Podcast Summary

Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne Audio Podcast – Episode 869

Title: In Christ I Can, Part 109
Date: October 30, 2025
Host: Nancy Dufresne (Dufresne Ministries)

Episode Overview

In this episode, Nancy Dufresne continues her series "In Christ I Can," focusing on what it means to live as possessors and partakers of all God has provided in Christ. She explores foundational scriptures, practical faith, the battle against the enemy, and the importance of maintaining the right confession. Throughout, Nancy encourages listeners to move beyond intellectual knowledge to daily application—living from an awareness of what is already theirs in Christ.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. God Puts Everything for Us in Christ—And Christ in Us

• Main Idea: Everything God planned for your life is found in Christ. By placing Christ in you, God made these riches available to you now.
  • "Aren’t you so grateful you’re not just left to spend you in this life?... They are no substitute for who Christ is in us." [01:13]
• Scripture Reference: Colossians 2:9 — “For in Christ there is all of God in a human body... you are filled with God through your union with Christ.” [02:12]
• Key Point: As co-heirs with Jesus, all God made available to Christ is available to us—health, provision, joy, all the fruits of the Spirit.

2. From Possessor to Partaker—Activating Our Faith

• Difference Made Clear: Having something in Christ isn’t the same as using it.
  • Clever analogy: "I have a vehicle right now, but I’m not in it... You can have something and not be in it." [03:45]
• Scripture Reference: Philemon 1:6 — Faith becomes effective when we acknowledge every good thing in us in Christ. [05:06]
• Application: We move from only possessing spiritual blessings to partaking of them by:
  • Acknowledging what is ours (“That’s mine in Christ and I receive it.”)
  • Exercising faith daily—not just in emergencies

3. Receiving from God is Easy

• Faith Simplified:
  • "Faith is not hard. Faith is simply agreeing with God. Faith is saying, if God says, that’s mine, then it’s mine. Thank you, I’ll take it. That’s how easy it is." [09:49]
  • Complication comes from overthinking and reasoning—God doesn’t need our mind to understand, just the agreement of our heart.
• Encouragement:
  • “Receiving from God is easy for me.” This is contrasted with how circumstances can seem tangled or complicated, but “everything with God is easy. Nothing is complicated to God.” [11:28]
• Reference: Matthew 11:28–30 — “My yoke is easy, my burden is light.”

4. Why Manifestation is Sometimes Delayed

• Spiritual Warfare: God is not slow to answer. Delays are due to spiritual hindrance from the enemy.
  • Example of Daniel (Daniel 10): His prayer was heard at once, but spiritual opposition caused a delay in the answer being manifested. [15:02]
• Application: The job of faith is to hold fast (“I know it’s mine in Christ, and I don’t care what hindrance comes—You will not rob me.” [16:13])
• Big Idea: We are called to “live independent of circumstances”—circumstances don’t change what belongs to us or what we believe.

5. Hold Fast to What is Good

• Scripture References:
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:21 — “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.”
  • Revelation 2:25 — “But that which ye have already, hold fast till I come.”
  • "If there was not an enemy ... why would we need to hold fast to it?" [19:33]
• Application: Healing, prosperity, peace—these are already ours. The devil tries to rob us of them, so we must “hold hard.”
  • Analogy: Like two toddlers holding onto the same toy—the one who doesn’t let go ends up with it. [24:48]
• Practical Example: When awaiting a “doctor’s report,” don’t put your faith in their words but in what God has already said about you.

6. Faith, Patience, and Confession

• Divine Patience versus Human Patience:
  • "There is human patience, but this is not talking about human patience. This is talking about divine patience. [21:46]”
  • Because patience is an attribute of God (fruit of the Spirit), it belongs to us; the devil cannot outlast us if we hold fast.
• Confession Consistency:
  • We must keep the same confession at all times to ourselves, others, God, and the devil.
  • Changing our confession allows the enemy to rob us; steadfast confession aligns our bodies and circumstances with spiritual reality. [25:22]
  • "If we vacillate in our confession, that’s why symptoms persist."

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Our Union with Christ (02:20):
  • “Everything that’s available to Christ is available to you. All of God that’s available to Him is available to us as well.”
• On Faith as Simple Agreement (09:49):
  • “Faith is simply agreeing with God. Faith is saying, if God says, that’s mine, then it’s mine. Thank you, I’ll take it.”
• On Holding Fast (24:48):
  • “The devil is counting on you letting go. But when you’re in faith and you’re holding fast, there is no let go in us.”
• On Doctor’s Reports and God’s Report (26:02):
  • “Remember this, when you go to the doctor, you’ve already got a good report. Jesus has given you the good report. You are the healed. Don’t let the report of the doctor change the report God has already given you.”
• On Patience (21:46):
  • “He [God] put His own patience in you. So when you encounter the devil, know this: You have something the devil doesn’t have. ... If we will hold fast, we can simply outlast Him.”

Timestamps for Major Segments

• 00:10–01:25 – Opening exhortation: Christ in us and fullness of power
• 02:12–05:00 – Colossians 2:9 & Philemon 1:6: Possessor vs. partaker
• 09:00–13:00 – Receiving from God is easy; not complicated on God’s side
• 15:00–18:30 – Delays, the enemy, Daniel’s example & faith’s job
• 19:25–21:30 – Hold fast to what’s good (Thessalonians & Revelation)
• 21:46–24:45 – The divine nature of patience and outlasting the devil
• 24:48–26:45 – Confession: steadfastness, the doctor's report, and the good report

Tone & Style

• Warm, direct, and practical
• Strong scriptural basis, with a blend of pastoral encouragement and exhortation
• Frequent analogies and real-life applications
• Repetitive for emphasis, particularly on spiritual truths and faith’s role

Conclusion

Nancy Dufresne emphasizes that “in Christ, I can” is not just theological—it’s a daily, empowering reality. Everything believers could ever need is already provided in Christ. The ongoing task is to move from having (possessing) to experiencing (partaking), through active faith, persistence (divine patience), and unwavering confession. Manifestation is not dependent on God “doing” more, but on believers holding fast—outlasting the enemy and living independently of circumstances. The call is both simple and profound: receive what is yours in Christ, every day.