The seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
(Prov. 11:21 KJV)
I knew a woman whose son had been classified by the police as a hopeless, habitual criminal. The woman meditated on and prayed the above verse over her son. She even proclaimed by faith, “I know God is going to save my son. He will preach in this church.”
She focused all her attention on God’s transforming power.
One night, she felt an unusual burden to pray in the Spirit for her son. An hour later, he called her long distance, asking what she had been doing earlier. He said a man to whom he’d sold some bad drugs had come to his apartment, beaten him to a pulp, then pulled out a gun, intending to shoot him.
The man tried to pull the trigger, but couldn’t bend his finger! Finally, he threw the gun down and ran out, declaring, “Your mother is doing something to stop me from pulling this trigger!”
Needless to say, the son received Jesus as his Lord and was filled with the Holy Spirit shortly thereafter. He attended Bible school and was later a guest speaker at his mother’s church, just as his mother had declared.
Your children can be transformed! Whether they are grown and living a life of sin or still at home under your covering, the transforming power of God’s Word is available to help them.
Find a Bible promise that pertains to an area of concern you have toward your children. Begin stating that promise as fact, and stand your ground in prayer. Your prayers avail much in the lives of your children.
by Lindsay Roberts
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
Marilyn passed away peacefully at her home on April 25, 2026. But before she graduated to heaven, God told Marilyn not to be buried with her mantle. Instead, she was to pass it on to all who were willing to receive it. Marilyn obeyed this directive and spent decades developing, discipling, and commissioning partners and team members. Because of this, when Marilyn slowly stepped back from active ministry in her 90s, she did so with peace and confidence. Marilyn knew that what God had started would be carried into the future by faithful hands on whom a portion of her mantle rests.
A large portion of Marilyn’s mantle also rests on her granddaughter, Isabell, who stepped into a powerful teaching ministry with Marilyn in 2023. Isabell brings both reverence for the foundation that has been laid and a God-given ability to preach the Word in fresh, effective ways. Along with Marilyn’s ministry team, Isabell is powerfully walking into the future, using decades of Marilyn’s teachings—thoughtfully curated and digitally restored—to expand the reach of her grandmother’s ministry through modern platforms, international outreach, and the daily television program. Marilyn’s powerful teachings are currently being translated into multiple languages that will reach people around the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ in their native tongue.
Marilyn’s vision to cover the earth with God’s Word is still alive and powerful today. Her ministry is continuing to walk through open doors, taking the gospel to nations that desperately need to experience the miracle power of the Word of God and reaching future generations with the hope of the gospel.