← 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.
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I receive it right now from the.
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Top of my head. From the top of my head. The soles of my feet. The soles of my feet. Welcome. We're so glad to have you with us today for Jesus the Healer. We are in the middle of a series, and we are thrilled to be in this series. And it's a joy for us to take this time and share with you because the word of God, it rewrites the story of our lives and it gives us the best life. So thank you for being hungry to hear the Word. Be a doer of the Word. Because the part of the Word we honor is the part of the Word that works for us. So we're learning what the Word says so that we can honor it by doing it. And really, that's the way we bring greatest honor to the Word, is do the Word amen. Not just appreciate it. We do appreciate it, but it doesn't end with our appreciation. We move on to the doing of it. And so we're learning to be better doers of this Word. We've been in this series. We're well over 85 episodes. I think this might be episode 87 or something on the series of In Christ. I can, and I am so grateful that God has us on this series whenever we have to realize this, there is a plan for every life that God has authored a plan for us. And can I tell you this? You don't have to form a plan, but you had the privilege of hearing a plan. Hear from God what he has authored for your life. Because when you hear what he has authored, it would make any plan that we could form for ourself pale in comparison to what he has for us. So not only does he have a plan for your life, but with that plan is built in. The provision is built into everything you're going to need to accomplish that plan. The plan comes fully loaded. Can I say it that way? The plan is fully stocked with all you need and if I could say this. Every plan funds itself. Every plan carries its own fulfillment. It carries its own provision. It all it calls for is our faith to lay hold of that plan and move with that plan. Let me explain it to you this way. Whenever you buy a home, or you rent a home, whatever, however you're occupying the place you live, it comes with a living space, comes with a space for kitchen, comes with a space for bedrooms or a restroom. It comes with it. It's part of the home. They're not separate. Well, even so, everything of God's plan comes with everything it needs to fulfill that plan. You don't have to. If I could say this. God doesn't give you a plan, then say, so sorry there's no provision for that plan. So sorry there's no funding for that plan. Or so sorry there's not the right equipment or the buildings. You have to get them separately. No, with the plan and everything to fulfill that plan. It's already joined with the plan. And so what we have to realize is we don't have to try to go make something happen if we'll stay with the plan. The plan has its own funding, the plan has its own provision. And where is that plan? The fulfillment of that plan is. It can only be fulfilled in Christ. Now know this. The plan of God for your life is so great that it cannot be fulfilled apart from Him. God authored a plan that he gave us Himself to fulfill that plan through us. He did not give us a plan and say, here, hope you make it. Hope you do it. Hope you fulfill it. Now think of this. It goes back to creation. We when he created Adam, he put him in the garden when he made him. And then it says this, we know this, that God would come down in the cool of the day and fellowship with Adam and Eve. Why did he do that? Because he gave them a plan. He said to he says, I bless you. And he says, I have given you this earth to subdue it, to multiply in it. And he gave them that assignment. But then not only that, then he gave Him Himself to come down and fellowship with them so that they could fulfill that assignment from a place of union with Him, a place of oneness with him, a place of fellowship with Him. He did not say, I give you authority. I give you dominion. Subdue the earth, keep it. He didn't say, do that and then hope you make it. He gave them that command, and then he gave them himself for fellowship so that they could fulfill that plan based on who they were in Fellowship with. Well, that's really what in Christ is. He gave us a plan for our life, then he gave us Himself to fulfill it through us. And it's our privilege and our skill to say, I can fulfill that through Him. God is the one who does it through me. God's ability is working through me. God's provision comes to me. It belongs to the plan. So we have to see ourselves as one in Christ. We have to see ourselves as someone that's simply a vessel for him to do the work through. Now, Jesus made the statement during his earthly ministry. He said, my Father in Me, he does the works. So notice this. Jesus not only allowed the Father to. To work through Him, Jesus confessed that the Father was working through Him. We need to say, my Father in Me, he does the works. What works? The fulfilling of his plan. And all I have to do is obey his leading. Whatever he tells me to do, I obey Him. And when I obey him in faith, then he can. He can feel that movement with himself. Now what God? The plan of God calls for your faith and it calls for your obedience to live in. Christ calls for our faith and it calls for our obedience. Meaning this we can't say in Christ, I can do this and then sit back and do nothing. No. God will give us something to obey so that he can fulfill his through. Through us. He can bring his ability to fulfill it, his resources to fulfill it. Now, if I could say this to you. God says in His Word, in the Book of Psalms, it says this that God gives us the desires of our heart. Right? We could read that two different ways. The desires that are in our heart, God fulfills those. The desires of our heart. Or we could say it this way. The desires that are in my heart came from God. So we're correct in both ways that he fulfilled. He gives us the desires of our heart. I believe this. He