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Aloha,
Mahalo for
attending our first Maui Marketplace Ministries
meeting. We want to take some time to review
our first meeting. Below you will see short
paragraphs in italics. They all are from
God's word and from various versions to
challenge you.
The feedback
from you all has been so encouraging. We
are praying that it is God's will to take
this to another level and do something that
counts on Maui but we need your help. .
Give
yourself to God….Surrender your whole
being to Him to be used for righteous PURPOSES.
The Sheraton is such a beautiful meeting
place for our new group.
They
committed themselves to the reading of the
apostles, the life together, the common
meal and the prayers.
We are considering
having a follow-up lunch meeting with those
who really want to make a difference on
Maui. We would pick a board and chairperson
at that time.
Our speakers challenged us to have a purpose
for our life as well as our workplace and
do something about it together.
We know several
of you were sick or out of town and could
not make this meeting and we hope you will
be at the next one. We want to encourage
those that could not make the first meeting
to speak to others who attended, become
part of the group, then spread the word
about it to others.
We are
simply God's servants….Each one of
us does the work which the Lord gave him
to do: I planted the seed, Apollos watered
the plant, but it was God who made the plant
grow.
Here are a
few things that we will be doing during
future meetings:
- Highlight
two or three of you to talk about your
business.
- Guest speakers
to challenge us.
- Round table
discussions on issues facing us.
- Have a
time to share what you have tried that
worked.
After hearing
Tom's message, several of you have asked
us about the book "The Purpose Driven
Life" by Rick Warren that we use. This
book will feed the hunger for knowing more
about what Dan and Tom spoke of, and help
you find your purpose in life.
Several us
will meet together at Napili Bay (take look
www.napilibay.com) to review what we read,
thought on that week from "The Purpose
Driven Life") before sunset at a day
to be determine (thinking Saturday nights
5-7pm for 6 times and I guarantee it will
be 40 days in your life that will show you
how to know your purpose for living here
on Maui).
You can order
The Purpose Drive Life on-line, however;
you may opt to purchase it a local store
called "By The Book" (located
in Maui Mall). This beautiful, peaceful
store is owned by Kelly and Jill, two great
women who are part of Maui Marketplace Ministries,
and who also attended our luncheon. They
are now offering a special sales price on
the book.
For
everything, absolutely everything, above
and below, visible and invisible…everything
got started in Him and finds a PURPOSE in
Him.
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Many are the plans in a man's heart, but
it is the Lord's PURPOSE that that prevails.
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For David….Served the PURPOSE of God
in his own generation.
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His plans endure forever; His PURPOSES last
eternally.
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Many are the plans in a man's heart, but
it is the LORD'S PURPOSE that prevails.
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Know where you're headed, and you will stay
on solid ground.
Tom
Flick speaking from his heart to our new
group
Thus
says the LORD, "Let not a wise man
boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty
man boast of his might, let not a rich man
boast of his riches; but let him who boasts
boast of this, that he understands and knows
Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness,
justice, and righteousness on earth; for
I delight in these things, "declares
the LORD.
We are always
open to anyone who wants to drop by One
Napili Way to see how we do some of these
things we spoke about at the meeting.
If you know of anyone on Maui who should
be part of this group, please tell them
to email us @ paulmaui@aloha.net
or call us at 669-0698.
A lot of interest
was shown in doing a project that helps
the community and we would love to talk
about this more but also do it. Here are
a few stories about other groups in other
cities who have done what we are trying
to do.
Several leaders
in a mainland city group like ours asked
to pray with the mayor on a regular basis.
He loved it. The police chief got upset
but wanted to pray also. They started to
see significant improvement in relations
with government and crime rates went down.
Just a few leaders out of this group spending
a few minutes in prayer with the leaders
of their government made a difference. It
makes God delight and smile when we do things
like that.
This
service you perform not only meets the needs
of God's people, but also produces an outpouring
of gratitude to God.
By having
groups like this in various cities, they
found that they were able to reach people
that would not go to church. Fathers and
mothers in the business community, who dropped
out of the church many years ago, through
this type of group, were led back as families
to local churches. Also many people, who
had never step foot into a church, came
to know Jesus and became part of the local
churches of the people in this type of group.
Go into
all the world and preach the gospel.
From churches
all over the city, they recruited people
to be in a play they put on. They eventually
had stopped the play because so many people
became Christians that they were spending
time helping them become strong, more mature
Christians.
I commissioned
you to go out and to bear fruit, fruit that
will last.
