 Good morning radiant church. It's good to see you all welcome in Excited to worship with you this morning Would you just lift up your hands with me as we pray and go into worship Jesus here? We are your church the body of Christ gathered together this morning There's no place. We'd rather be them right here in your presence Thank you that you are good that you're faithful that you're kind We just remember this morning right now. We just take a moment. We remember who you are Slow to anger rich and mercy a bounding in steadfast love God We thank you for who you are today, and we just lift up high praise in this place We lift up our worship to you this morning. Come on church. Let's worship together in this presence Jesus we want your way She says we surrender Can we just fix our eyes all over the room? Let's just lift up holy hands in the presence of the Lord You know the Bible says I wish that men when they pray would lift up holy hands Holy hands means hands that are consecrated and pointed heavenward and Lord today as our heavenly father. We lift up our hands to you Reminding ourselves That it's not by might it's not by power But it's by your spirit at work in our lives Lord that our hands today are clean Because of the blood of Jesus and just like little children that reach up to their father Today we reach up to you And on this Father's Day, we're reminded of how much you love us and how much we need you Father today, we give you the gift That is ours to give which is our worship We offer it to you like a broken alabaster Bottle of fragrant perfume We pour our songs and our affections and we humble ourselves in your presence And we feel the embrace of you our heavenly father meeting us here in this place today Be honored be worshiped be adored meet us here in this place And speak to us as only you can father And we give you praise and honor and worship in Jesus name Amen and amen come on. Can we just lift up an applause to our heavenly father our good God? Our good God Hey, so good to see you this morning. Would you do this right now? Would you spin around meet somebody greet somebody say hi to somebody give him a high-five handshake? Let him know you're glad to see them this morning. Well, happy Father's Day everybody How many of you woke up bright and early to wish your father a happy Father's Day? Raise your hand. Of course, it's not Mother's Day. So why would we do that? That's not spoken from a bitter father at all Listen For those of you who are fathers and grandfathers We just want to thank you for the important role that you play in our families We're so grateful for our fathers and for the spiritual mentors and the fathers that are in our lives Yeah, can we just put our hands together for that? Such an important such an important gift that as a father you project and reflect the image of our heavenly father To us and so we honor you today and we pray and we hope that you just have a fantastic day that you are celebrated and that you are honored and Recognized for the pillars that you are and so happy Father's Day to you and for those of you who are here with this Maybe for the very first time you're a guest and you're visiting us on this Father's Day We just want to greet you and welcome you to radiant church My name is Lee Cummings and I'm the senior pastor of radiant and on behalf of everybody that calls radiant home We just want to say welcome. We're so glad you were here and we would love to know that you were here We're not gonna have you raise your hand stand up do anything like that this morning But if you would be okay with this on the back of the seat in front of you in the pocket You'll find a communication card. It has a QR code on there And here's what we want to invite you to do if you're a first-time guest or maybe you're new and you've kind of been Sneaking in incognito checking things out, which is great We would love to just have a point of contact with you So you can either take that card and you can either scan the QR code with your smartphone And you can fill out information on there and just kind of say hi to us and let us know a little bit more about yourself Or you can fill that card out with an old-fashioned pen Which is also there and after the service is over you can take it out into the lobby And you'll see an area called guest central if you'd stop in there You can drop that card off and when you do that We've got a gift that we would love to give to you just our way of saying thank you for being here And if you have questions or you'd like to know more information about radiant about how to get involved What we believe where things are at please don't hesitate stop in there and let us know We're not going to take all your time. We just would love to say hi to you and most importantly We want you to feel welcome. So we're so glad you're here. I'm gonna invite the ushers to come forward this morning And We're gonna receive our tithes and our offerings right now They'll also want to let you know that at the end of the service We are gonna be receiving a special offering for the project that we are at work Partnering with brother Abraham with in India And so if you didn't if you came this morning and didn't know we have a very special friend and family guest Brother Abraham all the way from India is with us It's a father's day tradition