From Walker To Whoa: The Night A Congregant Started Jumping

A woman walks in with a list of problems and a walker—and moments later she’s jumping, shouting, and moving like the weight just lifted. That jolt of possibility frames a candid conversation with Pastor Linda Budd of Rivergate Church in Tulsa, where bold, scripture-shaped prayer meets very real human pain. We explore what it looks like to take “lay hands on the sick and they will recover” at face value, and why language like “new knees” and “new hips” can shift a room from resignation to expectancy.

Linda shares how years of praying for people forged a steady confidence: be clear about the need, ask for precise change, and invite movement to test what’s happening. Her testimony centers on presence—the belief that God’s nearness is the decisive factor—while keeping the spotlight on those seeking relief from knee pain, hip issues, back stiffness, fluid retention, heart strain, and immune challenges. As the woman’s companion confirms the before-and-after contrast, we talk about how communal witnesses help validate stories and stir hope without turning them into spectacle.

The conversation also touches on practical ministry rhythms: how to steward moments of apparent breakthrough, how to avoid pressure while still encouraging action, and how a local church creates space for people to try what they couldn’t do. Whether you’re curious, skeptical, or eager for your own turning point, you’ll hear a grounded approach that pairs faith with compassionate attention. By the end, you’ll have a clearer sense of how expectation, prayer, and community can intersect when pain feels permanent.

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Episode Transcript

Linda Budd (00:00):
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

(00:22):
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.

(00:43):
The presence of God was thereto heal the sick.
She had so much wrong with her.
She was walking with a walker.
And I said, What do you need?
She's and she said, I just haveso much wrong with me.
And I said, Well, Jesus Christis here to give you new knees

(01:07):
and to give you new hips.
And the power of God hit herand she began jumping up and
down and screaming and screamingand screaming.
Now she's up front in front ofeverybody doing this.
And she said, I couldn't dothis, I couldn't do this.
And she began to be touched allthroughout her body.

(01:29):
She said that her legs werefilled with fluid and she had a
hard time with her heart andswallowing and a hard time with
her immune system.
And here she is, just jumpingall over, screaming.
And uh I asked the person thatwas with her, does she always
act like this?
No, no, no.
She couldn't do any of thesethings.

(01:51):
So it happens so very quickly.
I want to tell you thatwhatever you need to be healed
of, if your body's locked up, ifyou feel like you can't bend,
if you feel like you can't walk,if you feel like you have knee
issues and hip issues and legand back issues, right now, the
power of God is coming upon youin the name of Jesus.

(02:14):
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
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,

(02:38):
918 492 5511, and we'll see ifwe can set something up.
God bless you.