 And today it is a special day because it's Father's Day at Radiant, and that means Brother Abraham is all the way from New Delhi, India. He is, I could probably give you 20 things that he is. He's probably one of the most significant apostolic leaders that I've ever met in my life. But most importantly to Jane and I, he and his family are like family to us. We love them. He is our most significant global partner that we have here at Radiant Church. And it's an honor to call him friend. And it's an honor to welcome him to the platform here at Radiant Church. So everybody, everywhere, would you help stand to your feet and welcome to the platform Brother Abraham as he comes. Hallelujah, please be seated. Happy Father's Day. That's because I'm also Father. Oh man, I remember in India so many people call me a father. I've got three kids, by the way. Well, they better call me Father. And apart from that, so many people, pastors have brought through into the ministry, they all call me Father. And we have got several orphanages, hundreds of orphan children. They all call me Dad. So I'm a kind of a father to so many people. And so I run away from them. So they'll be calling me Father here and they're left and right. So I thought, let me be here in Radiant. And do you realize that I'm here every Father's day? Do you know that? I just know that now anyway. So I feel so good because it's Radiant. It can't be in a better place any Sunday for that matter. And as Pastor Lee was saying that this church has been the greatest, I won't call them partners, greatest part of our ministry. And Joey's and I, my children, we love Lee and Jane so dearly. They're very much a part of us. And as a family, we enjoy having them. And we could not have him to speak for our convention to our pastors. So I have booked him for next year. Would you believe that? So I have to tell the Lord Jesus just hang in there for one more year, Lord, because we are bringing Lee for the meeting. And so after that, you could come anytime. So here we go. And so we enjoyed having them with us in February this year. And they were there to dedicate the buildings that you built for us. And you saw in the video that Pastor Joel was saying, how your investment, not only in India, I was looking at the various countries that you have been involved with and how you're giving has gone beyond the walls of this church, beyond this state, beyond this country, reaching out to so many nations. And I want you to know that you're making a big difference in many people's churches, countries, life. And I thank God for every one of you, amen. And so you must have seen some of the pictures or videos where, you know, we have built an amazing school in the capital city of Delhi, mostly with the money that was raised by Radion last year. And we were able to build this city school in the national capital of New Delhi. And why a city school? Why a fancy-looking school? Because we were wanting to raise some funds within the country because our government is trying to stop the funds coming from other countries because we need to have a license to receive funds. So that's what we need. So because of that, that we are trying to get some local funds raised up. So if they ever stop it, we have our license for another two and a half years. So at least you're stuck with me for two and a half years. You know? And after that, if they didn't renew our license, I hope they will. And so we decided to build the school which, when it is up and running fully, about 1,500 students, which we are hoping, and that will supply almost 50% of the needs, the financial needs of our organization. So that is an amazing thing. And we started, we built the school building within three and a half months. Don't ask me how. And Pastor Lee was there with Jane. And they were amazed. And we were amazed. And we keep on building. And we started the school. And we have got 130 kids joined in our school. And I was telling Pastor Lee with the 130 children, we were able to break even in that school. So imagine when the number of children go up and there will be funds coming in to pay for the pastures, the orphans, and other needs that we have got in the nation of India. And thank you so much. And we still have got some more work to be done. We are halfway there with the construction, with our project. And Pastor Lee was asking, when are you going to do the rest? Well, I just came to radiant today. So we need to find the money. So he said, I know that. So I don't need to impress him or twist his arms that much like I need to do to other people. And so that's good. And you're great givers. And I want to thank you for that. And I want to thank you on behalf of my family, on behalf of my thousands of pastures, 4,700 churches. That's not bad. But a guy who has never been to a Bible school in his life. What do you think? So here I am. And I was told that I should preach from John chapter 6. So I'm not used to this kind of stuff. I preach what I like. And I don't care whether you listen to me or not. But I am now stuck with the chapter. And I was looking at the chair. It's almost 80 verses there. I said, God, it is going to take a long time, maybe two, three weeks to finish up this thing. And where do I start? So Pastor Lee says to me, read two, three verses from John 6 and preach whatever you like. Well, that's the kind of thing that I love. But we'll try to do something decent better than that. Anyway, a little update. India, if anybody has been watching the news, we had a big riot. That's what they call it in the papers and the news. In a state called Manipur. Manipur is on the northeastern side bordering China. And there the Hindus massacred Christians. You won't believe that they burned down 300 church buildings. This was in a matter of two weeks time. And they killed hundreds of pastors and women and children. And they were running for their lives. The whole state was burning because they were totally committed to destroy Christianity. They