← Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne Audio Podcast
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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 to have you with us today for Jesus the Healer. And we're going to be continuing in our series called In Christ I Can. And listen. There is so, so much that belongs to us in Christ. And just know this. I remember something that when I was going through a season of testing years and years ago, I remember I had said to my husband, I had said to him, just lay your hands on me and pray for me. And after my husband prayed for me, he walked away. God said to me something, and it came in the form of a rebuke. And I was so pro. I was so surprised when God rebuked me because I thought, my goodness, I'm the one being attacked. And then God's the one rebuking me for being attacked, you know? Well, I thought he was rebuking me for being attacked, but he wasn't rebuking me for being attacked. He was rebuking me for how I was addressing it with my faith. Or if I could say it this way, how I wasn't addressing it with my faith. I thought I was in faith. But anyway, my husband prayed for me, then he walked away. And the spirit of God then said to me, he said, if you're going to believe everything the devil tells you, he will steal from you everything I've ever blessed you with. Now listen to that. If you're going to believe everything the devil tells you, he will steal from you everything I've ever blessed you with. Now, notice God didn't even bring up that the devil was talking, that being the problem. He didn't count that as a problem. He counted what I chose to believe. That was the issue. And so anyway, so I saw that that just because God gave it does not mean that my faith was done. Now listen to that. We still not. We have to have faith to receive, but we also have to have faith to hold fast to that which we've received. And part of our inheritance in Christ. Part. Part of what belongs to us in Christ is a victory that does not have to be stolen from us. But just know this, the devil is busy trying to steal everything from us that God's ever blessed us with. So it's not enough to receive it, but we have to know how to hold fast, and we have to know how to endure counter attacks. So we want to talk about that in this series. In Christ I can. And today I have some studio audience members with me. And so you're going to. They're here to help draw on. On the message that God has for us. Because when. When more is drawn out of me, it helps the viewer to receive more. Amen. And so I'm just grateful they're here. I'm grateful you're here. And we're all learning together. So know this. In Christ, what belongs to us is an unwavering faith. Why? Because it's God's own faith that is in us. Listen, it's not a human faith that we're living off of, because when we got born again, God imparted a measure, the measure of his own faith in us. And so it's his faith we're spending. He doesn't just take human faith and bless it. He gives us his own faith. And his faith knows how to endure. His faith knows how to hold fast.
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His faith knows how to lose nothing. And so that's what our faith, that we are stewards of the faith of God that we possess. And that's what we should expect out of our own faith. Life is a faith that holds fast and a faith that endures. Because in Christ we lose nothing, because all belongs to us. But we have to cooperate with what God's word tells us on this. So if we look at Hebrews chapter 11 and verse 6, and this is the King James translation, just the very first phrase, it says, without faith, it's impossible to please God. Now look at these words. Without faith, I could just go with, really, the first four words. Without faith, it's impossible. Why is that? Because faith is the currency of heaven. You know, in our country, we have the dollar. That's our currency. Other countries have a name for their own currency. And without the currency of your nation, you cannot conduct business. Every one of us, we need the money, we need the currency to operate within that system. Well, I want you to know faith is the currency of heaven's system. And so we cannot spend, worry and get what faith can purchase. We can't spend, fear and get what faith can purchase. So we have to make sure we're not trying to spend the wrong thing to get what we need to. Or if we could say this, to receive what belongs to us in this kingdom of faith. So the inheritance that belongs to us, it's going to call for our faith. And it's Faith is not just a moment in our life, it's the lifestyle of our life. And it's so important that we realize that faith is called for when we're faced with a need. Faith is called for when we're receiving our answer. But faith is called for after our answer has come into manifestation. So what's that mean? We live by faith every day. Now again In Hebrews, chapter 11, verse 6, without faith, it's impossible to please God. Now know this, if I could say it this way. God is not upset with us if we don't have faith because he's, because he's disappointed in us. If we don't exercise faith, he can't intervene. And he wants so much to intervene into our places of need in life. And if we are not in faith, it robs him from being able to intervene. And he wants to intervene. So just know this. It's not like him with a hard as a hard taskmaster saying you have faith or I'm not pleased. No, when you have