Here is a message for parents. For the last several years, Satan has been picking off youth raised in strong Christian families. David Wilkerson wrote this: “I receive many letters from parents who write of their children being blinded by the enemy. They raised their young ones in a Christian environment but now the parents are confused and bewildered saying, “I don’t understand what happened. They just don’t believe. Nothing I say gets through.”
I have set myself to press into Christ as never before and to write what He compels. The nearness to Him is indescribable. You will now see these messages more often.
Last night His voice came once more. He revealed a miracle He will do for a core who have kept their love for the Lord steadfast. He also showed me the crushing heartache that David Wilkerson described.
Here is your first promise: Proverbs 11:21 You can be very sure the evil man will not go unpunished forever. And you can also be very sure God will rescue the children of the godly.” God Himself will activate a rescue mission. The seed of the righteous will be redeemed by an appointment with God. He has set a time for power to come upon them.
Here’s what you need to know right now:
This crisis happened because of Satan. David Wilkerson went on to say, “Paul says the god of this world has blinded these young ones. They’ve lost faith because the enemy has shut out the light of the Gospel to them.”
You can’t waste time punishing yourself or searching for a root cause for their rebellion. The reason it happened despite your best efforts and a Christian upbringing is not a mystery.
Again, David Wilkerson said, “Therefore, it doesn’t do any good for a parent to try to look deeper for a reason behind it. It’s all the work of Satan. He wants to keep that child bound, confused and in sin. The problem goes way beyond counselling, preaching or parenting strategies. It’s going to take a miracle, plain and simple.” This letter is about that plain and simple miracle.
A plain and simple miracle:
Why do I believe this miracle will happen to your children? The current conditions remind me of the ones that existed right before the Jesus Movement swept California and saved the hardest cases in the youth culture. They had abandoned their parent’s faith too. They went into extreme immorality and showed no sign of turning back. Then it hit.
Divine Favor: When Jesus announced His ministry and read from Isaiah, He finished by declaring the year of God’s favor. There is no way around it—favor is favoritism. God’s favor falls out this way: just as you have been unfairly attacked, so shall you be highly favored. Your child will be impacted by that favor.
Speaking of Isaiah, he said, “Lift up your eyes all around, and see: They all gather together, they come to you; Your sons shall come from afar, And your daughters shall be nursed at your side.” –Isaiah 60:4
Theses promises do not exempt you from warring in the Spirit.
Daniel saw that the date set by Jeremiah for Israel to be freed from Babylon had come. He was not passive but set himself to enforce the prophecy with fasting and prayer.
You and God are now partners in the salvation of your child. Here is my final quote from David Wilkerson: “Our battle must take place in the Spirit. After all, we’re up against a spirit from the god of this world. It’s going to require the presence of Christ in our lives such as we’ve known it. Only Jesus’ manifest reality will melt Satan’s bondage like wax, rendering it powerless against our loved one.”
Yes, they often get worse when you start declaring a miracle…don’t be fooled. Remember Saul of Tarsus’ condition just before his violent conversion. Paint a portrait of your child serving God. Hold it in your spirit and trust in the inevitable, supernatural intervention of God.
The greatest promise is Joel 2:28 “And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy… Not only does that apply to a worldwide harvest of souls, but I am convinced it is our children who will be the harvesters!
The Bible says that God bottles your tears, it says, He is faithful to remember your good works. He knows the condition of your child but He will overrule all circumstances to bring them in.
Thank you! My daughter is 23 and my son 25… I see God working and I really appreciate the word you sent! I’m believing and declaring full conversion and that they are filled with the Holy Spirit and we come come a family in the ministry!
Thank you, Mario. I needed this message of hope.
Thank you Mario for this very hopeful message.
Thank you Mario for bringing the words of God to the Church and the nation. Truly we will be in awe as God sweeps out the evil and exposes the guilty including the church and the Church. Jesus will be honored as the atmosphere of the 1950’s invades this nation.
