New Voice, New Hope

What if a voice could return in the span of a breath? We open the door to a midweek service where a visitor arrived in pain and left speaking clearly, and we trace every small step that turned a routine dismissal into a room-wide gasp. From the first nudge to approach a stranger, to naming a stomach issue before it was spoken, to declaring “new vocal cords” and testing the change in real time, we walk through the exact moments that transformed doubt into awe.

I share why I take the biblical call to lay hands on the sick as a present, practical command—and how years of praying for people have shaped a simple rhythm: identify the need, pray with specificity, and verify what changed. You’ll hear how we move beyond vague language, invite the person to participate, and involve the whole room as witnesses. The centerpiece is a clear, observable shift in a woman’s voice—weak and strained one moment, strong and clear the next—and the stunned reaction that followed. For anyone wrestling with voice loss, throat disease, or lingering pain, I speak a direct, compassionate declaration of healing and freedom.

Along the way, we talk pastoral ethics and practical ministry: creating space for unscheduled moments, avoiding pressure, and celebrating improvements without exaggeration. If you’re curious about faith healing, this story offers both encouragement and a framework—expectant without hype, accountable without coldness. And if your community wants to learn how to host and steward this kind of ministry, I’m open to visiting your church or event to teach, pray, and serve.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Pastor Introduction And Belief
• 0:24 Healing Prayer For Listeners
• 0:41 The Visitor With Stomach Pain
• 1:15 Vocal Cords Restored
• 2:09 Declaration For Injured Voices
• 2:10 Invitation To Book Linda

Transcript

Linda Budd: 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. There was a visitor in our congregation on a Wednesday night, and after several people got healed, I was going to dismiss the service, but I couldn't get away from ministering to her. And so I said, What is your name? And she told me, and I said, What do you need to be healed of? And before she could tell me, I knew what it was. And I told her you have a stomach problem. And she said, Yes. When I came in the door of the church, it got I got healed. And then she's but she could hardly talk, and she held her throat. And I said, Walk to me. She said, I have a problem with my my vocals. Uh, my what are they called in the throat? Vocal cords. And I said, Well, right now the Lord Jesus is giving me, giving you new vocal cords. I said, tell me your name again. And she said it. And this time it was clear and loud, and the people were stunned. And I said, say it again. And she did. I said, say it again, and she did. And it was like the Lord restored her vocal cords as well. If you've been attacked in the vocal cords and you don't have a voice, and they're telling you that you have some kind of a disease there or something, I declare over you in the name of Jesus that you're getting set free from this right now, that you don't have the um the loss of being able to speak 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 the 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.