faith, I can enter the picture. That's what he wants. And he is not pleased when he is not enabled by our faith to enter our need. And so this is why without faith, it's impossible to please him. Because he's robbed from helping us. And he wants to help so desperately. He knows this. We can only live by his power. We can only live by his grace. We can only live by his ability. And if we are not releasing our faith, we're robbed from all those things that manifesting and assisting us in this life. He doesn't want us to try to live without his divine help. And so that's why he's, he's displeased if we're not in faith. Because he's robbed from being as good to us as he wants to be. And so our good, our faith opens the door for his goodness. And he's good all the time and he wants his goodness to reach us. But if we're in fear and not in faith, it closes the door. So his goodness cannot manifest as he wants. His mercy cannot manifest as he wants. His answers for Our life cannot manifest as he wants. So in Christ, God's involvement belongs to us. Because in Christ, it's not just us we're to draw on, we're to draw on Him. And, and how many of you know we are living this life in Christ by faith? You have to see yourself. I am in Christ, and that's by faith. You have to know he's in me. That's by faith. It's all by faith. So we say in Christ, I can. We say that by faith. And we can say this in Christ, he can, because we're allowing him to manifest as he wants in our behalf. Amen. God so longs to to manifest. He so longs to move. He so longs to assist and us move together as co laborers with Him. And when we are not in faith, we are not allowing him his divine place in our life. And it robs him and it robs us. So we want God to be pleased with us, but we also want him to be pleased with the way we live. And we live by faith. Amen. Faith comes one way. It comes by hearing the Word. And if I could say this, it comes by hearing what God says. Because God's Word is God's thoughts, his way of thinking, his way of speaking, his way of moving. And when we understand what he says, how he thinks, how he moves, then we are able to cooperate with him in a greater measure. So we see this faith comes by hearing what he says. And God's Word is what he says. It comes by hearing. But faith is not released by hearing. Now listen to that. People think, if I can just hear the Word, that's true, because that's where it begins. But it doesn't end there. We hear so that we can release the faith that came. So when we hear, faith automatically comes. You do not have to labor for faith to come. When you hear the Word, when you hear what God says, faith lives in those words. So when you take in those words, you just took in faith. For example, I have a beverage here in this cup. When I picked up the cup, I picked up the beverage. I did not have to labor to pick up the beverage independent of the cup. It's the same thing. When I picked up the word, I picked up faith. When I heard the word, faith was with it, faith went in it. So it's not a labor to get faith. All you have to do is hear. You don't have to struggle for faith to come. All you have to do is hear. In the hearing, faith comes in. But once that faith comes in, then that faith has to be released. It's just like, although there's a beverage in this cup, I'm not partaking of it just because it's in the cup. I have to take another action to receive it. Well, even so, faith comes by hearing, but faith receives the answer by speaking, by acting. So we have to release the faith that comes. So know this. It's not just faith coming, but faith coming in. But there has to be an outward flow for the faith action to be complete. So faith comes when we hear. Faith is released through when we speak and when we act. Faith comes when we hear. Faith is released through when we speak and act. It's never meant to just come. You understand that God never intended for faith just to come and start there. No, faith is to come so that it will be released. Faith has to come so it can be released. It is an inward and an outward flow. We take it in, we spend it. We take it in, we spend it. And so just know this. It's not enough to hear. We then have to speak. We then have to act. I was talking to someone recently. Now, let me go back before I tell this testimony. Remember, Paul was at Lystra, and there was a man who was listening to Paul preach. And it says that he was impotent in his feet, meaning he was a cripple, he had never walked. And it said that Paul perceived that he had faith to be healed. Now look at this. Paul perceived that he had faith. So what was it? Faith had come. He heard Paul speak the word, preach the word, deliver the word, and faith came. And that faith that went in that man was perceptible by Paul. He perceived that faith went in him. Why? Because the word went in him. So he perceived. How can you perceive it? You can see faith on the face of people. It changes the countenance. It changes. It lifts everything. I mean, just like you can see fear on people's face, you can see heaviness or worry on their face, you can see faith on their face. And to someone who recognizes the look of faith and the sound of faith, because faith has a sound to it, you know, it's not just saying faith words, but there has to be the spirit of faith in those words. And so Paul looked upon this man that was hearing him preach, and he recognized that this man had faith to be healed. Notice this. He had faith to be