Thank you for the encouragement. I have fasted and prayed for years for our kids and there are days that I get so discouraged. Blessings to you!
Thank you! I needed to see this! PTL !!!
Thank you for sharing this. My daughter is 41 and my son in law is 36. I am holding onto these promises and the powerful move of God to bring them and their families into the kingdom.
When I pray I am reminded on 1 John 5:14-15:
“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.”
And I know it is God’s will for our children to be saved. Praise God for His faithfulness, love and miracle working power. To Him be the glory!
Thank you so much for that word! You have no idea how much I needed to hear this right now, and how encouraging it has been. God Bless you.
My son is 34, in and out of recovery houses and jail. He declares faith but slips within months. My 35 year old daughter moved to Germany and is closed to anything of God. I’m so discouraged. Ii am blessed to read this.
Thank you .I raised my son in the fear of the Lord .I have 6childen and he is under attack and he needs Prayer.
He was devoted to God ,he loves God but he gets drawn to confusion ,please pray that he will be protected from the traps of his enemies
My son’s are 34 and 24 they both been raised right but are so far from God believing for a breakthrough, God is faithful always
I agree that this word was definitely needed to help encourage parents of children who have been blinded by the enemy and have wandered away from the Truth! Sometimes it is easy to become discouraged and lose hope. Thank you, Mario for sharing!
Thank you. I’m crying tears of joy for this message. God is sooo Good!
This is the 3rd time God has answered me while I was in prayer with a text or email from mario marillo ministries just as I was either thinking on Him (God) or asking him a question. I get a precise ‘ding’ at a perfect time that only God could make happen. I pray for you and bless your ministry. Thank you for bringing your tent revival to Charlotte.
This is EPIC, thank you!
Thomas Paine’s,…The Common Sense Document,… Judges 7:1-9 KJV. Gideon defeated the Midianites Army by By using a pitcher,a lamp,a trumpet and a word from God, So if Ice play worship Songs at same-time of deporting of the illegal immigrants, this country is headed back to our founding Fathers (1776)and the Revolutionary war, (Battle Hymn of The Republic) in front of the Infantry which kept God first,…Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!😇. 🎶🎄🎶🎄💜❤️🎶✝️
May the LORD bless you richly for this encouragement to Christian parents such as my husband and I. We are experiencing what you have spoken of in this blog. Our children are being encountered by the LORD Himself as we walk steadfastly, and circumspectly in our unwavering faith in Christ Jesus our SAVIOR and LORD! It has been very challenging this year, but we are confident that they all will surrender and come back to their spiritual roots and be use mightily in this last roundup before Jesus’s Triumphant Return. “They will be PROOF of mighty saving and powerful GRACE! AMEN!@
My children were not raised in a Christian home. I didn’t give my whole entire life to Christ until I was 46, and guess what? I have been praying for the last 20 years and they are coming in, praise God. Hope this helps someone.
My children and my grandchildren are being called for the Kingdom in Jesus Christ name I pray declare and decree 🙏🙏❤️
May the LORD bless you richly for this encouragement to Christian parents such as my husband and I. We are experiencing what you have spoken of in this blog. Our children are being encountered by the LORD Himself as we walk steadfastly, and circumspectly in our unwavering faith in Christ Jesus our SAVIOR and LORD! It has been very challenging this year, but we are confident that they all will surrender and come back to their spiritual roots and be use mightily in this last roundup before Jesus’s Triumphant Return. “They will be PROOF of the mighty, saving and powerful GRACE of our LORD! AMEN!
Amen brother, this is one message I needed to hear this morning. I have 2 backslidden sons, ages 23 and 28, whom were raised in the Word of God and whose father has been a faithful servant of God and disciple of Christ for many, many years. I’m believing for a miracle to happen soon, to wake up my 2 sons and bring them back to the Faith.
