A Pastor’s Healing Testimony From Pain To Peace

Something interrupts the sermon, and it isn’t a heckler or a phone ringing. I feel a strange sensation in my ear, stop mid-message, and ask a simple question: who has an ear problem? What happens next turns into a vivid healing testimony that brings together prayer, discernment, and the kind of relief that lets someone laugh again after nights of lost sleep.

I’m Linda Budd, a pastor at Rivergate Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and I take scripture seriously when it calls us to lay hands on the sick and expect recovery. We talk about what it looks like to pursue a healing anointing over time, why some people see an immediate change while others don’t, and how to stay steady and compassionate while you pray. You’ll hear the moment a man describes “bubbling” in his ear, how we pray directly in the name of Jesus, and how the symptom stops after a few minutes.

Then the story widens. A name gets spoken out loud, Robert, and it connects to a deeper wound: an abusive father and the emotional weight that still clings. We pray not only for bodies but for hearts, and we watch the ministry move from one healing to another, including a word of knowledge for sciatica and a bold prayer for healing that reaches beyond the room to a spouse at home. If you’re interested in Christian healing, faith and prayer, or modern miracle testimonies, this is a focused, real-world snapshot of how we approach it. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs hope, and leave a review with your own healing story or your honest questions.

Transcript

Introduction to Healing Ministry

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. And suddenly, while I was preaching, I felt something very strange in my ear. So I stopped and I said, Who has an ear problem? Well, three people raised their hand. And so I prayed for two of them, and nothing changed for them. But then the third guy, he said, It's like there's bubbling in my ear. And I said, That's it. That's exactly what I felt. And so I declared and I decreed that a new ear was coming out of heaven for him and that this bubbling would stop. And I have to tell you, it took a few minutes, but the bubbling stopped. And he was just so happy, he started laughing. He said that sometimes it would be so bad he couldn't even sleep at night. Well, from what I felt, I uh could understand that it was just very strange. And then he said, You called out the name Robert, which I had done. And I had asked another guy who was visiting, is your name Robert? And he said, No, that's not my name. And he told me his name. And I said, Well, does Robert mean anything to you? And he said, No. Um, so I let it go. Well, this guy then that's getting his ears healed of the bubbling says, by the way, my father's name is Robert. And he he was very abusive to me. And um, I have some issues there. And I said, Well, let's just get all that pain off of you. And so we did, and we were able to pray some really nice prayers over him that the father would heal his heart and so forth. And then some more stuff began to get healed in this man's body, his ankles got healed, and then I called out a word of knowledge for a sciatica, and he raised his hand and he said, Well, my wife's not here, but she has this problem. And so I said, Well, when you go home, you're going to discover that her sciatica was healed. Well, he was just so excited, and so I just want to tell you all to just go with the flow with God, go deep in God, let him just touch you and fill you to overflowing today. And in the name of Jesus, if you have any kind of bubbling in the ears, it stops now 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.