Minute to Heal It Podcast

A single sentence can change the room. When Pastor Linda Budd shares how a midday vision of a man slipping on tile led to a packed healing service, we walk through a chain of moments that start small and end in a surge of hope. Alan arrives with a walker and pain that sits heavy on the body and the mind. His first attempt without support is shaky and slow. Then attention shifts to his wife, whose...

Hope doesn’t wait for perfect conditions; it shows up in hospital rooms, late-night services, and long drives across the state. We share a candid journey from our healing ministry at Rivergate Church, where prayer for the sick is more than a line in scripture—it’s a daily practice of showing up, laying on hands, and asking boldly for restoration. You’ll meet a young couple who drove an hour to see...

A woman could barely make it down the hallway. Minutes later, she was dancing, stomping, and smiling like a different person. That sweep from weakness to joy is the heartbeat of this story, and we walk through every step: the crisis at the door, the promise that drew her in, the bold prayer for normal blood pressure, and the sudden strength that sent her out unassisted and praising. We share why s...

Bodies remember pain, but they also remember relief. Today we walk through a vivid healing story that begins with a simple conviction: when Jesus said lay hands on the sick and they will recover, he meant it. From the temple scene where he overturns tables and heals the blind and the lame, we draw a straight line to modern moments where people stand up, move, and find their pain gone. You’ll hear...

What if the pain that shapes your day could end faster than you expect? Pastor Linda Budd shares how a straightforward act of faith—praying for specific injuries and conditions—led to a vivid, measurable outcome: her husband’s lingering foot pain disappeared, then held up under the pressure of a 17.5-mile hiking week. No theatrics, just a clear before-and-after and a call to ask boldly. We walk th...

Pain has a way of shrinking our world, and today we open it back up with two precise stories of relief: an aching left elbow that stopped hurting after a simple prayer, and a broken toe on the right foot—second from the little toe—named with detail and restored with unexpected ease. I share how years of practicing prayer for the sick shaped my confidence, language, and expectation, and why specifi...

What if a moment of prayer could rewrite the story of your future, not just your pain? Today we share a vivid account from our Tulsa congregation where bold faith, specific insight, and practical courage came together in a way that surprised everyone in the room. It starts with a simple conviction: when Scripture says to lay hands on the sick, we take that seriously. From there, things move fast—t...

What if weakness doesn’t get the final say over your life? We sit down with Pastor Linda Budd from Rivergate Church in Tulsa to explore healing prayer, authority, and stories of people who walked in exhausted and left with fresh strength. From the first moment, Linda shares why she takes the biblical call to lay hands on the sick at face value, and how years of praying for people shaped her convic...

What if the aisle between pain and freedom is shorter than it feels? We open our hearts to a gritty, hope-filled testimony from our sanctuary: a trusted intercessor laid low by relentless back pain, stuck in bed for weeks, finally makes it to church and takes trembling steps toward the front. By the time she arrives, the pain is gone. The room erupts, not because of hype, but because a quiet affir...

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 an...

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 follo...

What happens when a room full of people names their pain out loud and hears one simple line in response—Jesus took the pain? We watched fear loosen its grip, faces soften, and long-standing symptoms lift in minutes. No smoke, no show, just presence, love, and a clear request for mercy that met real bodies in real time. We open by sharing how a literal reading of “lay hands on the sick and they wil...

A strange bubbling in one man’s ear became the start of a chain reaction—first relief, then laughter, then a deeper story that reached all the way back to a painful connection with the name Robert. We walk through the moment-by-moment choices that Pastor Linda Budd makes when a room shifts: pause, ask the right question, listen for the detail, and pray with clarity. That simple sequence turns a sy...

A man shuffles in with a cane, a woman fights for breath, and within minutes both find the kind of relief that makes a room go quiet. We walk you through the moments that mattered: the simple question of need, the courageous first steps, and the unmistakable change that follows. Pastor Linda Budd shares how years of praying for the sick shaped a calm, direct approach to healing that favors clarity...

What happens when faith meets pain in a crowded room and someone says, “I can breathe”? We sit down with Pastor Linda Budd from Rivergate Church in Tulsa to walk through a sequence of moments that move from sharp ribs pain to deep breaths, from a bent spine to standing tall, and from weekly seizures to two quiet weeks of freedom. It’s a story told with urgency and care, framed by a conviction that...

A quiet room in Coffeyville didn’t stay quiet for long. What began as prayer for one man’s pain turned into a wave of healing that touched hips, sciatica, prostates, and even hearts—then surprised everyone when long-frozen fingers opened without a single direct prayer. We walk you through that night step by step, showing how specific prayer, a tangible sign of heat, and bold yet grounded declarati...

A single sentence from sixth grade can echo for decades. We share the story of a young couple who walked into a miracle service and walked out lighter, freer, and hopeful about starting a family. What changed? A prophetic word about infertility sparked a journey back to the root of addiction, where shame had attached itself to an old wound. Together we trace how trauma births patterns, how lies lo...

A Facebook Marketplace meet-up outside a Walgreens turned into a surprising moment of prayer, honesty, and healing. We share how a simple offer—can I pray for you?—opened the door for relief from back pain and revealed a deeper struggle most of us know too well: the heavy drag of guilt and the habit of not forgiving ourselves. What happens when physical pain collides with inner shame, and how does...

A night of nonstop testimonies suddenly hit a wall: Pastor Linda Budd’s left forearm began to throb so sharply she could barely keep speaking. That pain wasn’t random. It was a word of knowledge that led us to a man from Vietnam who needed more than a quick prayer—he needed freedom that reached beyond the physical. What followed is a candid look at how healing and deliverance often work together,...

A single testimony can reset a whole room. Pastor Linda Budd from Rivergate Church in Tulsa shares how a focused night of prayer, corporate deliverance, and worship turned into a cascade of healings—starting with a young woman who walked in with a cane and left lifting her arms, feeling heat and tingling replace numbness and pain. When her mother recognized the change and burst into dance, the fai...

Some stories land at the exact moment you need them most. Pastor Linda Budd opens up about her calling to pray for the sick, the steady practice of laying hands on those in pain, and why perseverance in faith matters when answers seem slow. She doesn’t speak from a distance; she shares the tension of her own eye condition and the surprising confirmation that surfaced mid-prayer—a woman stood up an...

Healing feels distant until someone you know finds it. We open up about a 23-year-old woman who walked in with a cancer diagnosis and left carrying a new script for hope, and we talk through the exact words we use when we pray—simple, direct, and grounded in scripture. I also share my own cancer story and why I’m not afraid of that word anymore, including how I pray for “rebellious cells” to leave...

What happens when a church stops speaking in hypotheticals and starts acting on the words “lay hands on the sick and they will recover”? We step into that tension with Linda Budd, a pastor from Rivergate Church in Tulsa, who shares how a simple shift in language and practice reshaped her ministry—and the lives of people in real pain. We trace the arc from belief to bold action: declaring healing o...

Healing doesn’t wait for perfect conditions—it meets people where they stand. We share a bold, unfiltered look at what happens when a church talks about healing, practices it openly, and expects real change. From the opening moments, we ground the conversation in Scripture and lived practice: years of praying for the sick, calling out conditions, and asking in Jesus’ name for people to be restored...

What if your appetite, pain, and habits could be reshaped by a deeper love than comfort? Pastor Linda Budd shares a candid, faith-forward journey into healing, self-control, and hope—rooted in Scripture, tested in practice, and aimed at real change. We talk about laying hands on the sick with expectation, praying boldly for restoration, and making daily choices that align the body with a Spirit-le...