¶ Introducing the Healing Ministry
Hi , I'm Linda Budd . I'm a pastor at Rivergate Church in Tulsa , oklahoma , and I take the scriptures literally . That says that we are to lay hands on the sick and see them recover . And so for several years I've gone after a healing anointing . I've prayed for people dozens of times over the years and I see so many get healed .
I've seen all manner of sickness and disease healed . If you have any pain in your body , if you're infirmed , if you have any disease , if you have any sickness at all , I just reach my hand up to heaven right now in the name of Jesus and I call forth the new body part
¶ Woman's Three-Week Healing Journey
that you need . Listen to this testimony . A woman who is new in our ministry has been coming for about the last month to our services . On her first Sunday we were not there . We were out ministering but our daughter was preaching and this woman got her hips healed .
The second Sunday I was back , got a word of knowledge for knees and she got her knees healed . And then on the third Sunday she was back again and I got a word of knowledge for neck problems and she got her neck healed .
She was in my encounters class and she learned how to get words of knowledge herself and how to heal the sick by watching me and and by practicing , and so she reported this to
¶ Smoke Shop Divine Encounter
me on Sunday . She said that after the encounter service , that she wanted some cigarettes and some alcohol . I didn't know that she was still addicted to these things , and she said she went to the local smoke shop .
While standing in line , she suddenly got horrific pain in her neck and she said she knew it was a word of knowledge , like I had been teaching in encounters . And so she turned around and asked the people behind her . There were two people One was a woman and I believe the other one was a woman also , do you have pain in your neck ?
And both of them said yes . And they said how do you know this ? And she said well , the Lord has shown me through a word of knowledge . And so then she then proceeded to pray for them in the very same fashion that I teach , and both of these people got instantly healed .
Now praise God that the Lord does not look at our sin as much as we do , does not look at our sin as much
¶ God's Grace Despite Our Sins
as we do . Our sin often holds us back from ministering , but this woman , she stepped out and she ministered and it wasn't as if she had a choice . She said the pain that came to her neck as a word of knowledge was so bad she just wanted to get rid of it .
But I just praise God that he doesn't look at all of my sin and says that you are not qualified , but instead that he has grace and mercy and that the gifts and callings are without repentance , because if they weren't , there wouldn't be one of us that would be able to minister .
And I praise God that this person that was in my class in my church and received all this healing , that the Lord is using her in spite of her sin , and that people were helped . And I do believe that this woman will get deliverance from her cigarettes and from her alcohol and I know that I will help her work on that now , in the name
¶ Invitation to Connect
of Jesus . Aren't these just great testimonies of the goodness of God and the healing power of Jesus Christ ? If you are interested in having me come and speak at the motivational event , your church or a conference of some sort , I am more than happy to consider that invitation . Conference of some sort I am more than happy to consider that invitation .
Please contact my church's office , rivergate Church , tulsa , 918-492-5511 , and we'll see if we can set something up . God bless you .