My 39.uear old son was a believer before marrying a non believer. I have been praying for years & lost.my daughter,.passed.away 2018. My pastor prayed again with me a week ago (I.pray daily many times)….Christmas.day,.my son sent me a message. Major break through! HALLELUJAH
Thank you Mario and fellow believers! This is the best, most hope filled message I have ever read and an answer to my many years of prayers and tears. I woke up today with a weariness unexpectedly in praying for my son and daughter. Your message revived me. Thank you. Thank you Jesus., Thank you God., and thank you Holy Spirit!
Thank you Mario,
Sincerely with much love, Linda Kearns
Praise the Lord!
Thank you very much for this encouraging message
Thank you. Very soothing! Our 2 children went rogue. One returned ti faith and recently went to heaven. We still have another child not fully returned to the Lord – nor his children.
Praise God, Mario, This message of victory is just what we desperately needed! Two of our five children have gone away from God. Mishelle told me one night she no longer believes in God. She is also now a radical Democrat. Her marriage is suffering, too. Our son, Michael, who, as a child, amazed his Sunday School teachers with his knowledge of the Word, now obviously has demons but still prophesies to people in a crazy way. For years, the grief has paralyzed me from being a victorious warrior, but tonight Father literally physically shook me out of my malaise and bondage. The time is ripe for their deliverance to come. I can see thousands of these children returning to their Precious King and joyous parents. We love you so. Blessing to you and your family and Team this year of victory, 2026..
This message couldn’t have come at a better time, when we cry silently over so many young people were either hurt by someone in the Church or could not find the joy in worshiping Jesus thank you for this powerful encouragement
YES AND AMEN THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU JESUS CHRIST HALLELUJAH FOREVER AND AMEN!!!!!!!!
Praise God!!!
I believe i agree I receive this word of God for my children thank you Lord Jesus amen amen
Most faithful Mario, oh how I I have been believing GOD for this word.
It’s time for us, it’s so close for our prodigals to return to their father and GOD.
THANK YOU for the encouragement . May God continue to bless you in your service to the kingdom and HIS flock. Your word today comes on the morning of a beautiful snowy New England day. I am overwhelmed .
Much gratitude
H.H.
Our Families are at stake. This is real warfare. Fasting & prayer and Believing in God’s hands at work- He is the way through to our loved ones’ salvation. The only answer. Miracles by Jesus.
Acts 2:39 For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”
This is spiritual warfare..
Never give up. I stood on God’s Word for years concerning my son. And now, he is back from the land of the enemy & serving The Lord.
Praise God, His promises are true. They will come to pass
Never give up.
YES ALL GLORY TO GOD HALLELUJAH!!! IT SHALL COME TO PASS!! PRAYING I LIVE TO SEE IT HAPPEN AND I THINK I WILL!! I’m83yrs young, JESUS IS ABOUT TO APPEAR!!!HALLELUJAH!!!!!!
Thank you for a very timely and desperately needed word of encouragement! May the Lord bless you and the work of your hands.
I have been praying these scriptures and many more over my children for many many years and I thank God for your post today! It’s very lonely sometimes to realize where some of your close family has turned away and you have no idea what’s going on. My Father has them all in His loving hands so I lean into Him constantly for help and comfort
May God our lord Jesus cover us all in this biblical time gods speed
My daughter and I have been praying for her son, my grandson,, who is in a homosexual relationship with a married man.. we believe in the promises of God’s word for our family, and we thank the Lord for those things which are not,
But as though they are. Amen
I needed this exhortation today. Thank you SO much for sharing it. I’ll pick up my war clothes and put them on again to partner with Christ to see my children be the harvesters!
I wish my mom was here to see it happen. As long as she is joined with both her daughters that’s my prayer.
If I could offer one additional paragraph, this would be to go to spiritual battle with prayer! Both my mother and my grandmother prayed for me while I went to study and pursue college in a large town moving from a very small one. This was the one most effective tool they used, and it worked to bring this prodigal daughter back to the Lord. I would find a Bible study or online study on ministry of prayer and I would go to war as this is indeed a spiritual battle for teens.
