Power of a Parent’s Blessing
By Craig Hill; 240 pages
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Excerpt from pg. 218-224 of The Power of a Parent’s Blessing. Order your copy here. (https://www.familyfoundations-store.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&product_id=185&category_id=16&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=108)
The Bible says, “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.”(John 15:13)
I thank God for the thousands of men and women who have given their lives so that others may live, and live in freedom. When you speak to a family member of a fallen soldier, the true cost of that freedom becomes overwhelmingly apparent.
However, I believe that the real purpose of freedom has been perverted by our enemy, the devil. Through his schemes and lies, self-sacrifice has been replaced by self-gratification. Instead of using freedom as an opportunity to serve others, he has convinced many to use it unapologetically as an excuse to fulfill their own wants and desires.
The once deeply held values of self-sacrifice and service to others are being diluted even among Christians. Joy and fulfillment have become the goal rather than the by-product of a life spent serving others. And anyone who seeks the by-product instead of purpose will miss out on both.
Mark 8:35 says this, “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.”
I encourage you to honor those who have paid the price for freedom by laying your life down on a daily basis by serving others. If you will, joy and fulfillment will become the fruit of your life.
Craig Hill holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from Carleton College in Russian Area Studies and Geology and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Chicago.
Upon completion of his formal education, Craig worked as a corporate manager in the oil and gas exploration industry for several years. Being an experienced pilot, he later founded and managed a Learjet charter service. During these years, Craig (being fluent in the Russian language) frequently took time off from his business endeavors to minister the Gospel to the peoples of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Craig met his wife, Jan, through Youth With a Mission.
Having a specific interest in ministering to marriages and families, Craig pursued an internship and later a volunteer staff position at the New Life Counseling Center in Denver. He subsequently taught counseling and missions on the faculty of the Marilyn Hickey Bible College. In 1987, the Lord raised up Craig as Senior Pastor of a local church where he and Jan served for seven and a half years, until he was called by God to devote his full-time energy to the ministry of Family Foundations International. (http://www.familyfoundations.com/)
Through his past experience in missions, counseling and pastoral ministry, God has given Craig unique insight into marriage, family, financial and interpersonal relationships. This has resulted in his ability to identify for many people, root causes of relational conflict, compulsive habits, low self-esteem, workaholism, lack of financial provision and other undesirable life patterns, which are repeated from one generation to the next. By interweaving personal stories with biblical truths, God has anointed Craig to pierce through the veil of the mind to minister to the depths of the heart, resulting in real life change for many.
