Carrie's Spirit-Filled Living

09/22/2026

You don't have to solve tomorrow tonight.
Jesus taught us not to worry about tomorrow.
You have enough grace for what God has given you today.
Pray about today.
Obey God today.
Love well today.
Make wise choices today.
Then trust God with tomorrow.
If you're tired from carrying fear about your adult child's future, comment "COACHING."

09/22/2026

09/21/2026

Are you a Christian parent carrying a heavy heart because of your adult child?

Maybe your child has walked away from God. Maybe there is estrangement, addiction, broken relationships, or choices you cannot change.

You love them. You pray for them. But you may also be tired, afraid, confused, or wondering what YOU are supposed to do now.

You don't have to walk through this season alone.

Carrie's Spirit-Filled Living offers Christian life coaching for hurting parents who want biblical encouragement, practical support, healthy boundaries, and help learning to trust God with what they cannot control.

❤️ Lunch Bunch for Hurting Christian Parents
Mondays | 12:00–1:00 PM
Group Coaching

❤️ One-on-One Christian Life Coaching
60-minute private sessions available on Mondays

Together, we can work on: • Biblical hope when circumstances haven't changed
• Healthy boundaries without giving up on love
• Letting go of guilt and unhealthy control
• Prayer and trusting God with your adult child
• Finding purpose and peace in your own life
• Taking practical next steps

Your child's choices matter, but they do not have to control your entire life.

Ready for support?

Message me HOPE for information about Lunch Bunch or private Christian parent coaching.

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09/21/2026

God understands broken relationships.

He sees the hurt when someone you love becomes distant. He knows the grief of a parent whose adult child has walked away, stopped communicating, rejected their faith, or made choices you cannot change.

You may not be able to fix the relationship. You cannot control another person’s heart or choices. But you can choose how you walk through this season.

God is near to the brokenhearted.
“The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” — Psalm 34:18

You can bring God your grief, fear, disappointment, and unanswered questions. You can learn to love without enabling, set healthy biblical boundaries, pray faithfully, and trust God with what is outside your control.

If you are a hurting Christian parent struggling with an adult child who is distant, estranged, or far from God, you do not have to figure out every next step by yourself.

Carrie’s Spirit-Filled Living offers Christian coaching for hurting parents, grounded in Scripture, prayer, truth, and practical support.

Message me for information about one-on-one coaching or parent support.

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09/17/2026

Father God,

You are holy, faithful, merciful, and powerful. You alone can do what we cannot do.

Lord, we bring our unsaved loved ones before You. We cannot change their hearts. We cannot make them believe. We cannot force repentance or create spiritual life. But we know that nothing is beyond Your power.

Your Word says, “I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you” (Ezekiel 36:26).

Father, we ask You to work in their hearts. Where there is hardness, bring conviction. Where there is deception, reveal truth. Where there is spiritual blindness, open their eyes. Where there is rebellion, bring them to repentance. Draw them to the truth of Jesus Christ and the Gospel.

Your Word shows us a valley filled with dry bones in Ezekiel 37. Humanly speaking, there was no life and no hope. Yet You commanded Ezekiel to speak Your Word, and You demonstrated that You alone have the power to give life.

Lord, some situations in our families may look like those dry bones. We may see no evidence of change. But we will not put our confidence in what we can see. Our confidence is in You.

Help us faithfully speak Your truth without trying to control the outcome. Teach us to love without enabling sin, to have compassion without compromising truth, and to pray without demanding that You work according to our timetable.

Guard our hearts from fear, guilt, anxiety, bitterness, and despair. Remind us that we are responsible for our obedience, but we are not the Savior. Jesus is.

Father, we ask that our loved ones hear the Gospel, recognize their sin and need for Christ, repent, believe in Jesus, and receive the eternal life that is found in Him alone.

Until then, teach us to trust You.

When we see no movement, help us trust You.
When circumstances become worse, help us trust You.
When we do not understand, help us trust You.
When we are tired of waiting, help us remain faithful.

You are God. You are the Good Shepherd. You are the One who gives life.

We place our loved ones into Your hands and ask You to accomplish Your purposes according to Your wisdom, mercy, and will.

In the name of Jesus Christ,

Amen.

09/17/2026

I work with hurting Christian parents who are dealing with estrangement, addiction in the family, difficult adult-child relationships, or children who have walked away from the Lord.
My role is Christian life coaching and biblical encouragement. Coaching is not therapy, addiction treatment, or crisis care, and I encourage people to seek those professional services when needed.
If you serve parents who could benefit from additional Bible-based coaching and encouragement, I'd love to connect and learn more about your work as well.

09/15/2026

Love does not mean saying yes to everything.
Love does not mean rescuing someone from every consequence.
Love does not mean pretending sin is okay.
And love does not mean controlling another person.
Biblical love tells the truth and seeks what is good.
Sometimes love looks like helping.
Sometimes love looks like waiting.
Sometimes love requires a boundary.
Ask God for wisdom to know the difference.
If you're struggling with boundaries and an adult child, comment "COACHING."

