Podcast Summary: Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne Audio Podcast

Episode 855 | In Christ I Can, Part 95
Release Date: October 10, 2025
Host: Nancy Dufresne (Dufresne Ministries)

Episode Overview

This episode is part of Nancy Dufresne’s long-running “In Christ I Can” series, focusing on the believer’s identity, authority, and inheritance in Christ. Nancy continues to teach how every provision, answer, and empowerment is already completed and prepared in Christ, waiting for our faith to lay hold of it. The episode encourages listeners to meditate on God's Word, monitor their thoughts, and use their words to activate God's promises in their lives.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Power of God’s Presence (00:10–02:00)

• Opening Affirmation: Nancy reminds listeners that God’s healing power is present wherever they are. Receiving begins by acknowledging and declaring that power.
  • “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… the soles of my feet.” [00:23]
• The healing, health, wealth, and sound mind for every believer is already available in Christ.

2. Acknowledging Every Good Thing in Christ (02:00–09:00)

• Scripture Focus: Philemon 1:6 – “That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you, in Christ.”
  • Nancy explains that acknowledgement begins the flow of the good things in Christ.
  • If we acknowledge fear, fear flows. If we acknowledge provision, wisdom, or healing, those begin to manifest.
  • “What belongs to us in Christ won’t work automatically. We have to invite it to flow. How do we invite it? We acknowledge it.” [04:01]
• The importance of meditating and repeatedly listening to faith-filled teaching is stressed as a way to get the Word deeply rooted.

3. God’s Completed Works and How Faith Receives (09:00–14:00)

• Scripture Focus: Hebrews 4:3 (Amplified Classic) – God’s works were completed and prepared before the foundation of the world.
  • God provided for Israel before they knew they had a need; the same is true for all our needs in Christ.
    • “In Christ, He has prepared everything that our life will ever need. And it’s waiting for our faith to receive it and lay hold of it.” [11:24]
  • The difference between those who walked in provision and those who didn’t: believing and acknowledging what God had already done.

4. Faith Is Voice-Activated (14:00–19:00)

• Faith requires speaking, not just believing.
  • “You don’t receive something from God because you believe it. You receive it from God because you say it.” [15:40]
• Mark 11:23-24 is cited: what you say is what you will possess.
  • “Believing is part of it. But believing isn’t complete until we’ve said it. And so many times people are waiting for it to show up. Well, have you said it?” [18:05]
• Emphasis on “the more we say it, the more we’ll have it.”
• Our words move us into either a flow “in Christ” or “outside of Christ.”

5. Choosing the Right Flow: What We Say and Think (19:00–23:00)

• Only Say What Comes from God:
  • If something didn’t come from God—fear, doubt, bitterness—“we have no business saying it.” [19:45]
• “You can’t say, in Christ, I’m afraid. No such thing. There’s no fear in Him. But you can say, in Christ, I’m free… I’m peaceful… I’m joyful… I’m supplied.” [20:31]
• Controlling the Thought Life:
  • Cites Philippians 4:8 as a checklist—only think on what is true, lovely, praiseworthy.
  • “We can override any of those things that try to trouble us by praising God for what is ours in Christ.” [22:55]

6. Personal Testimony: Guarding Fellowship and the Mind (23:00–25:30)

• Nancy shares a personal story about battling disappointment:
  • During a difficult season, the Lord told her: “You can think about that if you want, but to think about that, you have to give up fellowship with Me.” [24:07]
  • She challenges listeners to never trade fellowship with God for negative thinking.
  • Test: “Can you praise God for it?” If not, don’t dwell on it.

7. The Danger of Complaint and the Power of Positive Confession (25:30–27:30)

• Avoid Complaining: Complaining activates the negative flow, but gratitude and affirmation align with the “in Christ” flow.
• Practical Exercise: Start your day saying, “In Christ, I have...” or “In Christ, I can…”
  • “Why don’t you employ who you are in Christ instead of outside of Christ? Because outside of Christ, everything’s a difficulty. In Christ, everything has His flow.” [26:34]
• Victory in every situation begins by declaring it’s already won in Christ.

8. Fulfilling God’s Plan: Christ-Fueled Living (27:30–28:00)

• We are not meant to accomplish anything God asks apart from Him; we are “the Christ channel.”
  • “God authored a plan for our life, and then He gave us Himself to fulfill it through us… Christ is working in me today. I can do anything I need to do because I’m yielding to Christ in me.” [27:45]

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Healing and Provision:
  “The price Jesus paid was so we would have all that He has, all that He is.” [01:45]
• Faith in Action:
  “Our faith can’t—It’s not just believing it. We acknowledge what we believe through what we say.” [16:07]
• On Thought Life:
  “Fellowship with God. The fellowship of having Him in our thought life… what we’re thinking on is either drawing us into fellowship with God or drawing us out of fellowship with God.” [24:37]
• Practical Living:
  “It’s just as easy to say the right thing as it is to say the wrong thing. And it’s certainly not easy to eat the fruit of the wrong thing, but it’s certainly easy to say the right thing.” [26:25]
• Summary on Purpose:
  “We are the channel that Christ is manifesting through and demonstrating Himself through us. God never intended for us to fulfill anything of his plan apart from Him.” [27:35]

Key Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:10 — The power of God’s healing is present now
• 02:00 — Foundational scripture: Philemon 1:6 and its implications
• 09:00 — God’s provision for Israel as a picture of our inheritance in Christ (Hebrews 4:3)
• 15:40 — Faith activated by speaking, not just believing (Mark 11:23-24)
• 19:45 — Only speaking what comes from God, avoiding fear and negativity
• 22:55 — Philippians 4:8 and cultivating a praiseworthy thought life
• 24:07 — Nancy’s personal story: disappointing thoughts and the loss of fellowship with God
• 26:25 — The power of confession: “Say the right thing”
• 27:35 — Living as a channel for Christ’s power and purpose

Conclusion

Nancy Dufresne powerfully reinforces that everything the believer needs—healing, provision, guidance, victory—has already been completed and made available in Christ. Experiencing these blessings is not automatic but is accessed by believing and, crucially, by speaking and thinking in alignment with God's Word. Listeners are urged to develop spiritual habits of meditation, confession, and gratitude, constantly affirming who they are and what they possess in Christ.

For deeper study or to re-listen to key teachings, visit dufresneministries.org.