the last two years He hasn't been able to be here, but prior to that almost every father's day He's here with us and we're we're gonna be taking a special offering at the end of the service that is going towards The project in India this that we're receiving right now is our tide that we return to the Lord and then Kingdom builders offerings and things like that. So we just want to remind you What Proverbs chapter 3 verse 9 says it says this Honor the Lord with your substance or with the first fruits of all of your increase and all of your Profit basically so as you increase the Bible says honor the Lord with your possessions and with the first fruits of your increase So that your barns may be filled to overflowing and your vats will overflow with new wine It's interesting that the Bible tells us that one of our acts of worship and responsibilities is to honor the Lord and It's interesting that today's Father's Day because on Father's Day historically, you know Dads get gifts from their kids, right and I remember when I was seven or eight years old I ran over to the Pharmacy that was right behind our house and I bought my my stepdad I bought him a farmer's almanac and a bag of really cool-looking cough drops and That was Father's Day to him and I gave them to him. He was so gracious and he's like, oh, thanks, Lee You know that's awesome and to me. It was a big thing to him It was probably not a big thing, but what was the big thing was the act of honor And so, you know a lot of times we ask the question my kids asked the question. What do you give dad? Dad's got everything You know dad if he wants anything he just goes and gets it Well, let me ask you the question who's got more things than God our father He can he owns the kettle on a thousand hills He even owns the hills if he wants something he can just make it call it into being and create it, right? But there's one thing that you and I have the ability to give God that he doesn't already have which is honor See God can't make you honor him He can't make you worship him and he can't make you trust him But when you honor God by putting your first fruits and your ties and your offerings and being a giver and saying God I'm giving back to you. I'm investing into the kingdom of God when you do that the act of giving You're not giving God something that he needs But you're giving him something that he can't demand only you can freely give to him And when you do that it blesses his heart because he sees that he has your heart and that's what he wants So today as we give our ties and our offerings, I want you to remember you're not doing this out of obligation We're doing it as a Father's Day gift to honor our Heavenly Father And we thank you there's multiple ways you can give here You can give in a moment when the buckets go by or you can give online at radiant dot church And you can set up recurring giving or you can give one time on there and that will be a blessing So let's pray and we're going to receive our ties and offerings Lord today what a joy and what a privilege it is for us to honor you and to give back to you When in reality everything that we have in our lives first started with you blessing us There is nothing in our lives that does not flow from your hand The prosperity the blessing the favor the jobs the increase that we have Lord It's because you're good to us and now Lord we return the tide the first tent to you and we give Generously above and beyond that because you've been so good to us And I pray today that you would open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing that cannot be contained Upon every gift and every giver in Jesus name. Amen that's for a long time now and I've always been inspired and encouraged by the way you lead your family and I just realized there's a lot that I Appreciate that I do I feel the same way about you and I'm just wondering If you happen to know what Russell Crowe did when an alligator attacked his wife Nothing he was gladiator It's on it's on My company signed me up for a 401k, but I don't think I can run that far Why did the oyster start blushing Discovered it was on the ocean's bottom John you think gas prices are expensive you should see my chimney. It's through the roof Everyone agrees that Bruce Lee was incredibly fast, but not as many people know that his brother sudden was even faster Did you hear about that big Lego sale down the road? They lined up for blocks I What did the janitor say when he jumped out of the closet? Supplies Have you seen the new movie with Tom Cruise called constipation? It doesn't come out yet I do want to open up a little bit out fatherhood a little bit Remember something my grandpa said to me was the last thing he said to me before he died He says hey, how far How far do you think I can kick this bucket? Recently I discovered that I'm actually colorblind man that news came right out of the orange Yeah Hey radiant pastor Joel here over the past 10 years God has revealed his plans and purposes to brother Abraham for the nation of India There's been numerous opportunities for us to partner with them in some extraordinary ways We built numerous orphanages schools sewing centers and other things This is our chance to take part in the next big thing This school is going to be able to provide 50% of their operating budget for