Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne — Episode 906

"In Christ I Can" Part 146

Date: December 22, 2025
Host: Nancy Dufresne (Dufresne Ministries)

Episode Overview

This episode continues Nancy Dufresne’s long-running series “In Christ I Can,” focusing deeply on the believer’s position and sufficiency in Christ. The episode emphasizes practical ways to renew the mind, overcome condemnation, and live above life’s circumstances by claiming identity and inheritance in Christ. Listeners are encouraged to advance spiritually, reject feelings of inadequacy, and become skillful at operating in what belongs to them through Christ.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Power and Presence of God for Every Situation

• Faith in God’s Power: Nancy opens by affirming that God's healing power is present in every circumstance, not something to strive for, but to receive by faith.
  • “Power is present. 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. It's present right where you're at.” (00:10)

The Importance of “Arising” in Faith (Isaiah 60:1)

• Spiritual Progression: Nancy unpacks Isaiah 60:1, “Arise and shine, for thy light is come,” urging believers to continually pursue greater revelation and not settle for spiritual stagnation.
  • “There's always more to know... we never are to come at a place where we hit neutral ground in the life of faith. It's either we're going forward or we're losing ground.” (01:23)
• Feed Your Faith: Growth comes by consistently feeding on the Word and acting on it, not merely adapting beliefs to circumstances.

Responding to Circumstances According to the Word

• Living by the Word: The correct response to circumstances is to seek what the Word says and act accordingly.
  • “We have to learn to respond at the level of the Word, that because that's how we arise in every situation...” (02:25)
• Peter and the Storm Illustration: Nancy references Peter in the storm (Mark 4) to show how quickly we let external conditions dictate internal beliefs, rather than standing on God’s unchanging Word.

Temporal vs. Eternal Realities (2 Corinthians 4:18)

• Circumstances Are Changeable: Anything seen or felt is "temporal" and subject to change; the Word remains eternal.
  • “Any circumstance that you can see or feel is up for change… The Word isn't going to change. God's standard isn't going to change.” (04:07)

Pressing Past Spiritual Plateaus

• Press Toward God’s Best (Philippians 3): Progressing in faith requires an intentional “press”—not against God—but against anything opposing our spiritual advancement.
  • “We won't float into God's best, but on purpose. We take steps to arise. We press, not pressing against God, but pressing against opposition that would try to slow our advancement and our progress.” (08:57)

The Battle Against Condemnation

• Condemnation vs. Conviction: The enemy uses condemnation (guilt, shame, reminders of the past) to hinder progress, while the Holy Spirit brings conviction that points the way up.
  • “Condemnation pushes down on you, shows you your faults, your failures, your weaknesses... But God never condemns us with our past.” (12:07)
• Romans 8:1 Emphasis: There is no condemnation for those in Christ; believers must resist condemnation and step beyond guilt and shame.

The Trap of Inadequacy and Performance

• Overcoming Inadequacy: Feelings of not being “enough” are strategies of the enemy. God’s sufficiency works through us, not from our own ability.
  • “God is not working his plan through us, through our sufficiency, but through his sufficiency that's in us.” (17:06)
• Jesus’ Example: Even Jesus confessed dependence—“My Father in me, he does the works.” Nancy uses this as a model for believers to declare God’s sufficiency.
• Performance vs. Position: Believers’ rights and position in Christ don’t hinge on performance (Bible study, prayer), but spiritual disciplines help them discover, access, and enjoy what’s already theirs.
  • “You're in Him. Whether you read your Bible or not, whether you pray or not, you're still in Him. And all that's in him belongs to you.” (23:40)

Living above Circumstances

• Living Independent of Circumstances: Referencing Paul, Nancy teaches that Christian living is not dependent on external situations, but on the internal reality of Christ in us.
  • “He said. I have learned how to live independent of circumstances. What's he saying? I'm drawing on Christ in me. I'm not looking to circumstances to put me over.” (21:58)
• Renew Your Mind: Habitual meditation on the Word and on Christ’s work in us dismantles the enemy’s accusations.

The Privilege and Responsibility to Advance

• Continuous Advancement: The episode closes with an exhortation to press past whatever stands in the way—especially old mindsets, guilt, and limiting beliefs—because advancing is both the privilege and responsibility of each believer.
  • “It is our privilege to take time to study the Word, to discover what he's already made ours, so that we begin to live as rich as we are instead of living a life where we're pushed back through harassing thoughts, harassing condemnation, harassing accusations.” (26:24)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Healing Power Available Now:
  “Say, I receive that power. I receive it right now.” (00:37)
• On Responding to Difficulty:
  “Peter changed what he believed simply because the circumstances around him rewrote what he chose to believe. But I want you to know that the Word is unchanging.” (03:27)
• On Condemnation:
  “But I will say this, that our own Spirit will convict us now... but condemnation is so far different than conviction.” (14:24)
• On Rising Above Inadequacies:
  “God is not working his plan through us, through our sufficiency, but through his sufficiency that's in us.” (17:06)
• On Performance-Based Religion:
  “We don't perform spiritually to earn something from God, but to move with God, we do have to obey Him... This is not a performance-based redemption.” (24:50)

Key Timestamps

• 00:10 — Affirmation of God’s power present for healing
• 02:25 — The necessity of responding at the level of the Word
• 04:07 — Circumstances are temporal; God's Word is eternal
• 08:57 — Pressing on purpose toward the high calling
• 12:07 — The strategy and effect of condemnation
• 17:06 — God works through His sufficiency in us
• 21:58 — Living independent of circumstances
• 23:40 — Rights in Christ are not performance-based
• 24:50 — Our lives should bear the fruit of the new kingdom

Conclusion

Nancy Dufresne’s teaching consistently urges listeners to move beyond mere head knowledge or emotional response, to skillful, practical living grounded in their union with Christ. She challenges believers to silence the voices of condemnation and feelings of inadequacy with the truth of God’s Word, reminding them that advancing in the life of faith is always possible—and always expected.

Bottom Line:
“We are to rule and reign in life as a king... those past things that you accuse me with don't belong to me anymore because the blood of Jesus has cleansed me. And I'm not sufficient in myself. But he is my sufficiency.” (26:45)