When Your Chest Starts Hurting During Prayer

Your body starts hurting for no reason and it won’t let up. Do you ignore it, push through it, or treat it like a prompt to pray for someone standing right in front of you?We tell a true-to-life story from a Sunday night Encounters Healing Service where a young man receives prayer and healing for a hip problem, plus a prophetic nudge: people at his popular city restaurant are going to notice the change, and he’s meant to tell them what happened. Two weeks later he returns, not alone, but with a young woman from work who looks genuinely scared to be in church. We slow down long enough to show how welcome, safety, and simple kindness can matter as much as any dramatic moment.Then the atmosphere shifts. A sudden, intense pain hits around the heart and becomes a “word of knowledge” that points directly to the guest’s condition. When she finally shares her diagnosis, we pray specifically for cardiac autoimmune disease and declare a “new heart from heaven” in the name of Jesus. We also talk honestly about the weight that can come with ministry like this, including lingering physical heaviness after a strong word of knowledge.We close with a direct prayer for listeners who took the COVID shot and are now experiencing autoimmune symptoms or heart disorders, asking for healing and restoration. If you’re curious about Christian healing, prophecy, words of knowledge, and what faith-filled prayer can look like in real life, press play. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs hope, and leave a review with your biggest question about healing prayer.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!