wanted to start from state to state. And they wanted to make sure that no Christians would live in India. Well, they can try. Is it right? So many people have tried. Over the century, they have tried. You know, great kingdoms have tried. They have fallen, but we are still standing. Amen? And some of my pastors are in jail. Not because they stole somebody's money because of false cases against them, saying that they falsely converted the people. And they brought laws in various states where an anti-conversion bill, you cannot define what it means. So they are there. And the judges are against us. The police is against us. So it's very difficult even to get a bail to bring them out of the prison. And so many of them and so many attacks upon the whole church in the nation of India today. So more than you're giving, I have a humble request. Please keep India in your prayers. We need your prayers. We need God's intervention. We need God's protection. Our prime minister will be visiting your country on July the June the 21st, I think two, three days from now. He's going to be here for two, three days. He looks like a good boy here, but he's not very good in India, especially for Christians. He's the one who has given a free hand for all these people to attack the Christians in India. He would like to change the Constitution. He would like to make India as a Hindu nation. And that's what they are trying to do. And they're doing everything possible, but we are still continuing to grow. Amen? So that's what I said. We grow to 4,700 churches, my dear friends. And we'll continue to grow. I would like to have, but by the way, I turned 70 years old last December. And I'm feeling so young. Amen? I know you don't believe that, but that's OK. And anyway, I was attacked by the COVID. I was in the hospital for 15 days. It killed 35 of my pastors. I buried 35 pastors during the COVID time within the matter of three months. And COVID was attacking me. And I am older. And I am diabetic. And the COVID said, you are a deserving candidate. So how about we take you from here? I said, no, I'm not coming. So COVID and I had a fight for 15 days in the hospital. And guess what? I kicked the COVID and got out of the hospital. Amen? Thank God for that. I'm still here doing the work of God. By the way, 50 days ago, India became the most populous nation in the world beating China. We always wanted to be number one something somewhere. We couldn't do anything else. So we kept on having babies. And here we are in all the most populous country in the world. OK, here we go. Amen. Hallelujah. Well, I'm going to speak from John chapter 6. Would you turn with me, please, and pray for me so that I'll have something to say? I don't even know where it is. I'm trying to find it. OK, here we go. John, after Luke, thank you. Amen. John chapter, I wish that it was John chapter 5. Because I had a message. So I could have preached on that paralyzed man. But you just finished up John chapter 5 before I got here. And you've gone into a huge, long chapter, 70. How many? How many? I don't know how many. Oh, almost 71 verses. Imagine me preaching that today. You'll be staying here no Father's Day lunch anywhere. Because Abraham is preaching from John chapter 6. Well, not my choice. Whosoever have done that, go and blame them. Hallelujah. OK, let me just try to read a verse and make it sound like a message. Because that's very important when you stand in the pulpit, read one passage from the Bible so that people will feel good. And I got my Bible open also. That doesn't mean anything much either. So here we go. So let's read verse 5, John chapter 6, verse 5. And here, then Jesus lifted up his eyes and seeing a great multitude coming towards him. He said to Philip, where shall we buy bread that these may eat? So this is the story of Jesus Christ feeding 5,000 people. So we know the story. So why am I wasting my time preaching? Let's go to the next one. No, let's say something from the story, OK? So Jesus is asking Philip, a great multitude was coming, as you know. When we count all this, there was the big tummy guys, 5,000 men who can eat more than the women. That's what they think. And then women and children are part of almost 18,000 people. So Jesus is asking, where shall we buy bread that they may eat? So there's problems here. Philip says, so much of money will not buy enough to feed them a little bit. That's what he's saying. So three things I want to touch on this story. With this feeding of the 5,000, Jesus Christ was asking, number one, to a disciple, is there where can we buy bread to feed them, which is impossible? So the first thing is Jesus was testing their faith. That's number one. Jesus was testing the faith of his disciples. He was wanting to know how far they will go, how much they can believe. In this situation, how can they rise up in their faith? That's what he wanted to know. So he's testing them. He knows. The Bible says he knows what he was going to do, but he's still asking. And now he's so clever sometimes. Sometimes you feel like, you know that, but just do your miracle anyway. Why are you just asking all these kind of questions to us? But he just wants to pull your leg. He wanted to find out how stupid he was. And he wanted to know just a bunch of faithless creatures. He just wanted to prove his point sometimes. So he was doing that. So number one, the test of your faith. And number two, the need of the people. He was not playing games. He saw the multitude, and he realized they need to eat. There's no food there for them. And he has to feed them. So it was a real need. So the need of the people was before his eyes. And the third thing that we see in this story is he was about to do his miracle, was on his way. So all these three things were put together to make these Tory Americans for us, amen? So he comes and says, there's a little guy sitting there with his mama's lunch, five loaves of bread and two fishes. I don't know how he found that. I think maybe