Podcast Summary

Podcast: Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne Audio Podcast
Episode: 919 | In Christ I Can Part 159
Date: January 8, 2026
Host: Nancy Dufresne (Dufresne Ministries)

Episode Overview

This episode of Jesus the Healer continues Nancy Dufresne's teaching series "In Christ I Can," focusing on what it means to be “in Christ” and the spiritual realities and authority that believers possess because of Jesus’ redemptive work. Nancy emphasizes that Christ’s finished work at Calvary not only forgives but also positions believers for victory, freedom, and a new identity. She urges listeners to renew their minds to these truths, take hold of their authority, and live daily in their new inheritance.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Power and Inheritance in Christ

• Nancy begins with a declaration about the presence of God's power available to heal, setting a faith-filled tone for listeners to receive (00:10).

  "There's enough power in every sick room and in every hospital room to raise up that sick one—that may be describing you." (00:10, Nancy Dufresne)

• She highlights that as believers, "provision is no longer our problem," since all supply is found in Christ (00:52).

  "Everything that God planned for us, he put in Christ. Christ is the treasure box of heaven. And then he put us in Christ. Christ in us." (00:52)

2. Calvary: More Than Suffering—The Beginning of New Life

• Nancy challenges traditional perspectives on Calvary, viewing it as the start of new life rather than just a place of suffering (01:20).
• She repeatedly references Galatians 2:20, teaching that believers were "crucified with Christ," making the old man (sinful nature) a thing of the past for all who are in Christ (02:30).

  "When Christ was crucified, he wasn't just crucified for us. He was crucified as us, meaning he took our place in the punishment and the penalty of death that belonged to us." (03:00)

3. Freedom From the Old Nature

• Through Christ’s death and resurrection, Nancy emphasizes that the old, sinful nature is dead, and believers now share in Jesus’ triumph over Satan (07:00).

  "All the weakness, all the faults, all the failings, all the sin nature of the old man has been crucified and is not going to be living with us anymore." (08:28)

• She teaches identification with Christ's death, burial, resurrection, and seating at God’s right hand (10:10).

  "When Jesus conquered Satan, he didn’t just conquer Satan for us, he conquered Satan with us, because we were in that all-conquering victory." (10:30)

4. Defeating Condemnation and Past Accusations

• Nancy discusses the importance of not allowing the enemy to use the past as a tool for condemnation (11:15).

  "Condemnation is never to lord it over us again...the devil never can bring up our past and spend it against us. Why? Because the blood of Jesus cleansed us and made it as though it had never come to pass." (12:22)

• She urges listeners to recognize the enemy’s strategy is ignorance and to respond with the truth of redemption, referencing Romans 8:1 and Revelation 12:11 (13:00, 14:28).

  “The devil is counting on us not finding that out. He wants us to think that we still have to struggle...By the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.” (14:28)

5. Authority and Daily Practice

• Nancy exhorts believers to "practice your authority and your victory every day" (22:35).

  "Every time something threatens your freedom in Christ, you use your authority over it. You speak to it. You have to practice the exercise of your authority." (24:00)

• She emphasizes the necessity of daily faith, not waiting for a crisis to try to exercise spiritual authority.

  "What you did yesterday will not take the place of what you're doing today. And this is where many people miss it." (24:54)

6. The Good News to the Poor and Deliverance for the Captives

• Teaching from Luke 4:18, Nancy explains that Jesus was anointed to proclaim freedom and abundance, not merely to meet immediate needs but to communicate a transformational identity in Christ (17:33).

  “He said, the spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me…to preach the gospel to the poor...You're not poor anymore because I was made poor that you might be made rich." (18:02)

• On deliverance:

  "He didn't say to pray for deliverance to the captives...he's to proclaim that you are no longer to be living in bondage to anything." (19:25)
  "People who are in bondage or something, it's not so much that they need to get free. They need to hear that Jesus has already made them free." (20:00)

7. Living Daily in New Identity

• Nancy encourages listeners not to yield to past bondages or accusations, but to continually declare who they are in Christ, enforcing Christ’s victory in practical ways each day (25:30).

  “Remind yourself in Christ that I have been crucified with Christ and anything that would have troubled the old man has no authority and no right to trouble me because now I've been raised to a new life.” (26:00)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Power Present for Healing:

  "Say, I receive that power. I receive it right now from the top of my head, the soles of my feet." (00:35)

• On New Life:

  "The old man will not push me around anymore, because I'm a new creature in Christ. And now I'm living under the flow and under the conditions of the new man who is full of Christ." (09:50)

• On Victory:

  "The blood of Jesus was Satan's defeat and it was our victory. And to benefit from that, we have to add our testimony to the truth of the power of the blood." (14:36)

• On Daily Faith:

  "Begin to practice, if you're not already, practice your authority and your victory every day." (22:35)

• On Authority:

  "He was crucified and we were crucified with Him. He was buried, we were buried. He was raised, we were raised. He was seated, we're seated. He has authority, we have authority." (26:20)

Timestamps for Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment/Topic | |-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:10 | Declaration of healing power and its availability | | 00:52 | Introduction to teaching: "In Christ I Can" | | 03:00 | Explanation of Galatians 2:20; identification with Christ's crucifixion | | 07:00 | Old man/nature is crucified; we’re free in Christ | | 10:10 | Participation in Christ’s death, burial, resurrection, and authority | | 12:22 | Freedom from condemnation and accusation; Romans 8:1 & Rev 12:11 referenced | | 13:00 | The devil’s strategy is ignorance; our response is knowledge and confession | | 17:33 | Jesus' job description: Luke 4:18; good news to the poor and deliverance | | 20:00 | Deliverance is proclaimed, not begged for; revelation of present freedom | | 22:35 | The necessity of daily exercising faith and authority | | 24:54 | Daily faith: past confessions don’t substitute for continuous practice | | 26:00 | Recap of identification with Christ: crucified, buried, raised, seated |

Tone and Style

Nancy Dufresne’s tone is encouraging, direct, and often uplifting; she moves between teaching, proclamation, and personal exhortation, inviting listeners to actively respond and declare the truths she is sharing (“Say, I receive that power…”; “Practice your authority…”). She uses scripture as a foundation, making both theological and practical applications.

Summary Takeaway

Nancy Dufresne urges believers to move beyond a mindset of lack, defeat, or bondage and to anchor their faith and identity in what Christ has accomplished. Through daily proclamation, understanding, and exercise of authority, listeners are reminded that their old nature is dead, their past has no power, and that they have victory and provision in Christ—right now.

"Jesus is the healer. God bless you." (End statement)