← 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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Kenneth Copeland
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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Nancy Dufresne
I receive it right now from the.
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Kenneth Copeland
Top of my head. From the top of my head. The soles of my feet. The soles of my feet. Welcome. We're so glad you're joining us today for Jesus the Healer. And we are so enjoying the series that we're on and, and we're teaching on in Christ I can. Because in Christ, God put every supply you're ever going to need to fulfill his plan. Listen, when God authored a plan for our lives, he obligated Himself to the supply for that plan. And so he has already fully stocked that plan with all the buildings, all the properties, all the finances, all the right people, all the divine connections you're going to need in your every single thing that plan calls for. God has already committed Himself to it just by authoring the plan, and he has stocked that plan with all the provision you're going to need. And he put that provision in Christ. And then he put Christ in us and us in Christ. Listen, when God authored a plan for your life, he never assigned us to fulfill the plan, but He. He filled us with Himself so that he could fulfill the plan through us. Aren't you thankful that his plan for our lives is based on him and not based on us? I mean, it's based on what he can accomplish. That's why we don't look at a plan and we say, I could never do that. Well, he did not. He didn't offer that plan based on what we could do. He authored that plan based on what he would do through us. But how do we activate that, that divine supply of his provision in our lives with our faith, his plan, and all that belongs to us in Christ. We have to activate that by faith. And so we have to speak the word of God, which is seed that we sow in our heart. So we sow the seed of God's word in our heart. Then we water that seed by continuing to speak God's word. And then that faith grows and develops, and it will produce a harvest for us. So know this, everything that belongs to you in Christ, you have to sow that into your heart by speaking it. And then you have to water that seed which you planted by continuing to speak it all the time. And that's why, really, the speaking that belongs to the Christian lifestyle is a thing we do every day. We're just keeping the word of God in our mouth. It becomes a flow of our everyday life because we're planting the seed of God's word. We're watering that seed, and then we're also harvesting that seed. We've been looking in the passage found in John chapter 17, and we're going to look at verse eight. Now, all of this chapter is Jesus speaking to the Father. It's his prayer that he's making before he leaves this earth. And In John chapter 17, verse 8, he's talking to the Father and he's telling God. He said, for I have given unto them. Talking about his disciples, those who followed him. Jesus said, for I have given unto them the words which thou gave us me. So Jesus is exiting the earth. He's getting ready to leave the earth. And the thing he knew that was the greatest thing that us as his followers, his disciples, would need is the words that he gave us. Words. And not just any words. But he said this, I've given unto them the words which thou gave us me. So he left us the same exact words God gave to him. That means that what those words could produce through him, those same words can produce through us. But the next phrase says, and they received them. So notice, he can give us words, but if we don't receive them, those words will remain inactive. How do we know if we received them? Are we saying them? Are we acting on them? Are we believing them? You know, we can say, oh, I received the word of God, but if we're not speaking it, if we're not believing it, if we're not acting on it, did we really receive them? Just admiring them doesn't mean we've received them. Just saying, well, that's what God said. I know that God can do that, but that doesn't mean that we're acting on those words. So we not only are to discover and find out the words that Jesus left us, but we're to receive them when we see what God's word says to us. Now, I want us to go. Let's go look at Acts 10:1 in this passage. We're going to read that about this man. He was a centurion servant, soldier, rather. He was a Roman. He was not a Jew. And his name was Cornelius, and he was a Gentile. What's that mean? He had no covenant with God. But there was something about Cornelius. He was hungry for God. And so we find in Acts, chapter 10, verse 1, it says there was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian Band. He was a devout man. What's that mean? He's spiritually minded. There's something on his insides that's reaching out to know God more. And it says in verse two, he was a devout man and one that feared God. Look at this. With all his house. So he led his family in a hunger for God, that he didn't just keep this as a silent thing with him, he's talking with his family. He's bringing his whole family into this place, place of wanting to know God. So it says he was a devout man, one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people and prayed to God alway. Now, notice that he was someone who was hungry for God, and that hunger showed up in his giving. And it says that he was a giver to God's people. Now, verse three said, and he saw in a vision, evidently about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming into him and saying unto him, cornelius. And when he looked on him, he was afraid. And he said, what is it, Lord? And the angel said to Cornelius, thy prayers and thine alms have come up for a memorial before God. Well, what's that mean, a memorial? You mean there are memorials in heaven? Well, in our nation. Here in the United States. Our capital of our nation is the city Washington, D.C. and if you were to go and tour