← 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 trying 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 you're joining us today for Jesus the healer. And we are just loving what we're discovering in the Word. And we are talking about what it means to live in Christ and Christ in us. And the series title is In Christ I Can. And I am so glad that we find what we see in Acts, chapter 17, verse 28, when it says, in him we live and move and have our being. So notice this. He's left none of himself out of the movement of our life. And in all the movements of our life and all the different facets and the different arenas of our life, he wants to be involved. And he filled us with Himself because all he is, he brought with Him. And we could say this. God has never failed at anything he's done. And so the success of heaven is on the inside of us. His success is in us. And what we need to do is spend the successful one in us, draw on him, instead of just drawing on us, drawing on our own humanity and what we could accomplish. Listen, every single one of us got born again because we recognized we aren't succeeding on our own. We lived life on our own, and it was not turning out good. And so whenever we heard the salvation message preached, we recognize we need a Savior. Well, now that we have a Savior, why would we turn back and spend us when we need to draw on the Savior that really rescued us from ourselves? And so we need to know that in Christ is everything we need to succeed. And he, if I could say it this way, we are simply to be the glove that he feels, and he gives the movement to that glove. And we are simply his channel. We're his avenue that he can flow through. And the more, if I could say, the more the greater degree he can flow through us is if we will not hinder that if we get, so to speak, our issues, our thinking, our own wills out of the way, so to speak, and yield to him, then he can flow through us in a greater and greater measure. And so God never intended for you to fulfill his plan for your life apart from Him. So he filled you with Himself so that he could fulfill it through you. And it is such a great joy to know, hey, I'm not the biggest thing I got going for me. The biggest thing I got going for me is him who's in me. You know, when David faced Goliath, if you'll remember, one of the statements he made regarding Goliath was, who is this uncircumcised Philistine? What did David immediately point to? This man has no covenant. That's what he's pointing to, that with Goliath. He, he, Goliath himself was the biggest thing he had working for him, the greatest thing he had working for him. But David knew I have a covenant, and the God of the covenant is the greatest thing I have working for me. So when David compared the God of His covenant with this Philistine who had no covenant, he knew absolutely there's no getting beat by this guy because he's got nothing bigger than himself but backing him up. And I want you to know you have heaven backing you up because the Greater One is on the inside of you. And you never need to live this life struggling to get through. Just learn to put the greater One to work for you. So that's why we're delighted to take this series and teach about Christ in us and us in Christ. Because we're discovering what belongs to us in Christ so that we draw on the Greater One and quit thinking that our resources just live within us. Know they're in him and he's in us. So know this. God's plan for your life is so great that God put everything in Christ, that He intended you to have everything he dreamed for your life. And he put in Christ. And then he put Christ in you and says, now you can live the life I authored for you. So if we. What I would say to us every single day, we need to get up and say, today Christ is in me and I'm depending on Him. I'm reclining on Him. I'm drawing on Him. And the greater he can flow is through greater acknowledgment. The more we acknowledge him in us, then we'll draw on him more and he can manifest in a greater way through us. If we only acknowledge him limitedly, then he can only help us limitedly. But if we will acknowledge him in a great measure in a great way all throughout the day, then we, then we turn our attention toward him. And, and he can work for us in a greater flow. Amen. And I know this. Every believer has Christ in them. And I want you to know that that puts us all on an equal playing field. One doesn't have more Christ available to them than the other guy. So if you were to look at ourself, some may have more education, they may have a higher social standing, they may be better connected in, they may be in a more prosperous country. They may have all these outward attributes that they think will put them over. But I want you to know all the outward natural attributes will fail you. And so you need to not count on the attributes of your own self because the attributes of the greater one on the inside of you is far greater. And I want you to know he's the same in every single one of us. So it doesn't matter what country, it doesn't matter what your education, your lack of education, it doesn't matter what start you had in life. You are on equal playing field with every single other believer. Because Christ is the same in all of us. No one has received more or less of him because him, he has filled us with Himself. And the success of of his is in us. Listen, we have his righteousness, we have his sanctification, we have his holiness. Everything that he is, he has made ours. And we can live on the same plane that he manifested during his earthly walk because we