← 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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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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I receive it right now from the.
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Top of my head. From the top of my head. The soles of my feet.
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The soles of my feet.
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Welcome. We're so glad you're joining us today for Jesus the healer. And I tell you, it is such a great joy for me to be able to come and spend this time with you and to bring this message of the word of faith. You know, when Paul, he talked about, he used this phrase, the word of faith, which we preach, that's not really just teaching on the subject of faith, if certainly it includes that. But how many of you know that the entire New Testament, the New Covenant, is a word of faith? Why is that? Because that covenant can only be experienced by faith and so forth. Faith is how we transact business with heaven. And God has made all good things ours, but it takes faith to receive it. And what we're believing when we read the Word of God is that we are operating by words, not by feelings, not by circumstances. But when God says something that. That trumps everything. You know, I was. I think one of the best illustrations I've ever heard of that is years ago, there was this woman, she was going into the doctor just for a physical. And they said we were finding something on, you know, in your exam that we believe is a lump in your breast. And so they scheduled her to come back for an ultrasound where they could do a further exam. And when she went back for that further exam, they, the doctor and the nurse were in the room, and they were looking at the screen where, you know, when they were examining her. And they turned the screen around to her and they said, now, do you see this? This dot right here on the screen is the. It indicates that there's something there. And that's our point of concern. And when she saw that on the screen, she said within herself, silently, she said, oh, God, if only I hadn't seen it. Because it wasn't something that she could, you know, feel from the outside, it was strictly only recognizable by some kind of, you know, exam, an ultrasound or something. And so she said, if only I hadn't seen that, because she said it made it more real when she saw it with her eye. And she said, oh God, if I only hadn't have seen that. And when she said that to God, the spirit of God spoke back up and spoke back up to her and said, is what you see greater than what I say? And she said, oh no, God, I repent what you say is greater than anything I see. And when she said that, she said, I believe in the power of God that deals with what I see based on what you say. And so when she said that, all of a sudden that screen that she was looking at, the doctor and the nurse were all looking at, there appeared a ring of light on the. On the perimeter of that screen. And all of a sudden that ring just got smaller and smaller and smaller and it completely encircled that lump that they saw. And the moment it completely surrounded that lump, it was like a firework, a flash of light on that screen. And then the lump disappeared, the light disappeared. And they all watched that happen on the screen. But this is what I wanted you to see. Is what God said to her. Is what you see greater than what I say? We live by what God says. And because we live by what God says, that puts us above what we feel. It puts us above what circumstances show us. It puts, it puts us in a higher flow because we're living off of what God said. And I want to say this to you, is that when we walk by faith, we're not walking in a place of risk. We're not walking blindly. If we can't see it, we can't feel it, we can't hear it, but God, we can't touch it, we can't smell it. The five physical senses don't show us any indication of what we're believing for to be true. That's not risky, that's not living blindly because we're living by God's view. We're living by what God sees. You know, it tells us in Matthew 8:17, Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses. You know, we weren't alive to see that, but God saw it and he recorded it for us. So when we're walking by what God says, we're also walking by what God sees. And if he sees it, and if this is what he saw and he's telling us what he saw, that's not us walking blindly because we're walking by what he knows and what he has seen. And he is, he is transmitting that to us through his words. So when he says Himself took my infirmities and bare my sicknesses, that is not walking blindly, that is walking by the best sight. And that is God's sight. You now when we go to His Word, we find out what God has seen that we weren't alive to see. But he tells us because he wants us to know what he has seen. And not only what he has seen, what he has planned, what he has authored, what he has provided. And he saw it all come to pass and be fulfilled through the life and the ministry and the sacrifice of Jesus. We didn't see Jesus crucified, we didn't see him buried. We didn't see him taken to hell and defeating Satan on His own territory. We didn't see him raised and seated at the right hand of the Father. We didn't see all that. But God did. So all when he when, when we read the Word, we're hearing what he says, but we're also hearing what he has seen. And he can be trusted. And I want you to know that part of our inheritance in Christ is every single need