there, you would find memorials that have been built. They depict some of the history of the United States. We had the Washington Memorial, which, of course, is a memorial representing George Washington. It looks a lot different than the Lincoln Memorial, but these are men who shaped American history. And because they don't want the people to forget these men who. Who made sacrifices, these men who led this nation, they built memorials. What do they do? They remind everyone who sees them that this man lived in this era, that of the works that he did, of what he labored for, of what he believed and the example and the foundation he helped lay in the United States. So it's to stand as a reminder about the lives of these men and what they accomplished. Well, in heaven, because of Cornelius giving and his prayers. Also his. His giving and his love for God took shape in heaven. And it became a memorial that stood before God. And what happened, it kept God. It kept God in remembrance of Cornelius and Cornelius. Prayers and giving came up. And that monument, God responded to. And he sent an angel to talk to Cornelius. And we find in Acts 10 down in verse 5, it says, and now send men to Joppa. Because this is the angel telling Cornelius instruction. He says, now send men to Joppa and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter. Well, this is the disciple of Jesus. And the angel said, peter is lodging with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the seaside, and he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. So notice that Cornelius is acting on as much as he knows. He's doing everything he knows. He loves God. He's honoring God. He's being example to his family of a devout man. He's demonstrating his hunger for God before his family. And he's bringing his family into times of prayer. But he's gone as far as he knows. But he's still not born again. Do you know you can love God and not be born again? You can know that God exists and not be born again. But when you're. When you hunger for God, God will always meet hunger. He will always reveal himself to someone who's hungry to know him. And so this angel was sent from heaven to tell Cornelius, look at this. The angel said that Peter shall tell thee what thou artest to do. So there was more for Cornelius to do to get that hunger that was on the inside of him met. And so we find in Acts, chapter 10, verse 22, that Cornelius sent to have these men to go and have Peter to come to his house. So verse 22, it said. And they said, cornelius, the centurion, a just man and one that fears God. And of good report among all the nations, the Jews was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee. So these men are talking to Peter and they're telling him a little bit about Cornelius. But look how they describe Cornelius. He's a just man. He's one that fears God. He's of a good report. What's that mean? He has a good reputation among people that he's spoken well of. Not because of something he's earned necessarily financially because. But because of how he's lived his life. You know, it matters that we are. We. We are leaving a good report in the minds and in the mouths of people about how we're conducting ourselves. But it says that. That Cornelius is of a good report among the nation of the Jews. And so it says that the men that Peter, that. That Cornelius sent to go get Peter, it says that Cornelius was warned from God by a holy angel to send for you, Peter, and come to his household. Look at this. To hear words of thee. So Cornelius has gone as far as he knows. He gives. He's devout to God, but he needs something more. What does he need? He needs further words. I want you to know that what God had for him was going to be carried to him through words. So God knew that Peter has the words that Cornelius needs to hear. So Peter, he decides to. He agrees to go to Cornelius house. Now, listen, this was quite a decision that Peter made, because Jews were not to interact with Gentiles. What were Gentiles? They were someone who was not a Jew that didn't have a covenant with God and they did not intermingle. But God had dealt with Peter in a vision and. And said, what I've cleansed and what I call clean, don't you call unclean. So basically, God was giving Peter permission to go and minister to Cornelius, even though the other Jews would not agree with him. God gave him permission and it doesn't matter. Once God tells you to do something, it doesn't matter who doesn't agree with it. Because when God says to do something, you have all the permission you need. And so it says In Acts chapter 10, in verse 33, Cornelius tells how Peter comes to his house. And Cornelius is telling Peter how an angel appeared to him and told him to send for Peter. So Cornelius is saying now to Peter, Peter has arrived at his house. And he says to Peter immediately, therefore, I sent for thee and thou has done well that thou art come. So Cornelius is grateful that Peter has sidestepped Peter. The tradition of the Jewish people just to obey God to come to visit him in his home. He says, now, therefore, are we all here present before God. So know this. Cornelius isn't just wanting to hear something from Peter for himself. He's gathered all of his family, he's gathered anyone who wants to hear to come and hear what Peter is going to say to them. He says, now, therefore, are we all here present before God. Look at this. Hear. To hear all things that are commanded the of God. So Cornelius knew this. If I'm going to go further in what God has for me, I have to hear something more than I've heard before. I want you to know that our advancement in the things of God comes from hearing words. It comes from hearing more of what God has to Say to us. And so Cornelius had position. He was a man of authority in his own realm. He was a man of financial means, but his life still lacked something. He loved God, but he recognized that there was something missing. So God gave him what he needed. He needed words, words that showed and revealed