← Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne Audio Podcast
Loading summary
Transcript7 lines
- [00:01]
A
Thank you to Kenneth Copeland Ministries for sowing the airtime for this broadcast.
- [00:11]
B
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. Welcome. We're so glad to have you joining us today for Jesus the Healer. We are in the midst of a series that we are enjoying so much, and I trust that. That you're being blessed by it. And if you have missed any of the previous episodes, go back and watch them. And I would say this, that if one of them especially speaks to you, watch it over and over and over. Because we want to meditate on these truths and get them down on the inside of us. You know, as we meditate on the truths of God's Word, they become established in us. And what happens when they're established in us? They become our way of responding. They become our way of thinking, our way of moving in this earth. And so we invite you, be sure and take time to meditate on the truths of these words, of the words that we're bringing we've been talking about in Christ. I can. Because God has a plan for your life. And the plan of God for your life came out of Him. Since it came out of him, it requires him to. To fulfill it. Nothing came out of him that he said, here you fulfill it apart from Me. He. And he offers us not only his plan, but he offers us Himself and says, I will do it through you. Isn't that amazing? I mean, to think of it, that we are carriers of God. But not only that. We're the temple of the Holy Ghost and we are the. We're the channels that he wants to move and manifest through. And can I tell you that you have authority on this earth that he needs so that he can manifest? What is the way that we give him the authority to manifest through us? We obey him. We agree with Him. We open up. Let's say this, we acknowledge him, that when He. He makes it clear to us something he has for our lives, we Say, Father, I agree with that. When we agree with him now, he has our permission to become a channel or we become the channel that he flows through. So know this. God's plan for your life came out of Him. Therefore it requires his involvement to fulfill it. And the involvement that he has in our life is this. He put everything in Christ that we needed to fulfill his plan. And then he put Christ in us, making us one with Him. So in Christ you have everything you need to fulfill the plan that God authored for your life. Amen. So we must have the mentality and if I could say, the mentality, the renewed mind, enough to understand that he is the One doing the work through us. That's what in Christ means. The greater One in me, working through me, that I just allow him, give him permission to manifest in work and flow. Do you know that Jesus was so skillful at letting the Father flow through him that he said this? He said, my Father in me, he does the works. I want you to know Jesus had to become skillful at letting the Father manifest through Him. How did that happen? Remember what Jesus said. He said, I only do what I see my Father do. I only say what I hear my Father say. Notice he recognized all the movement and that Jesus was to participate with in the earth came from the Father and not from Him. He just hooked on to what God wanted to do and said, yes, he obeyed God. And with with Jesus obedience, God had the channel to manifest through. Same thing with us with our obedience to God. God has the channel to manifest through. And that's what he wants to do is manifest in his plan through us. And aren't you grateful that the plan God, God authored for your life, he doesn't expect you to fulfill it apart from Him. He doesn't expect you to fund it apart from Him. He doesn't expect you to stock it with all the equipment, the buildings, the properties you need apart from Him. But he has assigned all these things that you will need to fulfill the plan. He's assigned them to the plan. When you stay with the plan, you are staying with the provision that the plan holds. Amen. So know this, that God, the God's revelation in our life is progressive. You can look back over your life and you can say, in my Christian life, I can tell that my understanding of God has progressed. Revelation of God has progressed well. That's what we are designed to do. To progress in the wisdom of God, the knowledge of God, progress in the plan of God. Well, if God is to take us further into his plan, then we have to have further revelation to move with his plan. And so when we need to move further with the plan of God, if I could say it this way, we need to have further revelation of who we are in Christ. I was. I was talking to someone that there's a certain minister that is such a voice into my life. And I will go to his sermons and listen and feed on and meditate on the sermons, because in those, he tells the processes of God working through him and moving through him. And it helps instruct us that when we hear how God works through one, now we know how God wants to work through us, he may manifest a little different. The plan looks a little bit different, but it's still a skill we need to have of yielding to the Father to do the work through us. And this man was talking about properties that God had given him. And one of the things he said, he said, before I was able to lay hold of those properties and pay them off, he said, I needed further revelation of who I was in Christ. Because he said, I recognized that those properties were in Christ. The provision for those properties were in Christ. And so I had to see myself in Christ. I had to see that everything in the plan was already stocked and loaded with in Christ. And he said, so I focused and I emphasize in Christ, I have that building in Christ, I had the provision for that building. Now, this is what we're going to have to build in ourselves. If we're going to advance in God. We have to advance in our understanding of who we are in Christ. And we're advancing in our speech of who we are in Christ and what belongs to