authors those desires in us, and then he fulfills those desires through us. So know this. When you desire for something good, just know this. God's in on that. I said God's in on that. Why? Because he wants to bless your life. Don't think that God is wanting you to have as little as possible on this earth to make it through. The Bible says God has given us richly all things to enjoy. But notice something. I love this. I don't know about you. I like stuff. That's all I. That's the only way I know how to say it. I like stuff. And I especially like when I can get online and order stuff and stuff. Shows up on my porch, and all I have to do is open the door and there's new stuff every day. Do you know this? I go to the door and open it every day to see if new stuff arrived, even if I didn't order it. Why? Because I want to make sure. Well, maybe I ordered it and forgot I ordered it. And it might be sitting on the front porch waiting for me. I like stuff. Do you know what? God likes stuff. Can I tell you how I know that? Because it says he loads us daily with benefits. It doesn't say he loads us periodically. It doesn't say he loads us at. Only at Christmas time or at holidays. It says he loads us daily with benefits. So I don't have any problem with daily getting something new and fresh for me. Amen. Do you know what? Right now I have a studio audience in here. Studio audience. Are you in here? You can say something. Yes. Yeah. You know why? Because they like stuff, too. And so it's not just me being weird here by myself saying I like stuff. They're over there going, yes, we like stuff. God wants you blessed with everything you enjoy. Amen. And one person enjoys this. Another person enjoys that. God does not get offended when you with our enjoyment. It brings him pleasure that we are partaking richly of all things for our enjoyment. Do you know that there are. I got. I've gotten off on a little bit different direction here, but that's okay. We're going to stay on this. Because some people think they shouldn't have something. Do you know there are things that I have in my house that are very functional? Then I have things that I have that perform no function except this. They bring me joy. When I look at it, I enjoy that. I can see that in my house, and I can just look at it anytime I want. It brings me enjoyment. Do you know that in Christ, it's not all about you only have to have functional supply. You get the supply of enjoyment, whatever you enjoy. And people will say, pastor Nancy, you got a lot of joy. I sure do. And I'm getting more why I enjoy it. And that God, that does not offend God because he loads me daily with benefits. And just know this. In Christ, you're already loaded and it's up to you just to receive. But what happens is, if you won't receive it, there's a load for you you did not partake of. When I go out and open my front door and I look to see if a package has arrived that I know is coming, I can't Receive that package till I open the door. Why do I open the door? I expect something to be there. I want you to know you need to expect loads daily on your life. That God loads us daily with benefits. Can I say this? That God's blessing for our life is so rich that one day can't contain it all. So he has to take every single day and load that day to even be able to be a depiction of how much he has for us. I want you to know the plan of God for your life is loaded. And we're not trying to talk God into something. We're not trying to coerce him into something. It is our privilege to know this. The plan of God is loaded with provision. It's loaded with wisdom, it's loaded with strength, it's loaded with ability. And he's in me. So I'm loaded with provision. I'm loaded with strength. I'm loaded with ability that comes from Him. It's his ability. I'm spending everything. When I say in Christ, I'm saying this. I'm putting him to work for you. Me. I'm allowing him to utilize my vessel. I am giving him the authority to flow and manifest through me and do the work. And I'm a co laborer by giving him the authority to flow through me. Now that's exactly what happened with Adam and Eve. He would come and fellowship with them in the cool of the day. Why? Because he wanted them to exercise the authority he gave them. But he wanted them to do it with his ability, his wisdom, his genius. And I want you to know they weren't offered any more than you're offered. Because we are the temple of the Holy Ghost. God dwells in us. He lives in us. So we are to learn to train ourselves to say, the greater one is in me. And can I say this? So many talk so big about the devil. They talk so big about opposition. You say, well, what do you mean they talk big about it? I mean it fills their tension, it fills their mouth, it fills their conversation. What they're facing, what's going wrong, what's out of place, what's being worked against them, the hindrances, the obstacles. What are they doing? What you talk about is what you're magnifying. What you're talking about is what you're making bigger in your life. Can I say this? That we need to. With every encounter with opposition, with every encounter of the devil opposing us, we are to always remember him as a completely defeated foe. He's already defeated the moment he opposes us. Because Jesus spoiled principalities and powers. He made a show of them openly. I am not trying to defeat him. I am reminding him, you're already defeated. And I deal with him as a defeated foe. I think I think of him as a defeated foe, but I also think of myself as one in Christ. I think of myself as the channel that is allowing God's ability and God's power to flow through. So therefore, opposition is no struggle for me because the greater One is operating and manifesting and ruling and reigning through me. Because I've given him the authority through my permission to say, yes, I agree with you. Yes, I'll obey you. Because the ability of God, you're in Christ. Life calls for your faith and it calls for your obedience. Because God will always give us something to obey so that he can manifest through