One city
held regular meetings with all churches
attending. Some of the benefits were that
children from small churches got to know
Christian kids from other churches so instead
of five or six friends who love Jesus, they
had hundreds. This is so important to young
children. The pooling of their scarce resources
made them better stewards of their money
and they were able to do things they would
never attempt as a small church. Several
small churches decided to have one vacation
bible school and share the cost. An example
of churches coming together is taking place
here July 20th at the Lahaina Civic Center
when we will have Greg Laurie come with
a special message and top singing groups
will spend a night in concert and here the
special message Greg will bring. Please
mark that on your calendar and tell everyone.
We must
bear the 'burden' of being considerate of
the doubts and fears of others.
Another city
handled a major crime problem by peacefully
standing in front of some bad places. They
had sweet grandmothers there with the protection
of members of the local group, just asking
the people starting to enter these places
if their mom would like them going in. They
drove the evil places out of business, and
out of town. Creative consensus thinking
by a group of people that love God, hated
evil, and obeyed the local laws to create
positive change.
God's people should be big hearted
and courteous.
Other cities have done things such as helping
in the homeless, repairing homes, helping
abused women, and families, but always sharing
the Good News as the purpose for doing anything
they do.
You
can develop a healthy, robust community
that lives right with God and enjoy its
results only if you do the hard work of
getting along with each other, treating
each other with dignity and honor.
I really believe
there are some unique things we can do here
on Maui. We only listed a few above to get
you thinking of what we could do, as a group,
that would make a difference.
Dan
Williams sharing his workplace story
Obsession
with self in these matters is a dead end;
attention to God leads us out into the open,
into a spacious, free life.
We are now
looking for members, people who want to
be on the board as well as a leader for
this organization. Some of you may know
of a retired executive who is looking for
something special to do a couple of hours
per month. Tell them about this opportunity.
Let us know if you can come to our next
planning lunch (in June), and if you would
like to be a board member.
Give
more honor to others than to yourselves.
Do not be interested only in your own life,
but be interested in the lives of others.
Please check
out our web site www.churchofmaui.com. Put
your web site on it. Use our calendar of
events to announce things your church is
doing that they want others to attend. Give
out our web site to anyone who wants to
know more about being a Christian, are leaving
the island, and you don't have time to show
them. It has great bible studies, and we
answer all the emails that come in. Also,
a daily devotion is mail out each day all
over the world to guest at our resort. If
you would like to get that daily, let us
know.
In closing
we want to thank all that came out for the
lunch. We were concerned that we would not
get such a motivated group here on Maui.
It exceeded our expectations, not just because
of the number in attendance, but because
of the shear desire of so many who want
to do something extraordinary on Maui. Stop
and think on what Jesus said,
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures
upon earth, where moth and rust destroy,
and where thieves break in and steal. "But
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust destroys, and
where thieves do not break in or steal;
for where your treasure is, there will your
heart be also.
We want to
take time to review our first meeting and
you can read a summary and see the pictures
of it at http://www.churchofmaui.com
The feedback
from all attending has been so encouraging.
We are praying that it is God's will to
take this to another level and do something
that counts on Maui but we need your help.
.
Give
yourself to God….Surrender your whole
being to Him to be used for righteous PURPOSES.
(Word of God in Italics)
They committed themselves to the reading
of the apostles, the life together, the
common meal and the prayers.
We are considering
having a follow-up lunch meeting with those
who really want to make a difference on
Maui. We are now looking for members, people
who want to be on the board as well as a
leader for this organization. Some of you
may know of a retired executive who is looking
for something special to do a couple of
hours per month. Tell them about this opportunity.
Let us know if you can come to our next
planning lunch (in June), and if you would
like to be a board member.
Give
more honor to others than to yourselves.
Do not be interested only in your own life,
but be interested in the lives of others.
A lot of interest
was shown in doing a project that helps
the community and we would love to talk
about this more but also do it. On our web
site you can read a few examples of other
groups in other cities who have done what
we are trying to do.
I really believe
there are some unique things we can do here
on Maui. We only listed a few above to get
you thinking of what we could do, as a group
that would make a difference.
Give
more honor to others than to yourselves.
Do not be interested only in your own life,
but be interested in the lives of others.
Please check
out our web site http://www.churchofmaui.com
Put your web site on it. Use our calendar
of events to announce things your church
is doing that they want others to attend.
Give out our web site to anyone who wants
to know more about being a Christian, are
leaving the island, and you don't have time
to show them. It has great bible studies,
and we answer all the E-mails that come
in. Also, a daily devotion is mail out each
day all over the world to guest at our resort.