us because we are in Christ. Now, if we look at Ephesians, we look at Ephesians, chapter one, verse 17. And I'm going to ask them to put that up on the screen because I want us to read that together. Ephesians 1:17 is a prayer that Paul prayed. And in praying this, he was telling us what he prayed for other believers. This is what we need to pray for others. And we can also pray it for our own life. So he said, I pray this that the God. Ephesians 1, verse 17, that the God of, of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, look at this. May give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and the Spirit of revelation. Look at this in the knowledge of Him. Could we not say this in the knowledge of who you are in him? In the knowledge of who he is in you? We have to have knowledge of him if we're going to have wisdom. And if we're going to have revelation, it lives with who we are in Christ. Now go to the next verse, if you would, for me. It says this in verse 18. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened. What is that? What's the eyes of your understanding? It's the eyes of your spirit. What's that mean? That it has to dawn on your spirit. You have to see it with the eyes of faith. Because just as your physical body has five physical senses, your spirit, man has senses. You can see with your spirit, you can hear with your spirit, you can lay hold with the hand of faith on the things that God has made yours. So this is what Paul referring to in verse 18. He says the eyes of your understanding. Or we could say this, the eyes of your spirit being enlightened. What's that mean? They have to see something. It has to dawn on your spirit. Not just on the intellect of man, not just on the mind of man, but on your spirit. He says that you may know, number one, what is the hope of his calling? Number two, that you would know what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. And number three, that you would know what is exceeding greatness of his power to usward. Who believe. Now see this. Paul is saying that you would know what's the hope of his calling. What's that? Who you are in Christ. That's what you are in Christ. You have been called as one in Christ. So we are to number one. We are to see who we are in Christ. And then what about this? The riches of the glory? What is that what we possess? Because we're in Christ. How many of you know? We're rich. Made rich with him. Made rich with everything that Christ is. God put in Christ everything he wanted for us. So when we have Christ, we have everything God wanted for us. We have all the supply, all the wisdom, all the privilege, all the, if I could say this, the privilege of fulfilling the plan, all the provision of the plan, everything we need to walk out God's plan. It's loaded within Christ. And when we gain greater understanding that everything we need is already in Christ, and we're talking that we're putting that in our mouth, that's how we experience the riches of the glory. Then it says this, that we would know what is exceeding greatness of his power to us. Ward who believe Notice this. His power to usward who believe his power, not our power. His power is what we're spending. We're to spend his power because in Christ it's His power that's available to us. We're not limited to our own power. So this prayer is so important because Paul prays these three things. And if I could say it to you in a nutshell, just to give you the simplest phrasing of this, Paul's praying. I pray that you would know who you are in Christ, what you have or how rich you are in Christ. And number three, what you can do because it's his power that's flowing through you in Christ. So say this with me, that in Christ we're to know who we are in Christ. What we have because we're in Christ. What we can do because we're in Christ. Say it with me again. In Christ we're to know who we are in Christ, what we have because we're in Christ. And number three, what we can do because we're in Christ. This is. Notice this. To be in Christ is to lead us to the having and the doing. It's not to lead us to inactivity. We are to be, if I could say this, channels and expressions of God doing through us what he intended to do through Christ and did do through Christ. So this is what we need to have greater understanding of. Of what I have because I'm in Him. Of what I can do because I'm in Him. Who I am. He gives me my self worth. A job doesn't give me my self worth. A being a member of a certain family carrying the family name, that's not my trophy. My my highest self worth, that's not my truest identity. Who I am in Christ, there's the height of what man can be brought into. Who you are in Christ. Now to fulfill the further things of God's plan, we have to have further knowledge of who we are in Christ. We have to have further skill of drawing on who we are in Christ. Because we have to put him to work for us if we're going to lay hold of everything he made ours. Amen. So know this. The plan of God that He has for your life requires his provision. Divine plans call for divine provision. And to have divine provision we have to draw on God's realm. When we say I'm in Christ, we just drew on God's realm. We just drew on God's flow. We just drew on the kingdom of God. Because who we are in Christ is where all the wealth of heaven has been stored up as a treasury for us. Amen. So what does this mean? To lay hold of everything that the plan of God holds for Our lives. We have to renew our minds to who we are in Christ. Because every provision for the plan is in Christ. So we have to carry that out by drawing on who we are in Christ. How do we draw on who we are in Christ? We say it in Christ. I have that home. In Christ. I have that business in Christ. I have all the resources I need. In Christ, I have all the equipment I need. In Christ, I have all the provision I need. I have the home I need. What about this? I have the staffing I need. I have the right craftsmen that I need. I have the right tradesmen that I need. I have