Healing At Rivergate

A couple drives an hour across the state because they’ve heard something is happening at Rivergate Church: people are encountering Jesus’ healing presence. They walk into a Tuesday night service carrying a heavy, very real need. She’s battling colitis with relentless daily bleeding, and her husband looks like someone who has been holding his breath for far too long. We pray boldly, asking for a new colon in the name of Jesus, and we sit with what it means to bring desperate hope into a room filled with faith.Then the story takes an unexpected turn. When we offer to pray for the husband, he insists he doesn’t need anything he only wants his wife healed. But gentle questions uncover the truth: he’s a veteran, and his body is paying the price. Elbows, shoulders, hips, knees he needs help too. The moment becomes a reminder that love doesn’t require self-erasure, and that prayer isn’t just for the person who seems “most” sick. God can meet a family on multiple fronts at once.The most honest part comes after the service, when we follow up and hear the words nobody wants to say: nothing has changed yet. We talk about what to do when healing feels delayed, why we go back to the Word of God, and how declaring healing scriptures can keep faith alive between prayer and breakthrough. If you’re searching for Christian encouragement, faith healing stories, prayer for chronic illness, or simply a reason to keep going, this conversation will meet you right where you are.Subscribe for more stories like this, share this episode with someone who needs hope, and leave a review to help others find the show. What do you do to keep your faith steady when results take time?Have a prayer request? Send us a text! Support the showIf this podcast has been a blessing to you and you’d like to support the mission's ministry of RiverGate Church, we invite you to make a donation. Your generosity helps extend the impact of this work and allows us to reach more people with hope and healing. You can give electronically using CashApp ($RGCTULSA) or Paypal ([email protected]). Please enter MISSIONS for reason. Thank you for being a part!