the entire ministry Thank you radiant for again being a part of radically impacting the nation of India God is moving in this generation The best way to disciple our children is to provide opportunities for life-changing encounters with Jesus as we work together to raise radiant disciples in our home Church school and communities this summer. We have some exciting things coming up for your family Next Sunday, we are hosting child dedications in Richland and Portage where you have the opportunity to dedicate your children to Christ While consecrating yourself to the Lord as parents then in August We're hosting radiant kids and junior high camp designed for your children to build friendships and experience God in a deep and brand new way Learn more about both these events and register before it's too late at radiant.church slash weekend You can find all this information and more at radiant.church slash weekend. That's it for us. Thanks for following along Well, good morning. We want to say good morning to those of you who are joining us online as well today Is a very good day a very significant day. It's father's day and we have our very very good friend brother Abraham who is joining us today for those of you who are unfamiliar with who brother Abraham is I will describe him this way, you know in every generation God will raise up a man or a woman specifically in a nation to carry the the torch the flaming torch of the kingdom of God to do Apostolic work and brother Abraham is that man in the nation of India. We met him several years ago God knit our hearts together God actually spoke to me and told me to partner with Abraham and anything that he's doing in India So that was a mandate from the Lord and since that time we've partnered together to build schools in India orphanages in India to help Support and supply pastors in India He has over four or five thousand churches in the nation of India schools orphanages television networks He is one of the most powerful men that I know He's also one of the most humble men that I know, but he's actually to Jane and I he's like family and to radiant He's like family. So everyone wherever you're at. I want you to stand to your feet and welcome to the platform Brother Abraham as he comes Thank you so much. Please be seated. I'm so honored and privileged to be here in radiant church, especially with my dear dear friends Well part of our family past the Lee Cummings and Jane What a joy and a privilege for us to get to know him know them and Enjoy their love their friendship and We appreciate Their commitment For the work We are doing in the nation of India. Amen God is a good God and I thank God for this church And you saw that that picture looks so nice. I wish that the school will come up like that The architects are so good Making things look so amazing And you sit there and wonder oh God, we hope that it'll be real I think it will be and We're excited about that and we thank you for giving towards this project I Don't have many friends or pastors whom I could shamelessly ask to help me Because sometimes, you know, you don't ask Anything from people especially money people get upset So Lee is one of those pastors that I can Ask him and Don't feel bad about it He can feel bad, but I want Well hallelujah You know, so I told him I wanted to give me a bunch of money He's so funny. He says I'm telling about somebody from India and I gave some money for the project And he's saying just stop beating around the bush. Tell me what do you want from me? I Said I was waiting for that So this is only the introduction of talking about somebody who don't even exist No, so I Put him on this part. I haven't talked to him what he has done so far Because he's not talking to me. He just gave me breakfast and he said let's go to church So that's that so So I heard that he's going to take an offering So you better give okay, did I say something rude? That's the way it is I Couldn't make it here for three years COVID really destroyed our country There's nothing much to destroy that is already on the way of destruction that COVID add on to it and Five million people died because of COVID in India, but my saddest thing is I Lost 35 of my pastors to COVID That's heartbreaking You know in one month 35 pastors dead They were not old people. They were 35 40 years old and I was attacked by COVID and I was in the hospital for 15 days Fighting COVID and say who wins and I did I God was so gracious to me and Things life changed. It's like a different world After COVID we're still fighting 10,000 cases every day in the nation of India and But God's presence and God's power is there a man You might be wondering what is he doing pulling his pants? Well, I lost 25 pounds So it doesn't stay around my waist that much So I don't want to look funny today. I Wanted to stay around my waist. It's pretty difficult So if I'm just trying to pull this pants up well, just feel sorry for me, okay, and And that's the way it is and I Tried to just take up the waist to inches still is not good enough. Maybe five inches. I don't know I'll go and get settled that with my tailor when I get back and so anyway COVID was harsh on the people the whole country was shut down and the saddest thing was Because the churches were shut down for more than one year We have no charge no choice Like as