Thank you. I needed this. I agree with this word. I agree with the scriptures declared here over them. I will do my part and be a co laborer speaking Gods word over them!
Children, grown grandchildren, young great grand children.
Thank you for the encouragement! I’ve been praying for my son for 23 years then a few years ago my daughter who was very strong in the Lord (all 12 years in Christian school and a BA in theology) slowly drifted apart from God and is now very Lukewarm. Excited for the day they are part of the Lords army.
Amen!
Always good insight and wisdom from the Lord. Thank you Pastor Murillo
You’re so correct about anointings on children. My firstborn and only son could go into the hardest environment, share briefly YESHUA and then come out and say “ok Pops, they’re ready…I believe this has never been removed, dormant ,yes…that season has ended…it’s been 25 years..Shalom Shalom
Thank you, Mario
I so desperately needed to read your blog this morning. My 29 yr old daughter, raised as a Christian, has chosen the homosexual lifestyle and will not listen to anti have to say about it. It will only result in her getting angry and walking away. Such heartache. God Bless you for your work in the Lord
Thank. you Mario
I was gracefully privileged to raise three children as a single parent and yes I saw satan peak it’s ugly head. I first made certain that my life as a role model checked and balanced.as a Christian parent. For me this is what mattered most Then God did the test and the rest. I prayed without ceasing which included walking around the school grounds.
Love you Mario & Todd. So appreciate your Holy Spirit messages.
Thanks for the encouragement.
I have, several prodigals, children grandchildren, nieces, nephew.
Thank I w I’ll continue the battle
This is an on time word! I needed this so very much. Thank you Jesus and thank you Mario!!
Mario,
Thank you for this. It lifts the burden of guilt, and gets our eyes off ourselves and onto God, and the real enemy (NOT the parents, despite our mistakes.). I’m passing this message on.
Blessings to you and your family.
Thank you so much for this very encouraging message. We dedicated our sons to the Lord before they were born (Daniel and Matthew, 40’s) and we are believing the Lord will draw them unto himself and save them to live their lives unto the Lord and lead their families in the Lord!
I needed to read this,
Thank you
GLORY TO YOU, ALMIGHTY GOD!!!!!!!
Yes I stand in agreement with you Pastor Murillo. I declare that all our prodigal children are coming home. Father God has his living arms wide open waiting for them to return home and so are we their earthly parents. In the powerful name of Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen✨🙏🏼✨🕊️✨🤍✨👑
Amen , so be it!!! Mario , they will be lifted to the mountain top quickly, and be washed by the lamb s love!! The Lord showed me in a dream. Several young adults wading in a milky blue ocean. I saw them from a cleft in the mountain. Then i saw a tsunami come and lift them all up and over the mountain. When i and the villagers ran to rescue them, we found them standing on the top brushing off the water, refreshed and reborn with a purpose!!
🎶 Bring Them In. Bring Them In.
Bring Them In From the Fields of Sin.
Bring Them In. Bring Them In.
Bring the Little Ones (Our Children)to Jesus🎶
We Fast! We Pray! We Praise His Holy Name!
Thank you Mario for hearing from the Lord and gleaning from David Wilkerson to encourage untold thousands to never give up for the GREATEST
Harvest is coming for the children of believers , for He above all else said that He would that None would perish!
I agree! I came to Jesus from a divine intervention.
So encouraging
Thank/you Jesus! Amen!!!
Thank you so much for this reminder, dear brother! I am taking this to the bank!
Thank you for presenting God’s Word.
He was prophesied over when a child. All were told he would be a mighty man of God yet he showed himself to be a very difficult child.
In middle school he saw his favorite teacher get shot in the face and killed. He has blamed God since.
He runs a fire station, is a paramedic and saves lives but we have not seen him in years.
Thanks for sharing this.
