Hey everybody, Greg Laurie here with an update on what is happening over on the island of Maui.

As you know, devastating fires have effectively destroyed most of this old town of Lahaina,

and in many lives have been lost, the number keeps climbing, and there are a thousand people

unaccounted for it. This is so tragic. And as you also know, we have a church there called Harvest

Kumalani. It's about 10, 11 miles from downtown Lahaina. Our church has been dramatically affected.

Many people in our congregation have had their homes burned down, but our church has a great sense

of Ahana that's Hawaiian for family. They're pulling together, they're caring for each other,

and right now we have a team on the ground and we're assessing the situation and trying to determine

what we can do to help. We're very glad that our friends at Samaritan's Purse led by Franklin Graham

are on the ground as well. We'll be working closely with them to do what we can for the people

of this island that have had their lives turned upside down. As you know, we've established

a special fund that we're calling the Harvest Hawaii Relief Fund, and you can go to Harvest.org

and you can give. And we're going to put it to good use, bringing hope to the hurting people

of the entire island of Maui. So let's keep praying for the folks there, pray for the relief

efforts, pray for the first responders, pray for those that are trying to rebuild the infrastructure

of this island. They don't have power there right now, they can't really communicate at all,

so they need God's intervention. Let's all be praying for them together. And as they say in Hawaii,

Mahalo, which means thank you. If you knew that other people were watching you and were being

inspired by the way you deal with the challenges of your life, would that encourage you a little bit?

Well, know that they are watching. Just as others have influenced you, you're influencing others.

Today, Pastor Greg Laurie has good encouragement for us. When you dare to live a godly life,

despite difficulties in your life, it's a powerful testimony, more powerful than you may realize.

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