I said shopping centers markets, there's only a few places Government authorize where you can go and buy some food apart from that. There's nothing. It's just like, you know You you you call like ghost town. This is a ghost country You know, that's how it was and So, you know, my pastures were starving for the first time I mean for a longer time the whole family because You know, even in the village church The people will bring some love some vegetables some right So there'll be something on the table for the people to eat. But that was not there People are calling me and saying Five more days and there's no food for us and this kind of stuff, you know, almost 18 150 pastors families Who are going through this struggle? So I have to call my son some of you might know him his name is Ranjit and He works with me. He's my only son and I was one of the very fortunate few Parents who are able to get their children back from this great land of America People who come to this country never go back, you know that you don't because you are from this country Where can you go? You know, but when people come To this nation to study or whatever it is They don't want to go back. They think we are made it to heaven Who wants to go back to hell? You know So anyway, God spoke to him to come back. So praise the Lord. He's there So I thank God for that and God is so good to us. Amen Alleluia and You know, my wife Joyce she's sending her love to all of you she had a Vision of doing something for the widow. She she came to me one day about eight years ago She said I want to start a widow's fund. I thought what would you want to do that? She said I want to help with the widows or pastors who have been killed who died Prematurely or whatever it is. I wanted to take care of their families. That's a good idea. Go ahead So she started you it's so amazing the week after she started this so-called she called it Naomi fund because Naomi was a widow and You see that Applications coming from everywhere as if that everybody turned widow overnight, you know Because we did not know that there were widows. So they came and she started raising money supporting them and She didn't realize there'll be 35 widows in one month last year because of COVID so that she really shook us and So one of the things we tried to do is trying to get some people sponsored these widows Now we look for $50 a month to take it up down and we are looking we as you know We are taking care of hundreds more than hundred widows at the moment And that's Joyce's problem. So praise the Lord for that you know and So bless her heart Well continue to pray for us the work is going on the project has started Pillars coming up and the roof is being put on Bricks brick work is going on All you need is You're offering at the end of the service Not much. I'm not going to tell you how much because I wanted to love me when I finish So I was told that I'm not here for the second service So I can say anything I want and run away from here Because you want to come back for the second service. It may not be good. Will it? so but Thank you possibly For being under pressure So God bless you. I just gave it all to him So you raise the money I will build either will do the reverse you raise the money and I will help you to build But anyway So God is good to us. I mean, thank you radiant for being so good to us for years. You heard a Pastor Joel saying, you know You build schools you build orphanages Sewing schools supporting the pastors every month. You're doing so much Maybe you need a break. That's only when Jesus comes back Alright, I want to share with you a little thought that God has put in my heart Would you like me to preach a little bit? I Was told I've got a few more minutes. What else I've got to say If I'm just not preaching that I'll be asking you money again and again, which is not a good thing But if I'm preaching from the Bible, it'll sound Something about faith and all that kind of stuff. Amen Hallelujah So now I know where where is my message? Let me try to find it. Oh, it's one of the Gospels alright Would you please turn with me to the? Gospel of Luke Chapter 5, let me pull up my trousers properly once Get up over there. It's good now Luke chapter 5. I Want to share with you from a very familiar story? Of course anybody who is reading the Bible all the stories are familiar But this is a story where Jesus is calling Peter So I want to speak on that story today So let's read one word so that it'll sound like preaching because That's important, right? You read one words and so people will be happy that this guy reads the Bible sometimes And then you preach from that and everybody's happy about it Alright, I still hold on to my my old Bible because I'm not used to Using I forms. I will never be able to find the passage So this is much better for me Alright ready to go You're all here. Let's do it quickly Luke chapter 5 verse 4 and When Jesus had stopped speaking Jesus said to Simon Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch Well, we know the story that Jesus came to the lake of Ganesan at multitudes following him and He's looking for a platform to preach and Of course when you are near the waters better to be Speaking from the water so that your sound will be carried through to many more people So Jesus always chose either The