Amazing Prayer Experience

I thought you might be encouraged to hear about a prayer experience I had this weekend. I was at a local church for their monthly "Second Saturday" mini retreat. We had some teaching time and some quiet journaling time, which was really great but things went to amazing when we split into groups of 3 for "triplet prayer" I was with 2 ladies I do not know and we were instructed to pray with/for each other about what we heard from the Lord that morning. I just briefly said I was asking for prayer about walking with the Lord while living with bipolar disorder and that I felt the Lord was telling me right now that He had something better for me than healing - that He was promising to sustain me at all times and be my solid rock no matter what my brain was doing. So we were praying and one of my partners gets out her Bible and read part of Isaiah 54 for me. Out of nowhere, starting in v 11 and going through to the end. So I was just reviewing and recording that in my journal this morning, as a prayer back to God. Just wanted to share that with you as a way to say that God does speak to his people and knows all the details of our circumstances including our deep and hidden needs. Here's part of my journal entry~

You will not rebuke me, Lord. Your unfailing love for me will not be shaken, nor your covenant of peace removed. You have compassion on me. You will build up my foundations, walls, battlements and gates. My children will be taught by you and their peace will be great. I will be established in righteousness and tyranny will be far from me. Terror will be far removed from me and it will not come near me. If anyone attacks me, it will not be your doing and whoever attacks me will surrender. No weapons forged against me will prevail and I will refute every tongue that accuses me. This is my heritage as your servant and my vindication against my enemies.

Thing is, the enemy somehow thinks I'm fair game when my mood is out of control as I have less personal resolve and power to demolish arguments and pretensions and take captive all my thoughts to make them obedient to Christ. My brain literally gets away from me. But look, the Lord will be building me up and moving terror and tyranny away from me. Whoever attacks will be forced to surrender . I will be able to refute the accuser. I will be vindicated. And right in the middle there, almost looking as a side thought or something unrelated is a promise about my kids, who are soooooooooooo important to me. They will be taught by the Lord and dwell in peace. Isn't that amazing?

So draw close to Him -- He has healing for you and can sustain you through anything. It is a blessing to be broken before the Lord and to bring your needs to Him. He is trustworthy.

Have a great week!!