Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne Audio Podcast

Episode 794 | "In Christ I Can, Part 34"
Date: July 17, 2025
Host: Nancy Dufresne

Episode Overview

In this episode, Nancy Dufresne continues her teaching on what it means to live "In Christ," emphasizing the privileges, responsibilities, and spiritual provisions that believers have. The focus is on developing sensitivity to the Holy Spirit, recognizing and holding onto God's answers before needs arise, and learning to lean solely on God, not on people or circumstances. Nancy shares personal stories and practical wisdom about following the Holy Spirit’s guidance, building true dependence on God, and not letting go of the answers He provides.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Power and Presence of God to Heal

• The episode opens with a reminder of God’s power present “in every sick room and every hospital room” to bring healing to all who receive it (00:10).
• Quote:
  “Power is present. That power is there to do a work… Notice that He’s already made it yours. It’s present right where you’re at.” — Narrator (00:17)

Getting Thrilled with the Word

• Nancy highlights the importance of being excited and engaged with the Word of God for it to become active in one’s life.
• Quote:
  “It’s when you get thrilled with the Word that it works for you.” — Nancy, referencing Dad Hagin (01:10)
• The Holy Spirit tailors the Word to speak directly to listeners’ situations.

Recognizing Answers from God

• Nancy shares a story about discerning answers via spiritual sensitivity rather than an audible voice.
• She recounts how a book recommendation, guided by a sense of spiritual “anointing,” led to the exact answer she’d been seeking for a unique challenge (03:40).
• Quote:
  “God didn’t say the answer you’re looking for is in that book. I just perceived that... the anointing on the inside of me started responding.” — Nancy (04:08)

Store Up Answers Before the Need Arises

• Sometimes, God gives answers ahead of needs. Nancy compares this to buying furniture she didn’t yet need, only realizing its purpose later.
• God’s way is to make us the “head, not the tail,” prepared in advance rather than living in constant reaction to crises (08:52).
• Quote:
  “God will give you answers before needs. And that is God’s divine way of fulfilling his covenant with you. Because He said, ‘I’ll make you the head and not the tail.’” — Nancy (09:30)

Becoming Sensitive to the Holy Spirit

• Two practices heighten spiritual sensitivity:
  1. Feeding on the Word.
  2. Praying in the Holy Ghost (speaking in tongues).
• Sensitivity means catching the Holy Spirit’s promptings and acting on them—this is how you live out your privileges in Christ (11:01).
• Quote:
  “By feeding on the Word, speaking in other tongues, you make yourself sensitive… so you can just sense when He prompts you a certain direction.” — Nancy (11:20)

The Holy Spirit Puts You In Front of Situations

• Refers to John 16:13-16: the Holy Spirit will show believers “things to come.”
• God’s foreknowledge helps believers prepare, not be caught off guard.
• Nancy shares examples from raising her sons, demonstrating how God put her and her husband “in front” by revealing her sons’ callings years ahead (14:30).

Following and Leaning on the Holy Ghost

• Comparing the Holy Ghost to an interpreter and guide when traveling in a foreign land, Nancy emphasizes that, on earth (our “foreign soil”), the Holy Spirit is our essential guide (17:35).
• The responsibility to follow the Spirit belongs to the believer, not the Spirit.
• Quote:
  “It’s our job to choose to follow the One in the lead.” — Nancy (19:15)
• Following God means not erroneously leaning on finances, people, or circumstances (20:08).

Lean Only on God—Not on People, Finances, or Circumstances

• Transitions and crises reveal what or whom you rely on.
• Quote:
  “Don’t lean on anything that’s not big enough to deliver you. That’s why God in His Word is the only worthy place to recline.” — Nancy (21:05)
• She explains the dangers of leaning on people, noting that parents should teach their children to lean on God, not on them as fallible providers (21:45).
• Quote:
  “My children can always lean on me… Well, that’s not safe. What if my husband had said that? One day he’s here and one day he’s not… We taught him, there’s one place you lean—and that’s the unchanging place, the One who is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” — Nancy (22:30)

Testimony: Financial Provision by Leaning on God

• Nancy recounts learning about a $500,000 financial obligation after her husband’s passing (24:38).
• Her response: Seek God for His answer and her part, but God tells her to “do nothing.” She emphasizes how it required faith not to act in the natural (25:25).
• When an anticipated financial avenue closes, she refuses to worry because her faith is not in avenues (paychecks, businesses), but in God, the provider (26:00).
• Quote:
  “Avenues are what God uses to meet needs. Avenues are not the provider… Never attach your faith to an avenue or channel.” — Nancy (26:20)
• Despite shifting circumstances, God comes through; the $500,000 arrives via a previously closed avenue because her faith never left God as the source (27:00).

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Perceive your answer. And then as you say, ‘That speaks to my need.’ That’s what I’m talking about. I’m not talking about you hearing an audible voice… but you perceive, ‘That’s my answer for this situation I’m facing.’” — Nancy (06:20)

• “God does not want us to be the last one to know. He doesn’t want us to be cleaning up behind what the devil’s doing. That’s called being the tail.” — Nancy (09:52)

• “It’s not his job to make us follow. It’s our job to choose to follow…” — Nancy (19:13)

• “How you respond [to losing a job] shows who you’re leaning on. Are you leaning on your paycheck? Are you leaning on an employer? My goodness… Don’t. The government’s not a parent.” — Nancy (20:30)

• “Sometimes others want us to lean on them so that they can feel good about themselves. But you are no one’s savior.” — Nancy (21:35)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:10 – Power of God present to heal; receiving it now
• 01:10 – Importance of being thrilled with the Word
• 03:40 – Personal story about recognizing answers from God through spiritual perception
• 08:52 – God gives answers before needs arise; be “the head, not the tail”
• 11:01 – How to become sensitive to the Holy Spirit
• 14:30 – Holy Spirit shows “things to come”; raising children with God’s foresight
• 17:35 – The Holy Spirit as our guide in life; analogy of a tour guide abroad
• 19:13 – Responsibility to follow the Holy Spirit
• 20:08 – Dangers of leaning on wrong things (finances, people)
• 21:05 – Only God and His Word are safe places to “lean”
• 21:45 – Teaching children to lean on God, not people or parents
• 24:38 – Testimony: learning of a $500,000 ministry obligation
• 25:25 – God’s instruction: do nothing; having faith to wait
• 26:00 – Refusing to worry when an expected avenue closes
• 26:20 – Never attach your faith to an avenue or channel
• 27:00 – Testimony conclusion: God’s provision arrives

Conclusion

Nancy Dufresne passionately urges believers to develop spiritual sensitivity, recognize and hold onto answers from God, and put their trust in Him alone—not in people or circumstances. Through vivid analogies and personal testimony, she illustrates how living “In Christ” means being ahead of life’s challenges and remaining unshaken by changing situations. The episode closes with an uplifting reminder that “Jesus is the healer,” and a call to lean fully on Him.