lakes or the mountains whenever he was preaching to the multitude So that the people could hear you know, there's no microphones in those days But nowadays even if you're going to preach to five people you want a microphone It's not that your sound can't reach but you are just nervous So you want to hold on to something so that he feel good about that anyway, so here He looked around and it says the Bible says he saw two boats and he chose the one that was Simon It was not an accident More than meeting up with the multitude on that day The main purpose of Jesus coming to the lake of Ganesan was to meet with Simon That was his main plan the other one the multitude of course he did love them, but Here he wants somebody who can turn the world upside down That's what he was after so he got into his board. He said whose board is this or Simon says mine Can I use it for a while? He said fine. He pushed the board into the water. He started preaching Now he needs to get the board back onto the shore. So he sat there and listened to his preaching and He finished his sermon Now he's talking to Simon and it says to him. I want you to launch out into the deep and You know cast your net for a catch and Simon said well your preaching was good But I don't think that you are a fisherman, but I am the one who is fishes and I had bad experience last night so there's nothing over there, but I liked the authority of your words I Enjoyed what you're preaching. So Based on your word, I'll do it anyway And we know the story went in and through the net and he got the multitude of fish and he came back and that's a story but what I would like to share with you from this story is Is something that the Lord has put in my heart for you is I? Believe that something happened in the life of Simon When he went into the deep according to Jesus words a man So my message today is what will happen to us when we go deeper with Jesus Christ as a kind of Heading for my message All right, I believe that something will happen to you and me when we move deeper with Christ and I would like to share with you some other points About 75 of them did somebody say he's joking Well, you'll find that out Something will happen when you obey the Lord and go into the deep with Christ. Amen Let me run it through quickly number one in The deep you will find freedom in your life There are two kinds of believers Christians in this world One or what we call the shallow believers They're selfish They don't know anything more than themselves The other ones are the one who is willing to go into the deep Shallowness will not give you the freedom But as you go deep with Christ There you will find the freedom that you and I need in our lives. Amen Deep will give us a freedom We all want freedom in our life. Would you like freedom? I Do like freedom? I want freedom in my life and Jesus says it's out there. It's not here Don't wade through the shallowness of your life Get out of your selfish and I come over Let me show you Where the real freedom is? Amen number two in the deep you will find revelation of Who the crisis? Amen Jesus says to him go and launch out into the deep Nobody goes to fish in the daytime If anybody goes for fishing the fishermen go in the night They go there throw the net and wait all night and come back with a catch if they can find any in the morning Nobody will go to fish in the daytime But he is a guy demanding that he should go So he says nevertheless according to your word He had a revelation of the word that came out of the mouth of Jesus Christ He's a based on that. I will do it anyway My dear friends. I want to say this to you Every word that Jesus speaks there's a miracle on the way. Amen There's a miracle for you and I want to encourage you just Drink out of the words of Jesus Christ Because there is miracle after miracle that is waiting for you and me, you know a life. There's a revelation. Amen And number two number three Keep me numbers. Okay 75 is a long way to go. So They're looking at me so hard 75 There's people waiting outside to come into the second service when they can wait for a long time Number three is supernatural Amen When you go into the day, but you move out of the natural and you'll go into supernatural in your life The fish that he caught he knew for sure Because all night he was toiling they could not even be catch one fish. That's what he says couldn't even catch anything But now he caught a multitude of fish and he knew it was not natural It was supernatural Because it was Jesus who said so. Amen You're taking notes of my Okay, when you're done give me a copy so I can use it better next time All right, because I don't have a notes with me, but that'll help Don't write nothing much is coming So number four Abundance in the deep You know, isn't that sad Whenever we pray we always pray for the minimum We don't know how to ask God big things Whenever whenever you are asking God gets a little bit upset How do I look like God says? Do I look like a God who gives you this little bit see stuff? Ask me something big Amen But we're not used to that we're only used to asking God give me this Lord when you're asking for a car What are you asking for you're asking for a Ford? man Ask for a BMW or an Audi God says I don't even know what a Ford is I'm in the wrong state, right? I Think the guys are