Elder Vicki (3:22)

Let me walk upon the waters Wherever you would call me Take me deeper than my feet could ever wonder and my faith would be made stronger in.

Tim Dilena (3:43)

The presence Come on, you know it. Come on, spirit, lead me Come on, lift your hands and sing it, Spirit.

Elder Vicki (3:48)

Lead me, spirit, lead me where my trust is without waters Let me walk upon the waters Wherever you would call me Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander and my faith would be made strong Sing one more time.

Tim Dilena (4:14)

One more time. Come on, sing it one last time.

Elder Vicki (4:31)

Wherever you would call me Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander and my faith would be made stronger in the presence of my Savior so.

Tim Dilena (4:52)

Father, set our hearts on fire today Fill us with an unusual faith. Increase our faith today and Father, give us the trust that we can jump in the deep end that we would understand that you work your wonders, your miracles in the deep. In the deep. So, Father, we need you to come today with your power. Come in these next few moments in Jesus name. And everybody said amen and amen. Now listen before you're seated. This is the one o' clock service. And so we always remind you, we're going to dismiss the choir. The screen's going to come down. Would you greet, shake the hands, smile at about three or four people? Don't just sit down. Why don't you say, hey, what's your name again? Let me just meet you. I'm so happy to meet you. And then you may be seated. Thank you. Choir, I want to talk to you about Vision 2026. But first, I want to read to you a handwritten letter that I received, along with a handwritten sermon from almost 50, 60 years ago from David Wilkerson. The founder of Times Square Church. It's right now hanging on the wall of my office and there is a line on it. You'll hear it in the letter that has been so challenging to me. The letter came to me a few months ago from his son Gary Wilkerson, who has been here and I received this and my heart was stirred. I want to read it to you. It wasn't just addressed to Cindy and I, but you'll see it on the screen. I'm going to have it printed out that you could see it on the screen, but it was written to all of us here at Times Square Church. This is exactly what was written in the letter to us. Let me read it to you. Dear Tim and Cindy and the TSC family. This is he quotes the first line of their handwritten sermon History is filled with story of those who lost the world but found a Savior. That's the quote from one of his dad the dad's sermon that hangs on my wall. History is filled with stories of those who lost the world but found a Savior. History will one day tell of the billion souls you and the TSC led to the Savior. Our shared history begins with our fathers and family who believe God for the impossible, who dared to risk what is more than most and as a result saw the amazing power of God. Psalm 107 says that they that go down into the seas and ships and do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep. You haven't allowed yourself to stay comfortable in the shallows. You've launched into the great waters, the deep the and it is there you will see the works and the wonders of the Lord. Those in the shallows never come near to it. It is hard. It takes everything. Sometimes it's overwhelming and sometimes you will want to go back to the safe shores. But you will not turn back. You will venture into the deep, seeing even more wonders. Once you have seen what God does in the deep, nothing else will ever be acceptable. Go deep. Go far. Go to all that God has called you to. Our fathers started a legacy that we are building upon in our ever increasing fashion with you in Christ. Gary Wilkerson. The verse that Gary was quoting is Psalm 107, verses 23 and 24. It was a challenge to me. It's a challenge for us. It's for us to take not only a look at the deep of what took place last year, but even to go deeper. Let me read to you what the psalmist says. Those who go down to the Seas and ships who do business on great waters. They have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders are in the deep. We'll read more of it later on. God's miracles God's miracles, according to this passage, are in the deep end. Those those who wade close to the shore seem at times to think that our biggest sacrifice is that we made it through the snow to church or we made it through some cold weather to church. That's not the deep. There's something that God is calling us all to. One of the men that I love to read from the past says it like this. J.H. jowett, Ministry that costs nothing, accomplishes nothing. And it's a challenge for all of us. It was the challenge in Luke chapter 5 to the apostle Peter at the very beginning of his calling, at the very beginning of being called by Jesus, Jesus gives these two charges. But let me read to you what happens here. The Bible says, he Jesus got into one of the boats, which was Simon, Simon Peter, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And he sat down and began teaching the people from the boat. And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, put out into the deep water and let your nets down for a catch. Look at that for just a moment. Peter receives two challenges from Jesus. It really is the dock and the deep. The first one, he says, is put out a little way from the land. I think that happens with all of us that follow Jesus Christ. There's always that putting out away from the shoreline. And here, as we're looking at this, he then gives a second challenge. And he says to them, put out into the deep. That's the dock. And it was a challenge for the deep. Many of you who are here are in that boat, but not everyone has pushed out further. See, here's the part I want you to get the picture. I want you to see here. Staying close to the shore keeps us within earshots of the people. That will discourage us from going any further. I want you to hear me for a second because I don't want you to miss this picture. To put out into the shallows. You still get to hear friends and people that will begin to look at you going, like, really? You're going to do that? You're going to go to service at nighttime? Don't you know that Sundays is our day off? It's our only day of the week, and you're going to hear people from the land. And it's always this contradiction. In fact, let me put it to you this way, it is always a fight. Because those that live in the shallows will be able to hear the shore, but be able to hear the master that's put out to the deep. There'll always be a contradiction. There'll be people and there'll be people that are saying, come back to the shore. Come back to what we're doing. Because you even venturing out a little bit, you going to a Sunday night service, don't you know, churches don't meet on Sunday nights anymore. For you to drive in or to make it through the cold or to get here like you are, to watch online, to be part of what God wants to do, not just here, but all over the world. It's amazing to me because to not go to the deep, you stay close enough to hear what's coming from the shore, to hear what's coming. That's the problem today. Even for those leaders that, like myself, if I don't go out far enough, it's easy to hear the peers, it's easy to hear the crowd, it's easy to hear everybody saying, stop, enough. You don't have to do this, but here's what I want you to understand. When you go into the deep, you will get storms, but you get Jesus also. And when you get Jesus, you also get a net full of fish. When you go that deep. That's the challenge. And make no mistake about it, the psalmist wasn't just simply saying, if you go out into the deep, you get. You'll get this, you'll see the wonders. But we have to read a little bit further in Psalm 107, because the challenge is that the wonders are in the deep. But there's a whole lot of other stuff that comes with it. Let me read it to you. Psalm 107, verse 24 will be left off and. And his wonders are in the deep. Now watch this next verse. For he spoke and raised up a stormy wind which lifted up the waves of the sea. They rose up to the heavens, went down to the depths. Our soul melted away in misery. They reeled and staggered like a drunken man, and they were at their wits end. But they cried to the Lord in their trouble. He brought them out of their distresses. He caused the storm to be still so that the waves of the sea were hushed. Then they were glad because they were quiet. So he guided them to their desired haven. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loving kindness and for his wonders to the sons of men. Did you see what the psalmist says? He said they are in the deep, and they will see miracles. But that's not enough. They'll also come a time that you'll see a storm while you're in the deep. And while you see the storm, you'll find emotions bringing you to wit's end. But while you're at wit's end, you'll cry out to the Lord for miracles. And the Bible says they saw God calm the storm, and then they. After God calmed the storm, they made it to the place that God told them to go initially, from the very beginning. It wasn't going to be easy, but they got there. And once they got there, the Bible says they lifted their hands and they praised God for getting them through this entire operation and saying God was with us. It's a miracle. It's what God does to put out into the deep, to put out into those deep waters, to leave the shallows. You will be surprised not only of the storms, but you'll be surprised at what God does when you least expect it. The miracles are in the deep. You know, two weeks ago, I shared with you, it just made me laugh, and I'm so glad I had witnesses there. I told you the story two weeks ago about my strawberry shortcake story that where. Where I. I heard about this great cake. And I'm. And that's. That's kind of a kryptonite for me is cake. And so this is supposed to be the best. We ordered it and I told you the story that when the door opened up and the man was about to hand me the piece of cake that, that we ordered, well, it wasn't one piece. There was multiple people. But as he was handing it to us, I, I remember I was just about to grab it, and he pulled away. And he goes, times Square Church. He goes, pray for me. I'm away from the Lord. And so not only did I get cake, but a convert. And so it was amazing to watch that God, that God did this thing. So I told you that two weeks ago on a Sunday, we leave church. Me and three of our children were getting on the elevator at our apartment building, and some guy gets on with us. He has a wagon with diapers. It was delivering something from Target or Costco. And he has a whole wagon of diapers. And we're going up, and me and the three kids were just talking. And so he's walking. He must have heard us talking about church. And this is the day I told you about strawberry cake. He walks out of the elevator and then like, stops short, holds the door and goes, Times Square Church. And this is what he said to us. He goes, please pray for me. I'm away from the Lord. I need to come back to God. And my dad is a graduate from Teen Challenge. And right there, we held that door. One. One kid held the button. The others laid hands on the guy and prayed that God would do a work in John's life. You have no idea when God will show up. That's why as we sang the song, and we'll sing it later, when he. When. When the song Ocean says you'll call me out upon the waters the great unknown where my feet may fail and there I find you in the mystery in oceans deep My faith will stand and I will call upon your name Spirit, lead me where my trust is without borders Let me walk on the waters Wherever you would call me. Take me deeper than my feet would ever wander. What he's saying is, don't leave my future in my hands.