have the same available to us that he did. And that is Heaven's ability, Heaven's power inside him backing him up. And Jesus made a draw in heaven that because he said, my Father in Me he does the works. If Jesus said that, we need to say that My Father in Me, he does the works. And that transfers you, if I could say this from the mindset that I've got to make this happen today. No, you don't have to make it happen. You just have to draw on the one in you who has already filled you with Heaven's success. There's no sense in us living a less than life when we can draw on Him. Now do we have an enemy to that life? Absolutely. The devil is always going to try to work to draw you back to the old man. He's not going to point to the new man of who you are in Christ. He's always going to go back to the old man and try to get you mindful of Your past, your faults, your failures, your weaknesses, because he wants you operating on a carnal, natural plane. But we refuse to be duped by those strategies. And we hold ourselves in the place of who we are in Christ. And we refuse to lower ourselves to who we were before Christ because that man doesn't exist anymore. You know, when Paul, of course, he persecuted Christians and he consented to their death before he was born again, but after he was born again. And in one of his letters, he makes the statement, I have wronged no man. What's he talking about? He's not talking the man outside of Christ. He's talking about the man in Christ. You are authorized to talk about who you are in him because you look so much better in him than outside of him. And so just know this, there's going to be opposition. But you have to be skillful with who you are in Christ so that opposition does not get you to take a lower flow than the flow of the one that's on the inside of you. You know, years ago, I was going through one particular test and trial. And you have to learn that the enemy will oppose you at times of advancement, when God is looking to promote you, take you further into his plan. The enemy is going to launch opposition. It's First Corinthians 16, I believe, verse 9, where Paul. Paul said this. He said, a great and effectual door is opened unto me, but there are many adversaries. Well, where are those adversaries? They're at that door. What is that door? It shows a place of more, a place of advancement, A place of entrance into something you didn't have before. But notice, anytime God goes to offer that place of promotion or advancement, that the devil is going to post adversaries at that door. What are they trying to do? They want to block your entrance. Or if they can't block your entrance, hinder or slow down your entrance, or they want to try to go into that room with you to keep troubling your life. So we have to be skillful that we're not going to be cheated out of who's in us because of the adversary that's trying to dupe us from our advancement, of the one who on the inside of us will take us into more, and we're going to let him take us into more, and we're not going to fall prey to these devices of the enemy. I remember that it was at a time of advancement. I was just beginning to pastor. I had just turned 30 and I was getting ready to pastor. And many Times you can see a spiritual pattern in your life. Jesus moved into what he was born for. And at the age of 30, and many times around the age of 30 in someone's life, you'll find, I'm talking about a Christian, you'll find a very significant happening that is really going to be something that opens up to them of what they're born for around that age. Many times you'll find that. And so that happened for me. But at this time, when God was moving me into the office of pastor and my husband and I were pioneering a church and he was on the road traveling, so he basically, he said, you're the pastor or I'm not, I'm on the road. And so. But it was at that time that there was great opposition that showed up against me. And it was new to me because in myself, you know, I'm My own temperament, my natural temperament. I'm not a worrier. I mean, I'm not, I guess I would say I'm not overly this way or overly that way. I'm pretty much, you know, I'm pretty even. Even tempered. And I never had problems with being pessimistic or wasn't a worrier or anything like that. But it's one thing to not be a worrier just in life. It's another thing to not worry when devils are attacking your mind. So I had not yet learned that skill and hadn't been too acquainted with that flow before. And I remember there came such bombardment against my mind during that season because the devil was trying to trouble me so that I wouldn't advance. And if you'll notice this, one of the strategies that he will use is he will always seek to remind you of your weaknesses, your faults and your failures. That's how he tries to push you down so that you don't use your faith to. To move forward. And I remember I had been through a season, it had gone on for a while, and it was, for me, it was a heavy weight test. And I remember I said to God one day, I said, God, I'm standing on the word. I'm confessing the Word. I'm holding fast. But I said, it still looks like I'm failing. And I said, I feel like I have been beat on. And I said those words to God. And he said, that means you're at the fourth and final stage of the test. And I go, what are you talking about? And he took me over to Matthew, chapter seven, and I want to read it to you. Matthew, chapter 7, verse 24. And this is the King James translation. Jesus was speaking, and he said, therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock. So what does