When Doubt Starts Arguing During Prayer

She walked the aisle with a cane and told the whole room she would not be healed. That moment forces a question most people avoid: what happens when fear and unbelief argue back while someone is praying for you? Pastor Linda Budd from Rivergate Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma shares her conviction that Scripture means what it says about laying hands on the sick and seeing them recover, plus what she has learned from years of praying for healing and watching people get well. 

We talk about what faith healing looks like in practice, including a bold prayer for pain, sickness, disease, and even restoration of what the body lacks. Linda also tells a challenging healing service testimony where the words coming out of someone’s mouth actively resist the possibility of change, and how that resistance can shape what a person is able to receive in the moment. It’s a candid look at Christian healing testimonies, spiritual fear, and the emotional weight that can sit underneath “I don’t think this will work.” 

The central takeaway is simple but demanding: healing is tied to agreement with God’s Word. Linda points listeners toward reading healing scriptures, choosing a faith-filled confession, and learning to say “Yes, I believe” when doubt wants the last word. If you’re wrestling with unanswered prayer or looking for a clear, Scripture-based approach to prayer for healing, this conversation will give you a lot to think about. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs hope, and leave a review with your biggest question about healing and faith.

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Pastor Linda's 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. There was a lady sitting in the crowd. She had was holding a cane and it was at the healing service. And I said, ma'am, I said, What is your name and what do you need to be healed of? And she said, Well, I just have a real hard time walking. And I said, Well, walk up to here to me. As she was walking the aisle, she announced to everyone that she would not be healed because she's too overweight. And there was just this spirit on her that wanted to fight. Well, I was kind to her and I prayed for her anyway. The whole time I prayed for her, she tried to fight me with words that she was speaking to me of doubt and unbelief. Other people could not hear it. And I knew this woman is just totally caught up demonically with a spirit of fear and doubt, and there's just total unbelief. And it was just a challenging thing. I knew I couldn't do anything for her. And I said, Is Jesus touching you? No, your hand's touching me. That's all that's touching me. And there just wasn't anything we could do for her. And uh, I just got to tell you that if you want God to heal you, you have to come into agreement with God. You have to be in agreement with his word. You have to read what his word says about healing and read healing scriptures and say, Yes, I believe. Yes, I come into agreement with that in the name 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. Please contact my church's office, Rivate Church Tulsa, 918 492 5511, and we'll see if we can set something up. God bless you.