Elder Vicki (16:48)

Take.

Tim Dilena (16:48)

Take me where you want me to go. Take me to the deep places. This is where God begins to challenge us. This is where God wants to do something inside of us. This is God calling us to go further and to go deeper. My goodness. I don't want to get stuck or flatline. I want to hear God calling me to where he wants to go. I don't want to just be in church on Sunday and do whatever I want the other days. That's an uncomfortable place to be because you're in the shallows and the rest of the week. We think it belongs to us. Our whole life belongs to God. Everything does. It all belongs to him. So to think that we're doing a favor by being here today, that's not Christianity, that's religion. Christianity says, you're in charge. Call me wherever you want me to go. And that's why God has put it in our charge. Something here at this church that I wanted to go. God, you're leading us to new places. There are three unique distinctions about Times Square Church that I kept thinking about and praying that God has entrusted to us. First is its legacy. I have to tell you the sacrifice and ministry of Carter Conlon and David Wilkerson. Folks, make no mistake about it. You're sitting in a seat that has been. And you're sitting there because there's been amazing sacrifice by those two men. Folks, I've been here. It's hard to believe in a couple months. I've been here six years. Six years. I told someone the other day, I said, if you live in New York, the Clocks are broken. They just seem to go so fast. But I'm sitting here thinking to myself, 34 years, folks, I'm no fool. I know that I'm here today because of the sacrifice that these men and their wives, Gwen Wilkerson and Theresa Conlon, what they have done and given up to see God do something, you're not sitting in a seat that is there simply by a resource. It is there because of sacrifice. It's a miracle to see what God has done. But secondly, God began to speak to me and said, it's not just legacy, it's location. Do you understand the sacrifice that happened to put a church right in the middle of Times Square? To take it right in the crossroads of the world where the nations converge to take what is considered one of the oldest and one of the biggest stages in all of Broadway. And people who, behind our backs were trying to buy this without any of us knowing what was going on. It was put in the newspaper. We, we didn't even know that people were trying to buy this theater and trying to get it. And finally in the theater, the one who did, who did Phantom of the Opera told one of the richest men and one of the richest entrepreneurs in New York City said, you're not going to get that theater because if you try to get it, it's like fighting God. And so I'm telling you, God wants a witness in this place. God wants a witness right here in New York City. God wants to do that. And then finally it's reach. Norther Place has a real time voice to the world. As we begin to see what God is doing all over the world. We have to be stewards of what God has entrusted to us. David Wilkerson and Carter Conlon live their lives in the deep end. And we are called to continually go deeper and deeper. But there's always those land voices that trying to call us back. Something in us feels the call from God to go deeper in the word, deeper in sacrifice, deeper for our family, deeper in our marriage, deeper in the things of God. But there's always the land voices, there's always the peers, there's always the people. Because once you start going deeper, those voices start to begin to start to fade away. And so that's why the voices from the land will get louder. Listen, folks, I've heard it. I've heard it from people. I've heard it over the years that I've been here and you may have heard this. I've heard it from peers, I've heard it from New Yorkers and things like. That's just Times Square Church. That's crazy to meet when there's a blizzard. That's here. I've heard it. They're so super spiritual. They don't want anything to do with other churches. They destroy folks. Let me just help you. None of that's true. I just don't want to hang out with people. People on the land. That's just what it is. I just don't want to hang out.