they were running around looking. And maybe as he was walking along this little boy, just slowly opened this lunch box that his mom gave him. And this disciple looked at it and is, oh, that's about five loaves of bread and two fishes. Maybe he smashed it away from him before he ate it. That's the only food that he could find. And he says, that's all we have. He said, bring it to me. We'll do some kind of a miracle with this food. So Jesus lined up these disciples. And he takes five loaves of bread, two fishes, and is breaking it. And I'm thinking it is not like a 40 pound salmon fish, OK? It was two little fish for this little boy to eat and the five loaves of bread. And he takes it. And he breaks the bread. And I have no idea how he broke this little fish. It has to be at least 12 pieces to give it to these 12 guys, right? So they're all standing there for 5,000 men and 5,000 men apart from that, the women and children. So there they were facing Jesus Christ. All these people were sitting there waiting for the food to be served. They don't know where it is coming from. So Jesus takes the bread and the fish and he blesses it. And he breaks it and he's putting it in their hands. And I want you to look at the face of Peter, OK? Because we always pick on him, right? The other guys are always safe. Peter is always just the bad guy. So there he is standing there. And Jesus puts this little piece of bread and maybe a little piece of fish in his hands. So Peter is looking at Jesus. The people are behind him, OK? So Jesus is looking at Peter and he's saying, so he's making signs saying, what the heck you're doing? You are giving it to us and you're going to stand here like a good boy. We are the one who is going to make a fool of ourselves because we are the one who is going to feed those people. So he takes, do it. That's a master says. So he goes there. I always wondered, how does the faith work? How hard it is to operate in your faith? That's how it works. He goes to the first guy. He's so huge. He looked like this and he can even swallow Peter. So Peter is having this little bit of food, the bread in his hand. And it says to him, sir, I'm sorry. That guy is making a fool of us. This is all I have, sir, OK? And he started to give, put that food into his hands. And suddenly, the moment he put the bread into his hands and he realized there's more bread in his hands. And when he saw there is more bread than what he gave to that man, suddenly he felt so good about it. He felt it can work. And after that, a smile came on his face and he started to say, you want some more? And he gives it to him and more and more. And he started feeding the people. My dear friends, I believe the hardest thing to act on faith is the first tip that you make. That's the hardest time. You don't know how it's going to work. You don't know how these people are going to be fed. But the faith will become natural the moment you are taking the first step. That's when the devil doesn't like you to take the first step. He always makes you stand there and say, it won't work. It won't work. It's not going to happen. But Jesus has gone feed them. Go and try it. I'm telling you. And the moment you start giving to the first person, faith becomes natural. Amen? Faith becomes easy to work with. And they kept on serving to everyone. And the Bible says they collected the leftovers, 12 baskets full, to bring it back to up the hill to Jesus Christ. 12 basket full, because Jesus said, you love your faithfulness, guys. Carry all the leftovers on your head. Back to me. And tell me, how did it go? Because faith always will satisfy. And faith will always be surplus than what you need in our life. Amen? Hallelujah. So that's what the first story is. Well, I know that I didn't pass, but that's OK. That's how John chapter 6 goes. So the first story was that Jesus was feeding the 5,000. He met the need of the people. He made the disciples to rise up in their faith. And he did his miracle. So that everything was put together. And they were all satisfied. And the only problem was, everyone who have eaten said, he is a good guy to be our king. This is so good, man. We don't need to work. This is social security for life. We don't need to worry about anything. He will keep on feeding us. He will just feed us. We eat. We come back and sit again. And he'll feed us again. What a wonderful king that we can have. Let's make him the king. So Jesus ran from that place. That's how the story ends in that chapter. In there, he ran to the mountain. Normally, he goes to the mountain to pray. I got one more thing to share as I'll finish for today. He went to the mountain. And the disciples got into the boat. And they were going to the other side. And the Bible says, as they were going along, there was a big storm as usual. And they were rowing so hard because two, three miles, they could not go any further. Because the storm, the wind is contrary. The waves are rising. And the storm on its way. And they were finding it so difficult to move forward. And I want to look at the story as I finished for today. They had Jesus with them. They saw a miracle. The impossible thing was made possible. Five loads of bread fed 5,000 people because Jesus was there with them. And now they are there without Jesus Christ. They are there on their own. And there they were rowing hard. My dear friends, it's about our life. As long as Jesus is with us, he can take care of everything. Whether you are hungry, whether you are thirsty, whether you are sick, whether you are having problems. When Jesus Christ is there, he can take care of our needs. But the problem is when you and I are facing situations when Jesus is not there with us, own disciples. These are not people who don't know him. People who have been with him. People who have enjoyed his miracles, who have enjoyed his presence. Now they are rowing heavy, hard, trying to get to the other place. And Jesus was up on the mountain. And Jesus looked down. And he saw his disciples