What if healing begins the moment hope returns to your face? Pastor Linda Budd, from Rivergate Church in Tulsa, opens up about a lifetime of praying for the sick and the many quiet breakthroughs she’s witnessed—some immediate, others unfolding step by step. We walk through a raw, honest testimony of a woman worn down by eleven surgeries and a crumbling marriage, and the moment a simple, specific prayer sparked a visible lift in her spirit. It’s not a sales pitch for quick fixes. It’s a grounded look at how faith and persistence can move both the heart and the body toward recovery.
We explore how practical, scripture-centered habits—reading, applying, and declaring promises from Isaiah 53:5 and 1 Peter 2:24—help listeners reframe identity from being defined by pain to living as people in recovery. Linda shares why she asks boldly for “new knees” or “a new hip,” and how naming the need focuses hope and invites measurable progress. You’ll hear why “grab a hold” is more than a catchphrase; it’s an active way to show up for prayer, stay connected to community, and take steps that align with what you believe about healing. The tone is candid and compassionate, balancing faith-filled expectation with respect for the process and the person.
If you’ve ever wondered whether persistent prayer matters, or how to engage scripture when your body hurts and your heart is tired, this conversation offers both courage and clarity. We aim to help you anchor your healing journey in simple, repeatable practices that build resilience over time. If the story resonates, share it with someone who needs hope today, and don’t forget to subscribe, leave a review, and tell us how you’re grabbing hold of healing this week.
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Episode Transcript
Hi, I'm Linda Budd.
I'm a pastor at RivergateChurch in 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 dozensof times over the years, and I
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see so many get healed.
I've seen all manner ofsickness and 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.
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A lady came who said she waslooking for the new church.
And she'd been there before.
And I knew that she was a sadlady.
I knew that her she and herhusband were getting a divorce.
And I asked her what she neededto be healed up, and she needed
new knees, and she needed aleft hip healed and so forth.
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She said she'd been through 11surgeries.
She fell off a horse and gothurt really, really bad.
And she just seemed like a verysad person.
Well, we began to pray for her,and we began to see things
change in her.
And though I can't say she wastotally healed, God began to
move upon her, and it lookedlike some hope came back on her.
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And I hope that she began toget new knees and a new hip and
all these things, but I don'tknow for sure.
But I hope that she'll keeppressing in.
I hope she'll keep reading thescriptures and applying them.
And I hope she'll keepdeclaring I am healed by the
blood of the Lord.
And uh Isaiah 53, 5 says you'realready healed.
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And 1 Peter 2 24, we are healedalready.
And so grab a hold.
Grab a hold if that's you.
You've got to grab a hold.
And so I want to encourage youwith that now in Jesus' name.
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 a
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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.
God bless you.
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