Elder Vicki (21:21)

If.

Tim Dilena (21:21)

If you're in the deep water, I'm with you. Let's go all the way. Let's wait. Let's. Let's sit there and tread water and wait until God comes. It may be stormy, we may be at wits end, but God is coming to show wonders in the deep. That's all that is. Make no mistake about it. It's not. It's deep talk. And that's why I'm just telling you I. I don't have much to start talking to people on the land. After a while it gets boring to me. It's just after a while you just go and like, all right, yeah. And they did this in sports and they got this, and they got this. And then you're going to go here, then you're going to buy this and all that. Wonderful. But all of a sudden they begin to become so accustomed to land talk. I want to talk about the things that God is doing and what he is accomplishing. And that's why we've been called to deep globally. It's not about just doing things in the building, fighting for a billion souls just to see what God has done in the deep in 2025. I stand back and just amazed to see how the year started off last year in January, that, that I'm not even sure if my faith was deep enough. As we said, let's do a night of worship in London and begin to connect with our online people in Europe. We bought. We. We rented a room at a hotel right by Heathrow that we thought would be big enough for 500 people. So we went over there to do a night of worship. And then we found out that it wasn't big enough, that there was gonna be more than 500, 1600 people showed up. We had to do three services. And I told Pastor Carter, you gotta come. I can't do all this by myself. You gotta do something. And so made him come. And Pastor Carter just preached up a storm. And then we went over and then we didn't even realize this would happen. We went over to Grenada, this island of amazing people in the Caribbean. And to see what God did there. We didn't know what to expect. And we watched almost a thousand people show up for a night of worship to talk to the pastors, to be in the prisons and to preach to those in the penitentiary. Folks, God is calling us to the deep, calling us to a deep in a city to be a lighthouse. That many of you, we never told you the story that we had this opportunity that came to us that right after the October 7 attacks from Hamas into Israel, the terrorists destroyed a clinic that served three kibbutzes right there. When they broke through the fence, they destroyed it and the clinic was gone. And they came to us and said, would you guys rebuild that? We said, yes. It cost us $125,000. And folks, it will be completed in the next few months that we went ahead and buil built that clinic. I'm just telling you it, it is, it is something that God just put on our heart and we understand when you bless Israel, God will bless you. God is so good. We began to watch our language channels expand to 13 by adding Italian, Korean, German and Hebrew. It's been amazing to see what God has done through our language channels, which I'll tell you a little bit more A little bit later on we launched a broadcast, our church broadcast into, into the prisons through the Pando app that now we're available to 500000 men and women that have been incarcerated in the United States. And what is amazing, just, just as our first year, the first year we saw 136, 000 watch Times Square Church. We get letters every week from inmates from death row to those that will be there just for a few years. And it's been amazing to watch. Every, every time we have moved forward, God has provided. It hasn't been without a storm, but it hasn't been without God. God showed up every single time. You know, the best way I can explain it is allow us to do this, allow us to show you, even by way of video, we want to show you what God did and where we're going from 2025 into 2026. Would you just take a look at the screen? We want to show you what God has done. I want to go after things of the kingdom that matter for eternity. If changing the world is our goal, if a billion souls is our vision at tsc, am I willing to pay the price? It's a challenge to chase after the right thing. I just want to hear what God has to say. 138 countries and 50 states Listen every single week to the messages. This church, we can't operate as a normal place. The world is around us. Thousands of children you feed weekly, building water wells through childcry, Thousands of salvations, hundreds of water baptized is all set free by the power of Jesus Christ online and in person. We're just going to believe, not tithes, but offerings to be $2 million for the 2025 Vision Fund. That's it. We'll take 500,000 and give it to Summit. Summit is the young people that will change the nation. We're hoping by God's grace to go from nine to 12 language channels and add Italian, Korean, Japanese, German and Hebrew. This year. The prison broadcast is only 25,000 a year. That goes to 500,000 inmates and that is in place. And that also includes doing a Christmas dinner at Rikers Island. One that excites me the most is the Ivy League schools. We have already been invited to two and there's two that are waiting. The most prestigious education centers in the world. And there God will be proclaimed. Jesus is alive and he's active and he's moving on this campus. And then finally, the Broadway LED wall. It's a million dollar project that we have to do, but we'll let God do that. We were going to go through every chapter of the Bible you were going to have from Genesis to Revelation and then it's going to take five years. That's 1189 different podcast. And then we're going to put it all into a Times Square Church devotional Bible. That's going to take us five years to get it done. But we start this year. Church. I don't want a resume, I want a eulogy. I want to win the world. I want to change the world. A few years ago I was in Germany and I was there for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with Martin Luther. We went through a city called Eisenach in Germany. It's one of the. It's known because it housed and was the home of one of the great musical composers that has ever lived, Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach. When I was there, we went to his home. Just before we went, we spent for the lunchtime there. And then we drove to Buchenwald, one of the concentration camps that wasn't far from there. When I was in the house of Bach, I was amazed because we saw not only the instruments that he used to compose some of the world's greatest, some of the world's greatest classical music, but there was something that caught my eyes. There are two very important initials on all Bach's work. He had two moments where he would put these initials, these letters, and then these letters. The first one was just obviously would be jsb. Johann Sebastian Bach. He would sign his own work at the very bottom, but just put his initials jsb. But it was the second set of initials that really caught my spirit. Many people don't even realize Bach was a godly man and felt that the gift he had was from God alone. And at the end of every work after it was all done, he would put these words at the. I'm sorry at the top. SDG Solio Deo Gloria. Latin for to the only God be glory. He knew God gave him that. See, we say sdg. To God be the glory for everything he has done last year. To God be the glory for what he has done. Around the world so many have gone deep into deep waters. You've even dug deep into pockets that have made all this possible. And I'm so thankful. And we say glory to God. All glory to God. SDG above this whole thing. God gets the glory. Now let me just say this now. What I have longed to do in over 40 years of ministry, I get to do twice today. Some of you have no idea what this is. This is a big SDG moment and I want to share it with you. When Moses was asked to build the tabernacle in the wilderness after the children of Israel left Egypt, he raised the Bible says, a contribution for that project. Listen to what happens after he spoke to the people and what took place after they raised the contribution. This is what happened. Moses gave the command and the message that he sent throughout the entire camp. Men and women, don't prepare any more gifts for the sanctuary. We have enough.