Jesus call a wise man? A man who hears what God says and does it. That's what heaven calls a wise man. It's not calling a wise man. An educated man. Someone who's in different systems of education. He says, the Bible calls a wise man someone who hears what God says and does it. That's a wise man. And this is a man who is building his house on a rock. Now, everyone's building on something. But when you build on the rock, you're building on what God says. What God says to do. That's the building on a rock. And it says, look at this. Has. Look at this. In verse 24, is this man succeeding? Yes, he's succeeding. Why? He's hearing what God's saying and he's doing it. But notice with this man who's hearing what God's saying and doing it. Notice verse 25. And the rain descended and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell not for it was founded upon a rock. Notice the man. Jesus is likening a man's life to a house. And he's saying, just as you built a house on a rock and all the adversity comes, the house won't fall because of what it's built on. When a man is hearing and doing what God says, that no matter what adversity comes, he won't fall because he's on the rock of what God says. Now notice the man is hearing what God says and doing what God says. But the storm still comes. Don't think that because the storm comes that you're doing something wrong. In most of the cases, you're doing something right and the devil is trying to get you from advancing. So notice the way this storm operated. Verse 25. Again, it says, number one, the rain descended. Have you ever been outside and the rain starts coming down. And when the rain starts coming down. In fact, this morning it was raining at my home and I just sat on my covered patio and I just sat and watched the rain. Even though I'm watching it, it's not touching me. But notice this. It wasn't just in this test that the rain descended. The next thing was, the floods came. What was that? It's accumulating height. It's this storm is on the increase. And when the floods came. What happens with floods? Things that were in place start moving from their place. I have a lot of items that are on my back patio, but if a flood were to come and fill that area, those things would be pulled out of place. There are storms that. It looks like things in your life are being displaced. That doesn't mean you're doing it wrong. And it doesn't mean you're feeding, failing. That's just a sign that the floods are there. So first we see of any storm, the rain descends, the floods come. What's that mean? That which I try to keep dry. If you're in a flood, you can't keep it dry. I mean, it's going to come in the house. It's going to come through the cracks. It's going to get on the furniture, it's going to get on the floor. It's not just going to be confined to outside. It's going to take in every step, single aspect of that property. When the devil attacks many times, he doesn't just want to stay in one arena. He wants to go into every single arena of your life. So notice the rain descended, the floods came. So now everything about that property is being touched. And then it says, and the winds blew. What's the winds blowing? Well, you don't really see the wind, but you can see the effects of the wind. You can see trees bowing over because of wind. You see, can. You can feel the wind. You can hear the sounds of the wind going through things. What's this mean? When you're going through a test, you're going to hear things. You're going to hear all kinds of things swirling around your head. And notice there's a fourth step and beat upon that house. Notice the house didn't do anything wrong. The house is feeling things that are wrong, but the house itself isn't wrong. But let's look on. And I want us to see. And it failed not for it was founded upon a rock. God took me to that because when I told him, I said, I feel like I've been beat on. He said, that's the fourth stage. That's the ending stage of any test. And I said, well, God, I thought I was failing because I was feeling so much. And it seemed like the longer I stood, things got worse. He said, well, notice in the storm, it didn't get better, it got worse. The rains came, then floods. Then there's blowing, you know, I went back to my. My home that my parents were in years ago. They had had a storm and there were Pecan trees that had been for decades. They lived in a historical home that was built in 1907. And there was a pecan tree right by the house, a massive pecan tree that had been there since that home had been there. But that, that pecan tree had been blown over and the whole city looked like almost like a bomb had gone off it. All the trees were broken, they were destroyed. There had come an ice storm and it literally destroyed nearly every tree in people's yards. And for weeks people had just stacked stuff and put it in the yard until the cleanup, you know, the city cleanup crew could come and acquire all this stuff. It was devastating in the way it looked. But the thing about it, my parents house still stood untouched. But what, what happened in the wind? Things that were around that house that were movable were moved. And so when you go through a storm many times you don't just have rain, but you have floods. It seems like every single arena of your life is touched. Then winds come, you hear things, you feel things, you see things moving around. But notice this. And then it goes to beat. What's that mean? It's a consistent day after day. There's a, there's a consistency against that house. But the outcome is this. And it fell not. And God said to me, when I