← Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne Audio Podcast
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Nancy Dufresne
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. Try 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.
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The soles of my feet.
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Welcome. We're so glad to have you with us today for Jesus the healer. And just know this. It is our complete joy and our honor to bring the word to you. We One of the greatest and most joyful things I ever get to do is to film these episodes because I so appreciate that I get to sit down and just take time to minister the Word. You know, so many times when I'm preaching in a service somewhere is you have something that comes up in your heart right in the midst of your sermon, and you say, boy, I'd like to spend a lot more time in this particular direction, but I don't have time to do it. And that's why I so appreciate this for us, because I can sit down and I can say it and I can re say it and I can state it and restate it. Because to me, it's so important that repetition be part of what you're hearing. Because faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. And as we say things over and over to you, and as you hear the same thing over and over over, what happens? God doesn't just author something in you, but he waters has been authored in. You know, this full faith never comes with one hearing. That's why I often repeat myself in the different series that I preach, because that's how we're building the Word in us. We're establishing it in us. We're meditating on that word as we say it and as we say it over and over again. Because sometimes we have ways of thinking in us that it really has taken root in us. And we can't always get that changed with hearing something one time, but we have to have repeated hearings of it. And the first time you hear a truth preached, the seed of that word is being planted. But from then on out, the next Time you hear it, it's being watered. And how many of you know every seed that's planted has to be watered? When you need something changed in your life, when you need to see victory in a certain arena of your life, victory belongs to us. But we have to take the steps that will arrive us at experiencing that victory. Too many times people are. They have a need that they're facing, but they're just thinking, well, God has an answer. Well, yes, but what is his answer? His answer is the Word. So whenever we have a need, we have to sow that word regarding that, that answers that need. We have to sow that in our heart so that we can get a harvest on it. So it's not just saying, father, I need an answer. Give me an answer. Find what the Word says about your situation. Sow that in your heart. You know, there again, I'm going to use a cooking reference, which is kind of. It's probably not the best references reference because I'm not a cook. I mean, and that's on purpose. But if I were to read a recipe and it said that I needed to have a tomato, cut up a tomato and put in that. Do you know, I can't say, well, I don't have a tomato, but I have a tomato seed. I can't just throw tomato seeds at something that calls for tomato. Well, the Word is in seed form. We have to plant that word in us, let it grow, let it bear fruit, and then we pick that fruit and we throw it and we apply it to our situation. So what am I saying? It's not just the Word in seed form, but we plant that word in us and let it grow up and then it will produce for us. Too many times people just want to hear something once and try to get it to produce, but we have to hear things over and over again. As I said, the first time we're hearing the Word taught and that's the seed being planted. But the next time we're hearing that Word taught about a particular situation or a particular scripture rather that that's watering that seed. What's happening when we plant a tomato seed? We've got to water it, we've got to take care of it so that that seed has time to grow into a plant and then bear fruit. Well, it's the same thing with the Word of God. Someone asked Smith Wigglesworth, who was an English preacher, and my, my, my, there was. He was known for the healings and miracles that took place in his ministry because he had such a spirit of faith about him. And they students asked him one day, they said, brother Wigglesworth, to what you attribute the kind of robust faith that your life demonstrates? And he said this. First the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear. What was he saying? That this life of faith that produces is not an overnight event. It's a process. It's a day by day walk. I love something that Brother Copeland says. He says faith is a discipline. What's he talking about? It's a consistent flow of our life. We don't have moments of faith. We live by faith, we walk by faith. Faith is to be the flow of every believer. Why is that? Because that's how we conduct business with heaven. We transact our business with heaven on the currency of faith. And so if we. Let me quote to you a well known Faith verse, Mark 11:24. What things soever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them and you shall have them. Well, how many of you know that applies to every arena of life? But how many of you know that money is not mentioned in that verse? Too many times people think if I had the money I would have everything I need met. That's not true because God is saying that faith is our currency. Yes, there are things that call for money in this life, but it's faith that receives that money. Everything is not about money. Everything in God's kingdom is about faith. And so that's why we love getting to take this opportunity to come and sit and spend the time to say things