Podcast Summary

Podcast: Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne Audio Podcast
Episode: 927 | In Christ I Can, Part 167
Date: January 20, 2026
Host/Teacher: Nancy Dufresne
Main Theme:
Understanding and living from our union with Christ—how acknowledging our oneness with God results in faith, victory over challenges, healing, and a joyful fellowship that empowers believers to walk as Jesus did.

Episode Overview

In this deeply instructive episode, Nancy Dufresne continues her long-running series, “In Christ I Can,” focusing on how believers can experience victory and fulfillment by truly living out their union with God. She explores the crucial differences between striving in our own strength versus resting in what Christ has accomplished, the importance of acknowledging God’s presence within, and how faith operates from a place of fellowship rather than mere principles. Listeners are both encouraged and challenged to nurture a constant awareness of God, not just during times of need or crisis, but as a way of living every day.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Power and Presence of God is Ever-Available

• Nancy opens with an affirmation that God’s power is present everywhere, even in the most hopeless situations:

  “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, believe in what's not. Try to get something, but notice that he's already made it yours.” (00:10)

• Encourages listeners to “receive that power” wherever they are.

The Role of Acknowledgement and Attention

• Nancy emphasizes the impact of what we choose to acknowledge or focus on:

  “What we're acknowledging is what's gaining movement in our life… If we acknowledge the wrong thing, the wrong thing flows. If we acknowledge the right thing, the right thing flows.” (01:15)

• Uses Abraham as a model for faith: rather than considering his own limitations, Abraham focused on what God had promised. (03:20)
• Practical insight: Symptoms or circumstances persist when we give them attention, but focusing on God's Word allows His promises to manifest.

Union with God: The Foundation of Christian Living

• Strong emphasis throughout the episode on our oneness with God through Christ:

  “We are the temple of the Holy Ghost. We are the dwelling place of God. When we acknowledge that, everything else that tries to oppose and tries to trouble our life...it doesn't trouble us.” (05:35)

• Illustrates how lack of acknowledgement limits God’s manifest presence.

Fellowship and Manifestation: How Jesus Walked in Victory

• The miracles Jesus performed flowed from His union and fellowship with the Father:

  “Our fellowship with God is what waters every single arena of our life... It's going to determine the outcome of even opposition that comes against us.” (09:45)

• Jesus' life is our example; we are to operate from the same position, as “co-laborers” with God.

The Author of Victory, Not of Tests

• Nancy recounts a personal testimony where God assured her of the outcome during trials:

  “God spoke to me and he said, 'I have already seen the end of this test and I want you to know you win.'” (13:10)

• Powerful analogy: Like writing a movie, God “starts with the end”—and for every believer, the end has been authored as victory. (16:22)

  “Jesus already wrote the ending... handed that victory to us, crediting us as though we were the ones that had won it.” (17:08)

• God is outside of time, thus can declare victory before the process even starts.

Living from Union, Not Separation

• Many believers struggle because they view themselves as separated from God, trying to attain something He’s already given:

  “Many believers think of and pray and see themselves as in a separated place from the Father, trying to reach something, trying to get something, trying to coerce God into something...” (23:25) “That's why it's so important that we find out what belongs to us, because we're in Christ. What is in our inheritance? Everything.” (24:15)

• All supply, help, and answers have already been provided—in Christ, now in us.

Boldness and Faith: The Fruits of Fellowship

• Not arrogance, but boldness is the result of knowing our union:

  “Boldness is not arrogance. It's the result of knowing our union with the Father.” (25:12)

• We are filled with God, and must allow Him to work through us without striving.
• Jesus’ confidence in prayer and results came from this awareness, and so can ours.

The Mechanics of Yielding and Rest

• We move from striving to resting by yielding to God’s activity within us:

  “Prayer is not persuading God... but we're yielding to and participating with the indwelling God who is ready to act and manifest.” (31:28) “There's no such thing as faith flowing and power not meeting that faith.” (33:08)

• Nurturing daily fellowship—beyond devotion times—helps us walk in continuous awareness and manifestation of God’s presence and power.

Faith as Fellowship; Joy in Union

• A memorable conversation with her husband:

  “Faith is a fellowship with God.” (36:49)

• Revelation from a Greek translation:

  “I can do all things through the One I know so well.” (39:07)—Emphasizes that it’s not just power in Christ, but the fruit of intimately knowing Him.

• The greatest inheritance: the joy of fellowship with God, not just what He gives or does.

The “Glove Analogy”: Our Life in God’s Hands

• Powerful visual explanation:

  “If you think of a glove that's just laying on a table, but someone comes, they pick up that glove and they put their hand in that glove. All of a sudden that glove is taking on movement that it didn't have of itself... That's what Acts 17:28 means: in Him we live and move and have our being.” (43:45)

Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On focus and attention:
  “What we're acknowledging is what's gaining movement in our life… If we acknowledge the wrong thing, the wrong thing flows. If we acknowledge the right thing, the right thing flows.” (01:15)

• On struggle in prayer:
  “If people say, Pastor Nancy, I'm having a hard time, I struggle in my prayer life. Can I say this? I want to remind you, go back to the joy of fellowship with your father.” (35:11)

• The Greek definition of Philippians 4:13:
  “I can do all things through the One I know so well.” (39:07)

• Union visualized:
  “We are simply the glove in his hand. His hand is making all these wonderful, marvelous movements and he makes us look good and we become co-laborers simply because we're allowing him to labor through us.” (43:50)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• Acknowledging God and the movement of life: 01:15–03:25
• Abraham’s example—faith vs. natural circumstance: 03:20–05:30
• Oneness with God and ignoring opposition: 05:35–09:45
• Fellowship—the secret to miracles: 09:45–13:00
• God’s guarantee of our victory: 13:10–17:08
• Victory is the ending—God’s perspective outside of time: 16:22–19:54
• Living by union vs. living by separation: 23:25–25:12
• Affirming boldness through union: 25:12–27:52
• Prayer, rest, and yielding: 31:28–33:38
• Faith as Fellowship and joy: 35:11–39:07
• “Glove” analogy and union: 43:45–45:08

Conclusion

Nancy Dufresne’s teaching in this episode offers a rich, practical—and heartfelt—invitation to transform the daily Christian walk from striving to resting, from separation to union, and from religion to relationship. By highlighting the necessity of continual acknowledgment of God’s indwelling presence and our rights in Christ, Nancy empowers listeners to expect RESULTS like Jesus did, by flowing from union, not effort. The central charge is to tend daily to fellowship with Him, because everything we need—victory, healing, provision, power—is already ours in that relationship.

Final Blessing:
“Remember this: Jesus is the healer. God bless you.” (46:00)

For further teaching, visit DufresneMinistries.org