Great word, Mario. I believe the truest sign of revival is when the hearts of the fathers go back to the children and the children to the fathers, lest He smite the earth with a curse.
for the last couple of years I have searched the Word and have 7 pages of notes and verses promising us our seed. I pray every day for not only my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and for all prodigals and the families and loved ones that are praying continually for our youth, all youth. I hold dear Isa 44:3 any many more verses claiming God’s Word over their lives. I claim Deu 7:9 up to a thousand generations. that is why I try to plant financially in your ministry as much as possible (not my tithes that goes to my church) it is because of the youth in this nation receiving Christ Jesus through your obedience of preaching the gospel. Time is short but God is always on time. I am still waiting for many of them But God will come through and I fully believe to spend eternity will my loved ones.
Thank you Mario for your encouraging words from the Lord. We have been on this path for almost 2 years now. We have not seen or heard our son and grandsons for 18 months. We have had much prayer support for us and our son. We continue to believe that the Holy Spirit will bring our son and his family back to Jesus. Again thank you.
PS We are very close friends of Jeff and RaNae Smith.
I am sending this to my friends who need a word of encouragement.
Amen Mario! We continue to fight the battle in the spirit and believe that our children will turn to Jesus. Satan’s stronghold will melt away like wax with Jesus’ manifest reality!
Thank you Mario, this message was for me and my husband. We raised our sons in a Christian home that sought to honor Jesus in all we do and the importance of following Him, no matter what.
Yet now we find our adult children are not following Him and in fact one has been so deceived by the evil one that he no longer even wants to identify as the gender God gave him.
We are heartbroken to say the least and have tried to warn him that the dark path he is on only leads to regret and destruction.
We have expressed over and over how much we love him and will always love him, but we won’t affirm a different gender or refer to him by another name.
Although we seek to maintain a relationship with him, he has completely pulled away and no longer responds to our calls or text messages. It is clear he wants nothing to do with us.
All we can do is pray and ask the Lord to break the chains of deception and open his eyes to the lies he is believing. We are asking the Lord to go get him and brink him back from the precipice he is heading towards. Ultimately, that he will repent and follow Jesus once again. Please be praying for him as well.
Thank you.
Thank you for reminding me is isn’t my fault. I keep trying to figure out what I did wrong. I really needed this since Christmas just passed and my one son has not talked to me in almost three years and I have no idea why. I have faith that God will bring both my sons to their faces before him and my sons will serve the Lord.
I am believing for my nephew Josh. He is far from God, but was raised by me knowing him. He is estranged from the family. Believing with you for a miracle! Also, his sister Monique.
May everyone posting here find the help they need for their loved ones. Only God can do this, so we trust in Him. Godspeed Mario and all who come here.
Praise God! I really needed to be reminded of this very thing. We have been praying and believing for our unsaved children and grandchildren for a long time. He is faithful and I will continue to believe, fast, pray and contend for their souls.
Thank you, Mario. I needed to be reminded of the faithfulness of God. I have been standing for my adult children for a while now. I need a miracle for my younger son, Daniel, who is in a bad way and needs to return to the Lord. He was recently in a car accident where someone clipped him, forcing him down a ravine, and he was spared by a guardrail and air bags from injury or death. He realizes that, but he remains stubborn. My car was messed up, so we have no transportation. It’s quite a mess. I am grateful to the Lord for saving him, but he needs to return to Jesus. I continue to hope for a miracle – more than one. God has never failed me. Blessings and prayers.
Thank you! This is so timely and gives great hope. Confirms what the Lord is telling me. Sometimes they are running from God in the midst of highly religious and theologically focused churches ; Even serving in leadership in said churches.(I am not against sound theology, only when it is worshipped above our Magnificent, tender, Sovereign, personal, Creator of the universe, yet knows the hairs on our head, God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit! Profanity and Magnificat cannot coexist. So, Lord, YOUR TRANSFORMATIVE POWER shower upon those who are professing light, yet walking in darkness. Let words that are glibly sung and said be raised from the dead and imbued with new life and wonder! No more the enemies plunder!! Amen!