and, and then state them again and then restate them. It's not because I don't know, I've already said it. It's because when I say something over and over, it's a precaution for your safety. Paul made this statement and the amplified classic said it this way. He said, it is not irksome to me to write the same thing to you again and again, but it is a precaution for your safety. You know, when I was raising our children, my husband and I have two sons. And when we were raising our children, I never got by with a mother, as a mother, something once to my child. And it was automatically ingrained in them. I mean, every day I was telling, keep your hands off your brother, Quit hitting your brother, quit touching your brother, quit throwing that at your brother. You know, go clean up your room, pick up your clothes, take your stuff into the kitchen. You know, all the kinds. Every, every day was a restating of what I had said the previous day. And that was the only way we arrived at a system of success and a system. System of successful parenting. Well, I want you to know it's the same thing with us. God knows that faith comes through repetition of hearing the word. But I want you to know this. The Devil, there's nothing original in him. So what does he do to operate? He tries to imitate how God operates. So he knows that the devil knows faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. That's a repeated hearing. So the devil operates the same way. He repeats a threat. He doesn't just say it once, he'll repeat it and repeat it and repeat it because he thinks the more he says it, the more true it is. Listen, God is the only one who says something that's true. And so whenever he speaks, truth is being built into us over and over. But when the devil speaks, just because it's repetition doesn't mean it's truthful. The devil will say, you're going to lose your home, you're going to lose your health, you're going to lose your family, you're going to lose your business. And he'll say it over and over and over. It's not repetition that equals truth, it's hearing God's word repeatedly that builds truth in us. But if it's not in line with God's word, it's not truth. So make sure that what you're saying repeatedly in your life, what you're listening to, what you're entertaining, is the truth of God's word. Because if you will sow that word in you, then it will produce a harvest. Do you know that we can believe God for things to manifest in our life because all that we need belongs to us. He's God has already provided everything for us and we're possessors of it. But we have to become partakers of it. Well, how do we become a partaker of what God's already provided for us? Well, Philemon, there's only one chapter in Philemon, but verse six says this, that our faith becomes effectual as we acknowledge every good thing that belongs to us in Christ. So how do we partake of what God has already made ours? We acknowledge it. How do we acknowledge it? We speak it. So that's why God has us to sow the word of God into our heart. Not just saying it once, not just making it a once in a week thing. It's to be a lifestyle. Because as we say it over and over and over, our faith becomes effectual as we acknowledge what's Ours in Christ. And we know this. The more we say it, the more we have it. The less we say it, the less we have it. You know, Jesus said he shall have whatsoever he saith. He said that in Mark 11:23 and Mark 11:24, he ended both of those verses with he shall have whatsoever he saith. Notice, Jesus didn't say he'll have whatsoever he believes. Because you can believe something, but until you say it, what you believe isn't coming into manifestation. Listen, you can have faith in your heart, but your faith is not heard until you say something. Your faith is not spent until you say something. Faith comes by hearing, but faith is not released by hearing. Now listen to me on that. Faith comes by hearing, by hearing. But faith is not released by hearing. Faith is released by speaking. Faith is released by acting on the Word of God. Now we know this faith comes by hearing. It operates by love. Why? Because faith. Faith works by love or it operates by love, it functions by love. But next thing is, faith is released by speaking. And so it's not enough to hear. We hear the Word over and over and over. Why? So that we'll know what to say and so that we'll know what to speak. And also we have to keep ourselves in the flow of walking in love. Because without our love operating, our faith goes nowhere. You know, you can't just have faith out to here and then love back here. Because your faith will go no further than your love is developed. And so the more we hear the word faith comes that when we walk in love, that faith is operating. And when we speak that Word, then our faith is released. And so there's so much to. To what the faith of God will produce in our life. But we have to keep hearing the Word, speaking the Word and walking in love. Regarding people and with. With other, with. With God as well. How many of you know, you say, how do I walk in love with God? By obeying him, by believing what he says. To disobey him is to step out of love, even with God. And so we want to walk in love. Now, if we have some answers that we need manifested in our life, do you know that we can speed up the manifestation of those answers? Too many times people are praying and trying to get God to hurry up and try to get God to hurry up and manifest that. But how can we cause the manifestation of our answer to speed up? How can we cause it to come more speedily into our lives? It comes more speedily by being full of the Word. Because when we fill up with the word of God. What happens is our spirit man is strengthened. And when our spirit man is strengthened, we take a bold stand on the word of