. I receive it right now. From the top of my head. From the top of my head. The soles of my feet. The soles of my feet. We are so glad to have you join us today for Jesus the Healer. Thank you for taking the time to be with us. And I tell you what, the word makes all the difference. And so we, we with you for answers for your life. We believe in healing power that flows for those of you who need healing. I tell you what, we release our faith with you so that you receive all that love provided for you. Amen. We've been taking the last several episodes and teaching on the healing ministry, excuse me, the healing miracles that happened under Jesus earthly ministry. And I tell you what, it's been so rich for us. And when we study what he did, then it helps us to know how to cooperate with Him. Amen. And so that we can learn, be more skillful at receiving from him, but also in ministering healing to others who need it. Amen. And so we've looked at this passage In John chapter 5, when Jesus went to the area, the pool of Bethesda, and there was five porches full of sick folk. And I mean, these were serious conditions, chronic conditions. And an angel would come down and deposit one measure of healing power, enough for one, because the first person that got in would be healed, the second person wouldn't. So healing power is measurable. And it was enough for one that was deposited. The angel's not the healer, but they cooperate with healing power and they would just deposit that into the water. And so Jesus went to this scene because people were gathered there waiting for that, that moving of the water so that they could step in, to be the first one to step in. It didn't even matter what your condition was. It says whatso condition, they were healed. Well, Jesus comes up to a man who had for 38 years been bedridden. Can you imagine 38 years of being bedridden? And Jesus speaks the healing Word. And he raises up completely whole. Jesus later finds him in the temple. And I want us to read together in John chapter 5 and verse 14. After this man was healed, we see something in verse 14. Afterward, Jesus, he found him in the temple and he said to him, behold, thou art made whole. But now comes some instructions on what to do now that you're whole. He said, sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. So Jesus is showing us something that if we persist in a lifestyle of sin, it will affect our health, even though we've received a miracle from God. This man received a miracle. But even receiving a miracle, if we. If we persist in a wrong lifestyle, it will affect our health. Amen. And Jesus said this. He said, even a worse thing will come unto you, not just even what you had, but the devil. When he comes back, he brings something worse than before with him. And so we see this, that Jesus linked the man's lifestyle to his health. So we need to pay attention to that, that we live a lifestyle that is conducive to God but shuts the door to the devil. Amen. And we're authorized and empowered to live a lifestyle that keeps the door closed to the devil, aren't we? Amen. Healing, Healing for the body comes through your spirit, man. Yes, anything. When God is dealing with us, He's a spirit, and he deals with us spirit to spirit, not spirit to flesh, spirit to mind, spirit to spirit. So anything he has for our life comes through our spirit, flows out into our body, into the other arenas of our life. So that's why the spiritual condition that we hold is so important, that we be healthy as we ought to be spiritually, so that we don't have a hindered flow in our life. Amen. And I want to read to you something that dad Hagin, and this has kind of been a golden statement that we've taught in these series of episodes. Dad Hagin made a statement, if you will get your spirit where it ought to be, your body will start responding. Now let me say it to you again. If you will get your spirit where it ought to be, then your body will start responding. So we were looking and talking about, what is it to have our spirit where it ought to be? What would that mean? Well, what is God dealing with you about? Amen. God doesn't expect you to address everything all at once, you know, he'll spotlight in different seasons of your life and in different phases, different places of your spiritual development. He'll spotlight different aspects of your life and whatever he's dealing with us about. We need to pay attention to that. Because if we're not going to address what he's addressing, then we could very likely open the door to the devil. That's why he's addressing it. So we'll keep the door closed to the enemy. Amen. And so many times people who need healing are trying to just deal with the symptoms, the body. But sometimes something may need to be addressed or adjusted spiritually in our hearts. I mean, in previous episodes, I talked about and gave different examples of that. We don't have time to repeat those, but we need to make sure that we're dealing with what God is dealing with us about. Amen. And God's always dealing with us about something. Why? Because he's always trying. He's endeavoring to lead us into more. Amen. I want to go with. I want you to go with me to first Peter 2:24. And we want to look at this verse. We would recognize it as a healing verse, but let's look at all of it first Peter 2. 