Elder Vicki (31:46)

Wow.

Tim Dilena (31:48)

So the people stopped bringing their sacred. Can you imagine that being said from a pulpit? We have enough. Their contributions were more than enough to complete the whole project. I get to tell you today with such joy, I get to tell you number one to stop giving for the fire alarm system. $600,000 came in and it's all covered. Stop giving to that. All glory to God. We, we told you back in November that we got hit with this thing, a hundred year old theater and the, and they came in and said, said you won't, you will close this thing down if we don't put. God came through. It was a storm and God came through well and I'm telling you, stop giving to that. It's taken care of. You don't have to give anymore. You don't have to put on their fire alarm system. There's other stuff to give to. Don't give to that anymore. And I have to tell you one more thing. Stop giving to it. And this is so exciting. Stop giving to the LED walls. We've got all the money to put up the gospel 247 in Times Square. Hallelujah. SDG Glory to God. I am telling you with joy. It looks like it'll be March or April. The marquee will be done. And after that, we start on the side of the building, and then we start in Broadway. I want that thing I want to be ready for for New Year's Eve. When they start putting stuff down there, we're gonna be able to show who Jesus is on LED walls in Times Square. God is so good. Hallelujah. So stop giving to the LED wall. It's taken care of. Hallelujah. When you go into the deep, you'll see his wonders. But here are the lessons I've learned. Jot this down. These are the lessons I've learned in the deep. Number one, deep waters, have intense doubts. Number two, when you get into the deep waters, you'll face fierce battles. We'll come back to these. And number three, you'll see phenomenal miracles. Let me say those again. You'll have intense doubts in the deep waters. You will get fierce battles in the deep waters, and you will see phenomenal miracles. Deep waters, have intense doubts. I knew what God spoke to me when Covid started. This is, to me, exciting, but when Covid started and everybody, we were shut down for 18 months here in New York City. We couldn't open until Broadway opened. 18 months. But I knew what God spoke to me. I said, well, I felt this from the Holy Spirit. While every church is trying to open up their front door, I felt the Holy Spirit say, you open up every door around the world. And so I knew we would have to gut this stage and put in the technology to reach out around the world and to see what God would want to do around the world. So that's what we did. By faith, we gutted this entire stage. And I'll never forget not even recognizing that if you want to see the deep works, you're going to face. You are going to face those storms, and you're going to be at wit's end right there. Right where our. Our deaf ministry is, right where Wendy is. I put my head on that stage. I was at wit's end in 30 days. We've already sent out the announcement, this church will open up. And there was nothing on the stage. It was blank. A floor and a screen and. And a. And a brick wall in the back. Nothing was there. Nothing. And they told me this. All your equipment is stuck in the ocean because they're not letting any boats come into the New York harbor. I said, God, I got 30 days. I've got nothing. I'm gonna have people show up here, and there's nothing we can maybe get, like a banjo or a ukulele, but we don't have anything to have a service. Reach the nations. I was at wit's end, and I'm telling you, while we were stuck, our equipment was stuck at sea. I was stuck in the deep, and we had 30 days to open up. But I have to tell you, God came through. God that literally there were. There were. There were people subconscious going, how did this equipment get in? There are people not getting anything. Somehow you got it. At wit's end, God showed up. God. Still the waters and the wonders came out. So can I just tell you the places in the. Just last year, this is why I didn't read the nations, because I would have been too tired. The places on the planet that TSC was viewed last year. Can I just read this to you? You ready for this? I'll do it in alphabetical order. Here we go. Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, and Azerbaijan. That's just a B. Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnian, Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, and Burundi. Then it was also viewed in Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, the Caribbean, Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Brazzaville and Congo, Bershasa. And also the Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Chechia. Oh, my goodness. Whatever you said. And so we can go on. Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, the Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guyana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadalupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea, Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, and Ireland. Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan. Jersey. I have no idea why Jersey is even up there. I don't even know you guys are in all that. I don't even know why that's even up there. You're not a nation. How did they put that up there? It's always Jersey. Okay, let me just go On. Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kakstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nanu, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niger, Nigeria, Norfolk Island, North Macedonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda. Reunion. Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia. Yes again. Syria, Lyon, Singapore, St Martin, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Island, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Martin, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turks and the caico Islands, Turkey, U.S. virgin Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanitu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Hallelujah. So, so many people don't know this, but once in a while, if the screen a confidence monitor, they'll put up this blood red notice to me that says something is wrong or something happens. And they just said Jersey it is, is a British Commonwealth. It's not the state across the Hudson. Sorry, New Jersey, we love you. Sorry. I just thought you made it on the list somehow or someone who compiled the list was from Jersey. Deep waters have intense doubts. I sat right there and thought how in the world and God came through. God came through. You don't talk this way in shallow waters. You could talk about all this other stuff that means nothing for the kingdom. Deep waters will have fierce battles. The boats have your equipment and deep waters will see phenomenal miracles. We have faced those fierce battles in order to see wonders in the deep. We have faced sickness, intense sickness and surgeries, marriages under assault, whether it's a fire alarm