healed, but he's still sitting there crippled. Why was it faith came, but he hadn't released that faith yet? So this man could have Come to that location, heard the word preached, heard healing, preached, had faith come and walked out a cripple if he hadn't have acted. So Paul recognized faith came. Now he had to help him diagnose the difficulty. The. If I could say this, his problem, his faith had come, but it wasn't enough that it came. It had to be released. How was it going to be released? Paul told him what to do. He said, rise up on your feet. Now. See, he was telling him how to release that faith that came. And I want you to know it's not enough for faith to come. You have to act for faith to be released. And I've seen this in my own life. Seldom do I receive my manifestation just when I hear the Word. Seldom do I receive my manifestation just when I'm speaking and confessing the Word. I found this out. It's when I'm acting that my. That the manifestation comes into play. Now it's right to hear, it's right to confess. But those will never take the place of acting. They each have their role in place in this lifestyle of faith. So Paul, he properly diagnosed that this man had faith to be healed. That. But he recognized he's void of acting. He can sit there with faith in his heart and faith on his face, but he will leave a cripple if he doesn't act. And so Paul said, stand up right on your feet. And he. He did. He leaped up and he was completely healed. Why? Because once he acted, God's power met that action of faith. It's not just actions. It's actions of faith. You understand that? It's not just us picking any random act, trying to force the hand of God. It's. We're acting because we have faith. We're not acting to try to get faith. And so Paul recognized that the faith had come. Then he recognized all he has to do is one simple act, one take one simple action. And when he did, the man was healed. Now, I was ministering to someone, and for a long period of time, they had been feeding on the Word. And I knew this. If they'd been feeding on the Word that much and they've been confessing it, faith is there, but yet there was nothing unchanging in their situation. And so I said to them, you're missing the action of faith. Because acting in faith is much, is as much of the faith life as hearing the Word preached. So faith has many components. Faith hears, faith receives. Faith walks in love. Faith is released. Amen. So it's all of these different Components. And really they flow one into another too many. When we teach it, we break it down so that we can teach it properly. But these all move hand in hand. And sometimes you can't tell where one started and the other began, you know, because they flow one into another. So I was telling this person, they'd been feeding for months and months and months on the Word, yet nothing had changed in their body. I said, listen, you've been feeding on the word. Faith is there. You've been confessing the Word because you're doing your part. But I said, what about the acting? What have you done to act? So I told him, act, act, act. And within. Within a year of hearing and confessing the Word, nothing had changed in their body. But within one week after they began acting that body, there was a growth there that completely disappeared. Within one week of acting, you see one year of hearing, one year confessing, which is right, they got filled up. But without the release through action, that we're not going to have the manifestation as timely as we should. We've got to act. Faith, more than anything is an act. Faith is a movement. Faith is not just sitting and waiting for something to come in a manifestation. Faith is saying, because the power of God meets my faith, I can act. So you need to look within your spirit. How is the spirit of God leading you to act? He will guide you into acting. Now know this. The man that Paul ministered to at Lystra, Paul told him what to do. Now, see, Paul had experience with faith. Paul knew actions that faith would take. He had a skill in faith, and he helped with that skill school that crippled man and into his next step for his miracle. And I want you to know, get around faith. People who have some skill in faith, they know how to cooperate and move with miracles. Well, I'm just telling you because based on the word, faith comes at hearing. But faith is not released by hearing. Faith is released through what you say and through what you do. Now, the divine order of God is he says something, then he does something. So you fall into that, into that divine order, you say something, and then you do something. Amen. And so faith, it says again in Hebrews 11:6, without faith, it's impossible to please God. Couldn't we say it this way without hearing the Word and without releasing the Word or without acting on the Word, it's impossible to please God. Amen. Because faith comes, but faith also has to be released. Amen. So we, as we said, faith has several actions, and for just teaching sake, we break it down for you. So faith hears, then faith believes. How many of you know it takes faith to hear? Because sometimes people can get so, if I could say, disappointed with things that have not come to pass in their life that they even will quit hearing. But faith is always looking to hear the right thing. Faith has ears that are hungry. Amen. Because the heart is hungry. The thing I so appreciate about the woman with the issue of blood, know this. She had tried