Podcast Summary:
Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne Audio Podcast
Episode 917 | "In Christ I Can," Part 157
Date: January 6, 2026

Episode Overview

This episode focuses on the foundational Christian truth of identity in Christ—what it means for believers to see themselves not through worldly roles or past failures, but as new creations whose identity is rooted in Jesus’ finished work. Nancy Dufresne teaches on how Christ’s victory at Calvary enables believers to walk in freedom, faith, and purpose, using scripture, personal experiences, and practical steps to help listeners grasp who they truly are “in Him.”

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Power Present for Healing—Faith and Receiving

• Nancy opens with an encouragement:

  “There’s enough power in every sick room and in every hospital room to raise up that sick one... Power is present. That power is there to do a work... say I receive that power. I receive it right now.” (00:10)

• Emphasizes the act of receiving, not striving, for what God has already provided.

2. Finding Our True Identity in Christ

• The core of the teaching:

  "To really see the real you, you have to go to the Word to find you. Don’t go to your ancestry, education, or social status to find you... Our identity is in Christ and that is unchanging for us." (02:00)

• Nancy shares how life roles (daughter, wife, mother, minister) are changeable, but identity in Christ is permanent.

3. Jesus Found Himself in the Word (Luke 4:16–18)

• Nancy recounts Jesus reading from Isaiah in the synagogue:

  “He went to the Word to find his true identity... If Jesus had to go to the Word to find himself, we all have to go to the Word to find ourselves.” (03:50)

• Encourages listeners to do the same.

4. Challenges to Spiritual Advancement: The Devil’s Strategies

• The enemy watches for areas of weakness to keep believers “in a carnal flow.”

  “Any time you’re going to advance spiritually... the devil’s going to bring all kinds of opposition... he has to learn us through observation.” (06:40)

• Importance of dealing with our weaknesses with the Word, so the enemy loses his leverage.

Notable Example (08:50):

• Nancy’s personal struggle:

  “What I’ve had to deal with... is being disappointed in myself... I want it to lose sway over me.”
  She shares an encounter with Jesus:
  "Jesus stood in front of me and he said, ‘You have failed many, many times... but I never have. So I share my success with you now.’" (10:10)

5. Who We Are In Him, Not in Ourselves

• Our true status isn’t based on achievements or past mistakes.

  "All of Christ belongs to everyone the same. Every believer in Christ has the exact same privilege, the exact same benefits as anyone else." (13:40)

• Difference in life results is due to how much we use our faith.

6. Galatians 2:20 – Crucified With Christ

• Key passage analyzed:

  “I am crucified with Christ... anything that the old man did is not to follow us in the new life. All of that has been crucified, left behind.” (16:45)

• The “old man” (pre-Christ self) is considered dead; identity and life are now rooted in Christ’s victory.

Application (19:10):

• Practical step:

  "Say it. Say the old man, what I used to be, is crucified with Christ. That means anything of the past can’t trouble me anymore today in the present."

7. Freedom from Bondage and Addiction

• Believers are not meant to carry sins or habits from their old life because those were “crucified with Christ.”

  “You deal with [addictions] because you haven’t yet discovered that those died when you were crucified with Christ.” (21:25)

8. The Triumph of Calvary and Its Real Meaning

• The cross isn’t defeat, but triumph:

  “When Jesus cried, ‘It is finished,’ He was not crying that in defeat. He was crying that in triumph—that was our triumph when he said, ‘It is finished.’” (23:30)

• Calvary was God’s plan to defeat Satan on his own territory.

9. First Corinthians 2:6-8 – The Mystery of the Cross

• Explains how Satan didn’t understand the cross’s true purpose:

  "If [the rulers of this age] had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.” (24:30)

• The cross means every believer is fully freed from all bondage and is a participant in Christ’s resurrection life.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Identity:

  "Don’t rest back on anything you’ve accomplished for yourself and say, 'Wow, this is my identity.' No, it’s who we are in him and who he made us to be.” — Nancy Dufresne (12:50)

• Jesus’ Words to Nancy:

  “You have failed many, many times... but I never have. So I share my success with you now.” — Jesus (as recounted by Nancy Dufresne, 10:10)

• On Living by Faith:

  "However much we’re using our faith, the more we’ll partake of who we are in Christ. The less we use our faith, the less we’ll partake." (14:10)

• On Crucifixion with Christ:

  “All the components of failure... were crucified with Christ. But every ingredient to ensure your success as a new man, that’s in you now.” (18:45)

• On the Cross:

  "Calvary was God’s divine way to get his Son into hell and defeat the devil on his own territory. That’s the genius of God." (23:40)

Key Timestamps

• 00:10 – Opening faith declaration for healing
• 02:00 – Foundational teaching on identity in Christ
• 03:50 – Jesus finds identity in the Word (Luke 4:16–18)
• 06:40 – Oppositions to spiritual advancement; dealing with weaknesses
• 10:10 – Nancy’s personal encounter with Jesus about failure and success
• 12:50 – Who we are in Him (not human titles)
• 16:45 – In-depth explanation of Galatians 2:20
• 19:10 – Practical confession: “I am crucified with Christ”
• 21:25 – Freedom from past addictions/bondages
• 23:30 – Calvary as triumph, not defeat
• 24:30 – 1 Corinthians 2:6-8; the cross and Satan’s defeat

Conclusion

Nancy Dufresne’s teaching in this episode is a rich, practical, and scriptural exploration of what it means to live out the reality of being “in Christ.” Listeners are urged to renew their minds with God’s Word, see themselves through Christ’s finished work, and walk in the freedom and victory Jesus has already provided. Her anecdotes, especially the personal story of encountering Jesus, powerfully clarify that our identity, victory, and future are wholly found in Him.