everything in Christ that I need to fulfill the plan. Now, this is what we have to have in our mouth if we're going to advance further in the plan and fulfill what that plan holds for us. Now, when I take what I take into my own hands to work myself, I have just taken out of God's hands and I have taken it outside of in Christ. If I think that I have to fulfill something he said to me in my own ability, I have just excluded his involvement. I'm not going to do that because his plan can only be fulfilled because he's involved, not apart from his involvement. And if I am worrying about something, that's because I think I have to do it. Now, did you get that? If I'm worrying about something, I think that I'm the one that has to fulfill that. No, he's fulfilling it in me. Therefore I don't worry because he doesn't fail on anything that he is involved in. Amen. So I have to realize this. If I'm going to fulfill everything that the plan of God holds for me, I have to leave everything in his hands to do it. Now, what is my part? My job is to obey what he tells me to do. My job is to have faith. Release my faith. What am I releasing my faith in? He's the one doing it. He's the one doing the work. He's the one doing the labor. I obey what he tells me to do. And then he fills my obedience with his ability. And his ability meets my obedience. Remember when Jesus would come up to a lame man and he'd say, take up your bed and walk. The man couldn't do it himself, but he just moved to obey what Jesus said. And when he would just move, make a movement to obey that God's power would fill that movement. That's what we're to be skillful at making movement. That God's power and God's Provision can fill. So faith is to lead us to act on who we are in Christ. And when we act on who we are in Christ, Christ gets in that movement and he brings that to pass. That means I'm not going to take into my hands what only he can fulfill. Like I said, if we're worrying about it, we think we're the ones who have to fulfill it. If we're calculating, do I have enough resources? Do I have enough money? If God speaks to someone and says, I have a business for you, I want you to start a business. And you immediately go to, wait a minute. I don't have the resources to start that. I don't have the equipment for that. What? What are you doing? You're taking it into your hands. You just took it out of his hands. We're to leave it in his hands by saying, in Christ, I have that. In Christ I have the resources. In Christ, I have the equipment. That's how you leave it in his hands. You refuse to get in that mental arena trying to struggle, measure and calculate. So know this. As I said, anything that's in your hands, he can't work on it has to be left in his hands if he's to work on it. Now, what does the Word tell us? It says, casting all your care on Him. What's this? Listen to this. For he cares for you. What's this mean? He'll work for you, but he can only work for you if you've done the first part of that verse. Casting all your care on him. Put into what? If you've got a struggle, you've got a certain difficulty. Meaning this. I need to buy this piece of equipment. I don't have the money for it. I need the money for it. Put that care in his hands. Because you put the care in his hands by saying, he's providing. I don't have to worry about it because the provider will not falter on his provision. But if I'm trying to figure out I don't have enough money for that, I don't know where I'm going to get the money. How can I increase my work hours to get the money? You think you have to fulfill it, and it's in your hands. We cannot fulfill his plan with the plan in our hands. The plan for our life has to be in his hands. And we have to be skillful at saying, christ in me. He does it. I'm in Christ, he's in me, and he's fulfilling it through me. Now, when my husband went home to be with the Lord. If I could say it this way. And most people would think you became a single income household. While my husband was alive, there was his salary, there was my salary. But with him not in the picture anymore, people would say, you have a single income household. I never thought of myself as having a single income. Why is that? Because God said himself, he said, I am the husband to the widow. I have divine income. I have a heavenly husband who will not be outdone by any earthly man. My husband was such a blessing. He was generous to me. He led our family beautifully. But I guarantee you this, my heavenly husband would not be outdone by a man. And I knew I was not limited to a single income. I still had my heavenly Father's provision in flowing in my life. And so I refused to worry about. I did not let my mind touch in. Where am I going to get the money to pay this bill? And where am I going to get the money to pay that bill? Because anything I've taken into my thought life, I've taken into my hand. You understand that if you're thinking about it, you're worrying. And if you're worrying about it, that's a sign, it's in your hand. You have to get it back in his hand. Because everything of God's plan can only be fulfilled of what's in his hand. If you don't put it in his hand and leave it there, that part of his plan will go unfulfilled. So I did not plan. Okay, what am I going to do to increase my salary? Can I tell you this? My salary from our ministry has not been increased probably since 2007, 2008. I have not increased it in almost 20 years. Why? Because God told me not to. Now, would it be wrong for me to take an increase in salary? No. It would be perfectly right. Because the Word says this. You don't muzzle the ox that's treading out the corn. It's appropriate for someone who's laboring to receive a harvest on that labor. So it's perfectly appropriate. But God was teaching me something. God was training me in something. And he said, if you will trust me to provide for you, I'll more for you than your ministry could ever provide for you. And so I have not had to increase anything. But God has used and opened up so many