our obedience. Now let's go back to and look at when Jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding in Cana. You'll remember this was the first, the first miracle that was worked through Jesus earthly ministry. And when his mother came to him and said, they've run out of wine, Jesus basically says this, well, what's that got to do with me? I'm not the caterer. You know, you're telling somebody that's not in control of this. But she was so determined that he would bring a supply. And so she turned to the servants that were there that day, and she said this. Whatever he tells you, whatever he says to you, do it. What did she do? She put a demand on Jesus to say something. And so Jesus said something. What did he tell those servants? He said, go fill the water pots with oil. With water. These water pots, they say that they contained about. They had the capacity of about 5, 30 gallons of water each. So we're not talking about some little pot you can carry easily in your hand. They had to take much effort to fill those water pots. And in filling the water pots, they were doing something that was easily doable on their side. It might have been an inconvenience, but it was still easy to do. I want you to know what God tells us. He gave them something to obey, and then when they obeyed, then divine ability met that. That's why I'm saying in Christ our part is obedience. Because when we obey what he tells us to do, we're giving him something to fill with his ability and with his power. So when they filled those water pots up with water, and then Jesus said, he said, take a cup of that. Take it to the, you know, the head of the. Of this. Of this dinner. And so when the man who was the head of all this tasted it, he goes, you've saved the best wine till the last. What was it? It had become something it wasn't. But it was God's power working through man's obedience. So know this. Every miracle God's going to include you in on. God's not going to leave you out. And so to operate as one in Christ, you have to say this. What's he telling me to do? What's he saying to me? What is, what command has he given me? Because he's not. He's not telling me to obey something to make it hard on me. He's giving me something to obey so that he has a place to fill himself with. And that is our obedience. So whenever we realize that he has in his plan everything we need to fulfill that plan. Now, here in the ministry, we have a television ministry, we have a local church, we have a publications department. We have different arms of the ministry. Do you know that if God tells us to implement a new arm of ministry, he also means and intends that we have the supply to accomplish that arm of ministry. He never tells us to do something and then says, hope you get it done. No. He offers Himself his ability and his provision. So what's that mean? Pastors, if you need a church building and God called you to be a pastor, then he has already supplied into the plan for your life the building you need. And you say, well, I don't have the building I need. In Christ, you do, because he has already given you everything that that plan calls for. So know this. Our job is simply this. To say, in Christ, I have it. Can I say this? Pastors begin to say, in Christ, I have the building. I'm not trying to get it in Christ, it's already stocked with the plan of God. The plan of God holds my building, and in Christ I lay hold of that. So we are to say, in Christ, I have the building I need. What about this? In Christ, I have the home I need. In Christ, I have the job I need. In Christ, I have the business that I need. And anything that God has offered you, he's already made yours. He's already given it. It's all about us taking possession of it. How do we take possession of it? We say, in Christ, I have it. Learn to give yourself that. That. Those words. Put those words in your mouth every day. In Christ I have this. In Christ, I have that. In Christ I have wisdom. In Christ, I have the leading of God in Christ. I know the plan of God for my life. You see, because you're drawing on him and you're not just going to you and struggling in your own. Know this. If there's struggle, you have just left the faith arena and you've gone into the mental arena. There is no struggle in Christ. If we're struggling, we're trying to fulfill something outside of Christ, not in Him. So what's that mean? We got to talk to ourselves and say, no, I'm in Christ. There's no struggle in Christ, so I have all I need in Christ. Now, when God is endeavoring to bring us into more, we are going to have to come into more in our thinking. Now this is where many people falter. They think, Pastor Nancy, I need more income. I need more health. I'm lacking in my health. I'm lacking in provision. Well, 3 John in verse 2 says this beloved, I wish above all things, look at this. That thou mayest prosper and be in health. How many of you know that prosperity is not something carnal, it's something that the Holy Ghost desires and God desires for every single one of his children. Why does he desire it? Because he's already provided it in Christ. Jesus was made poor that we might be made rich. When was Jesus made poor? He was not made poor during his earthly ministry. We never saw him do without provision. But we see him made poor on the cross. We see that he stripped himself of his glory and his virtue to come and pay the price for mankind. And so in that he bore poverty the same place he bore sin and sickness on the cross. Why did he do that? So that we could be free, fully provided we could be fully funded in this life. God does not want us to struggle because he paid everything for us to have complete provision. But this is what happens. Many times Christians are saying, well, I'm trying to be prosperous. No, you don't understand something. You're already made rich, not because you have money, but because Jesus was made poor and you're in Christ and Jesus was made poor that you might be made rich. And in Christ you're already rich. And because you're rich, the money must come. That's what