If you would like to get that daily, let
us know.
In closing
we want to thank all that came out for the
lunch. We were concerned that we would not
get such a motivated group here on Maui.
It exceeded our expectations, not just because
of the number in attendance, but because
of the shear desire of so many who want
to do something extraordinary on Maui. Stop
and think on what Jesus said,
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures
upon earth, where moth and rust destroy,
and where thieves break in and steal. "But
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust destroys, and
where thieves do not break in or steal;
for where your treasure is, there will your
heart be also.
We know several
of you were sick or out of town and could
not make our first Maui Marketplace Ministries
meeting and we hope you will be at the next
one.
We want to
encourage you to speak to others who attended,
become part of the group, then spread the
word about it to others.
The feedback
from all attending has been so encouraging.
We are praying that it is God's will to
take this to another level and do something
that counts on Maui but we need your help.
We want to
take time to review our first meeting and
you can read a summary and pictures of that
meeting at http://www.churchofmaui.com We
would love your comments
and suggestions.
Give yourself to God….Surrender
your whole being to Him to be used for righteous
PURPOSES. (Verses from the word of God in
italics)
They committed themselves to the reading
of the apostles, the life together, the
common meal and the prayers.
We are considering
having a follow-up lunch meeting with those
who really want to make a difference on
Maui. We are now looking for members, people
who want to be on the board as well as a
leader for this organization. Some of you
may know of a retired executive who is looking
for something special to do a couple of
hours per month. Tell them about this opportunity.
Let us know if you can come to our next
planning lunch (in June), and if you would
like to be a board member.
Give
more honor to others than to yourselves.
Do not be interested only in your own life,
but be interested in the lives of others.
If you know
of anyone on Maui who should be part of
this group, please tell them to email us
@ paulmaui@aloha.net
or call us at 669-0698.
A lot of interest
was shown in doing a project that helps
the community and we would love to talk
about this more but also do it. On our web
site you can read a few examples of other
groups in other cities who have done what
we are trying to do.
We really
believe there are some unique things we
can do here on Maui.
We are now
looking for members, people who want to
be on the board as well as a leader for
this organization. Some of you may know
of a retired executive who is looking for
something special to do a couple of hours
per month. Tell them about this opportunity.
Let us know if you can come to our next
planning lunch (in June), and if you would
like to be a board member.
Give
more honor to others than to yourselves.
Do not be interested only in your own life,
but be interested in the lives of others.
Please check
out our web site http://www.churchofmaui.com
Put your web site on it. Use our calendar
of events to announce things your church
is doing that they want others to attend.
Read about our lunch meeting. Give out our
web site to anyone who wants to know more
about being a Christian, are leaving the
island, and you don't have time to show
them. It has great bible studies, and we
answer all the E-mails that come in. Also,
a daily devotion is mail out each day all
over the world to guest at our resort. If
you would like to get that daily, let us
know.
In closing
we want to thank all that came out for the
lunch. We were concerned that we would not
get such a motivated group here on Maui.
It exceeded our expectations, not just because
of the number in attendance, but because
of the shear desire of so many who want
to do something extraordinary on Maui. Stop
and think on what Jesus said,
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures
upon earth, where moth and rust destroy,
and where thieves break in and steal. "But
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust destroys, and
where thieves do not break in or steal;
for where your treasure is, there will your
heart be also.
Examine yourselves as to whether you are
in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not
know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in
you?--unless indeed you are disqualified.
But I trust that you will know that we are
not disqualified. 2 Cor 13:5-6
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Key Principles
- Test (Once
a week tune-up for peak performance)
- Matt
5-7
- 1 Cor
13
- Gal 5:22-23
- 2 Peter
1: 5-8
Examine yourselves
as to whether you are in the faith. Test
yourselves. Do you not know yourselves,
that Jesus Christ is in you?--unless indeed
you are disqualified. But I trust that you
will know that we are not disqualified.
2 Cor 13:5-6
-
Key Principles
- Test (Once
a week tune-up for peak performance)
- Matt
5-7
- 1 Cor
13
- Gal 5:22-23
- 2 Peter
1: 5-8
If you know
of anyone on Maui who should be part of
this group, please tell them to email us
@ paulmaui@aloha.net
or call us at 669-0698.
If you have
any questions, please contact us at 669-0698
or email us.
Mahalo and
God Bless
Dan Williams
Paul Hansen
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