Trying Not To Be Selfish And Getting Healed Anyway

She stayed in her seat because she didn’t want to be “selfish” and then the miracle happened anyway. We’re sharing a powerful Christian healing testimony from Rivergate Church that turns on a moment many of us recognize: the hesitation to respond when a word of knowledge is given, even when it feels like it might be for us.

We talk through what Linda Budd describes from a miracle healing service she was conducting, alongside the role of Pastor Joel as a word of knowledge is given first for a left hip and later for a left ear. The testimony is clear and specific: the woman responds to the left hip word, walks the aisle, and experiences what she calls a new hip. Later, when a word of knowledge is shared for her deaf left ear, she holds back because other people are responding and she doesn’t want to take attention or space. That inner dialogue is more common than we admit, and it raises a real question about how we view receiving, faith, and community prayer.

Then the story shifts from public response to private encounter. While seated, she feels a tingling in her ear and experiences complete healing in her deaf left ear, and she can now hear perfectly. If you’re searching for encouragement around hearing loss, deafness, healing prayer, or how words of knowledge function in charismatic ministry, this short episode offers a vivid window into how these moments are experienced and how we pray in response.

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Transcript

Linda Budd 0:00

When we returned a second time for a miracle healing service that I was conducting at Rivergate Church, she testified that on her first visit, a word of knowledge was given by Pastor Joel, my husband, for a left ear. And she didn't respond and come up for it because she had already gotten healed that evening for a new hip when I gave a word of knowledge about a left hip. And so she walked the aisle as I told her to do. And I told her, You're going to get a new hip when you do that. And sure enough, she did. So now that a word of knowledge was given for the ear, she didn't feel like she wanted to respond because

Returning For A Healing Service

Linda Budd 0:44

she didn't want to be selfish and she saw other people responding. And so she just thought she would just sit in her seat. Well, while she was sitting in her seat, Jesus touched her in her seat and she began to feel something tingle in her

The New Hip Testimony

Linda Budd 1:00

ear. And then he gave her whole healing in her deaf left ear. And she can now hear perfectly. If you struggle with hearing loss or with deafness, or if you struggle with a left hip problem, I declare to you in the name of Jesus that you are being healed right now.