And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children. (Isaiah 54:13) More people are losing it emotionally, spiritually, and mentally today than perhaps at any other point in recent history. You can see it everywhere you look. Young people, especially, are carrying levels of confusion, hopelessness, and instability that should not belong to people so early in life. But here is something that should encourage every praying parent and g

And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. (Mark 4:16-17) There is a kind of response to the Word that looks like faith but is not. The stony-ground hearer in Jesus' parable did not reject the Word. They received it with glad

The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. (Mark 4:14-15) Jesus told this parable to explain something every believer needs to understand about how the Word works and the enemy's primary strategy for stopping it. The sower sows the Word, and it reaches people's ears. Satan's immediate move is to take it away. He does not wait.