Podcast Summary: Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne

Episode: 911 | In Christ I Can, Part 151
Date: December 29, 2025
Host: Nancy Dufresne, Dufresne Ministries

Episode Overview

In this episode, Nancy Dufresne continues her teaching series "In Christ I Can," focusing on what believers possess in Christ and how to practically access and partake of those promises—especially healing—through faith and confession. The central message emphasizes that while everything needed for life is already given in Christ, it requires active faith, spoken acknowledgment, and mental agreement to see that manifested in one's life.

Key Topics & Insights

1. The Power Present for Healing

• Nancy opens by emphasizing that God's healing power is available wherever you are, particularly for those in sick rooms or hospitals.
  • Quote: “There’s enough power in every sick room and in every hospital room to raise up that sick one...” (00:10)
• She encourages listeners to personally “receive” this power for themselves.

2. The Wealth of the Believer “In Christ”

• Key Verse: Colossians 2:9 (Living Bible): “For in Christ there is all of God in a human body. So you have everything when you have Christ.” (01:35)
• Nancy unpacks the significance:
  • Everything God planned and provided for our lives is placed in Christ.
  • It’s not about obtaining from God, but recognizing what He’s already freely given in Christ.

3. Why Don’t Believers Always Experience this “Everything”?

• It’s not a lack of provision from God, but a lack of skill in employing and partaking in what’s already possessed.
• Faith is the only way to take hold of what belongs to us.
  • Quote: “We have to become skillful at partaking of what we already possess.” (03:22)

4. Faith and Confession: Activating the Possession

• Reference: Philemon 1:6 - The “communication” (release) of faith is made effective by acknowledging every good thing in Christ. (04:43)

• Nancy details the necessity of acknowledging—actively speaking, agreeing with, and meditating on God’s Word.

  • Not only external confession, but also internal agreement matters.
  • Even if one cannot physically speak, the agreement in your heart and mind counts.

• Memorable Illustration: The story of Hannah (mother of Samuel), whose silent prayer was answered because God heard her inward words. (06:14)

5. Speaking the Word—The Law of Faith in Operation

• Using God as the model: God wanted change, God spoke (“Light be”), faith-infused words were released, and the Holy Spirit manifested the result.
  • Quote: “Everything that belongs to us—because we’re in Christ—we activate that by speaking words.” (09:46)
• The more we confess what we have in Christ, the more we will see it.
  • Quote: “The more we say it, the more we will see it. The less we say it, the less we’ll see it.” (10:47)

6. The Process: Sowing and Harvesting with the Word

• The Word is a seed; it requires planting (confession/meditation), growth (process), and time for manifestation.
• Illustration from Agriculture: Just as a farmer waits for the seed to grow, believers must give the process time and not expect instant results. (13:10)
• If the Word is only used in emergencies, it won’t function as intended. Lifestyle confession is key.

7. Practical Example: Smith Wigglesworth

• Wigglesworth’s robust faith was developed by “first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear”—emphasizing gradual, faithful sowing and confessing the Word. (16:10)

8. Profession vs. Possession of Faith

• Referencing Hebrews: Jesus is “the High Priest of our confession/profession” (19:24), not simply of faith held in the heart.
  • Faith must be released to be effective.
  • “Faith comes by hearing” but is released by speaking and operates by love.

9. The Role of the Mind in Faith

• Faith resides in the spirit, not the mind. The mind must be renewed to agree with the spirit.
• If the mind argues against faith, it can short-circuit results. Persistent confession retrains the mind.
  • Quote: “A spiritual giant is one whose heart and mind agree with each other.” (23:45)
• Example of Eve: Listening to the wrong voice changed her thinking and believing. Listening to God’s Word, especially one’s own confession, can correct wrong thinking.

10. Biblical Example: Israelites in the Promised Land

• God gave them the land, but they failed to speak/agreement with His word, focusing on obstacles instead. They missed out on what was already theirs. (24:50)
  • It is vital to speak and agree with what God has said, even when circumstances appear contrary.

11. Lifestyle of Faith

• Faith must be a daily occupation: hear the Word, speak the Word, renew the mind.
• In Acts 17:28: “In Him we live and move and have our being.” (26:10)
• Living by the Word is a way of life, not an occasional practice.

Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• “There’s enough power in every sick room and in every hospital room to raise up that sick one…” (00:10)
• “We have to become skillful at partaking of what we already possess.” (03:22)
• “The only way that the faith in your spirit can come out is through words.” (05:22)
• “The more we say it, the more we will see it. The less we say it, the less we’ll see it.” (10:47)
• “Faith comes by hearing. Faith is not released by hearing.” (20:48)
• “A spiritual giant is one whose heart and mind agree with each other.” (23:45)
• “There is no harvest without the planting of the seed of the Word.” (25:02)

Important Segment Timestamps

• 00:10: Power available for healing; faith to receive.
• 01:35: Colossians 2:9 discussed—everything in Christ.
• 04:43: How to “communicate” and release your faith (Philemon 1:6).
• 06:14: Hannah’s internal agreement; importance of inner words.
• 09:46: Law of faith: words activate reality.
• 13:10: The process of seedtime & harvest in faith.
• 16:10: Smith Wigglesworth’s example of growing faith.
• 19:24: Jesus as High Priest of our confession.
• 20:48: Faith must be spoken; not only heard.
• 23:45: Renewing the mind; agreement with the spirit.
• 24:50: Israelites—failure to confess led to loss.
• 26:10: Faith as a daily lifestyle—Acts 17:28.

Memorable Moments

• The explanation that internal meditation and silent agreement with the Word are as valuable as spoken confessions, especially for those unable to speak aloud. (06:14)
• The practical agricultural analogy: faith is a process that must be cultivated daily and patiently. (13:10)
• The methodical breakdown of how hearing, speaking, and acting on the Word are integral and must all be present for effective faith. (20:48)

Conclusion

Nancy Dufresne’s message underscores that walking in the fullness of what’s provided in Christ requires lifestyle-level engagement: consistent confession, meditative agreement, and a renewed mind synchronized with the spirit. Faith is both possessed and expressed; only when released—through agreement, confession, and action—does it bring tangible results in healing and every area promised in Christ.

Listeners are encouraged not only to believe “all things are theirs in Christ” but to daily sow and speak these truths until results are seen, with patience and bold expectancy.

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