A Couple Finds Relief As Prayer Breaks Pain And Panic

What does it feel like to hand over a cane and start marching with a grin? We sit with that moment and trace the path that led to it as Pastor Linda Budd from Rivergate Church in Tulsa shares a story of bold prayer, burning neuropathy, and unexpected freedom that ripples through a family. The episode opens with a clear conviction: take the scriptures at their word about laying hands on the sick and expecting recovery. From there, we step into a healing service where a husband’s slow, careful movements give way to confident strides and a wife’s tight breath eases into calm.

You’ll hear how a simple invitation—walk to the front—became a turning point. The husband describes burning pain that made shoes a daily battle, then stands steadier than he has in years, cane in hand rather than under it. His wife watches in tears as he lifts his feet high like a march, confirming what they both feared was lost. Then, a second surprise: she responds to a word of knowledge about breathlessness and panic. As prayer addresses the panic and a memory from her childhood surfaces, she experiences release that feels both emotional and physical. Together they leave changed—less burden, more breath, and the kind of joy that follows breakthrough.

We close with focused prayer for anyone living with neuropathy, declaring relief from burning pain and a fresh start. If you’ve wrestled with chronic symptoms, anxiety, or the quiet grief of lost mobility, this story offers both hope and a next step: ask boldly, move when asked, and test what’s possible. Want to bring this message to your community? Reach out to Rivergate Church Tulsa to explore hosting a healing service or event. If this encouraged you, subscribe, share it with someone who needs hope, and leave a review to help others find these stories.

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Episode Transcript

SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Hi, I'm Linda Budd.

(00:01):
I'm a pastor at Rivergate Churchin Tulsa, Oklahoma.
And I take the scripturesliterally that says that we are
to lay hands on the sick and seethem recover.
And so for several years I'vegone after a healing anointing.
I've prayed for people dozens oftimes over the years, and I see

(00:22):
so many get healed.
I've seen all manner of sicknessand disease healed.
If you have any pain in yourbody, if you're infirmed, if you
have any disease, if you haveany sickness at all, I just
reach my hand up to heaven rightnow in the name of Jesus and I
call forth the new body partthat you need.
Listen to this testimony.

(00:43):
A lady called in who attends ourchurch and she comes by herself.
Her I didn't even know she wasmarried, but she said, I want to
come to the miracle healingservice and bring my husband.
He's got problems.
And so she came with him and Isaw him for the first time.
And he did look like he hadproblems.

(01:04):
He was walking with a cane andhe was very slow.
And so as the serviceprogressed, I said, Sir, what do
you need?
And he said, I have neuropathy.
And so I said, Are your feet andlegs numb?
And he said, No, but they burn.
And it's very difficult for meto put my shoes on.
It just takes me forever.

(01:24):
And so forth.
And I said, Well, if you willstand up and walk to me, the
neuropathy is going to leaveyou, and you're going to get
your feet back, and you won'tneed that cane any longer.
And so he began walking theaisle with his cane.
When he got to me, the power ofGod hit him.

(01:44):
You could see it.
And I said, Now give me yourcane.
You don't need it.
And he was hesitant.
And I said, I'll take your hand.
And we began to walk around alittle bit.
And then he turned to the wholecongregation and he started
lifting his feet up and downlike if he were marching in
place.

(02:04):
And uh I thought that this wasgoing on.
And so I said, Is this uhnormal?
He said, No, I couldn't do this.
And his wife was sitting thereand she began to cry and cry,
and she said, He could not dothat.
And so I noticed that when theyleft the building, he was

(02:28):
walking without his cane and hewas just carrying it.
And then the great part is weasked her, What do you need to
be healed of?
And she uh she oh she hadresponded to a word of knowledge
about somebody trying to catchtheir breath, and it was a panic
attack.
And she said, Yes, that's me.

(02:48):
And so she walked the aisle andwe said, That's no longer gonna
be on you, and the power of Godhit her as well.
And then suddenly I saw apicture of when she was a young
girl and something with her dadthat caused this panic, and she
said, Yes, and all of that cameoff of them.
So that couple got to leave thebuilding, leave the church,

(03:10):
leave the presence of God, andgo home healed in the name of
Jesus.
If you suffer with neuropathy, Ideclare right now to you, in the
name of the Lord, that the painof the neuropathy is stopping,
the problem is stopping, and youare being set free right now in
the name of Jesus.
Aren't these just greattestimonies of the goodness of

(03:32):
God and the healing power ofJesus Christ?
If you are interested in havingme come and speak at a
motivational event, your church,or a conference of some sort, I
am more than happy to considerthat invitation.
Please contact my church'soffice, Rivergate Church Tulsa,
918-492-5511, and we'll see ifwe can set something up.

(03:58):
God bless you.