Podcast Summary: Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne

Episode 924 | In Christ I Can, Part 164
Date: January 15, 2026
Host: Nancy Dufresne (Dufresne Ministries)
Theme: Exploring the believer’s identity “In Christ,” the power of faith, authority over circumstances, and practical steps for living out redemption.

Episode Overview

In this episode, Nancy Dufresne continues her deep-dive teaching series “In Christ I Can,” focusing on the foundational Christian truth of the believer’s union with Christ. She emphasizes that living from our true identity in Christ unlocks faith, authority, and freedom from past failures, shame, and spiritual defeat. Through scriptural insights, practical illustrations, and personal stories, Nancy instructs listeners in laying hold of their inheritance and walking in victory.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Ever-Present Power of God

• [00:10-00:42] Nancy opens by reminding listeners that God’s healing and delivering power is present everywhere—even in hospitals and sick rooms.
  • “There’s enough power in every sick room and in every hospital room to raise up that sick one… Power is present.”
  • She encourages listeners to confess:
    • “I receive that power. I receive it right now, from the top of my head, the soles of my feet.”

2. The Christian Life: “Days of Heaven on Earth”

• [00:42-01:50] Nancy explains that Christianity is not meant to be crisis-to-crisis living.
  • Quote: “If it is, we’re doing it wrong… we're invited to learn how to do it best.”
• She frames the “In Christ I Can” series as necessary for greater revelation:
  • “When we’re struggling to go past a certain point in our life, it’s not that we need to try harder. It’s that we just need further revelation of who we are… Faith is no struggle when we recognize who we are in Christ.” ([01:15])

3. Identity and Authority in Christ

• [01:51-04:16] Drawing from Colossians 2:9 (Living Bible):
  • “For in Christ there is all of God in a human body… You are filled with God through your union with Christ… He is the highest ruler… circumstances aren’t, symptoms aren’t, lack isn’t.”
• Nancy stresses: “Who we are in Christ is the wisdom of God.”
• Proverbs: “Wisdom is the principal thing.” Therefore, discovering our “in Christ” identity is essential.

4. Solid Foundations, Redemption, and the “New Man”

• [04:17-06:25]
  • “If we don’t lay that foundation… it’s going to affect how our lives can be built.”
  • “We’re not to live under guilt, shame, condemnation… because the blood of Jesus cleansed it all.”
• True identity isn’t based on external roles or distinctions:
  • “Our true identity is in Him. And that is an unchanging identity.”
• The importance of spiritual maturity is emphasized:
  • “Babies get pushed around by the devil… We grow up and we find out who we are in Christ.”

5. Spirit, Soul, and Body: Living from the Spirit

• [06:26-09:25]
  • Christians often focus too much on the soul (mind, will, emotions), but, Nancy says:
    • “We are a spirit. We have a soul. We live in a body. It’s our spirit man that's to rule, not our soulish man.”
• She warns: “The mind, the soulish arena, is Satan’s arena… He’s always launching attacks against the soul.”
• Vital practice: “Disciplining the thought life… recognizing this thought, if it didn’t come from God, I’m casting it down.”
  • “If a Christian will find out who they are in Christ, that fixes everything in life.” ([09:10])

6. Victory, Treading on Opposition, and Not Linger in Defeat

• [09:26-13:02]
  • “You fix life’s problems through who you are in Christ.”
• Encouragement to not linger in setbacks:
  • “They lingered in a tragedy… instead of treading on it and keeping going.”
  • Defining “tread on”: “Step over and keep going.”
• Memorable analogy:
  • “Any opposition is nothing but a barking dog. Don’t slow down your train to throw rocks at barking dogs.” ([12:15])

7. Resisting vs. Allowing the Enemy

• [13:03-16:12]
  • “What we don’t resist has permission to stay. God will allow us to have everything we’re okay with.”
  • “People don’t push back because they lack fullness… If we’ll be full of the Word, we will be stirred up to take our stand against the enemy.”