God. And when our stand on the word is bold, then the enemy tries to sway us off that word. And he cannot sway us because we're standing strong and we're standing firm. Now, if we're less than full of the word, what will happen? Our spirit will be weakened. And if our spirit is weakened, we can get overwhelmed by the circumstances of life. And when people are weakened, they don't want to take their place of resisting the devil. You know, if you. If you're tired, you've been at work all day, you come in at the end of the day, and you had some things that you intended to do around the house, and you go, you know something? I'm not going to do them today. I'm too tired. And what will happen? You'll lay down some other things that really need to get done just because you're. Because you're in a weakened state. Well, it's the same thing spiritually. When people are in a weakened condition, spiritually, they lay down things that they should be holding to, things that they should be standing, Standing fast in. And so the way that we can speed up when we release our faith, the way we can speed up the manifestation of that answer is keep feeding on the word. And when we feed on the word, you know what happens to us? We stop getting occupied with the problem, and we become occupied with the promise. When is our answer going to come into manifestation? When the promise is bigger to us than the problem. As long as people are continually thinking, thinking about the problem, talking about the problem, meditating on and giving attention to that problem, that's showing that the promise isn't big enough yet. So start. Just keep feeding that word in you till what God says is bigger than what the opposition or what the circumstances say. There was a woman preacher by the name of Lillian B. Yeomans. She was born in the 1800s. Her. Her whole family, they were a family of doctors. Her father was a medical surgeon during the Civil War. Her mother was a doctor. She became a doctor. And I believe her sister was also a doctor. And through her practice in the medical field, she became overworked. She didn't take care of her body. She certainly was not having a thriving fellowship with God. And she started taking narcotics to keep her physically going to keep up with the workload. Well, after a period of time, she found herself completely addicted to drugs. And she was taking, oh, My goodness. She. She was taking, she said, 50 times the amount that a grown man should be taking. And she was taking that every single day. Well, of course, she became an addict. And she began to. Her mind was breaking down, she was hallucinating. She was having all kinds of mental problems. She had gone to different hospitals to try to get them to help her to break free from this. But it wasn't until she turned her life back to God. She got right with God and she started immersing in the Word. And she said that she would go to different meetings and different ministers had ministered to her, and there would be a measure of help that she would receive. But, you know, in some situations, God expects something of us too. And people. Sometimes God will allow a measure of help from somebody else, but since sometimes he'll expect us to do a certain part. Now, we're always to have our faith involved. I've seen sometimes when people are in physical needs or some kind of need, and a minister would come and minister to them and they'd be completely healed. But other times I've seen that they would just get better. And then God expects. Expected that believer to use their faith to, if I could say this, see this through to the finish. And that's what happened with her, that she got a measure of relief and a measure of help as ministers would minister to her. But God was leading her in a way that she would be able to not only receive her miracle, but would be the greatest help to others. So he began to school her in her taking the word for herself, filling up on that word. And she said, as she was there, an addict. And she. Her mind was so tormented and troubled by all the. The overusage of drugs. And she said she began going through the four gospels. Well, what are the four gospels? Well, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John that records Jesus earthly ministry. And she was taking the individual cases of healings and miracles, and she was reading them over and over and feeding on them over and over all throughout the day. And she said after a period of time of doing this, she said, I realized I became so absorbed with the Word, immersed in the word of God, that she says, I looked up one day and recognized all the symptoms are gone. All the symptoms that had plagued her mind. And she said, and I didn't even know when they left. Why was that? Because she became so. So occupied with the promise that the problem lost its attention in her life. When our attention is on the problem, that's an invitation to get the promise bigger in us. How do we do that. We keep feeding on the Word, we keep fueling the Word. We keep our Word level increasing and increasing and increasing. If we're troubled in our bodies, if we're troubled in our minds, if we're troubled by some circumstance, that's simply an invitation to get fuller of the Word. Because if we're less than full, any old thing can fill our tank. And we don't want troubling circumstances to fill our tank. So we can speed up how quickly God can manifest his Word when we get full of the Word. Because it takes a strong spirit to be immovable in the face of adversity. You know, somebody can say, you know, pray for me, that I'll stand strong in the face of this difficulty. Well, it's right to pray for somebody, but because we can pray that others be strengthened with might in their inner man. But you know what? You don't have to wait for someone else to pray. You can