Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne Audio Podcast

Episode 894 | In Christ I Can, Part 134

Date: December 4, 2025
Host: Nancy Dufresne (Dufresne Ministries)
Theme: Understanding and Living in Our Identity in Christ, with a Focus on God’s Love and the Power of Fellowship

Episode Overview

In this continuing series “In Christ I Can,” Nancy Dufresne teaches on the foundational importance of knowing who we are in Christ. This episode emphasizes the transformative power of understanding and receiving God’s love, how that shapes our identity, and how fellowship with God is the highest privilege—and the greatest flow—available to every believer. Practical steps for moving into deeper fellowship, accessing God’s love and anointing, and overcoming the enemy’s lies about God’s attitude toward us are discussed throughout.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Power of God is Always Present (00:10–00:46)

• The episode opens with a reminder from a guest minister:

  “There's enough power in every sick room and in every hospital room to raise up that sick one that may be describing you. … 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.” — Guest Speaker (00:10)

• Listeners are encouraged to receive God's healing power wherever they are, affirming the truth:

  “I receive that power. I receive it right now.” — Nancy Dufresne & Guest Speaker (00:41–00:46)

2. Why Knowing Our Identity in Christ Matters (00:52–04:50)

• Nancy explains the ongoing series’ focus:

  “Our identity of who we are in him is the foundation of our redemption. And when we know who we are in Christ… we come into the highest order of faith.” — Nancy Dufresne (00:52)

• She introduces resources for “In Him” Scriptures—compiled documents/brochures outlining verses about our position in Christ, available for free download.

3. Understanding God’s Love as Central to Redemption (04:50–11:45)

• Reflection on John 3:16 and God’s motivation:

  “God's entire dealing with humanity is on the basis of love. God is love. … Love is not just something he has. It's who he is and it’s what he does.” — Nancy (05:39)

• Important clarification:

  “God loves us, but that doesn't mean he will agree with every man's lifestyle. … He will not leave us like he found us.” — Nancy (06:42)

• The enemy’s tactic is to misconstrue God’s character:

  “The enemy would love to paint God in a different light, … that he’s an angry God. Well, he’s not angry at humanity. He’s angry at sin, … but I want you to know he loves mankind.” — Nancy (06:05)

• Nancy shares a striking testimony: a woman healed during baptism’s first words:

  “God’s not mad at me. … God is not mad at any human in the sense of punishing them through sickness and disease, because God doesn’t have any sickness and disease to punish us with. … The healing power of God is nothing but a flow of the love of God.” — Nancy (07:50–09:11)

4. Salvation: Bigger Than Escaping Hell—Wholeness, Provision, and Love (11:45–13:22)

• The biblical concept of salvation is broader than merely being saved from hell:

  “The word salvation … also means healing and wholeness and provision. Everything that man needs is wrapped up in the word salvation.” — Nancy (12:00)

5. God's Desire for Fellowship with Every Believer (13:22–18:55)

• God’s love is constant and particular:

  “Even though … one [person] isn’t there with us, I miss that they’re not there with us. … In the family of God, he misses you if you’re not spending time with him in fellowship.” — Nancy (15:15)

• Encouragement for anyone feeling disqualified:

  “You say, well, I haven’t always done right or lived right. Listen, none of us have. That’s why we all need a Savior. And the good news is we have one. But God so wants to spend himself in fellowship with you.” — Nancy (16:04)

• Fellowship is the highest privilege in Christ:

  “In Christ, what belongs to you and the highest thing that belongs to you is the fellowship of your Father.” — Nancy (18:21)

6. Approaching God’s Presence: Thanksgiving and Praise (18:55–24:30)

• Practical steps for entering God’s presence:

  “Come to his gates with thanksgiving. … Thanksgiving opens the gates to the courts. And then we can keep … advancing in our worship of God, and it will arrive us at a place of coming boldly to the throne of grace.” — Nancy (21:15)

• Thankfulness displaces complaint:

  “There is absolutely no complaint that can live in the mouth of faith. Faith has no complaint in its mouth. Learn to rid yourself of all complaint. … And the way to remove complaint is to replace it with Thanksgiving.” — Nancy (22:35)

7. The Power of Worship and God’s Anointing (24:30–26:21)

• Worship initiates the flow of God’s presence and power:

  “When I pray, I go into God’s presence. But when I praise, he comes into my presence. … Praise brings the anointing and the manifestation. The power of God will begin to flow. And what happens when the anointing comes? … Yokes are destroyed.” — Nancy recalling a minister’s statement (24:59)

• Personal testimony on dealing with oppression:

  “When that happens, I don’t try to get rid of that. You know what I do? I turn inwardly and I start worshiping God. … And when you start praising, the anointing of God begins flowing.” — Nancy (25:43)

8. Victory Through God’s Presence (26:21–27:15)

• Citing Psalm 9:3:

  “Mine enemies shall fall and perish at His presence. … They won't only fall, but they’ll perish. What’s that mean? I won’t have a repeat of their opposition. … The anointing of God is the presence of God.” — Nancy (26:50)

• Concluding encouragement:

  “That’s what belongs to us in Christ: his presence, the fellowship of God. … You can live your life from the place of the throne.” — Nancy (27:06)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On God’s Motivation:

  “Love is the only thing that motivates God’s dealings with us.” — Nancy Dufresne (05:55)

• On the Tactics of the Enemy:

  “If we see God wrongly, we see ourselves wrongly. … But that’s the work of the accuser of the brethren.” — Nancy (11:20)

• On Approaching God:

  “Thankfulness is critical to being a partaker of what’s ours in Christ. … Faith has no complaint in its mouth. Learn to rid yourself of all complaint.” — Nancy (22:35)

• On Accessing God’s Power:

  “When I pray, I go into God’s presence. But when I praise, he comes into my presence.” — Recalling another minister (24:59)

• On Belonging:

  “He misses you if you’re not spending time with him in fellowship with him, because the love he has for you and no one else can occupy that but you.” — Nancy (15:30)

Important Timestamps

• 00:10 — Encouragement to receive God’s healing power now.
• 00:52 — Introduction to “In Him” Scriptures and the importance of knowing our identity in Christ.
• 05:39 — God’s dealings are always based on love.
• 07:50 — Testimony: “God’s not mad at me.”
• 12:00 — Salvation encompasses more than escaping hell.
• 15:15 — God misses you specifically in fellowship.
• 18:21 — The greatest belonging in Christ: fellowship with the Father.
• 21:15 — Steps of approaching God: thanksgiving and praise.
• 22:35 — Replacing complaint with thanksgiving for faith to work.
• 24:59 — Worship brings God’s presence and anointing; practical story.
• 25:43 — How praise activates the anointing to overcome opposition.
• 26:50 — Presence of God causes enemies to perish.
• 27:06 — Live from the place of the throne in Christ.

Tone & Language

Nancy Dufresne’s language is compassionate, faith-filled, and practical. Her teaching is warm, directive, and aimed at imparting both encouragement and hands-on ways to experience God’s love and power. Personal testimonies and practical steps are interwoven with Scripture throughout, maintaining an inviting and uplifting tone.

Summary for First-Time Listeners

This episode provides a deep, encouraging guide to understanding your identity in Christ—especially as a recipient of God’s love and friendship. Nancy Dufresne clearly teaches that God’s love is the foundation for everything He does, that salvation is more than merely “not going to hell,” and that daily fellowship, thanksgiving, and worship are the keys to accessing all that God has provided in Christ. Listeners are challenged to let go of condemnation and complaint, and instead approach the “love throne” with gratitude and praise, finding freedom, healing, and the fullness of God’s anointing in their everyday walk.