Podcast Summary: Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne Audio Podcast
Episode 939 | In Christ I Can, Part 179
Date: February 5, 2026

Episode Overview

In this episode, Nancy Dufresne continues her long-running series “In Christ I Can,” focusing specifically on why many believers do not live in the fullness of what is theirs in Christ—wholeness, health, provision—despite being redeemed from the curse of the law. The teaching uncovers biblical reasons Christians may experience sickness, lack, or weakness, emphasizing the importance of not giving place to the devil and the practical steps to walking in the blessings and victory found in Christ. Nancy draws on scripture, personal testimony, and direct instruction from the Holy Spirit to guide listeners toward enjoying God’s best.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Reality of Power and Wholeness in Christ

• Opening Confession & Encouragement

  • Nancy and the co-host declare healing power is present in every place and for every believer (00:10–00:46).
  • Emphasizes not trying to “get” what is already given in Christ: “Say, I receive that power. I receive it right now.” (00:35, Nancy)

• Foundational Scripture: Colossians 2:9 (Living Bible)

  • “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.” (01:14)

  Nancy expands on this:

  • “We have everything…wholeness, prosperity, victory, the wisdom of God, soundness…That’s our inheritance in Christ.” (01:26)

Being Redeemed from the Curse of the Law

• Galatians 3:13 - Redemption Defined
  • “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law.” The curse included:
    • Spiritual death (separation from God)
    • Sickness and disease
    • Poverty and lack
  • “No Christian is under the curse or under a curse.” (03:40)
• Why Do Christians Struggle?
  • Acknowledges that believers sometimes experience what the unsaved (who are under the curse) do, and explains the distinction:
    • “We can still disobey God. Or we can open the door to the devil through disobedience…He can’t take a place. We have to give him a place.” (05:08)
    • Reference: Ephesians 4:27—“Neither give place to the devil.”
  • “If we gave him a place, we can take back the place we gave him.” (06:07)

The Role of Correction and the Holy Spirit

• Closing the Devil’s Entry
  • “The Holy Ghost will help us to recognize where we have missed God…He will show us. What we don’t want to do is let the devil try to define where we missed it. Because the Devil, he’s always trying to bring condemnation on us.” (07:49)
  • Emphasizes that correction from God flows from His love, not condemnation (08:23).

Not Discerning the Lord’s Body – Communion Teaching

• 1 Corinthians 11: Recognizing Causes
  • Paul’s warning: Not discerning the Lord’s body leads to Christians being “weak, sickly, and many sleep [die prematurely]” (09:29).
  • Twofold application:
    • Physical body—Failing to recognize Jesus’ body was broken for our healing allows the devil to oppress with sickness.
    • Spiritual body (the Church)—Failing to discern or bring supply to Christ’s body (the church) opens the door to premature death or weakness (12:16).
  • Memorable quote:
    • “It is dangerous to do anything but bless the body of Christ. We don’t ever want to cause division, cause strife, cause injury to the body of Christ.” (14:54)

Bringing Supply to the Local Church

• The Family Analogy
  • “Just think of a natural family…It’s never appropriate for someone…not to bring their part because then others have to pick up and do the part that’s being undone.” (16:15)
  • “We have a responsibility and a privilege to bring a supply to the body of Christ.” (18:57)

Importance of Assembling with Believers

• Hebrews 10:25
  • “Forsake not the assembling of ourselves together…which is the habit of some people. Well, that’s a bad habit.” (19:43)
  • Online viewing is a “supplement,” not a substitute for local church involvement (20:21).
  • “If we’re not part of a local body of Christ…how are we bringing blessing to the body of Christ as fully as we ought?” (20:37)

Practical Causes Christians Don’t Enjoy God’s Best: Personal Revelation

Nancy recounts a direct word from God naming “three primary ways” Christians open the door to sickness and disease (21:26):

1. Loss of Peace

   • “When they step outside of peace—by yielding to worry, yielding to fear, yielding to doubt.” (21:58)
   • “Worry is the offspring of fear. If we cooperate with fear…we just stepped outside of peace.” (22:09)
   • Example: Woman with the issue of blood—healing connected to staying in peace (23:02).
   • “If we step out of peace, if we yield to a flow different than peace…for this cause, many were weak, sickly, and many can die prematurely.” (24:10)
   • Testimony: Nancy describes how guarding her peace preserved her and her ministry after her husband’s plane crash (25:47).
   • “By protecting our peace, we protected our future.” (26:30)

2. Veering from God’s Plan

   • “Make my people to know that long life is connected to my plan.” (26:57)
   • “The blessing of God is where your life is going to be enriched…To veer from the plan of God is to veer from God’s best.” (27:14)

3. Lack of Gratitude

   • “What we’re not grateful for, the enemy will steal from us.” (27:32)
   • “Faith is grateful. Faith is always praising and thanking God for all that He’s blessed us with.” (28:02)
   • Scripture: Deuteronomy 28:47–48 (Amplified Classic)—“Because you were not grateful…therefore you shall serve your enemies.”
   • “If we show lack of gratitude, the devil knows then we are easy prey that he can rob from us.” (27:49)

All three are “so fixable” if we become doers of the Word (28:36).

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Receiving Christ’s Power:
  • “Say, I receive that power. I receive that power. I receive it right now.” (00:37, Nancy)
• On the Curse of the Law:
  • “No Christian is under the curse or under a curse. …But we can still disobey God. Or we can open the door to the devil…” (03:40–05:08)
• On Correction:
  • “Thank God for a flow of the correction of God, because it’s a flow of the love of God.” (08:23)
• On Division in the Church:
  • “It is dangerous to do anything but bless the body of Christ…That’s why many are weak, sickly, and many die prematurely.” (14:54)
• On Guarding Against Fear:
  • “People can quote scripture in fear and not in faith…We don’t want to do anything with fear.” (24:44)
• On Gratitude:
  • “Faith is grateful. Faith is always praising and thanking God for all that he’s blessed us with.” (28:02)
• On Fixing Open Doors:
  • “If we gave place to him, we can take back the place we gave to him. We can close the door, because we have been given authority over him and that authority still belongs to us.” (06:07–06:20)

Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:10 – Declaration of God’s healing power
• 01:14 – Main scripture: Colossians 2:9 and our inheritance in Christ
• 03:36 – Redeemed from the curse: Galatians 3:13
• 05:08 – Why believers struggle and the role of disobedience
• 08:23 – God’s correction is love, not condemnation
• 09:29 – Communion and “not discerning the Lord’s body”
• 12:16 – The twofold meaning of discerning Christ’s body
• 14:54 – Danger of causing division in the body of Christ
• 16:15 – The family analogy and everyone’s supply in the church
• 19:43 – Hebrews 10:25, assembling together
• 21:26 – The three ways believers open the door to sickness (as revealed by God)
• 22:09 – Loss of peace, the connection between fear and illness
• 25:47 – Nancy’s personal testimony on peace during tragedy
• 27:32 – The impact of gratitude on retaining God’s blessings

Final Thoughts

Nancy Dufresne’s teaching in this episode centers on practical and spiritual reasons Christians may not experience the fullness of Christ’s provisions, grounded in scripture and vivid personal testimony. The episode is a call to close the door to the enemy by guarding peace, cleaving to God’s plan, and cultivating gratitude—all accessible and actionable for every believer.

Remember:
“Jesus is the healer. God bless you.” (28:36)

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