8. The Voice-Activated Inheritance

• [16:13-20:05]
  • “All our inheritance is to be experienced… by thinking about it, believing it, speaking it, and acting as one in Christ.”
  • Warning against “talking as one outside of Christ”:
    • “Christ in you knows what to do… When we say ‘I don’t know what to do,’ we’re talking as one outside of Christ… Instead, say, ‘Christ in me knows what to do and I will know.’”
• “A silent Christian is a failing Christian… we must exercise our authority.” ([19:25])
  • Parenting analogy: “If the parent is sitting there silent, there’s a lot going on in that house that shouldn’t be.”

9. Behavioral Change and Spiritual Development

• [20:06-22:38]
  • “Many times, people are just trying to behave better when they just need to find out who they are in Christ.”
  • “Sin shall not lord it over me. Bondages can’t lord it over me… because I am in Christ.”
  • “Jesus didn’t just come to give us better behavior. He came to give us a new nature.” ([21:10])

10. Using the Spoken Word as a Cleansing Agent

• [22:39-24:50]
  • “John 15:3: ‘Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.’”
  • “Every time we speak the Word, it is a cleansing agent… Speak better and the Word will produce in your life.”
  • Story about speaking 1 Corinthians 13 over personal weaknesses.

11. Practical Application: Speaking and Doing the Word

• [24:51-26:15]
  • Word as a seed: “When God sows his Word in our spirits, it’s in seed form… We have to water that seed…”
  • “You don’t need to get rid of symptoms… just sow the healing Word in you and it will produce a harvest of healing in your life.”

12. Personal Testimony: Acting on the Word in Healing

• [26:16-28:10]
  • Nancy recalls waking with flu symptoms, initially half-heartedly resisting, but then—prompted by the Spirit—actively declaring her faith:
    • “I am of the household of faith. In the household of faith, there’s no symptoms, no sickness…” ([26:54])
  • Victory came as she praised, confessed the Word, sensed faith, and later all symptoms vanished.
• Key Lesson:
  • “Faith is acting like the Word of God is true.” ([28:00])
  • “Don’t be silent about your inheritance… You do become a partaker by talking about it and declaring ‘this is mine in Christ.’”

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Faith is no struggle when we recognize who we are in Christ.” ([01:30])
• “Who we are in Christ is the wisdom of God. Wisdom is the principal thing.” ([02:50])
• “Babies get pushed around by the devil. To stay safe, we grow up and we find out who we are in Christ.” ([05:40])
• “If a Christian will find out who they are in Christ, that fixes everything in life.” ([09:10])
• “What we don’t resist has permission to stay. God will allow us to have everything we’re okay with.” ([13:20])
• “A silent Christian is a failing Christian… We must exercise our authority.” ([19:25])
• “Jesus didn’t just come to give us better behavior. He came to give us a new nature.” ([21:10])
• “Now you are clean through the Word which I have spoken unto you.” — John 15:3 ([22:43])
• “Trying does not put an end to struggle. It only makes us more aware of the struggle.” ([25:55])
• “Faith is acting like the Word of God is true.” ([28:00])
• “Don’t be silent about your inheritance… declare that this is mine in Christ.” ([28:15])

Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:10 – Opening declaration about the present power of God.
• 01:15 – The Christian life should be "days of heaven on earth."
• 02:50 – Colossians 2:9 and the completeness of the believer in Christ.
• 09:10 – The solution to all problems: finding out who we are in Christ.
• 12:15 – “Barking dog” analogy—Keep moving, don’t stop for opposition.
• 19:25 – The danger of Christian silence and illustration with parenting.
• 21:10 – Jesus gives a new nature, not just modified behavior.
• 22:43 – The spoken Word as cleansing (John 15:3).
• 26:54 – Personal testimony of healing—confessing the Word.
• 28:00 – “Faith is acting like the Word of God is true.”
• 28:15 – The importance of declaring your inheritance in Christ.

Tone and Style

Nancy Dufresne’s teaching is warm, direct, faith-filled, and personal. She weaves scripture with practical wisdom and contemporary analogies, making spiritual truths accessible and actionable.

Conclusion

Nancy closes by reminding believers:

“Every day of your life say, today He’s in me, I’m in Him, and I’m going to allow the Greater One that’s on the inside of me to move and manifest through me… Jesus is the healer.” ([End])

This episode serves as both an encouragement and roadmap for Christians seeking to step out of defeat and into their inheritance through the revelation and declaration of who they are in Christ.