going to kill me. Amen But no matter what you ask, I want you to know when God gives God gives you the maximum You know God blesses you according to his riches in glory Amen, that's how you'll meet your need That's how he will lead you and guide you. Amen. Thanks for the hand clapping Appreciate that. Amen number five You'll find maturity in the deep Amen You will mature in the deep Maturity will lead us to unity. What happened in the deep you went and threw the net and a huge multitude of fish and The Bible says the net was about to break but didn't break they put it in the Into the boat and the boat is about to sink, but it did not sink And something amazing happened look at maturity for the first time a Fisherman is willing to share his fishes to somebody who hasn't got any He's like pastor Simon. Can you imagine a pastor sharing his people to another pastor? fighting for His survival out on the other side of the road. Can you imagine that happen? That will be one of the greatest miracle Sharing your people to a pastor has got none So that was the first miracle Simon call come over. I'll share with you That was the first miracle and you know what the second miracle was they came The guys can be sitting there with three people for the last 25 years But they're so proud and you say I will share you 100 people now I don't want yours. I know how to make my own I can take care of myself. Well, but that day a miracle took place They came and they took it the maturity are willing to share being good to other people that Happened there in the deep. Amen. How many points we have done so far? Man, it's not getting anywhere. I don't hate anything in my life in This world except I found the clocks. I hate that you know and Anyway, it's so bad But I am I'm pretty much in a tight spot because I need the offering so And I need to get him to come and do something and I'm stuck with another 70 points man the next point The deep will bring you to a place of generosity Amen Why people are not generous do you know? Because fear and selfishness will kill generosity He'll block it Because you you're so frightened of losing Because you're so selfish everything is mine and all of mine and I want to get more and I want to hold on to everything I have So that stops generosity But God wants us to be generous because our father is generous He's the greatest giver that we have ever known in our life And whenever he gives he gives the best for you and me man And John 3 16 says when he gave he gave his only begotten son. He did not give one of the archangels There's so many of them out there. He could have thrown a few but he's a no He sent his only son He can come and die for us So that we can enjoy everlasting life He's a great giver and Generosity will come in our life when you go into the deep Shallowness will take us to selfishness Deep will take you to generosity Amen, and the next point. Let me run it quickly, please. The next point is there is excitement in the deep Amen, not a dull moment When you go for fishing normally What happens you go there and throw your net in the evening. You're sitting there twiddling your fingers eating the you know the dry Cold food that he brought and you're there all night waiting for the fish to come That's a boring deal all night But look at now that he goes to fish and he throws the net and all the fish is saying why were you late? We have been waiting for you man and Soon after the net touched the water they all jumped in Not a dull moment. Here's fish everywhere. They're pulling the net and the net is about to break and they're filling up the boats and Just that's deep Excitement friends. Have you lost? Your excitement of your walk with God Time to get out of the shallowness and get into the deep. That's where the excitement is waiting Am I the joy of the salvation is waiting for us over there? Amen, and the next point You will have a discovery in the deep Before he went into the deep He looked at Jesus and he called him rabbi teacher I'll go I'll do it because you're saying so But in the deep he discovered that he is not rabbi he's my Lord and in the deep he discovered That I'm not just a fisherman But I am a sinful man That discovery took place right in the middle of the depth When he worked with him. I'm an I'm and let me close my Bible for a change man You close the Bible to give a kind of a false security to the people because You look at the guy the preacher and he closes the Bible. He's a praised God. He's about to finish And because he closed the Bible, but I was not looking at it much But for you to feel good. I just closed it. I got I got some more things to say by the way, amen And one of the things will happen in the deep the calling will take place in the deep Amen, he looks at him and he says he comes back With all the multitude of fish on his knees Just falling at the feet of Jesus and Jesus says to Simon a you're Peter now And I'm going to make you a fisher of man Calling takes place The call of God comes upon you and he tells you No more fishing boy. You're going to catch people and you're going to do a good job Because I'm going to make you to do that. Amen. And would you believe that? Out of the 12 disciples that Jesus had Seven of them were fishermen. Can you imagine that? Couldn't you find anybody better? seven Why if you look at the