take the Word and you can just fill up on it yourself. And so this is the way that we're going to move from I want to have these things in my life to these things are manifest in my life. How we treat the Word is how the Word will treat us. If we give little notice to the Word, we'll have little flow of the Word in our life. But if we'll give a great notice and a great place to the Word, then that Word will show such blessing in our life because we're the ones who determine how the Word is manifesting in our life. Many times, God. People are praying for God to do something, and he's waiting for them to do something. You know, I remember years ago, I was in my, my goodness, my mid-20s, and there was just some nagging physical symptom in my body. And I made a real stupid statement. Anybody ever made a stupid statement to God. And I said, God, why don't you just go ahead and heal me? Well, so I'm implying you could do more and you're not. That's what I'm implying. Well, he turned around and he let. He let the problem be known where it was. And he said, if you were hurting bad enough, you'd do something about it. Well, he wasn't trying to get me to hurt bad enough. He was just saying if you were interested enough in receiving your help, you'd take action and stop implying that I need to take action. Well, I had to agree with him. How many of you know God's always right? That's just the great revelation of life. God's always right. And so I just took. There was one particular sermon of Brother Hagin's that stood out to me and I keep. I listened to that sermon all day long. I listened to it while I was getting ready in the morning. I listened to it when I. In my car when I'm driving to work. I would listen to it and keep it going in the background. And after three weeks of listening to that, that every single symptom was gone. And I never even knew when it left. Why? Because I got so full of the Word and occupied with the Word. Can I tell you this, that if we will give the Word an all out effort, it will not take long for our answer to manifest. It shouldn't take months, it shouldn't take a year and couple of years for that which belongs to us in Christ to manifest. Now sometimes if God speaks to you about a house or some property just by the nature of it, sometimes it can take a period of time for some of those things to happen. Because God is waiting as we grow and we develop. But when it comes to our inheritance in Christ, like healing and peace and provision, all that belongs to us immediately. We don't have to wait for a long period of time for that inheritance to manifest in our life. Well, why does it not manifest in our life? Because we're not as full of the Word as we should be. But if we will give the Word an all out effort, giving it our full attention, it will not take long for that answer to manifest. You know, there are times that somebody, if they have a very serious condition, the doctor doesn't just want to see them once every month, they'll want to see them sometimes multiple times a week. And the doctor will say, okay, take this prescription, go get this filled, go get this blood work done. And they'll have layers. Go get this test run, you know, make an appointment for this test, that test. And they'll have layers of responsibilities that the doctors will give them. And they'll take the, they'll take multiple, multiple prescriptions. They'll go run errands to get those prescriptions fulfilled. They'll go to the doctor, have tests run, they'll go to the doctor, have blood, blood drawn. And they'll do this sometimes multiple times a week. And then they give God just a one brief glance toward His Word a week or something. But if we would give God the exact same amount of attention that we give to the doctors and to medical processes, can I tell you this? It's so much easier to give ourselves to the Word and then give ourselves to medical processes because there is such a demand, and it draws. It takes so much time and effort and cost and robs us of peace to be less than healed. Well, we don't have to live that way. How do we change the outcome of these situations? Fill up with the Word. Fill up with the Spirit. Have the Word dwelling in you richly. That's what it says in the book of Colossians. Let the word of Christ dwell in you. Look at this richly. Why does it matter? That shows us. This word richly shows us a measure of the Word. We can have a smaller measure of the word or we can have a greater measure of the Word flowing in our hearts. Well, you know, if I were to have someone that was a really proficient chef come to my. Come to my house and cook in my kitchen, if I don't have more much in my pantry or much in my refrigerator, a good chef can take very little. And they can really impress you with what they can do, what they can pull together. But if I stock that pantry and I stock that refrigerator full of all kinds of options, I have just given that chef so much more to work with. Well, I want you to know, if we just give the Holy Ghost a little bit of our attention, the Word that's in our hearts, the Holy Ghost is so faithful, he will take what we give him and he will help us on the basis of what we've given him. But if we will stock our shelves of our spirit full of the Word, how much more the Holy Ghost can manifest in our life because we're giving him more of the Word to work with. And I want you to know the Holy Ghost is only interested in working with the Word because he's a manifester of the Word. Amen. Well, it is our privilege to come to you every single weekday on this network. And the reason we can is because of the generosity of Kenneth and Gloria Copeland. They made the decision that no programmer on the Victory Channel would have to buy the airtime, but they gift it to us. 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