24. Who his own self. Look at this. Bare our sins in his own body on the tree that we being dead to sins. Aren't you glad to know you're dead to sins? What's that mean? That sin has no more dominion over you. It used to boss us around before we're born again, but no more. We have a right to answer and say, I'm not yielding to that anymore. I yield my body to God, not to sin. So he said, being dead to sins, that we should live unto righteousness, by whose stripes ye were healed. So this verse reveals so much of our inheritance to us. Number one, it reveals that we have dominion over sin. Number two, it reveals that he bore our sickness, that by his stripes we were healed. But it also sandwiched in the middle, it says this, that we should live under righteousness, righteousness. So it shows us we're empowered to live a life of righteousness. What's righteousness? It means right with God. When we're right with God, it's going to show up in our manner of living. What we allow or permit in our own lives should be governed by that. We are right with God. And we're going to. We're going to contend to live right with God. Amen. So much of the time, people don't always understand that their lifestyle is going to affect their health. And I'm not just talking about diet and exercise. I'm talking about the manner of living. If they let offense in, that's going to affect their health. They let unforgiveness in. That's going to affect their health. Where do those things try to get into? To your heart. And if we. That's what dad Hagin was meaning. If we will make sure that our spirits are in order, that if we're where we should be and ought to be spiritually, the body will start responding, the body will start straightening out. Now we are empowered to live righteous because we have been made righteous. Not because we earned it and not because we've done everything right, but because Jesus did everything right. Now, First Corinthians and I'm just going to read First Corinthians 3:16 and this is the King James. It says, know ye not that ye are the temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now we need to believe that we are the temple of God because the Holy Spirit dwells in us. Our bodies are the temple of the Holy Ghost. And the reason our bodies are the temple of the Holy Ghost is because our bodies are the place where our own Spirit resides in. That's right, yeah. And the Holy Spirit lives and abides within our Spirit. I love what one minister said. Let me read this statement. He said, because, referring to this verse, because our bodies are the temple of the Holy Ghost, he says it is important that the Holy Spirit is housed properly in an environment worthy of his greatness. We are repeatedly warned in the scriptures to maintain proper standards of living catering to his preferences. Amen. Now this is what Jesus was really saying to that man who had been raised up off that off of his bed. He said, go and sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you. What was he saying? He was addressing his life, his manner of living. And so because the Holy Spirit indwells us, we need to live mindful of him that we're going to live a life of righteousness because that's the proper way to host him. Another minister talked about this and referring to this scripture. I appreciate it. He made this statement. He said, a dove is a skittish bird. And we know this, that a dove represents the Holy Spirit. Remember when John the Baptist saw, when Jesus was baptized in the River Jordan, the Holy Spirit coming down on him in the form of a dove. And he, this minister makes this statement. A dove is a skittish bird. If a dove were to rest upon your shoulder and you wanted it to not leave, you would make every step very cautiously with that dove in mind. Don't do anything to frighten him that he would leave or to Lift off of you. He said, we are not afraid that the Holy Spirit will leave us, but we have to be mindful. We're hosting him and we're protecting his presence by every step we make. Isn't that good? Listen, when we host the presence of God, more gets done by accident than on purpose, you know, than we trying to do something on purpose when he's there. It makes such a difference in life. Amen. So living a life of righteousness is the manner of living that properly hosts the Holy spirit. That's why, 1st Peter 2:24, that his own self bear our sins in his own body on the tree. That we, being dead to sin, should live unto righteousness. Why? That's the proper hosting. That's the proper environment. That's the proper way to house the Holy Spirit. A life of living right with God, doing right, being right, involved in right things, shunning things that aren't right. Amen. That's proper. Amen. If people don't make that connection, sometimes they can struggle and struggle and struggle to receive healing. But to receive healing, we have to address other aspects of our life. It matters. Are we obeying God? Are we listening to Him? You see, we can't disregard the one who indwells us and think we're going to receive the fullness of what belongs to us. We have to. It has to matter to us that he's pleased. Amen. Now, one of the things I said again, going back to what Brother Hagin said, and let me, let me find that statement and read it because it's so important to us. Dad, Hagin said, if you will get your spirit where it ought to be, your body will start responding. And I made, and I've made this statement generally is what does it mean to get your spirit where it ought to be? What about this? As we said, just do whatever he's dealing with you about. Don't disregard that. But another thing that could take our make it to