life of fishermen number one, they get up early. That's a good thing and They're hard-working people They are persevering people You know, they are dedicated people and God Jesus said that's a good deal for my there. You're good enough I can do the rest of the things myself and make you good for me. Amen And if you like it or not, I'm going to say my last point I cut off about 65 of them Amen, so the last point I want to make is in the deep Surrender will take place in the deep You will surrender your life to the Lord completely He left his boat He left his net and he walked with Jesus. How did that happen? Because in the deep something happened They saw something They felt something They touched something The Lord They knew that the guy over there the one who asked me to go and Launched into the deep. He's not a normal guy He's special He's the son of God He's the one who is going to transform my life and I'm going to throw myself at his feet and say God here I am Take me and use me for your glory How man? Where are you today in your life? The Lord is calling every one of you is enough to be in the shallow Come into the deep. I've got all these things waiting for you Would you like to walk with me to the deep and tell the Lord? I like it Take me to the deep Lord. I want to enjoy these things that Abraham said I Want to have that in my life. Would you like to pray with me? Why don't you stand with me for a moment, please and lift up your hands towards heaven and we'll pray together hallelujah Heavenly father, we love you Lord We love you Lord father in the name of Jesus We are being in the shallow. We've been selfish. We thought that we got it all But there's much more waiting for us in the deep Father, I pray for everyone whose hands lift up towards heaven Lord father I pray that freedom take place let there be revelation Lord father God let help us to get into the supernatural Let abundance take place lead us to a place of maturity Generosity Lord God we need the excitement back into our life Lord Let us discover one more time who this Jesus is Lord Help us to dedicate and selling our life to you for your glory We give you the praise and glory in Jesus name. I pray amen Hey man Hey, man, come on. Can we just celebrate and welcome and thank brother Abraham? You can take a seat if you would for a moment What I think is profound about Even just that short message from Abraham is not just the content of it But the fact that I know that Abraham has walked that out Many of you have heard his testimony. Maybe you haven't but many many years ago in India when he was a Student he had been trained to be a pharmacist He had a bright career in front of him He encountered Jesus and the Lord asked him to give up his plan and To go and to preach Jesus from village to village in city to city and he literally started walking From village to village and preaching in villages being persecuted Leading people to the Lord baptizing them starting churches from village to village and what he's doing now in India 48 years later With the immensity of their ministry in India it started with one yes With one yes to Jesus to launch out into the deep and What he has experienced and what anybody who has launched out into the deep and said God I want to move beyond the comfort zone of the shallow waters and out into the deep unknown is That you will never say yes to God and be disappointed Because he is the God who does exceedingly Abundantly above all that we can ever ask or think Jesus never calls you out of comfort and into the pursuit of the deep in order to injure you but always to Strengthen and actually reveal who you were meant to be and I believe every disciple of Jesus is called to live a life of faith We're all called to live a life of faith whether you're in a marketplace or in full-time vocational ministry We're all called to walk by faith and not by sight and we're just grateful Abraham that you said yes to Jesus Because there's a subcontinent of 1.3 billion people and 90% of them do not know Jesus and Today it is our great honor to not only have him here, but to also invest into the nation of India So I'm gonna invite the ushers to come forward And I want to also call you to prepare and get ready to give in this offering towards India You say why should I give in to India? Well number one Let me tell you this if you were to look on the mission fields on the planet right now Say what what are the the hot spots around the world? What are the most strategic? Places on the earth that I can invest my kingdom dollars India is by far one of the most important 1.3 billion people one of the most unreached nations on the face of the earth And if you're gonna put your dollars into a nation great commission Dollars to reach the unreached the very people that are on Jesus's heart that Jesus died for that Jesus longs to save and Redeem before he returns India is at the forefront of that And it's also a very very strategic Soil that is a good investment because we have a relationship and a long history With brother Abraham and we know Jane and I know we've been there many times We have seen the fruit of your giving even if you've not we've been there and seen the hundreds and thousands Of people whose lives have been impacted. We've preached to thousands of pastors We've been in the orphanages and