system, fights in the deep. There are fights in the deep when you stand for Christ. I read the story just a few months ago. A University of Oklahoma student who received a 0 out of 25 on an assignment regarding gender norms. She was targeted for a Christian belief and she was cited in her report. Gets a zero from the teacher who doled out the grade because she took a biblical stand. That's what happened, folks. I'm just telling you. You would not believe the threats that we have gotten here at this church and all the things that have come against us because we stand on this word and stand for Christ. I'm just telling you right now. And can I just be clear? I'm not grandstanding here. I'm just telling you the truth. I want you to understand. I think. I think what Lisa Bevere said is so important. She said these words. I believe that the attacks on your life have much more to do with who you might be in the future than what you have been in your past. When you are attacked, it's because Satan sees something of where this is going. He sees the deep that you're answering. He's not afraid of shallow waters, folks. It costs us to stand for biblical principles. But I want to be very clear. We will not budge on threats, protests, or popular opinion. Let's just be clear about that. We will not budge. And if you don't like to hear that kind of talk in the church going, I just want to come and I just want to sit down and. And sing a few hymns and just get out. That's fine. This is a battle for us. This is a battle. Don't. But understand, you don't have to live with the threats that you may have to shut down or all these things that begin to come against us, the protest and the popular opinion. But I want to be so out in the deep that those voices from land mean nothing to me. Mean nothing to me, folks. Sometimes satanic opposition is greatest. Great confirmation that you're moving in the right direction. Listen to these words from the 19th century preacher J.C. ryle. He says this. I fear much for many professing Christians. I see no sign of fighting in them, much less victory. They never strike one stroke on the side of Christ. They're at peace with his enemies. They have no quarrel with sin. And I warn you, that's not Christianity. That's not the way to heaven. The first thing I have to say is this true. Christianity is a fight. It is like man. Welcome to God's family. Here's the sword. That's what it is. And CS Lewis said it best. He said, if you haven't met Satan recently, you're probably going his way. Deep waters have intense doubts. Deep waters will get fierce battles. Deep waters will see phenomenal miracles. So let me take you just to the deep as we get ready to finish here today, I'm gonna speak about money just for a moment. The vision projects are beyond your tithes. It's an offering. You give your tithes, your 10% to the church that you attend. Always keep that in mind. I wanted you to see that on the screen. If you watch or you attend here, you're from another church. Your tithes belong to that church. That's the 10%. Cindy and I, before we pay a Bill, we go. This belongs to the Lord. There is no negotiations with tithes, but the offerings are hearing what the voice of the Lord is saying to us. So whether you're here in person, watching from around the country or around the world, it's what God speaks to you to do. And I wanna challenge the international group. Don't just be spectators. If you're part of those 214 nations, don't just be a spectator. Let God speak to you. And there will be a moment that I'm gonna challenge you to give financially not the way, but you'll understand. But it's way more than that. I'm gonna challenge you to the deep end. And there are people that I'm willing to be misunderstood and go, ah, the church is about money. I'm willing to take that. Because those that say such things don't even know us. Because you'll see, you'll see what we're talking about. Because they'll yell from their keyboards online. They comment on everything going, I told you. And they're typing away and look at that man, his handkerchief fell down. And so they'll go through all that stuff. They're like keyboard warriors just typing in stuff because they have an opinion and that's okay. And then they meet in back rooms for coffee shops with those who are hurt just like they are and talk about the same injustice. And I want to just say to you, I'm not angry with you. Jump into the deep. Stop with shallow talk. Sitting on a keyboard, able to go ahead and critique everything that's shallow waters. Go into the deep. You don't have time for chit chatter. You want to get what God wants you to do now, the deep ask. Let me tell you about 2026 vision. Ask. I want to tell you because we saw almost everything accomplished. The only thing that we didn't get done. I think when I started to look through all that God provided last year, we weren't able. We had to move money towards what we were going to do a project in Israel, and we moved it towards and we were able to use some of that money for other items, which was the building of a clinic. But God provided even with for that. But we had some money left over for Israel that we wanted to use, but we're still not done. Let me tell you what we're gonna do for 2026. Number one, we're gonna build a Nigerian orphanage. With World Challenge in one of the most. In one of the most. In the top 10 of one of the most persecuted countries For Christians in northern Nigeria, World Challenge came to us and said, would you help us build? It would cost about $225,000. How about we partner with that? And we said a resounding yes, we're with you. We want to be part of building. How can God not bless those that care for widows and orphans? We're going to begin to do that. I'm so excited because we want to begin to take one of our child cry. We want to open up a brand new child cry and do a night of worship in Puerto Rico this year. So we want to go ahead and bring child cry, which feeds almost 20,000 children a week. We have not had one in Puerto Rico. We want to open up a child cry that ministers to those children there. But we want to do it with a night of worship. I want to bring. At 87 years old, I want Nikki Cruz to go back to his home country and preach the gospel there in Puerto Rico. I want to believe for God to do that. We're also going to begin because I believe in Summit to change the next generation. Summit is our Bible school that you support. Do you understand 70% of our summit students come from around the world and you help get them here with scholarships. And do you understand that beautiful campus that we'll end this prayer and fasting on, on this Wednesday night? If you've never been up there, it is gorgeous. And those students are incredible. And they're being, they're, they're being taught and discipled to go back to their country with the gospel. Their holy spirit filled instructors. And under Dr. Teresa Conlon, God is using them up there. We were going to go now from 13 to 16 language channels which I'm so excited about. We'll be