you have to say now. This is what 3 John verse 2 tells us. Beloved, I wish above all things, thou mayest number one prosper. Number two be in health. But look at this. Even as your soul prospers, what is he calling the soul prospering? He's talking about us thinking in agreement with God's word, thinking in line with God's plan for our life, taking on God's way of thinking. So we could say it this way. Beloved, I wish above all things thou mayest prosper and be in health. And that's going to happen to the degree that you think like God. Now you have to learn to think like God by saying this. I'm in Christ. And in Christ is all the provision I need in Christ is all the health I need in Christ. My body is whole. In Christ, my body is pain free. Now talk about your health from the position of in Christ. Don't talk about your health from the position of outside of Christ. Outside of Christ is pain. Outside of Christ is symptoms. Outside of Christ is wholeness. But in Christ, everything is whole. In Christ, there is no pain. So that's what faith does. Faith talks about who you are in Christ. Doubt and unbelief and fear. Talk about who you are outside, outside of Christ. Know this. That's the strategy of the accuser, of the brethren. He's always wanting to draw your attention to outside of Christ. He wants you thinking as yourself, apart from Him. But you're not apart from Him. You are the temple of Him. He is in you. You are one with the Father. And it's the blood of Jesus that made that happen and not your performance. It's the blood of Jesus that brought that to pass. So the devil is always trying to draw you back into the mental arena, into the arena of reason, into the arena to where you see yourself separate from Christ. But you are not separate. You are one in Christ. And faith talks about who I am in him and what I have in Him. Now, if someone were to say to me, how did you get to be a female? I would go, I don't understand that question. I didn't have to get it. I was born this way. I don't have to get what I'm born with. Even so, you are a new creature in Christ. You have a new birth. You were born into him. You don't have to get anything of Him. You are born into that. Now, our privilege is to speak from that place that we're born into. Not the place that we were delivered from, but the place we have been translated into. So this is the spiritual habit we have to have and put in our mouth in Christ. I have this. I'm not struggling to get it. I'm not trying to talk God into it. Because as we've said in previous episodes in the Old Covenant, men were talking to God to get him to do something for them, get him to give something to them. But the emphasis of the New Testament is all things are ours in Christ. Everything that is his is already mine. So in Christ, I'm going to talk as one in Christ. I'm going to think as one in Christ. And I'm not trying to get something that he has already made mine. I'm going to remind myself all things are mine because I'm in Him, and all things that belong to him belong to me. Amen. And I want you to know that you are to see yourself as one with Him. Well, if you're going to do that, you have to talk as one with Him. You have to see yourself as he has made me. That's what I am. Can I tell you this, that someone who struggles with a poor self image, they're seeing themself and thinking of themselves as one outside of Christ. But we are authorized to say, in Him I am complete, in Him I am whole. My identity is who he made me to be. My identity is not what I am apart from from Him. You know, I'm a mother, I've been a wife, I'm a daughter, a friend. I'm all of that. But the first and foremost thing I am is in Him. And that never fluctuates, that never changes. You know, when my husband unexpectedly went to heaven, I was no longer a wife to him. But that did not throw me. Because the main thing or the primary thing I am is in Christ. That's who I am. And that never changes. So all these other titles may change. People will enter your life, people will exit your life. And their entrance and their exit does not adjust who you are in Christ. You're one with Him. Therefore you should not falter in your self worth. You should not falter in your self image. Because in Christ he is your life. Because as Acts 17, verse 28 says, in him we live, in him we move, and in him we have our being. We are complete in Him. Amen. So begin to talk, talk about that. Fill your mouth with it and see yourself as one in Christ. Amen. Well, we're going to continue this direction next time. And until this, until that time, just remember this. Jesus is the healer. God bless you.
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We trust you've enjoyed this message. Visit us at defrainministries.org to learn of our upcoming meetings, share your testimony, submit a prayer request or visit our online store. Thank you to the friends and partners of Dufresne Ministries for making this production possible. Join us for our Jesus the Healer Crusade in Collinsville, Oklahoma at a glorious church with Pastors Chip and Candice Brim, October 5th through the 9th. For more information and to register for in person attendance, please visit our website@dufresneministries.org Nancy Dufresne is the President of World Harvest Bible Training center in Marietta, California. This is a Word and Spirit Bible school where you will receive impartations and revelations. So whether you're called to the Fivefold ministry or want to bring a greater supply to your local church, this can could be the school for you. We're now accepting applications. Go to whbtc.org for more information.
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We're excited to announce a new worship album called in youn Glory by Grant Dufresne. For more ways to listen to in youn Glory, scan the QR code on your screen.
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My comforter, my counselor, Advocate my strength.
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In earth and stand out.
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He's my help.