struggling in the boat. And Jesus looked and he said, they need me. They can't go forward. Unless I get to them. And this is what really touched my heart. And he stood up. They were already in the middle of the sea, the lake. And they were rowing hard. And there he was in the mountain. And he needs to get to them as soon as possible because they cannot go forward without him. And Jesus came down. And this time Jesus did not wait for a boat. He did not wait for a natural means to get to them. It'll be too late. So Jesus took to a miracle and he stepped into the water. And he walked on the top of the water. And I look at it like this. On that day, Jesus walked above the ocean of humanity. He walked above the problems that you and I face. He kept everything under his feet because he's on a mission. This time it is not feeding the 5,000. This time it is not healing somebody out on the streets. This time it is his own disciples, the people that he has called, the people who have set free by him. And they are struggling and they need me. And he walks over every situation or walks over this ocean and he wanted to get to them as quickly as possible. And in various stories you see that in one place you read that they saw that it's some kind of a demon and they start screaming. It doesn't say in this chapter. And out of the place you see that Peter was asking if you are walking and if you are... Jesus, can I walk with you? But the story is this. Jesus says, I care for you. And without me you cannot do anything. And I will come walking over the water just for you. That's a message I want to give you as I finish today. The Lord is saying to you, my dear friends, no matter where you are, when you are struggling with your life, when I'm not there for you, I want you to know that I always watch over you. I'm looking from the top of the mountain. No matter where I am, my eyes are watching over you. And I saw you were struggling in your life. I saw the need that you have for me. And I did not say to my, no, no, I'm praying. I'm not finished with praying. Well, they can just struggle a little bit more. No. Jesus took to the miracle of walking on the water. And he did that just for you and just for me. Because without him, we won't make it. Amen? Have you found so many times in your life that when Jesus was not there around us, when he feels that we are left alone, we realize it's so hard. The rowing is so hard. Everything is contrary. Everything is against us. But the Lord is saying, I will come walking over the water. Because don't you worry. Before anything goes wrong in your life, I'll be just there for you. And they were happy. And they got into his, he got into their boats. And immediately they reached the shore. That's what the Bible says. That's how it finishes. Amen? No more rowing. No more struggling. Because Jesus has walked into your boat and everything changes. Amen? And today my friends as I finish, I want to share this to you, my dear friends. Whatever boat you are in, whatever situation you are in, whatever struggles or storms that are there, I want you to know, Jesus is walking on the water for you. Amen? Because he cares for you and me more than anything else. Because we belong to him. Because he belongs to us. And he will reach us and he will touch our lives. And the good news is this, the moment he steps into your life, the storm will cease. The waves will stop. And you will reach the other side. Amen? What are you struggling with your life today? Is that your family situation? Is that your job situation? Is that your business? Is that your physical health? Whatever may be. I want you to know that Jesus is walking over the waters, coming straight to you. He's focused on you. He's not considered about anybody else. He doesn't care because he cares for you. He cares for me. And the good news is, you'll get to us before anything goes wrong. Before the boat sinks. Before the boat will tip over. Before we'll faint. He'll walk into our life. And he'll bring calmness. And bring peace into our life. And he will make us to reach the other side. Immediately the boat got to the other side, the Bible says. And the Lord is with us today. And the Lord will take care of us. And the Lord will lead us and guide us. And God's name will be glorified because we are His disciples. And He will set us free. And He will glorify His name. Amen? Would you stand with me please? And let me pray with you. Wonderful Jesus. Hallelujah. I just feel in my heart there are people here, in your boat struggling, rowing, hard to move forward. Challenges in front of you. Knowing what to do. And I want you to know that Jesus is just ready to walk on the water towards you. He's here to reach out to you, friends. Would you just reach out to Him? Would you look up to Him and say, oh, there He's coming. He will deal with it. He will take care of it. He will watch over my problems. I will get to the other side. He's bringing all my needs to be met. And if you are reaching out to the Lord, if you want the Lord to touch you, in your boat, in the middle of the storm, you say, Lord, walk over the waters towards me. Come and get into my boat. Make the change. And if you want to pray that prayer with me, would you please slip up your right hand and we'll pray together. Thank you, Lord. Heavenly Father, I pray for my brothers and sisters, Lord. We all are in the boat of all life. Sometimes when you are alone, it's hard for us to row. Hard for us to move forward. Today, we know that you are ready to walk over the waters, getting towards as quick as possible so that you can set us free. You can take us to the other shore. I bless everyone. Meet the needs of everyone. God's blessing will come upon everyone here today, Lord. Every father's will be blessed. I pray for my dear friend, the man of God, Pastor Lee and his wife, Jane, and everyone here, God's name will be glorified. We love you, Lord, with all our hearts. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen, amen.