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.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction to Faith Healing Ministry
• 0:40 Testimony of Wheelchair Miracle
• 1:42 Invitation for Speaking Engagements
• 2:03 Closing Blessing

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

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 that you need. Listen to this testimony.

Speaker 1: 0:44

I gave a word of knowledge for hip pain and four people responded. One of those was a woman who was in a wheelchair. Her name was Tana and Tana began to get out of the wheelchair the minute I gave the word of knowledge and Tana stood up and she'd been in this wheelchair for 11 years and I said are you going to walk towards me? And she said yes, and I have to tell you that her muscles were hanging in her legs. The fat was hanging and she could barely stand up and then she made herself begin to take steps toward me and I was absolutely amazed and didn't know if she was going to make it. But she got all the way to me and I laid my hand upon her and she fell out. In the power of God, she fell face down and she laid there for a good long time. Finally she sat up and she said I'm going to get get up. And she got up nearly by herself, stood upright and began to walk around the room and we were all in amazed with our mouths hanging open, as we watched the muscles and the fat begin to take shape and her legs begin to tighten up. And she walked all over and I ran across the hall room and I got another class that was meeting and I said you all need to get in here and see this. A woman got out of the wheelchair. They ran in and all of us were just overjoyed and Tana walked all the way around. She even began to dance and we saw her legs go from loose skin and hanging muscles and fat to tight legs. And Tana pushed her wheelchair out of the building.

Speaker 1: 2:47

Praise God, if you need to get out of a wheelchair, I declare and decree you are coming out right now that the power of God is coming into your body and you are getting set free in Jesus name. 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 a motivational event, your church or a 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.