09/12/2026

Life with God does not mean life without trouble.

Psalm 34:19 tells us that the righteous may face many troubles, but the Lord delivers them.

You may be praying for an unsaved loved one. You may be grieving a broken relationship. You may be carrying a burden that has lasted much longer than you expected.

Your trouble does not mean God has abandoned you.

Psalm 34 It reminds us that God hears, God is near, and God delivers according to His faithful purposes.

Keep praying. Keep trusting Him. Keep standing on what His Word actually says.

God is still faithful, even in the middle of the trouble.

— Carrie’s Spirit-Filled Living

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09/10/2026

Curses vs consequences
Ezekiel 18 teaches about personal responsibility for sin, God’s justice, genuine repentance, and God’s desire that people turn from sin and live.
The chapter corrects a false idea among the Israelites: that they were suffering simply because of what their ancestors had done. They quoted the proverb, “The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge” (Ezekiel 18:2). God challenges that way of thinking.
1. Every person belongs to God
God begins:
“Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine.” — Ezekiel 18:4
Each person is accountable before God. A child is not automatically counted guilty because of a parent’s wickedness, nor is a wicked child made righteous because of a godly parent.
“The soul who sins shall die” (18:4, 20).
This does not mean our choices never affect other people. Scripture clearly shows that sin can have consequences across families and generations. Ezekiel’s point is about moral guilt before God: each individual is judged for his or her own conduct.
2. God judges people justly
Ezekiel gives three generations as an illustration:
A righteous father practices justice and obeys God — he lives (18:5–9).
His violent, sinful son chooses wickedness — he is accountable for his own sin (18:10–13).
That wicked man's son sees his father's sins but refuses to follow them — he is not condemned for his father's wickedness (18:14–18).
God summarizes:
“The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son.” — Ezekiel 18:20
This matters because God is not unjust or arbitrary.
3. A person's past does not make repentance meaningless
One of the strongest truths in the chapter appears in verses 21–23.
If a wicked person turns away from his sins and begins walking according to God's ways, God says:
“He shall surely live; he shall not die.” — Ezekiel 18:21
Then God asks:
“Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked...and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?” — Ezekiel 18:23
God is not portrayed as enjoying judgment. His call is turn and live.
Biblical repentance is more than feeling sorry. It involves a genuine turning away from sin toward God.
4. A righteous past is not permission for present rebellion
Ezekiel also gives the opposite warning.
If someone turns away from righteousness and embraces wickedness, he cannot simply point to his previous righteous behavior as protection (18:24).
The chapter therefore rejects two dangerous ideas:
“I've done too much wrong for turning back to matter.”
and
“I've done enough good that my present rebellion doesn't matter.”
Neither is what God teaches.
5. God answers Israel's accusation that He is unfair
The people said:
“The way of the Lord is not just.” — Ezekiel 18:25
God responds that their ways were unjust, not His.
They wanted to blame their circumstances, previous generations, and ultimately God. God brings the issue back to personal responsibility:
“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways.” — Ezekiel 18:30
That is an important correction for us too. We should examine ourselves before accusing God of injustice.
6. God's message is “Repent and turn”
The chapter ends with an urgent appeal:
“Repent and turn from all your transgressions.” — Ezekiel 18:30
And:
“Make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit!” — Ezekiel 18:31
Then God reveals His heart:
“For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone...so turn, and live.” — Ezekiel 18:32
There is an important biblical distinction here. Ezekiel 18 calls people genuinely to repent and turn. Later, Ezekiel 36:26–27 reveals that God Himself gives His people a new heart and a new spirit. Human responsibility and God's transforming work are both present in Ezekiel.
Why Ezekiel 18 is important
Ezekiel 18 teaches us that we cannot live on someone else's faith, and we cannot simply blame someone else's sin for our own relationship with God. Each person is responsible to respond to God.
For parents, there is also an important truth here: you are not your adult child's Savior. Parents certainly influence their children, and parental choices can have consequences, but an adult child's unbelief or rebellion is ultimately that person's responsibility before God. Likewise, a parent's faith cannot substitute for the child's own response to God.
At the same time, Ezekiel 18 gives genuine reason to hope. A person who is presently walking in wickedness is not beyond the call to repentance. God calls the wicked person to turn.
In the fuller message of Scripture, our ultimate hope is Jesus Christ. We cannot make ourselves righteous enough to solve our sin problem. Christ bore sin so that those who repent and believe may receive forgiveness and new life (Isaiah 53:5–6; Mark 1:15; Romans 3:23–26; 1 Peter 2:24).
The central message of Ezekiel 18 is: God is just. You are responsible for your response to Him. Do not hide behind your past, your family, or someone else's choices. Turn from sin and turn to God. God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked—His call is, “Turn and live.”