A Walk Across The Sanctuary Changed A Man’s Life

A man walks into our sanctuary bent over, exhausted by heart trouble after dying seven times. I feel a nudge: take his hand and invite him to walk. Two steps later he says, “Something’s touching my heart,” and the room shifts from routine to expectancy. What follows is a lap of courage, a surprising encounter in what I describe as a portal—an opening where God’s presence feels tangible—and a follow-up that grounds hope in data: a doctor’s report noting 40% heart improvement.

I talk about why I take the biblical call to lay hands on the sick literally and how years of praying for people shaped a simple, repeatable pattern: show compassion, give a clear next step, speak life, and keep moving together. We explore the power of embodied faith—how walking can interrupt fear, how a community space can carry meaning, and how honest testimonies can widen the pathway for others. This isn’t about hype or perfect outcomes; it’s about faithful practice, documented progress, and the courage to try when everything hurts.

If you’re carrying pain, wrestling with a diagnosis, or just hungry for hope, this story is for you. Come hear how small steps can stir big change, how presence and prayer can open hearts, and why I believe sanctuaries can become places of recovery and joy. If the conversation helps you, share it with someone who needs encouragement, subscribe for more stories of healing and faith, and leave a review with your own questions or testimony—we’d love to hear what you’ve experienced.

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Episode Transcript

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

(00:21):
And I see 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):
I was sitting in the frontwaiting for service to start,
and I saw a man walk in thedoor.
He was really bent over.
He was not very old, probably inhis 30s, but he could hardly
walk.
And I heard myself say, Oh, thatone's mine.
I'm gonna pray for him.
At the close of the service, Iwent over to him and I said,

(01:04):
Take my hand.
When you begin to walk with me,you're going to get healed.
And he told me that it was hisheart and that he had died seven
times.
And they got him back.
And I said, Yes, walk with me.
And I got him to walk with me.
He at first he said he couldn't,but then I said, Yes, you can.
You're going to be healed.

(01:25):
As he began to walk with me, weonly took two steps and he bent
over and he said, Oh my,something's happening in my
heart.
I can feel him touching me.
And I said, Yes, you're beinghealed, as I told you you would
be.
And I said, Now come and take alap with me around this
sanctuary.
He said, I can't.
I said, Yes, you can, and you'llbe healed.

(01:47):
So as we began to walk, he keptsaying, Oh, something's touching
my heart.
Something's touching my heart.
And I said, Yes, the Lord istouching your heart and healing
you.
We got all the way around thesanctuary and I said, Now I want
to take you into a portal.
You may not know what a portalis, but I want to take you into
it.
And I walked him over to where Iknow that there is a portal, an

(02:10):
opening in our sanctuary, like agate to heaven.
He stepped into it and he said,Oh my God! And he was just
shocked at how he felt thepresence of God and he didn't
want to leave.
So finally, it was time foreveryone to go home.
The lights were going off, and Isaid, You're going to have to

(02:30):
come out of there now, and it'sokay because you can come back
anytime.
And uh I checked on him then acouple days later, and I found
out that the doctor had checkedhim out and his heart was 40%
healed.
Praise God.
If you have a heart condition,I'm telling you in the name of

(02:51):
Jesus, you are being healed now.
Aren't these just greattestimonies of the goodness of
God and the healing power ofJesus Christ?
If you are interested in havingme come and speak at the
motivational event, your church,or a conference of some sort, I
am more than happy to considerthat invitation.

(03:14):
Please contact my church'soffice, Rivate Church Tulsa, 918
492 5511, and we'll see if wecan set something up.
God bless you.