met, everything that we need provided for. I want to look again at Colossians 2, 9. And this is the living Bible translation. And this is really has been our golden text. Listen to how it reads. It says, for in Christ there is all of God in a human body. So you have everything when you have Christ. And you are filled with God through your union with Christ. So know this, in Christ you have everything. The plan of God has already been supplied. The plan of God that He authored for your life, he already also, he also provided the supply and put it in Christ. And everything that he's planned for your life, he has already funded, he's already supplied. He already has all the resources and he put it in Christ. And he says now all you have to do is say in Christ, I have the home I need, I have the building I need. I have the customers I need. I have everything the plan of God calls for because he's already put that provision in Christ. But can I tell you something else that belongs to us in Christ. And really the greatest thing that belongs to us is the fellowship and the presence of God himself. Now God longed and desired to have a family. And it tells us over in John 17, 3 and chapter 17 of the book of John is really a record of the prayer that Jesus prayed before he was arrested. And one of the things that he said. He said in this is life eternal that they may know thee, the only true God, and. And know Jesus Christ. So know this. Why were we born again to know Him. I love something that one minister said. He said, I was born to know him. And I was born to be like him. You were born to know him. And you were born to be like him. It tells us In Psalm chapter 9, in verse 3, it says that in his presence, mine enemies, they fall and perish. Know this, that this world is full of enemies. This world is full of opposition. And I'm not talking about people. I'm talking about evil forces, evil influences that hold it and lord it over people in this world. And those evil forces ruin their lives. But it says for the believer. In Psalm 9. 3, it says that mine enemies shall fall and perish at thy presence. What's that mean? His presence is our place of safety. Psalm 91:1. My goodness, what a chapter. Psalm 91 in verse one is. And it talks about in the secret place we are hidden, that he that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, he is my refuge, who my fortress, my God. In him will I trust. Notice this. When we make his presence our dwelling place, we put ourselves outside the reach of opposition. Does opposition come? Yes. But we're so far above it, we hardly even notice we're being opposed. Now that's part of our inheritance in Christ. Why? Because we have been raised and seated with Christ in heavenly places. That is our. That is our position. Position of authority. But we can live there and experience heaven on earth every single day. Listen. Hebrews chapter 4. It tells us this in verse 16. Come boldly to the throne of grace that you may obtain mercy and find grace to help in the time of need. Look at this. Come boldly to the throne. Why is that? You belong there. That you, that's your home. You are welcome in his presence. You know, before I. Especially before I go out to minister, to preach a service. I don't pray to try to get in his presence. His presence belongs to me. It's not by my effort that I occupy a place in his presence. And this is what I do. I say, father, I step into that place of your presence. What's that mean? I become more aware of you. I acknowledge you. I'm going to go out and I'm going to see the people. The people have needs. They're coming, needing needs met. They need answers for their life. But I'M going to take your presence to them. Because in your presence, our enemies, they fall and they perish. And I want you to know that what's going to give you the best life is acknowledging the greater one that's on the inside of you. You are in Christ. Christ is in you. That's not something you achieve. That's something you receive. Now listen to that. Being in Christ, living in the presence of God is not something that we achieve. It's something we receive. God said to me years ago, he said, living in my presence doesn't come by earning, it comes by turning. What did he mean by that? He said this to earn it. Not trying to read your Bible. Enough, pray enough, do enough good works to earn the fellowship with me. Now listen. We should feed on our. Should feed on the Bible. We should pray, we should do good works because we should bear much fruit for our Father. But I will say this. He was letting me know I belong to you because I'm your Father, not because you've done something to earn fruit. My presence. And he said this to me. Living in my presence does not come by earning. It comes by turning. Then he said this, no one has ever turned toward me and me not met them there. So I don't care how someone's life may have been troubled. If they'll turn just in a moment, acknowledge him, recognize that he's present. If they will respond to Him. The Word says, you draw nigh to me, I'll draw nigh to you. So notice how aware we are of his nearness is not determined by Him. It's determined by us. The more we acknowledge him, the more we turn our thoughts toward Him. Do you know that I endeavor when I first wake up in the morning, to immediately turn my thoughts toward Him? Why? Because I choose the flow of my day. And if I don't choose to acknowledge Him, I'm going to end up acknowledging something that would be less than what he offers me. So I do not try to earn my place with Him. That's part of my inheritance. It belongs to me