What Changes When You Refuse To Let Go In Prayer

The most dangerous lie about healing is “maybe later.” Pastor Linda Budd from Rivergate Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma brings a clear, Scripture-rooted message that calls you to act on faith right now, especially if you’re carrying pain, sickness, or a need you can’t shake. She shares how she has pursued a healing anointing for years, prayed for people again and again, and watched many recover, then she leads a direct moment of prayer for restoration and strength. 

We talk through vivid Bible stories that show what bold belief looks like when you refuse to settle for delay. You’ll hear why the woman with the issue of blood matters so much for anyone praying for physical healing, emotional wholeness, deliverance, or financial breakthrough, and what it means to stop letting hope “pass you by.” Linda also unpacks the idea of wrestling in prayer, holding on with determination, and aligning your confession with life-giving words instead of defeat. 

The episode lands on a practical challenge: rise up, take authority in Christ, and start declaring that now is the time to be blessed. If you need a jolt of courage, a faith reset, or a reminder that persistent prayer is not pointless, this is for you. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs hope today, and leave a review with the one thing you’re believing for right now.

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. I want to tell you that the time is now. It is the now time to grab hold of Jesus for your healing, for your deliverance, for your financial breakthrough, for whatever it is that you need. Just like a woman with the issue of blood, she would not let Jesus pass by her. She grabbed a hold, she touched the edge of his garment. He said, Who touched me? And when he looked around, the crowds were pressing him, and the disciples said, Lord, everybody's touching you. No, I felt power go out from me. And then he saw the woman, and she would not let him pass her by without healing her. And I'm telling you, it's time for you to rise up and to say, Jesus, you are not gonna let me, you are not gonna pass me by without touching me, you're not gonna pass me by without restoring me. And I'm excited right now. I'm not waiting a day longer. And just like the man who was wrestling with the angel, and he wrestled with that angel all night, and he said, I'm not letting you go until you bless me. He wrestled him and he wrestled him. I'm telling you, folks, it's time to wrestle in prayer, it's time to speak life, it's time to change the words of your mouth into positive words. The words of your mouth bring life, they bring wholeness in the name of Jesus. And it's time to speak life. It's time to say to the Lord, I'm not letting go of you. You will bless me. You will bless me. And just like Jesus' mother, when the wine ran out at the wedding feast, she came to him and she said, Do something about this. And he turned to her and he said, Woman, it is not my time yet. Well, she was his mother, and she wouldn't let him get away with it. And so he had to turn that water into wine, and that was the first of his miraculous signs. And he had to do for that woman because she wouldn't leave him alone. I'm telling you, the time is now. You've been praying, you've been fasting, you've been saying, Lord, I have to have a breakthrough here. Lord, heal this, do that, Lord, bring deliverance here. Do this, do that. And it's time for you to rise up and just take your authority in Christ and know with faith that God is for you and not against you. And know that the time is now. The time is now, the time is now. The time is now. You start telling the Lord the time is now. Now is when you're gonna bless me. 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.