Vertebrae from Heaven: When Faith Meets Healing

What happens when chronic pain that's haunted someone for over 40 years suddenly vanishes? Pastor Linda Budd takes us on a remarkable journey through divine healing experiences that defy conventional explanation.

At Rivergate Church in Tulsa, Pastor Budd approaches scripture literally—particularly the mandate to "lay hands on the sick and see them recover." Her pursuit of a healing anointing has yielded extraordinary results across various conditions. The centerpiece of this episode revolves around a visiting woman who experienced complete freedom from back pain that had plagued her since adolescence. During a healing service primarily focused on hip conditions, this woman received a supernatural vision of "three vertebrae coming out of heaven"—precisely what her back needed. The moment she stood up, decades of constant pain vanished completely. 

But the story doesn't end with physical healing. What follows is a profound spiritual encounter where prophetic words about the woman's identity as an intercessor trigger an overwhelming divine experience. The teaching culminates in a powerful shift in perspective about prayer itself—moving from merely asking God to act toward stepping into spiritual authority and making declarations. This transformative approach challenges listeners to reconsider how they approach both physical ailments and spiritual breakthrough.

Have you been struggling with chronic pain or illness? These testimonies are shared not just as stories but as invitations to experience similar healing. If you're touched by these accounts of divine intervention, consider inviting Pastor Budd to speak at your church, conference, or motivational event by contacting Rivergate Church in Tulsa.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction to Healing Ministry
• 0:40 Testimony: Vertebrae from Heaven
• 1:25 Powerful Words and Spiritual Guidance
• 2:43 Call for Speaking Engagements
• 3:26 Episode Closing

Transcript

Speaker 1: 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.

Speaker 1: 0:43

We were ministering healing for hips and two people had already gotten their hips healed and I said is there anyone else that needs to have your hip healed? Well, a lady who was visiting raised her hand and she said I see stuff and I saw three vertebrae come out of heaven and that's exactly what I need. And then she just stopped and I said well, I believe you're being healed. And I said why don't you get up and walk to the front? Because I believe that that pain is going to be gone and that you're going to find yourself healed. So she did, and when she got up there I said where's the pain? And she said it's gone. And I said how long have you had this pain? Did you have it while you were in your seat? She said I have had this pain since I was 18 years old. I'm never without pain.

Speaker 1: 1:33

She was obviously in her 60s, so this was so amazing for her to stand there in no pain. So I told her that she was healed and that God had met her there, and what a wonderful day it was. Well, then my daughter said I have a word for her. And so she walked up and she said, began to say two words to this woman, and they meant so much to her that the power of God came upon her and she just crumpled to the floor with a shriek. It was wonderful and amazing.

Speaker 1: 2:08

It had something to do with her being an intercessor, and so then my husband got up and said get her back to her feet, because I have a word for her. So they got her back up and he said you've been praying and asking God to do stuff for you, and you pray like this all the time, but the Lord wants you to start taking a step up and using your authority and begin to declare and decree some things, instead of just asking God to do it. Now there's a lesson for you. So please take this testimony, use any and all of it that you can to apply it to your life, but I declare to you, in the name of Jesus, that your vertebrae in your back are being healed now. In Jesus' name, aren't these just great testimonies of the goodness of God and the healing power of Jesus Christ?

Speaker 1: 3:02

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.