adding Indonesia, Japanese and Persian. I want the gospel in Iran. I want to get there to do 16 will be about $500,000 close. But here's the exciting thing. Do you know those 16 channels represent close to 6 billion people on the earth? Do you know that if we have those 16 channels, it begins to touch almost 6 billion people on the earth? Folks, I'm so excited. Also, we're going to put aside another hundred thousand for Israel. We believe, we know if you bless Israel, God will bless you. And so there is something that's happening. They came to us after we built the clinic there. We already support ministries and they said, would you consider even being part of aliyah for those that don't know what that is, it is the immigration of Jews from around the world back to their homeland. Ethiopia has sent thousands of Jews right from Ethiopia there. And they came to me and said, we have found 5000 Jews in India from one of the lost tribes. I think of Benjamin, would you help get the first planeloads of them back to Israel and to get the people back to their homeland? If Israel's involved, I want to be there. I want to be part of whatever God is doing in that nation. Also, our prison broadcast is only 25,000 to reach a half a million inmates. I'm excited about our Ivy League schools and I'm believing for a college Holy Spirit night. Pastor Carter has already got the okay that this year we are getting a chance to be at UPenn and Cornell this year for a night of prayer on those campuses, those amazing and beautiful campuses. I'm so thankful for the Christian organizations that said, would you come in and hold a prayer meeting here, folks? God is doing something. And I also believe with all these universities, I'm believing that there's going to be a night of water and fire, baptism in water and baptism in the Holy Ghost. And so we want to be ready. We're also going to put aside $100,000 for the most persecuted nations. This is so important. Those nations are North Korea, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, Eritrea, Syria, Nigeria, Pakistan, Libya, Iran, Afghanistan and India. We're looking at working with organizations. We are involved with a number of things there, but we have just gotten the opportunity to work with somebody else. There's only two nations that we have not involved with, which is Libya and Sudan. And we already just got this week Trig, and our team has just contacted someone who's working in Sudan. And so we have the opportunity, these nations, where it will cost you your life, to be a Christian. I want to be part of helping the believers. I want to be a part of being. Being with them. Well, my other thing that I'm so excited about that, for those that don't know, we today launched in Spanish, chapter by chapter in Spanish. So we have the opportunity to see chapter by chapter, this 1189. I know on the video, we said. We said, five. Five years. It's going to be four years. And so as we get chapter by chapter out, I asked our team, I said, what would it cost us and what language would you put it in after Spanish? And this is what they said. We would put it in Hebrew and Arabic, they said, because we would go from Genesis, which they believe in, and show them the Gospel strand from Genesis all the way to the cross and crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Christ. So, folks, I would love. What we're going to try is to get chapter by chapter in Hebrew and Arabic this year. And then the most unreached people group in America that nobody knows about, that we're starting this journey. We have meetings coming up in the weeks to come. The most unreached people group in America is the deaf. And we are going to begin to figure out a way to minister the best we can. I'm so thankful for Wendy and our team that's here every single service but there. But we want to reach the deaf not only in New York City, but around the country. And so this is going to be something that we're believing. God is going to begin to do something. Thank you. I know it's 1.6 million. And we're saying don't give to the LED and don't give to a fire alarm. But we have other stuff. There's other stuff that God is going to do. And we're believing for God to begin to do something very special. Can I tell you some other cool things that are happening this year, other things that are happening at 2026 at TSC. Don't forget next week, which I believe is a catalyst for revival in our city. The noon prayer meeting happens next Wednesday. We are meeting in this sanctuary every Wednesday to believe for revival for New York City from 12 to one starts next week. You know what I'm excited about? These amazing musicians and singers have written so many great songs. We're getting ready to do a TSC live worship album right here in the sanctuary with you guys. Also, we said chapter by chapter, launched in Spanish, 1 billion starts with 1 was released. We're doing a series on the nature and the character of God. 2020 weeks we're gonna spend on the love of God, the justice of God, the faithfulness of God, the mercy of God, God's compassion we're gonna take because we want everyone to know the God of the Bible. That's what we want to see. And finally, the one that we're working on vigorously. I had someone come to me as the musicians come. Oh, and the musician is here and the singers come. Let me just tell you one of the ones that means so much to me. And it just kind of fell into our lap. I had one of our dear, dear saints come to me in the church and said, I have a friend that is in a hospital and have another friend that is in a nursing home. Would you pray for them? He said, I'd like to record the prayer. And we put it on video. And I knew the name, and we started to pray for them. Them. And they brought it. They were able to hold that phone up and to see. I mean, me or it could be anybody, our leaders or elders and folks we've been watching all over, people that are going, would you pray? Would you pray for so. And so I said, okay, put it on video. Put it on video. Get your phone. Let's videotape this. The Bible says in Acts 19:11 and 12, God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul. And the Bible says so. Handkerchiefs and aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out. We're not talking about handkerchiefs and aprons, but that's kind of what it is. I want to talk about from Acts 19:12, kind of a ministry. 19:12. Handkerchiefs and aprons to us is not really handkerchiefs and aprons. It's. We're figuring out the technology that anybody who calls in, we're able then to video myself, elders, our leaders, the singers, the choir members. We can sit there and look at you and go, kevin, you're gonna send a video prayer. This person is in the hospital. Kareem, would you send a prayer for this person? Elder Vicki we're gonna be able to send video prayers all over the world to people that are sick and need a miracle. It is just to believe and to connect with people. It's something that is so burdened on my heart that I want to believe for God to begin to do that. Let me give you this final. With this final thought, and then we're gonna get ready to close, because we have to know that God is able. God can do this job in the middle of his stormy sea. At wit's end, job begins. To 11 verses 7 through 9 depend these words. Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty? They are higher than the heavens above. What can you do? And I like this part. They're deeper than the depths below. What can you know? Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea. When I read that part, they are deeper than the depths. I think about Psalm 107, to go to the deep. Know what that tells me? God is deeper than the deepest parts, which means he's undergirding us. He won't let you sink. He's with you. God is able. He's able. He's able. He's able. He's able. He's able. He's able to do all that he really is. Listen to Psalm 107 again. Those who go down to the sea in ships who do business on great waters, they have seen the works of the Lord and his wonders are in the deep. That's what God is calling us to. Stand with me. It's the challenge to every one of us that some have left the shore for the shallows. But now it's a challenge to go from the shallows into the deep. This is way more than just about $1.6 million in offer. This is way bigger than that. Can I just. Can I just tell you what we, we have never done? You're not going to fill out anything. No one's calling you. We may mention it two more times here the rest of the year. God always provides. This isn't high pressure giving or anything like that. It's for those that just have a burden. That's why this is bigger than that. I'm not. It's not about money. It is literally calling you to the deep parts. It's the challenge from God. Let me. Let me read to you something. I've been praying. I found a 400 year old piece of prose. It really is a prayer. Let me. Let me just read to you the words that I got and challenge me. It starts with this. Disturb us, O Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves. When our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little. When we arrive safely because we have sailed too close to the shore. Disturb us, Lord, when the abundance of things we possess. We have lost our thirst for the waters of life. Having fallen in love with life, we have ceased to dream of eternity. And in our efforts to build a new earth, we have allowed our vision of the new heaven to dim. Disturb us, O Lord, to dare more boldly. To venture on wider seas where storms will show your mastery. I love that part. To venture on wider seas where storms will show your mastery. We're losing sight of land. We shall find the stars. We ask you to push back the horizons of our hopes and to push into the future in strength, courage, hope and love. It's as if we forgot and we play the wrong game. In his book Giving it All Away, David Green says. He says the church plays Monopoly when we should be playing uno. Monopoly. You keep trying to get houses. I got rental properties. I've got this and I've got. And you keep trying to grab stuff and we're secure here. We got this and we keep. We're wheeling and dealing. If I buy this and then this will appreciate and Then we'll. And he says we're playing the wrong game. It should be uno. We should be trying to get rid of our cards and we're trying to amass and then be able to tell all of the land people, look what I got, look what I drive. Look who I had dinner with. Look where I sat. And all of a sudden you talk Monopoly with folks. The people on that boat in the deep, they play uno. The people in the deep play uno because they understand that's what some of you. I look at your lives, that's what you've done. You've played uno. You've given it all to do what God has called you. My heart, my heart was. Went back. I thought about Willie over here. Willie, who leads all of our music up here. This is his one year anniversary. He's been here one year. One year. Today. Today, right today. Him and Anna live down south in a very warm place. I don't even think they use the heater in their car. And all of a sudden we go, come to the deep. It'll be sub zero weather and it's going to be hard, it's going to be tough, it's going to be a battle. But what Willie and Anna did, you chose the deep end. And I have to believe that land people are going like, are you crazy? You got it made down here. You get to fly, you get to do this, you get to do all this stuff. And then you're going to go there, you're going to live in that small of an apartment. We're trying to get out of New York. And then they got this happening and they have this in politics and this thing that's happening and all this stuff, man, if you come down here, you can get this kind of square footage on home. This man went to the deep. To the deep. That's what I'm asking. God, you know what he was doing? He was throwing out his UNO cards. He goes, I don't want this one, I don't want this one. I don't want this one. I don't want this one. Well, everybody else is going, can I get that? Can I get that? Can I get that? Can I buy that? Can I get by that? Folks, I want the deep. I want the deep. And you know what? I know there are folks that listen, this are going like, ah, I can't believe. Fine, talk to land people then. Talk to the land people. Not here. We're going to go and I. And I can preach through land looks. I can preach. Okay, look at me. For a second, everybody look me. Brother Dave. David Wilkerson used to say, give me your good eye. Like people have a bad eye. Look me. Give me your good eye. Land looks never intimidate me. I'm just telling you. You could sit there and go, I've watched it. I've watched the gnashing of teeth. It's fine. It's fine. That doesn't. All I can say is this. While you're sitting on the land building sandcastles, we're going deeper and deeper and deeper, where the looks and the comments mean nothing. But all that matters is this. This is all that matters to me, not your. We're trying to get the approval of people that are going to hell. You're trying to get people to high five you. They're not even saved. I want my supervisor. I want this person. I want this person. They don't even know God. I want to hear one thing. One thing. Well done, good and faithful servant. That's it. It's the only thing I want to hear. I'm done. I'm finished. That's why nothing intimidates me. I just don't care. All I know is God called me to finish chapter by chapter. I told someone the other day, I said, I know I have four more years to live because I'm supposed to finish that. If he doesn't give me another assignment. Sayonara. That's for our Japanese channel. Let me just tell you something, because I just get to hear, well done, good and fit. And if he gives me another assignment, then I'm in. I'm telling you, I just want to keep going deep. Anybody with me? I want to go deeper. Deeper and deeper and deeper with what God has. That's it. Bow your heads with me, please, for just a second. Sing this with Elder Vicki. Start with the verse, Elder Vicki. Come on. Sing this. Just for a moment.