for 12 years many different remedies. And the Bible says the doctors. She had gone to many different doctors, and it said she suffered many things of many physicians, yet didn't grow better, yet grew worse. So each time she took an action in the natural for help physically, it ended up to only bringing greater harm. But she still kept going. I tell you, listen, it wasn't the doctors that was the problem. It wasn't that, you know, it wasn't someone else's fault of them trying to help her. Doctors aren't the enemy. The medical field's not the enemy. Satan's the enemy. But this is what I see about this woman. Even though every time she tried something, it only ended up working against her, at least she kept trying. And I so appreciate that after 12 years, she did not resign herself to being a continual. A woman who was continually losing blood from her body. She did. She never came into agreement with that sickness because she kept kicking against it. She kept making actions against it. And you have to so appreciate it. So know this, that when it says that when she heard of Jesus, look at this, she could have said, well, I've tried things for 12 years. Nothing's worked. And she could just throw that message that she heard about Jesus and lumped it all in with everything else that didn't work for her. But she kept being hungry to find her help. I want you to know there's always help for your situation. Never resign yourself. I don't care how long a condition has been there. I don't care how long it's gone. If I could say this, progressively worse, I don't care what it's looked like, this woman came to the end of all medical options. She came to the end of her finances. And she. It took her 12 years to get through her finances. So we know that she had been a woman of wealth, but said when she heard of Jesus, she was ready to try. She was ready to move that direction. She was ready to add action to it. And she could have been disillusioned through all the false starts toward her help, but she didn't and this is what I want you to see. Never grow tired. Never become pessimistic. She never became pessimistic. She always was hopeful. Maybe this is it. Maybe this is it. Well, once you find the Word, this is it. And that's what she found. This is it. And she never gave up hope. And I want you to know, if you're facing something and you say, I've almost given up hope. I've tried this, I've tried that. Well, go to the Word and get you all the hope you need, because all the. The Word is a fountain of hope for you. And you'll never receive the words of faith if you lay down your hope. And that's one thing we see about her, that hope preceded her faith. She heard of Jesus, and she hoped, this is my help. And so she got up, she got out of bed, she got out of that house, and she. She took action. She didn't just lay in bed and say, well, if it's true what I've heard about him, and he's a healer, well, if God wants me healed, he'll just heal me. No, she didn't resign herself to that way of thinking. She didn't think it will just drop on me automatically. She got up, she got out of her house. She didn't wait for him to come to her door. She didn't wait for the preacher to come to her house. She got up and she found the preacher. She went out, and we have no idea how long she had and how far she had to travel before she found him. And then when she found him, what did she do? She recognized, there's a press, there's a crowd around him. She cannot reach him. She dropped to her knees and crawled. I want you to know there are a lot of people who would say, well, I would never crawl publicly to reach my help. Well, that's what I so love about faith. Faith has no pride in it. Bible faith doesn't think that something is beneath it. Amen. She did whatever it took. She, you know, her miracle was one act after another. She just kept acting and acting and acting. And you say, pastor Nancy, I acted. Nothing happened. She didn't just act one time, she acted. She took many actions. First of all, she heard. Second of all, she chose to believe it. She wasn't pessimistic. She wasn't critical of that. She didn't say, well, I've tried everything and nothing's helped. She never gave up hope. But not only that, she got up, she got dressed, she left her house, she traveled to where he was. She dropped to her knees. She crawled through the crowd. She touched the hem of his garment. See, it was one act right after, after another. And many times people will say, well, I've acted and it didn't work. Did you act enough? There you go. Did you keep acting and keep acting and keep acting? Because faith doesn't see a quitting place. Faith is the way we live, and faith is an act every single day. You know, as a parent, every single day to raise your children, you're constantly acting. You don't just take one act toward their success, toward their training, toward their obedience. Every day you continue dealing with those children. Why? Until they're raised into maturity. Well, it's the same way with a faith life. We never say, oh, we've reached maturity. No, we just keep growing, keep developing, and we keep causing our faith to flourish. And we keep acting in faith. Amen. Well, we're going to continue along this line next time. And until next time, remember this Jesus is the healer. God bless you, you
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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.
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