where our spirits aren't in order is when we're not feeding on the Word and not giving the Word first place. Now that'll get our spiritual lives out of order. What does Matthew 6:33 say? It says, seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. And all these things will be added to you. That things will just begin to be added and fall into place whenever he's given first place. Praise God. Yes, Amen. So us not feeding on the Word and not giving the Word first place will take our spiritual life out of order. Because if he's not getting first place. The wrong thing is, then we can look at this. Well, the Word tells us In Proverbs, chapter 4, verse 20, My son, attend to my words. What's that mean? Put your attention on my words. Put them first. Incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes. Keep them in the midst of thine heart, for they are life unto those that find them. Look at this. And health to all their flesh. Now we're back to the body again. That when the Word is given its proper attention, the body starts acting right? The body starts responding. So one way that our spiritual lives can get out of order or not be as they ought is when we're not giving the Word first place in our life. We're putting our opinion first. We're putting our will first. We're putting natural things first, not putting him in his Word first. Another thing that will cause our spiritual lives to not be in order is not exercising our faith. What we're doing with our faith, if we're neglecting it, if we're not exercising the faith that we have, that can take our spiritual life out of order. Why? Because we're conducting business with God based on faith. And if we're not using our faith, things are going to get out of order. Right. Another thing that could take our spiritual life out of order is this just being negligent in our prayer life. Yeah. The Word tells us to pray. It says praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit. Now, when it's talking about praying always, it doesn't mean 24 hours a day you're going to be eating sometime, you're going to be conversing or at work sometime. It's talking about make it a lifestyle that prayer is woven in throughout the daily functions and flow of your life. Amen. Just living in continual communion with God. If we neglect prayer, we're neglecting talking to the one that we're hosting. Amen. So prayer is an important part in the life of the believer. And if we neglect that, our spiritual life gets out of order and then we struggle in other arenas because something's out of order. Amen. Another thing that we could address that would take our spiritual life out of order is just not living full of the Holy Ghost, you know, not living full. We should be full of the Word, full of the Spirit. This is one of the outstanding features of the new creature in Christ, is that we are to live full. Praise God. Amen. Let's look at Ephesians, chapter 5 and verse 17 and 18. We're commanded to be filled. Did you know that Ephesians 5, 17, 18 says, Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is? And then he's going to tell us what the will of the Lord is. Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess, but be filled with the spirit. So we're commanded, be filled with the Spirit. The original actually reads this way, be being filled, denoting a continual experience. It's not about maintaining yesterday's fullness, it's about a fresh infilling every day. So we're commanded to be filled, filled with the Word, filled with the spirit. Why? Because when you're full of the right thing, there's no room for the wrong thing. Amen. The wrong thing can only get in when there's less than fullness of the right thing. So really, fullness is a protection against the wrong thing getting in. So not living as full as we ought can take our life out of order. And then the body won't be responding. Right, because things are out of order. Now look at this one. Another thing that could make for a spiritual life that's out of order. What about this big one? Not walking in love. That's the ringy dingy right there. That's a big one. Right? Because faith works by love. So when love is not being yielded to, then faith is hindered. And no wonder things are going to get out of order if we allow the wrong thing into our thought, life, into our mouth, into our actions. What about bitterness, unforgiveness, ill will? Strife? You know, some people, strife is a habit of their home. Strife is just simply a bad habit. Complaining it's a bad habit. Faith has no complaint. No, it does not. Doubt and unbelief will complain, but not faith. That doesn't mean that every circumstance is favorable. But faith doesn't focus on what isn't favorable. It's grateful for what it has. Oh, boy, that's good. Remember when God's people were delivered out of Egypt? They were free. They had been in slavery for centuries, and God set them free and they came out complaining. It came out. Why did you bring us out here in the wilderness? To die. Wish we'd have died in Egypt. By the flesh pots of Egypt. If we had had food. We had food in Egypt. We don't have food out there. Yeah, but the food you had in Egypt wasn't yours. You were a slave. That was another man's food. You're eating another man's clothes. You're wearing because you didn't belong to you. And God set them free. And they came out complaining about they didn't have certain foods and complaining about this, complaining about that. And in the midst of complaint, all these venomous serpents