Podcast Summary: "In Christ I Can, Part 152"

Podcast: Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne Audio Podcast
Episode: 912
Date: December 30, 2025
Host: Nancy Dufresne (Dufresne Ministries)

Overview

This episode continues Nancy Dufresne’s long-running series "In Christ I Can," focusing on how believers can actively partake in what belongs to them in Christ. Nancy teaches that the blessings and promises of God are not passively received; they must be activated and maintained through faith, speaking, and intentional action. The episode dives deep into the practicalities of faith as a “word-activated” technology, drawing from scripture, personal anecdotes, and everyday analogies to encourage listeners to not only know but also skillfully activate what is theirs in Christ.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Power Is Present—Activate It!

• Nancy opens by affirming:
  "There's enough power in every sick room and in every hospital room to raise up that sick one... 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." (00:10)
• She encourages listeners to receive God’s healing power by faith and confession:
  "Say, I receive that power... from the top of my head, the soles of my feet." (00:41)

Hearing vs. Doing the Word

• Nancy emphasizes that blessing is found in doing the Word, not just hearing it.
  "It's the doer that's blessed. Thank God for the hearing. But the hearing is to lead us to the doing." (00:52)

Faith’s Role: More Than Belief—Speaking & Action

• Faith is received by hearing the Word, but released by speaking and acting:
  "Faith comes by hearing the Word of God. But faith is not released by hearing. Faith is released by speaking and by acting on the Word of God. And faith operates by love." (01:46)
• "It's not just enough to appreciate it, we have to acknowledge [what's ours in Christ]... Acknowledge every good thing... healing, prosperity, victory, peace, joy..." (03:02)
• Speaking is not a one-time action but part of a spiritual lifestyle; continual confession waters the seed of the Word for harvest.

Scripture Study: Philemon 1:6 & John 17

• Focus on Philemon 1:6—faith becomes active through acknowledging every good thing in Christ.
• Study of John 17: Jesus gave His followers the same words He received from the Father, and those words produced miracles and manifestations.
• Key lesson: "If we speak the same words Jesus was speaking, we should be getting the same results Jesus got, because they're the exact same words." (13:31)
• Jesus always spoke the Father's words, and miracles followed obedience to these specific words.

Faith as "Word-Activated Technology"

• Nancy uses a relatable analogy:
  "Now we even have devices, we have some cars that are word activated... That's word activated technology. Well, we get so impressed... but God's been doing that since before creation. His is a word activated technology." (17:17)
• Activation doesn’t happen by worry, frustration, or “hitting” situations;
  "Hitting it with worry does not activate it... God's telling us it's words that activate what belongs to you in Christ." (20:15)
• Continual activation is required: "Just because you activated it yesterday, when you get in the car, it doesn't just automatically activate. You have to activate it every time you want it." (21:27)
  • Key application: Don’t wonder why healing/provision isn’t manifesting if not continually activated by faith-filled words.

Seed, Soil, and Harvest—A Farmer's Process

• Story of her father, a cotton farmer:
  • Planting the seed is only part of the process; tending the soil, watering, keeping weeds and pests away are all vital.
  • "You can't plant the seed of the word then plant the seed of weeds by talking doubt and unbelief..." (24:08)
  • The soil represents our hearts—the condition of our “dirt” (heart) determines the harvest.
  • "If we want to be hundredfold, receive a hundredfold harvest, we need to be hundredfold dirt." (25:43)
  • Don't sow the Word into a heart filled with unforgiveness, doubt, or unbelief.

Meditating and Doing the Whole Word

• Joshua 1:8: "This book of the law shall not depart out of our mouth, but we shall meditate in it day and night... to do according to all that's written in it." (26:17)
• Emphasizes thoroughness: Like farming, we must do all steps—speaking, meditating, watering, guarding our hearts—to reap what’s ours in Christ.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Faith Activation:
  "It's not enough to say I know healing belongs to me in Christ and just leave it at that and expect to show it. Then you better say something." (22:49)

• Analogy—Technology and Faith:
  "It doesn’t work by hitting it. It works by speaking to it." (20:08)

• On Reaping the Harvest:
  "People, many times, they want to reap the harvest. But have you sown the seed? Have you watered it? Have you taken care of the soil? Have you kept the weeds out?" (26:12)

• Reflection from Her Father:
  "It's not just about planting the seed. It's about how you take care of that seed... the quality of your dirt." (25:17)

• Life Application:
  "So know this. Everything that belongs to us in Christ, it does belong to us. But to partake of it, we have to be good farmers... not just good at sowing the seed, but good at harvesting that seed." (26:30)

Timestamps for Key Segments

• Presence of God’s Power & Opening Faith Confession: 00:10–01:00
• Hearing vs. Doing the Word: 00:52–02:40
• The Process of Faith (Hearing, Speaking, Acting): 01:50–06:00
• Philemon 1:6 Study on Acknowledging in Christ: 03:02–07:00
• John 17: Jesus Gives Words to Disciples: 10:18–15:00
• Analogy—Word-Activated Technology: 17:17–21:00
• Necessity for Continuous Confession: 21:27–23:30
• Farming Analogy: Seed, Soil, and Harvest: 23:31–26:12
• Heart Condition/Soil Quality and Harvest: 24:20–26:00
• Application—Doing All the Word (Joshua 1:8): 26:12–26:49

Episode Takeaways

• All that God has given in Christ must be activated by faith—specifically, by speaking and doing the Word.
• The process is ongoing: continual confession, guarding your heart, and full engagement with scripture are necessary for receiving God’s promises.
• Practical analogies help ground spiritual truths: faith works like "word-activated technology" or like farming—both require strategic, repeated action.
• Listeners are urged to inspect their hearts (the soil), tend to unforgiveness or doubt, and become “hundredfold dirt” to receive all the blessings available in Christ.

Closing Encouragement
Nancy wraps up the teaching with an exhortation to become skillful doers of the Word:
"Thank God for the work of faith because it is an absolute joyous work because it will produce for us every single time. Amen." (26:43)

If you missed any episodes in this series, Nancy encourages you to go back and listen—they will be a blessing to you. (26:49)

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