different avenues that I never had available to me before. That God has been my provider. Why? Because I refuse to take into my own hands what God wants me to leave in His. Now know this. God leads different People differently. I'm not telling you to do what I've done, but I'm saying this. Follow how God's leading you. Because if you will follow how God's leading you, you're following in Christ. You're going to partake of the flow in Christ. God wanted to demonstrate to me as a widow that my, my heavenly husband noticed me. He notices my needs. And not only notices them, he's already provided for every need. Where's that treasury of provision at? It's in Christ. When I tap, when I say in Christ, I have the money to pay this bill. When I say in Christ, I have the money to buy this home. You know what I did? I opened up the treasury box of Christ and I'm dipping in to all the wealth that's in him that supplies every need I'll face on this earth. The treasure box is Christ. And when I talk as one in Christ, think as one in Christ, move as one in Christ, I'm tapping into the treasury that's held in Him. Amen. Now know this. God's care for you is far more abundant than your self care. I refuse to become under my to come under self care. Why? Because that's limits. And I didn't just want my hands supporting me, I need his hands supporting me. So I don't take any care into my hands. I leave every care into his hands. Every single care. That is my job. And can I tell you, that's really the good fight of faith, keeping all your care in his hands, not being swayed off the word of God. But you're saying I've cast my care into his hands and he cares for me. Now know this, as long as something is in his hand, he can work on it. But if you've taken it into your hands, he's done working on it. People say, why isn't God working for me? Well, have you put it in his hands? Because he cannot work on something as long as you're holding it. You know, when I go to our local church and I drive up in the parking lot, the thing that I do when I get out of the car is I have an usher there who takes my car key. What does that usher do? He'll maybe turn the car around so that when I leave I have to, I can drive straight out. I don't have to back out or they may notice, hey, her car needs washing. Or hey, we're going to go fill up her car with gas. Because I've given them the key, they have the ability to do something More with that car because they hold the key. Now, when I come out of the service and I'm ready to leave the property, you know what I have to do? I have to get the key out of their hand. Even though I own the car, if they hold the key, I cannot even drive the car I own. Know this. Although God has complete provision and complete ability for you, if you're holding the key, he cannot supply for you what belongs to you that he's already made available. You have to put it in his hand so he can do the work. Amen. And you belong to Him. So leave yourself in his care. I want you to know, heavenly care, divine care for you is so much richer than self care. So God, the way he led me, he said, I want to demonstrate to you that I'll take care of you. You don't have to take steps to take care of yourself. All I have to do is I have to obey the plan. Why? Because in the plan, as Brother Copeland says, that's my wealthy place. What's that mean? That's not just my place of provision, that's also my place of healing. The plan of God makes me wealthy in every arena of life. The plan of God enriches every arena of life. So as long as I stay with the plan of God, that plan funds me. Do you know, as a minister and standing in a fivefold office, Ministry office. As long as I stay with the office, I'm called to that office funds me. Why? Because that's the plan of God. Pastors, I want you to know I don't care that you may be starting in your ministry, that there may seem like there's sacrifices you make. I want you to know you never have to do without provision that you need. Because obeying God, the plan of God, the call of God will fund you wherever you're called to be by God. That's your funding place. So I want to encourage you take examination of your life. Is there something you're trying to make happen apart from him? Is there something you've taken into your hands? You've taken it out of his hands. Get it back in his hands. Say, Pastor Nancy, how do I do that? With words? You say, father, I cast it into your care. You're working on it. As long as it's in your hands, you're working on it. And I refuse to take it back. How do you know if you've taken it back? If you're thinking about it, if you're worrying about it? So know this. His hands are for your good for your benefit, so leave it in his hands. Amen. Well, we want to invite you to join us next time. And until next time, remember this Jesus is the Healer. God bless you.
- [27:42]
A
To watch or listen to today's message and other messages by Nancy Dufresne, visit.
- [27:47]
C
Dufresneministries.Org Jesus gave us the key to his success. He stayed with the plan that God gave Him to fulfill. In this book by Nancy Dufresne, God the Revealer of Secrets, you will learn how to know God, perfect will for your life, and how to accomplish that divine plan. Order this book now@dufresneministries.org we trust you've enjoyed this message.
- [28:13]
A
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@DefresinMinistries.org we invite you to join us at World Harvest Church, home of Dufresne ministries in Marietta, California. Located at 23109 Palomar Street, Marietta, California, this is a Word and Spirit church. Join us in person or online Sunday mornings at 10am and Tuesday nights at 7pm Pacific Time. For more information go to defrainministries.org shop Nancy Dufresne's books and other products as well as Jesus the Healer merchandise on our website@jesusthehealer.org or call us at 951-696-9258 to place your order. Today.
- [29:30]
B
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.
- [29:42]
A
In youn Presence is My reward, you, Glory is yous Power.