Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne – Episode 877
"In Christ I Can, Part 117" – November 11, 2025
Episode Overview
In this episode, Pastor Nancy Dufresne continues her long-running series, "In Christ I Can," focusing on how believers can lay hold of all that Christ has provided. The episode dives into understanding the supernatural process of faith, the importance of meditating on the Word, the role of the Holy Spirit as revealer, and practical ways to let truth penetrate beyond intellect into the spirit for real-life transformation. Expect encouragement, practical analogies, and teachings aimed at helping listeners live victoriously in Christ.
Key Discussion Points & Insights
The Power Present for Healing & Change
- Faith in Action (00:10–00:41)
- Listeners are reminded that God's healing power is available "in every sick room and every hospital room."
- Nancy leads the audience in a short confession to receive that power (00:35):
"Say, I receive that power. I receive it right now. From the top of my head to the soles of my feet."
The Role of the Holy Spirit
- Divine Teacher—Not a Natural Book (00:41–03:30)
- The Word of God is described as “divine” and cannot be fully understood without the Holy Spirit’s help.
- The Holy Ghost reveals divine truths as we read the Word, taking us beyond just a natural, historical perspective.
- Memorable quote (02:13):
"The Word of God is the mind of God, the thoughts of God, the words of God... This divine Word needs a divine teacher."
The Difference Between Mind and Spirit
- Landing in the Spirit, Not Just the Mind (03:31–07:30)
- Only when the Word lands in your spirit, not just your mind, does it have the power to change your life.
- Quote (05:50):
"If it came out of my mind, it can only land in the mind of someone. But if it comes out of our spirit, it can land in another man's spirit. And that's when results come."
- Practical instruction: Listen with the "ears of your spirit," not just your physical ears.
Spiritual Senses and Faith
- Faith: A Sense of the Spirit (07:31–11:00)
- She explains that just as the natural man has physical senses, your spirit has senses too: you “lay hold” with the "hand of faith."
- Belief takes place in your spirit, not in your intellect.
“You cannot believe God with your mind. Your mind is not the dwelling place of your faith. Your faith ... lives in your spirit.” (10:05)
Meditation: Moving Truth from Mind to Spirit
- Joshua 1:8 and the Power of Repetition (11:01–16:30)
- Meditation is dwelling on, speaking, and thinking deeply about God’s truths to plant them in your innermost being.
- Analogy: Just as hurtful words can move from the mind to the spirit (causing negative effects), so can God’s Word, if we let it sink deeply through meditation.
- Advice: Guard your heart (Proverbs 4); don’t let everything from the mind descend into your spirit.
Why Confession Sometimes "Doesn't Work"
- Confession Comes from Fullness (16:31–20:00)
- You must be "full" of God's truth before confession produces change, just as an empty cup can’t satisfy thirst.
- Quote (17:25):
“You can’t confess from an empty place and get a flow of God. You have to fill up, fill up your spirit with the truths of the word. Then when you speak, something is coming out... and it’s changing things.”
The Bible: The Only Divine Book
- Don’t Add to (or Treat it Like) Human Books (20:01–23:10)
- The Bible is God-authored; other resources are only valid as they agree with the Word.
- Analogy: Human writers were “simply God’s secretary.”
The Necessity of the Holy Spirit in Study
- Learning in the Holy Ghost (23:11–24:50)
- George Mueller and Smith Wigglesworth quotes highlight reading/learning "in the Holy Ghost," not just intellectually or in Greek/Hebrew.
- Memorable quote (24:19):
“Some like to read the Bible in Greek, some like to read it in Hebrew. I like to read it in the Holy Ghost.”
The Process of Spiritual Growth: Seed, Water, Harvest
- Spiritual Laws of Increase (24:51–26:10)
- Nancy uses her father’s farming to illustrate: God’s truth must be sown, watered, and tended to produce a harvest.
- Quote (25:40):
“Don’t get discouraged if your answer doesn’t show up overnight ... It’s a process. The Word tells us ... first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear.”
- Repeated truth is not redundant; it’s necessary watering.
Living Out "In Christ" Realities
- Filling up with Christ’s Truths (26:11–27:00)
- To see results (“manifestation”) in healing, prosperity, or victory, continually fill up and meditate on “in Christ” truths until they overflow into daily life.
- Quote (26:32):
“When you get full of the healing word, that’s when healing manifests. When you get full of prosperity truths, that’s when it manifests.”
Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments
- On Listening by the Spirit (06:35):
“Learn to listen with your heart and learn to listen with the ears of your spirit.”
- On Watering the Word (25:40):
“My dad never planted a seed, then walked off and never tended to it. Every day he was giving his full effort to tend to a seed he no longer saw...”
- On Living Victorious (26:55):
“Victory in this life requires that you spend the greater one in you—that you draw on Him.”
Timestamps for Important Segments
- 00:10–00:41 – Faith declaration for healing
- 02:00–05:00 – Why the Holy Spirit is essential for understanding the Word
- 07:31–11:00 – Senses of the spirit; difference between mind and spirit in faith
- 11:01–16:30 – Meditation; guarding your heart
- 17:00–20:00 – Fullness before confession; cup analogy
- 24:19–24:50 – Smith Wigglesworth and learning “in the Holy Ghost”
- 24:51–26:10 – Seed, watering, and spiritual growth; the patience of faith
- 26:10–end – Overflow and living out “in Christ” realities for everyday victory
Final Thoughts
Nancy Dufresne delivers a message dense with practical theology and practical analogies, reinforcing the need for ongoing meditation and engagement with the Word—by the Spirit—to live victoriously as believers. The central theme is not just “knowing” truths about Christ intellectually, but letting them reach the core of your being, so spiritual realities manifest in life.
Memorable Close:
“We’re filling up with in Christ truths... when we reach a place of fullness, it begins to not just be full, but it overflows, and then we become… have a lifestyle of in Christ truths overflowing into each situation of our life.” (26:15)
Call to Action:
Continue filling up with and meditating on “in Christ” truths; don’t be discouraged by delay, and always include the Holy Spirit in your study for lasting transformation.