Elder Vicki (63:34)

Where feet may fall.

Tim Dilena (63:38)

Hallelujah.

Elder Vicki (63:40)

And there I find you in the mysteries in ocean Se.

Tim Dilena (63:49)

Hallelujah.

Elder Vicki (63:50)

My faith will stand.

Tim Dilena (63:55)

Come on, sing it.

Elder Vicki (63:56)

And I will call upon your name. And keep my eyes above the way. When oceans rise, My soul will rest in your embrace. For I am your and you are mine.

Tim Dilena (64:30)

Come on, sing that second verse. Your grace abounds in deepest waters. Sing. A church around the world College campuses Sing.

Elder Vicki (64:42)

Sovereign hand, your sovereign head will be my God. Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me. You never fail.

Tim Dilena (65:02)

You won't start now.

Elder Vicki (65:03)

You won't start now.

Tim Dilena (65:06)

Come on. So I will call. Lift those hands and sing.

Elder Vicki (65:09)

And I will call upon Your name. Keep my eyes above the waves when oceans rise so will rest in your embrace For I am your and you are mine.

Tim Dilena (65:46)

Come on, lift your hands and sing it. Spirit, lead me. Hallelujah.

Elder Vicki (65:56)

Let me walk upon the waters wherever you would call me Take me deeper than my feet wonder and my faith would be made stronger in the presence of my.

Tim Dilena (66:19)

Come on, sing it one more time.

Elder Vicki (66:21)

Spirit, lead me. When my trust is without waters Let.

Tim Dilena (66:29)

Me walk.

Elder Vicki (66:33)

Wherever you call me Take me deep Take me deeper than my feet never wonder and my faith be.

Tim Dilena (66:47)

Made stronger let's sing it one more time. Come on, Tyser, sing it all over the world. Let's sing it every university. Sing it.

Elder Vicki (67:11)

Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander My faith.

Tim Dilena (67:27)

Just for a moment. Those that just feel the call from the shallows to the deep, would you just lift your hands just right now, just so you feel the call. Say God, you're calling me deep. You're calling me deeper. Come on, lift those hands to him right now. And would you just say, God, I want to go deeper. Just tell him deeper in the word, deeper in the things of God. Deeper in what the. Your values are your priorities. Come on, just lift those hands and say, God, take me deeper. Come on, wherever you're at, just tell him. Just say, God, I want to go deeper. I want to go where you Lead me, spirit, lead me. Tell him right now. Spirit, lead me. Not me. Lead me, spirit, lead me today. Spirit, lead me today. Today. Hallelujah. I, Lord, I lift my hands and I'm saying, lead me. Don't let me be ever satisfied with the shallows. Send me deeper. Send me deeper, Lord God, send me deeper. And then there are some people here. If you put your hands down just before we close, I'll do this fast. It's a challenge from God. The first challenge is to jump from the shallows into the deep. But maybe there's some that have just been on the land that you just go, and I need God in my life. And it starts with the journey of faith. And maybe that's the beginning for you. We saw some 20 plus hands go up to say, I need God in my life. I need to start a journey with God. I'm tired. I'm tired of the land. I'm tired of the same old, same old. Here it is. When all this is done, it's still the same thing. I want God. I want joy. I want purpose. I want destiny. I want to keep my eyes on eternity. If you're here today and say, pastor Tim, I Want God in my life. I want to start a relationship. I want to start a journey with him with every head bowed and every eyes closed. If that's just you, just for a moment and just say, just pray for me. Pray that God would come in and change me from the inside. If that's you, raise your hand up and hold him up high. Hold it up high. Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Balcony. Let me see those hands. Yes. Back there. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Thank you. Come on. Can we pray this together? All, all of us pray this. Say, Jesus, I make the jump today. You're calling me away from the land into deep waters. I want that relationship with you. You came for me. You died for me. You rose from the dead for me. You're praying for me and you're coming again for me. This day I leave the land and I come to Christ. Forgive me of my sins. I give you my life. And from this day forward, it's your voice that matters. I want to live for you. In Jesus name and everybody said amen and amen. History. History is filled with stories of those who've lost the world world but found a savior. You found a savior today. Online. You can just email Decided. You'll see it online here you can just text decided to 51,000 God. And then we'll just help you with this brand new relationship with God. I love you. This is what I'm going to ask you to do. We have beyond Sunday after this if you want to just even hang out. I know the annex will be open and then we're going to have prayer meeting that starts tonight at 6 o'. Clock. Let's leave singing one song of joy. We'll be back here at 6 believing for a baptism of fire that God is going to do. If you don't want to go out in the cold, stay in the warm house of God and pray with us. Come on, let's sing one more song. Come on. Thanks so much for listening. We hope you've enjoyed this message and be sure to subscribe so you can receive new messages each week. Visit TSC NYC for all the latest info on how you can stay connected. Also, don't forget that you can follow us on social media on all major platforms at Times Square Church. Thanks for tuning in today. Have a great week.