in Christ. And so before I go out to minister, I don't have to pray long enough to get into his presence. I just step in and act like I'm already there. Well, now, I said all that to say this. Your inheritance. You don't have to earn it. All you have to do is acknowledge it. You can just step into the awareness, I'm already healed. You can step into the awareness, he's already made me prosperous. Listen, you have to know this this is where so many people in the body of Christ struggle is. They are trying to. To become prosperous. Nope. That's who you are in Him. And it's not money that makes you prosperous. It's who's in you. It's who's with you that makes you prosperous. And because he's with you, all the money you need must come. All the resources you need must come. All the supply that you need must come. Can I say this to you in Philippians 4:19? This is a very familiar passage to all of us. My God shall supply all your need according to his riches and glory by Christ Jesus. Listen, because you're in Christ Jesus, that you are already fully supplied. Where is the supply? It's in Him. And as we acknowledge he's in me, I'm in Him. And. And all the supply that I'm ever going to need is in Him. I appreciate that God used the word supply. You know what word he didn't use? Money. He didn't say, my God shall give you all the money you need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Why? Because there are some things money will not get us. There are some things that God has other ways of meeting a need. And it's through a supply. It's not always through a. Through money. I am. Years ago, several years ago, I bought the home God was able to bring into my hands the home, the vacation home of Amy Semple McPherson. No, it wasn't her home that's attached to Angela's Temple, which is the church that she founded and built in Los Angeles. But it's about an hour and a half away from la, and it was her vacation home. And God brought that home into my hands. Now, there were even Hollywood actors that came and looked at that home to purchase it, but they couldn't purchase it because the people who owned it wouldn't sell it to them. Other businessmen tried to buy it, people who had more money than I had, but they didn't have more supply than I had. Because what I needed to buy that home was not only money, I needed favorite because others who had the money but didn't have the favor. God gave me the favor. And all the money came because what I needed was not just a supply of money, I needed a supply of favor. Do not limit your inheritance to simply dollar amounts. Your inheritance includes a supply. And so in that, my contractor, because I'm in the midst of renovating that home right now because it's almost 100 years old. And so there's been a Partial renovation on it, but I'm just doing another layer of renovation to it. And my contractor told me a certain amount. He said, nancy, I think it will be in the ballpark of this. And he gave me a figure, an amount of money it would take. And so what I did, I said, well, in my thinking, just double it. Because in California, it's like half. Half of your income goes to taxes, you know, and so if you need, say like $10,000, you need $20,000 so you can pay taxes and have the money you need. So basically, I knew that it would be double of what I needed just to pay my taxes. Well, God didn't just promise me money, he promised me supply. And so the most remarkable things started happening. Different people said, I will donate these materials. I'll donate my services, my company. I'll do this. Why? Because when someone donates all that, there's no taxes paid on that. I'm not against paying taxes. But what is it? It's not just money that God has for me. He has supply for me. Sometimes the supply is the right workman. Sometimes the supply is the favor. Sometimes the supply is. Is the money. Sometimes the supply is maybe customers you need. My God supplies all we need according to his riches and glory by Christ Jesus. So we have to not think of our. Not think of our inheritance as simply a money situation. Sometimes it's just God influencing someone in our behalf that causes increase to come to us. Listen, as I said, our inheritance in Christ, and who we are in Christ is not something we achieve. It's something we receive, and we receive it by faith. And we have to have greater revelation of who we are in Christ. And when we understand who we are in Christ, we don't have to struggle to live in the presence of God. We can just turn and recognize he's in us. He is around us. Now, I want to remind you of the passage you'll remember in the life of Joseph that God gave him two dreams that showed him his future. When he shared those dreams with his family, they became offended at that. And so his brothers had this idea that we're going to get rid of him. So they sold him to a party that was traveling to Egypt. And so when he got to Egypt, he was sold as a slave to the house of Potiphar. Now, Potiphar was the head of the military there in that Egyptian nation. And so Potiphar recognized there's something different about this young man. So he said, don't put him in the field to work. Put him in My house. And so it said in the Word that everything that Potiphar possessed was under Joseph's domain. That there wasn't anything of his household that he didn't turn over to Joseph. Now notice this. Before that Joseph was simply a shepherd boy that worked out in the fields for his father. But now as a slave it looks like his life took a downgrade. But can I tell you this? He was moved to a metropolis, one of the greatest cities on