seen the little kids that were growing up in the garbage piles We've been to the sewing schools were widows who would have been cast out of their homes and living on the streets now have a vocation We've seen brother Abraham Stay up all night long for three days just meeting with pastors One right after the other just encouraging them and helping to strengthen and support them And we want you to know this is a strategic partnership for us. And so today we're gonna receive this offering This offering is going to build a Christian school in the heart of the city of Delhi Which is 23 million people it is going to enable Abraham and all that they're doing there for about 50% of what they do to be self renewing every year through this school And so that means beyond Abraham and into the future what God has used him to start is going to be at least 50% of that's going to be funded in the future for generations to come to reach more and more people in the name of Jesus And I believe there's a reward in heaven for eternity for every giver So we thank you in advance for your generosity if you need an offering envelope Those are on the back of the seats in front of you if you did not come prepared today to give You can go home today, and you can go to radiant dot church and give there in Market as Kingdom Builders you can put a memo there for India But don't wait and say oh, we'll do it tomorrow. We'll do it next week go home and intentionally do it today and We're believing that God's gonna do something exceedingly abundantly above even our own thoughts today. Amen Let's pray for India together right now Lord we thank you that right now India is one of the nations that Jesus is on your heart Jesus you came shed your precious blood on the cross To redeem those who are far from you and Lord right now There are people by the millions in India that have never even heard the name of Jesus They are trapped in the idolatrous religion of Hinduism or Islam Many of them are crying out to God trying to find you and Lord You have established your church in that nation and it is our joy to fuel what you are doing there And we pray Lord that out of this will come hundreds of thousands of people from darkness into light From sin into righteousness from slavery into sonship and Lord it will bring glory and honor to you Lord receive this offering unto yourself as a sweet smelling sacrifice in Jesus name. Amen I'm listening unto the rising of the sun to the setting of the same Jesus is worth shins and compounding of the sun to the setting Can we just give God praise in this place put our hands together Jesus we thank you Thank you for what you are doing in the earth and the nations and Jesus we declare that you are worthy Worthy is the lamb that was slain to receive glory honor power Dominion and might Jesus it's you you are worthy This morning I want to invite our prayer team to make their way up to the front And as we dismiss this morning I want you to know this I want you to know that Jesus is moving not just in India But he's moving all throughout the earth Jesus is moving here because Jesus is Lord of all Jesus is able to save rescue forgive heal Deliver and today you may be here and thinking wow You know, I I know that people in India need to be saved, but maybe you're here today and you need to be saved Maybe you need a relationship with Jesus. Maybe you need forgiveness because you've Carried the guilt and the burden of your of your sin and your shame for long enough and and long before you are Focused on what's taking place on the other side of the earth. You need Jesus to come and to heal you and to forgive you Or maybe you today need a miracle just like Abraham was talking about you need a miracle I want you to know that Jesus has miracles for you as well. He's a healer. He's a deliverer. He breaks change He shuts down demonic oppression and power there is no name stronger than the name of Jesus Just the name of Jesus can save you can give you a new identity Can give you a new heart can give you a new life can give you the ability to walk in freedom But we have to respond to Jesus. We can't stay in the shallow water and say I'm gonna do it myself I'm gonna choose to launch out into the deep and today as we close If today you need Jesus to do a miracle in your life That miracle might be I need him to save me from my sin. I need to be forgiven. I need to be healed I need to be delivered whatever it is that you need Jesus is here to do that And we're gonna pray and dismiss and you're gonna go enjoy Father's Day But before you go if you are in that situation the Holy Spirit's moving in your heart and you know it Would you let God be your father today and step into your life and do for you what you can't do for yourself I'm gonna pray and as we dismiss and if you need the Lord to move in your life I'm just gonna invite you to come and ask for prayer from one of our prayer team They're down here in the front We've been praying for you and it's not the power that they have that's gonna set you free It's the power that Jesus in them can do for you and the father's gonna meet us here So Lord today meet us in this place send us from this place free and fully aware of who you are in Jesus name amen Amen, everybody have a great Father's Day come forward if you'd like prayer this morning God bless you