said to him, I said, I feel like I've been beat on. And what I meant by that is I feel like I'm losing this. And he said, what determined the success of the house in that storm? And I said, well, if it was still standing. He said, so the success of the home wasn't did it feel anything? I said, no. I said, if it was still standing. And he said, are you still standing? I said, I can say I am still standing. I am still standing on the word. I'm still confessing, I'm still believing. He said, then you pass the test. It's not did you feel it or not? Are you still standing? In spite of what you feel, in spite of everything that's come against you, in spite of everything you've seen, moved around in your life, are you still standing? And I said, I am still standing. And he said, that's because you misunderstood what this passage was saying. This passage was saying, if you're still standing, you win. And I want you to know it's not what you feel that robs from you. It's not what happens against you that makes you a failure. It's not, did the devil leave you alone or did the devil attack you. It's are you still standing. And if you can say I'm still standing. Everything you might have lost in the storm can easily be put back. I will say this. The home that my parents had, as I said it was built in 1907. The walls were a foot thick of solid brick. They weren't built like some houses that are put up quickly today. It was built by a man who was. He was a wealthy man and he had built those walls a foot thick of solid brick. My parents home was situated what they call right in Tornado Alley. We sat on the porch every year and, and we watched tornadoes that came through that region. It was the plains of Oklahoma, so it was all flatland. It was constant. Every year our city saw tornadoes come by. How much they touched down, it would change from year to year. But we would sit and watch it. But nothing of that house was ever moved except a few shingles. The house felt it and almost. Well, it was well. And the house is still standing and it's about 120 years old because it's so solidly built that even storm after storm after storm after storm has not changed that home at all. But sometimes there would be a few broken branches laying in the yard or there would be a few shingles off the top and daddy would put it back on. So what if there's a few shingles that have to be replaced after a storm? And if the structure is still standing and that's. That's your life, the structure of your life. So don't be disillusioned because the devil will say, and he'll accuse you that because you're in a storm you're failing. That's not true, he'll say, because you feel the storm, you're failing. That's not true, he'll say, because some shingles are laying around. Something of your life got displaced. That means you're failing. No, that's not true. I want you to know if you are still standing, loving God, but believing God, holding to his word. Everything that got moved during that storm can absolutely be put back. And it's God's pleasure to what? To make the devil watch him put everything back in your life that the devil thought he robbed from you. So I want you to know in Christ what belongs to you is absolute stability, immovability. That no matter what storm comes, that cannot defeat the Christ in you. Don't put your self worth on things around you. Your self worth is on who's in you. Because everything that you see can be put back. Everything that you see can be restored. But Christ in you is the one who never leaves you nor forsakes you. And he will cause you to stay immovable no matter what comes. And, you know, I've seen this even in my own life. One day can look pretty devastating, and the next day be complete victory. It doesn't take long for God to put back anything that was lost. So never let go of anything that was lost, because the Christ in you is a restorer. He will put back into your life what you thought that the devil had. Had had. A final word in God gets the final word. So learn to say, no matter what has come against me, the greater one in me will see to it that nothing is lost out of my life. Amen. Well, we're able to come to you on this broadcast every day for one reason. Because of the generosity of Kenneth Copeland and the partners of Kenneth Copeland Ministries, Brother Copeland and Sister Gloria Copeland have made the decision that none of the programmers on the Victory Channel pay for airtime. And so he has sown this airtime to this ministry and to all the programmers. So any time that you as a viewer are watching any broadcast on the Victory Channel, that is something that has been sown into your life by the generosity of Brother Copeland and the partners of Kenneth Copeland Ministries. So I would say this to you. If you receive something from this broadcast, if it nourishes you, if it feeds you, I ask you, if you're not already, become a partner with Kennecopah Ministries. And you can do that by going to the website of kcm.org and you can follow the prompts there to sign up to become a partner today. Because that's going to keep messages and the truth of God's word coming into your home. And I will say this 24 hours a day, you can turn on the Victory Channel and you can hear food for your life. Food that's going to rescue your life from the word of God. And that is priceless. But we ask you to become a partner today. And until next time, remember this. Jesus is the healer. God bless you.
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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 your Glory, scan the QR code on your screen. Jesus thank you Lord.