Podcast Summary
Podcast: Jesus the Healer with Nancy Dufresne
Episode 956: In Christ I Can, Part 196
Date: March 2, 2026
Host: Nancy Dufresne
Theme: Living in the reality of our union with Christ – faith, healing, and obedience rooted in understanding our identity "In Christ."
Episode Overview
In Part 196 of her “In Christ I Can” teaching series, Nancy Dufresne helps believers recognize and walk in their oneness with Christ. This session centers on embracing our identity in Him, the privileges it brings, and how miracles—especially healing—are a result of this union. Nancy unpacks John 14:10, discusses the importance of renewing our minds, and emphasizes that obedience—actions inspired by the Holy Spirit and founded in faith—activates God’s power in our lives.
Detailed Breakdown and Key Insights
1. Opening Encouragement: God’s Power Available Now
[00:10 – 02:17]
- Nancy welcomes listeners by declaring:
“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. It's present right where you're at.” (B, 00:11)
- Listeners are encouraged to confess and receive healing right where they are.
- Highlights importance of sowing into the Word and expecting a “harvest of God’s blessing and His goodness back in our lives.”
2. Resources to Reinforce Identity in Christ
[02:18 – 04:05]
- Nancy mentions free downloadable resources available on the ministry website: “in Him Scriptures,” including a comprehensive listing from 229 Bible translations.
- Encourages meditation:
“When you find out and recognize who you are in Christ, you really found the real you…you come into the highest order of faith.” (B, 02:58)
- Emphasizes that recognizing what belongs to us in Christ brings peace and joy, even amid opposition.
3. Restoration After Sin – The Unchanging Nature of Our Benefits in Christ
[04:06 – 08:18]
- Shares testimony from pastoral experience: When someone returns to God after falling away, they don’t lose their “In Christ” benefits.
“Everything that ever belonged to them in Christ still belongs to them in Christ.” (B, 05:32)
- Explains sin does not change what belongs to us; it only injures our faith, making us less bold.
- Quote:
“…don’t ever let the devil take your past and try to condemn you with it…We’re not trying to reconcile our past…God thought your past was worthy of one thing, and that is covering with the blood of Jesus, washing it clean and forgetting it.” (B, 06:50)
- The only requirement: repent and believe that you are still fully restored.
4. Our Oneness with the Father – John 14:10
[08:19 – 15:00]
- Nancy references John 14:10, focusing on Jesus’ boldness to declare:
“I am in the Father, and the Father in me.” (B, 08:48)
- Christian life should mirror Jesus’ sense of seamless union with the Father—a “perfect blending and flowing together.”
- Quote:
“All the miracles that Jesus worked, all the healings that flowed out of his life and ministry came from this one thing: He was ever mindful and ever acknowledging his oneness with the Father.” (B, 11:33)
- Believers are called to daily acknowledge:
“I'm in the Father and He's in Me.” (B, 09:33)
- The miracles and power of God flow from that union.
5. Not Striving, But Partaking
[15:01 – 18:18]
- Emphasizes the shift from “trying to get” something from God to realizing we already possess everything in Christ.
“If you would establish in you, I'm one with the Father, the Father is one with me. Everything he is is already in me.” (B, 16:51)
- Explains that all attributes—power, miracles, healing, provision—are part of this oneness.
- Memorable:
“He already gave me Himself. There's nothing more he has left to give me. It's all about me discovering what's in me.” (B, 17:26)
- Calls listeners to recognize and draw on what is already theirs.
6. Obedience: The Activator of Faith and Miracles
[18:19 – 23:58]
- Jesus operated in miracles because He only did and spoke what He received from the Father.
“You hear obedience in His words. You hear obedience in His actions. He's talking about his life of faith that showed up as obedience.” (B, 22:07)
- Faith is active and demonstrated through obedience:
“Faith is an action. Faith is obedience. When we are obeying God, that's an act of faith. And without obedience, we are not in faith.” (B, 21:24)
- Encourages listeners, when needing a miracle, to ask God: “What would you have me do?”
- Refers to the wedding at Cana—Mary tells the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”
- Notable:
“Every miracle is going to involve you." (B, 23:42)
- The power of God is released through actions of obedience, not passive waiting or random acts.
7. The Rest of Faith is Not Inactivity
[23:59 – 26:35]
- Clarifies that “rest” in faith means trusting and listening, but also taking action as directed by God.
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“When I say faith is a rest, I'm not saying that faith is inactive. Faith is full of works.” (B, 25:07)
- We’re saved by Jesus’ works, but “once we’re saved, works are everything”—because good works are now the fruit of our new nature and oneness with God.
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“Herein is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit. Well, what is much fruit? It’s much good works. It’s works of faith. And what are those works of faith? They are actions of obedience to what God told us to do.” (B, 25:41)
8. Closing Thoughts and Takeaways
[26:36 – 26:40]
- Nancy summarizes that bearing much fruit and living in miracles are outcomes of oneness and obedience.
- Reassures listeners:
“Out of your oneness with the Father, there's to be miracle flow, there's to be healing flow because you are one with the miracle worker. You are one with the power of God. You are one with the wisdom of God.” (B, 26:22)
- Promises future continuation of these teachings.
Notable Quotes & Moments
- On Restoration: “When we repent and we come back into right fellowship with God, we didn't lose any of our in Christ benefits… It's just waiting for our faith.” (B, 05:36)
- On Identity: “You have to establish this in your spirit. I am one with the Father and the Father is one with Me. And know this, it's not because you're good enough to earn it. He's not one with us and us one with Him because we're good. He's one with us because He's good.” (B, 13:31)
- On Miracles and Obedience: “Jesus said, the same works that I do shall you do also. Well, how could we ever do the same works that Jesus did if we did not occupy the same position He occupies?” (B, 18:34)
- On Acting in Faith: “Faith is always moving in obedience. Our faith level is demonstrated by our level of obedience, our degree of obedience. So God's part is power, but our part is the faith that obeys.” (B, 21:35)
Important Timestamps
- [00:10] – Invitation to receive healing and open in Christ teaching
- [04:06] – Restoration after missing God: Our benefits remain
- [08:19] – John 14:10: Jesus’ confession of oneness with the Father
- [13:31] – Believing in our oneness; it’s not earned, it’s a gift
- [16:51] – Everything in Christ is already ours
- [18:34] – Doing the same works as Jesus comes from sharing His position of oneness
- [21:24] – Faith without obedience is not faith
- [23:42] – Every miracle involves our participation and obedience
- [25:41] – Good works as actions of faith and obedience
Takeaway for Listeners
Nancy Dufresne’s message in this episode is a compelling, faith-filled call to live daily from the reality that "In Christ," we are one with God. Healing, miracles, provision, and wisdom are already ours—not as something to strive for, but as our spiritual inheritance to be received by faith and activated through obedience. The path to experiencing the supernatural is continually reminding ourselves of our identity, listening for the Spirit’s instructions, and quickly obeying—knowing that every act done “in Christ” is met with the power of Heaven.
Key Action:
“When you need a miracle, say, Father, give me a command. What do you want me to do? Because your miracle is going to involve your obedience.” (B, 23:15)