earth during his time. And not only was he taken out of the fields and put in the city, but he was also now working in the household of a leading military man. Well, you know this military people, they have a system, they have an order, they understand authority and they have systems of excellence in place. Now Joseph is getting a few first rate education and he's not even having to pay for it. Yes, he's there as a slave, but Potiphar is teaching him everything that's in his household. And it said that nothing of Potiphar's was outside of Joseph's responsibility. Do you know that also means his finances? That Potiphar trained this young man in money management. He trained him how to handle finances, how to run a household, how to, how to run staff, how to have a place of success. Do you know that this was part of the supply of God? Was God turning him into a slave? No, God was supplying him with an education he would have never gotten as a shepherd boy sitting out in the country fields. And so what was God doing? God was putting something in this young man that was not costing him dollar amounts, but it was, it was causing him to grow up, mature and develop. And part of the education that Joseph was learning was how to keep offense out of him. That although he was being treated as a slave, he was getting the education of a lifetime that he didn't have to pay for. And because he was right hearted, because he kept his heart right, he didn't let offense in. He didn't let unforgiveness in toward his brothers. He, he didn't let bitterness in that he was able to be promoted within the house of Potiphar. And one of the things that the Word recorded about Joseph, that everything that was under his command, that Potiphar had turned over to him, all of a sudden increase started happening. And it said, not because Joseph had any money of his own, but it said Joseph was a prosperous man because the Lord was with him. Notice as a slave he's not getting a salary, but yet the Word called him prosperous. What was his prosperity he was moving with the supply of God. That God was supplying this young man with a worldwide education. God was bringing him into another. Another flow of learning that he would have never gotten back in the fields of his father's rural farm. But now he's sitting in the greatest city of Egypt being trained by a military man. And because Joseph did not take offense at that, God said he was increasing. And God called him a prosperous man. Look, it wasn't money that made Joseph prosperous. It was who was with him. Well, I want you to know we not only had the greater one with us, we had the greater one as new creatures in Christ, we are under a better covenant than even Joseph was under. It's not money that makes us prosperous. It's the presence of God that is with us and in us that elevates everything in our life. So when we read Philippians 4:19, let's not just limit it to the flow of money. Let's not just think that it's money that makes us prosperous. It's not money that prospers us, it's who's in us. It's who we belong to. We are one with Christ, and we have everything when we have Him. And because we have Christ on the inside of us, we are prosperous. And because we're prosperous, all the money we need must come. But it's not just money. It's supply. It is resources, it's favor, it's customers, it's businesses, it's business buildings, it's properties that we need. And I want you to know that's all in the supply of God. And it's part of the inheritance that belongs to us because we're in Christ. Because God authored a plan for your life. And in authoring that plan for your life, he funded that plan. And that is in Christ. As we find out who we are in Christ, we're able to tap into those resources that are already ours in Christ. But it's our faith that lays hold of them. So I don't care what needs arise in your life. Say, I have a supply for this. Why? Because my God supplies all my needs. And so you have to recognize you have a supply. And in that supply you will never lack. The plan of God for your life is fully funded, but it's only tapped into as we find out that God put our supply in Christ and Christ in us. Amen. Well, there's so much that belongs to us, and we're so glad that we can come and teach some of these things to you. And there's one reason we're able to, and that's because of the generosity of Kenneth Copeland and Kenneth Copeland Ministries. Brother Copeland made a decision that the programmers on the Victory Channel would not have to pay for any of the airtime. And so we're able to come to you on a daily basis at the generosity of keeping Kenneth and Gloria Copeland and of Kenneth Copeland Ministry Partners. And I would say this, if this broadcast and this channel is a blessing to you, we ask that you do something if you're not already become a partner with Kenneth Copeland Ministries. And I'm going to say this, I don't think it's something you need to pray about. Because when something blesses your life and funds your life, you don't have to pray about, if I could say, honoring that with your gifts. So I'm encouraging you. If you're not a partner Already, go to kcm.org and sign up to become a partner there because it keeps these kinds of teachings and these broadcasts coming into your home. And until next time, remember this Jesus is the Healer. God bless you.
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Strengthener, and stand by. He's my helper.
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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 me. 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.