salvation. So God gave him what he needed. Words of life. So God gave him words of that would point him to life, but also contained life itself. So Cornelius hunger and Cornelius, honor and giving, it didn't buy him something. Listen, money doesn't buy us something, but it represents what we honor. When we give in a certain direction, we're showing honor for that direction. Cornelius took his giving and he gave it to the Jews. He gave it to God's people. And in that, he was showing God what he honored. He wasn't buying favor with God, but he was demonstrating honor toward God. And so his prayer life, his giving and his honor toward God, it opened the door for him to hear words. And I want you to know this, that Cornelius was the entrance into the word being preached and taken to the Gentile world. It's so important. Listen, when every one of us who are not Jews, when we get to heaven, we need to say, cornelius, thank you. Because it was your hunger for God, your prayer life and your generosity that showed honor for God, that God could meet your hunger, your honor for him. And you were the open door that God brought the gospel to the Gentiles. It's a big deal what happened here in Acts, chapter 10. Because he was the open door of the message, going just outside the Jewish community and coming into the Gentile world. And it says in Acts, chapter 11, in verse 1, it says, and the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. So that day, Peter went to Cornelius house and he told him words whereby him and his household could be saved. He received Jesus as his savior. Then the Holy Ghost fell. And now they're not only born again, now they're filled with the Holy Ghost. And in Acts, chapter 11, the apostles and the brethren heard that the Gentiles are now being born again, and they're now filled with the Holy Ghost. Ah. God is welcoming them into his family. That they. They are now covenant people. It's not just the Jews who could enter into covenant with God. In verse two, it says, Acts, chapter 11, verse two. And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were the circumcision contended with him. What's he saying? They did not understand Peter. Why did you go preach to Cornelius? Well, you have to know this. When people don't hear what you hear from God, they won't understand either. But you just stay with what God said to you. And it tells in verse 12 of Acts, chapter 11, Peter answered unto them and said, and the Spirit bade me or told me to go with these men that Cornelius sent to come to his house. Nothing doubting, he said. Moreover, these six brethren accompanied me. So Peter said, when I chose to go to Cornelius house, I didn't go alone. I took other Jewish leaders with me. They accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house. We entered in Cornelius house, and Cornelius showed us how he had seen an angel in his house that came to him that day, which stood and said to him, send men to Joppa and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter. Look at verse 14. Who shall tell thee words whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved? And as I began to speak. What's he speaking? He's telling them how to be born again. Notice this. He said, and as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning. What's this mean? Ah, it's not just the Jew that's welcomed into God's family and into covenant now. It's anyone who will receive words. The way we're born again is we hear words, we believe words, we respond to words. Because the words of salvation carry the power of God to save men. The words to be filled with the Holy Ghost have to be received. And as we receive and believe those words, then they fulfill, and they are the agent whereby we are filled with the Holy Ghost. Listen. It's all by words. God does everything by words. The faith life is on the basis of. Of words. And not just any words. God's words. When right words are spoken, the Spirit of God will get involved. That's what I want you to see. Also, when Peter spoke words of salvation to Cornelius and his household, because those were God's words, the Spirit could get involved. And now they were born again by the power of God, the Spirit of God. But they were also filled with the Holy Ghost. And so we want you to see this. That right words open the door for those words to come to pass by the power of God. And it's the Holy Spirit who's going to perform when we speak God's word. When God stood at creation and he said, light be the Spirit of God. It tells us in Genesis, chapter one, verses two and three, it says that the Spirit of God was over was covering the face of the deep. Well, the Amplified. I believe it's the Amplified translations that says the Spirit of God was hovering. The Spirit of God was waiting for God to speak words. Why? Because the Holy Spirit was going to perform words that were spoken. And this is what we see about the Holy Spirit. He is a performer of what God says. When we speak words, the Holy Spirit can perform those words when they're in agreement with what God said. So what am I saying? All that I'm saying, telling you all of that instruction to say this, that in Christ, everything that belongs to him belongs to us. But how are those words going to manifest? We have to speak them. And when we speak words in line with God's words, now the Holy Spirit has something to perform. And that which belongs to us in Christ will begin to manifest. It doesn't manifest in our life unless we speak what God says. We don't have the manifestations of what belongs to us in Christ. Until we speak, we have to speak those things. We can't just say, well, if God put me in Christ, everything that belongs to me will show up. Not unless you speak. Not unless you speak. Because our words are the opportunity for the Holy Spirit to perform. And listen, the Holy Spirit is looking to perform what God says in our life. And so the Word tells us this, that God hastens to his word, perform it. What's that mean? God's not a delayer. How many times that people have accused