came in and bit. And like a quarter of a million of them died in one day. One day. But see what happened? Complaining. And I made this statement in our house and this is what we would always say. The gripers get the vipers because they complained those snakes came in. God did not send them in. But it showed what God was protecting them from all along. And when they complained, the protection, the protection was gone. And those snakes came in and bit them all. I'm just saying that complaint is a bad habit. And these are the things that will take our spiritual life out of order. Because faith does not thrive in an atmosphere of complaint, in an atmosphere of strife, in an atmosphere of fear and worry and complaint. You know, bitterness, unforgiveness, all of these things. Love is a protection to keep us in the right flow because it keeps the door closed to the wrong thing. Amen.
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Then a like thing of this is what will take our spiritual life out of order, is letting fear, worry and doubt in. And you know, the thing is that some people have grown up in a lifestyle of fear that to them it's just normal. They don't even recognize the danger of it because to them it's just a way of living. But it's not the life that God's authored for his children. Fear is a spirit we have total authority over. Learn to recognize when fear is acting, when fear is flowing, when fear is manifesting, because it'll show up as depression, it'll show up as anxiety, it'll show up as panic, it'll show up as worry. All of these outflows of fear. Amen. Then we have this one. Veering from the plan of God for your life will take your spiritual life out of order. Yeah, it'll take your spiritual life out of order. And when our spiritual life is out of order, it's very difficult to receive what we need. Amen. God said to me years ago, he said, make my people to know that long life is connected to my plan. When we veer from his plan, we veer from long life. But when we stay with his plan, we stay in the flow of long life. It needs to matter to us, what's the plan of God for our life? He'll reveal it to us, he'll show it to us, and it's our privilege to walk it out. And then another thing that will cause our spiritual lives to be out of order is just being unwilling or disobedient to God. We know something is planned and we go, nope, not going to do that. I'm going to do this. Well, that's in keeping with the previous thing. But we have to realize his will is our place of protection. Amen. And then we know this thing too, that lacking in moral excellence will take our spiritual life off course. I want you to look at Second Peter in chapter one and looking at verse five, he's talking about. Peter is talking about partaking of the promises of God. And then he says in Second Peter, chapter one, verse five, he said, besides this giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue. Now, in other places, in other scriptures, the word virtue means power. But in this verse it doesn't mean power. It means moral excellence. Add to your faith moral excellence. Why we can't have a strong faith when we're not walking morally in line with the word. And I'm talking about what the Bible calls moral, not what the government calls moral, not what society calls moral. Because we don't take our standard and cues from the world. We take it from the word. Amen. And so it says in verse five, it said, and besides this giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue. And add to virtue knowledge. What's that mean? A renewed mind. Renewing your mind with the word, verse 6. And add to knowledge, temperance, self control. Right. And add to temperance patience. And to patience godliness or godlikeness. And to godliness, brotherly kindness. And to brotherly kindness, charity. So these are companions to our faith. So we need to note that these things must be given place in our life. I said they must be given place in our life. Again, Brother Hagin makes this statement that when our spiritual life is as it ought to be, our body will start responding. We're interested in receiving what God has. That means we have to be interested in how we're conducting our spiritual life so that our body can receive without hindrance what it needs. Amen. I tell you what, it's such an honor for us to get to come and minister these truths to you. And the reason we're here, Kenneth Copeland Ministries invites us and sows this seed into this ministry. And I just so appreciate their generosity to us. And I would ask you that if this channel feeds your life, and I know it does, if this broadcast feeds your life in some way, if you're not already, we ask you to pray about becoming a partner with Kenneth Copeland Ministries. I tell you, they do so much to further what God's doing in the body of Christ and in the earth. Amen. And so we appreciate it. And so you can go to kcm.org and you can get more information about becoming a partner. And you can also sign up to be a partner there. And we've been ministering to you out of our book called the Healer Divine and we invite you to get hold of your copy. You can do that by going to our web page@DefrainMinistries.org let us know that you want your copy because you've got to hear these things over and over and over. Amen. And when you go to that website and order it, we'll get it right out to you. And until next time, remember this Jesus is the Healer. God bless you.
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