From Wheelchair to Dancing: The Miracle No One Expected

What happens when faith meets physical impossibility? Pastor Linda Budd of Rivergate Church in Tulsa shares a testimony that challenges medical understanding and showcases the potential of faith healing. Taking scripture literally—specifically the instruction to "lay hands on the sick and see them recover"—Linda has devoted years to developing what she calls a "healing anointing" that has produced remarkable results.

The heart of this episode centers on the extraordinary story of Tana, a woman wheelchair-bound for eleven years. During a service where Pastor Linda gave a word of knowledge about hip pain, Tana responded by attempting to stand. What followed defied explanation—not only did Tana begin walking toward Pastor Linda with great effort, but witnesses observed her atrophied muscles visibly regenerating before their eyes. From hanging, loose tissue to functional musculature, Tana's transformation progressed to the point where she walked, danced, and ultimately pushed her own wheelchair out of the building.

This testimony raises profound questions about the intersection of faith and healing. What mechanisms allow for such rapid physical restoration? How do we reconcile such accounts with conventional medical understanding? Whether you're a believer seeking encouragement, a skeptic examining extraordinary claims, or simply curious about unexplained phenomena, this episode offers a compelling account that will leave you pondering the boundaries between the explicable and inexplicable. If you've experienced or witnessed healing that defies explanation, we'd love to hear your story—and if you're struggling with physical ailments, perhaps Tana's journey will spark new hope for your own.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, I'm Linda Budd.
I'm a pastor at RivergateChurch in Tulsa, oklahoma, and I
take the scriptures literally.
That says that we are to layhands on the sick and see them
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.

(00:44):
I gave a word of knowledge forhip pain and four people
responded.
One of those was a woman whowas in a wheelchair.
Her name was Tana and Tanabegan to get out of the
wheelchair the minute I gave theword of knowledge and Tana
stood up and she'd been in thiswheelchair for 11 years and I

(01:08):
said are you going to walktowards me?
And she said yes, and I have totell you that her muscles were
hanging in her legs.
The fat was hanging and shecould barely stand up and then
she made herself begin to takesteps toward me and I was
absolutely amazed and didn'tknow if she was going to make it

(01:29):
.
But she got all the way to meand I laid my hand upon her and
she fell out.
In the power of God, she fellface down and she laid there for
a good long time.
Finally she sat up and she saidI'm going to get get up.
And she got up nearly byherself, stood upright and began

(01:50):
to walk around the room and wewere all in amazed with our
mouths hanging open, as wewatched the muscles and the fat
begin to take shape and her legsbegin to tighten up.
And she walked all over and Iran across the hall room and I
got another class that wasmeeting and I said you all need

(02:13):
to get in here and see this.
A woman got out of thewheelchair.
They ran in and all of us werejust overjoyed and Tana walked
all the way around.
She even began to dance and wesaw her legs go from loose skin
and hanging muscles and fat totight legs.
And Tana pushed her wheelchairout of the building.

(02:47):
Praise God, if you need to getout of a wheelchair, I declare
and decree you are coming outright now that the power of God
is coming into your body and youare getting set free 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
motivational event, your churchor a conference of some sort, I

(03:09):
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.