God of being too slow? What's taking God so long? Well, what's taking us so long? Why are we not accelerating or increasing our speaking of God's words? Listen, the more we say it, the more we have it. The less we say it, the less we have it. You know, if we're driving from one location to another, let's say that there's 60 miles of just straight road from where we're at to where we want to be. If we drive that road about 10 miles per hour, you know how long it's going to take us? If we go 60 miles, it's going to take us six hours. Why? 10 miles per hour speed means we can only go one mile in 10 minutes. But if we will just in an hour, rather, we can go 10 miles in one hour. If we just drive 10 miles an hour, it's going to take us six hours to get 60 miles. But if we put the pedal to the metal and we just start speeding up, what happens? We arrive quicker. Well, that works the same just in driving a vehicle. How much more with Words. If you're going to say it very little, it's going to take a while to arrive. But. But if we will increase our saying, we will, if I could say, speed up our manifestation. The more we say it, the more we have it. The less we say it, the less we have it. And so many times God is accused as being the reason things are delayed, when it's really how we're treating words that's delaying something. If we really believed that things would change when we speak the word of God, don't you think we'd do more saying, mm, I believe me and you included. If we really believe fully what God's word offers us, that if you'll say this, and you'll say it from a place of fullness, listen, it's not saying it from a place of emptiness, but saying it. If we'll take time to fill up with the Word and we'll receive those words, and we'll make those words our own and choose to believe in line with those words, and we fill up with those words, my goodness. When we say it, it will come out with great force and great acceleration. But too many times people are not as full of the Word as they should be, and then they're trying to confess or speak from that place that's less than full. And then it can seem to be slow in manifesting. But if we'll just take time to fill up with the Word, stay full, then what happens when we speak? My, my, my. We're going to have manifestation stations and things will happen at an accelerated pace. Well, Joshua 1:8 says this. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt look at this. Meditate therein day and night. What's he talking about? He's not talking about you not sleeping. He's talking about. This is a lifestyle situation that throughout the day, that our meditations need to be full of what God says. At nighttime, it needs to be full of what God says. Can I tell you this? That although your body sleeps, your spirit never sleeps. That you can go to sleep in communion with God, in fellowship with God, and that which you are meditating on at the time you fall asleep at night will continue moving in your life even while you're sleeping. And that's why it's so important that you go to sleep in faith. Never go to sleep in fear. Never let something fearful be troubling you at the time you fall asleep. Because what you go to sleep with is what will work while you sleep. And so we're to go to bed in faith. We're to go to bed believing God, worshiping God, and knowing this, that I have been meditating on scriptures before I fall asleep. And. And while I'm sleeping, I will wake up in the morning and I'll have answers that I'm facing a certain need, a certain question, and the answer will be there. Why? Because I went to sleep meditating on the Word, and the Word started talking to my spirit, and I woke up with answers. How many times that we can wake up? The first thing we wake up, and all of a sudden we'll have clarity of what to do about something. What was that? The Word was speaking with us while we were sleeping. And when we. Because while we sleep, our mind is less active, then our spirit is more readily perceived. And we can recognize what God is saying to our spirit because our mind is less active. But that happens because we go to sleep with words on our thoughts, words that we're meditating on. And when we wake up, those words were counseling us and advising us what to do. Thank God for words. Amen. Because they are the carriers of all that God has made ours. Well, we're able to come to you in this broadcast because of one reason, because of the faith of Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, who have said the programmers on the Victory Channel, they don't pay for their airtime, so they sow this time to our ministry. But really they're sowing this time to you as well. And so I ask you that if you're blessed by the broadcast of Jesus the Healer or. Or by any programmer on this channel, please make sure you're a partner, because that keeps this. These messages coming into your home. Look at this. 24 hours a day. So if you're not already a partner with Kennecopa Ministries, you can sign up to become a partner today by going to kcm.org and I will say this, that when something feeds us, it's appropriate to respond back to that with our generosity. So I appreciate that you choose to become a partner with Kenneth Copeland Ministries. And again, you can go to kcm.org and follow the prompts on that website and become a partner today. And until next time, remember this. Jesus is the healer. God bless you.
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Nancy Dufresne
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Kenneth Copeland
I want you to know that every single person in this world needs a Savior. And the greatest thing of all is that we have one. But this Savior must be welcomed. This Savior must be received. And it's so easy to receive Jesus as the Savior. The Word says that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. So right now do that with say Jesus, I receive you as my Savior. Come into my heart and be the Lord of my life, and I'll live for you all the days of my life. God bless you.