Thank you Mario I feel so blessed being able to receive your emails in my country. 🇨🇦 The world knows we are battling freedom of speech. I have been warring for my son and grandson for a long time. What you have written is so timely for such a time as this. Thank you and Gid bless you. I will keep praying for you and your ministry 🙏praying for revival.
Thank you for this message. As soon as I saw the title I knew it would hit home! Praise God!!!!! I thank God for what He is already doing in the lives of my two sons. Devan 35 and Drake 21!! Thank you Jesus! Peace & Blessings
Thank you, soo much, Mario!
Really need this message today!
We love you, can’t wait when you will come to Minnesota.
Thank you, Mario, for this timely and encouraging message! Hang in there, parents, our work is not done. But God hears us and is going to answer our prayers. Praise God!!
“Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall laud your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.” Psalm 145:3-4
That goes back to a sermon I heard from Wessel do Bruyn, (pronounced Vessel du Brain), who is Evangelizing America. He came here eary in 2025 with the plan for a couple of weeks but he’s in high demand and so has stayed.
One sermon he preached at our church “Put The Blame Where It Belongs” … making it clear through the message the blame goes on satans back.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this message of HOPE that sustains my life-verse at this time: FOR I KNOW IN WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED!!
You have also given me a vision check; once again TURNING MY EYES UPON JESUS!!
Thank you for these scriptures. I will study them, meditate upon them, and declare them over my sons in Jesus’s name! Both accepted Jesus into their hearts as boys. As adults they both are angry men who hate “religion” and the “church”. They are missing all these years they could be walking with Jesus. I know God misses them and loves them more than I do. Please God show them truth. Rescue them from the devil’s deceit. Amen.
Thank you Mario Murillo and God Bless you for this timely message with scripture.
I have 3 children and 7 grandchildren that I pray for daily and I lift them up daily to My God of the Most High. I pray with the word and these are just a few of the scriptures I decree and declare in faith as I water these seeds. God’s promises are true for His body of Christ.
Isaiah 49:25 “For I will contend with him who contends with you. And I will save your children”.
Isaiah 54:13 “All your children shall be taught by the LORD. And great shall be the peace of your children.”
I’m grateful for your lifelong ministry that has helped save 1000’s Mario!!
Amen Mario,
Believing that the Lord Jesus will do a miracle in the lives of
my two kids and set them on fire with a burning desire to love and serve Jesus with all their heart, mind, and soul.
Amen, Mario!
The Lord called me, in October, to renewed prayer for my children, especially my oldest son, and, day before yesterday, I began to see God crack satan’s armor. Glorious day! Hallelujah!
Ahhhh, I receive this word like a thirsty soul receives water from a fresh spring as confirmation to all I have been believing and laying hold of for many, many years concerning my two wayward children, now 34 yrs old and 31 yrs old.
Thank you. This article was sent to me via a miracle in itself. We needed to hear this, now we have something to stand on!
Praise God! The enemy has already lost!
Thank you Mario for this Powerful Word. It really spoke to me in a powerful way and I was encouraged in the Lord to keep holding on for my son who has walked away from his spiritual upbringing. Even up to his late teens he had a tender heart toward the Lord but now he is so bitter against God. He doesn’t want to hear anything about God.
I believe he opened the door to Satan and now he’s in a very dark place. He suffers mentally and is unable to work.
He tried to get help at a mental health facility but he actually got worse. Medication did more harm than good.
He desperately needs a miracle of deliverance.
He has isolated himself from social interaction and barely speaks to his family.
I have prayed believing that God will set him free for many years and still continuing.
I just cannot give up even though I am so weary and worn down.
Please pray for him (Shawn)
Praise the Lord! I believe this! I am holding on no matter how it looks! My God is faithful to His word! Our son is 45 and was raised to know Jesus! Tries so hard to prove that the bible is not true, but God! He is a mighty man of God!