God did it all. We were just the instruments. And do I have to tell you that we were very glad that He used us. Let me tell you why we were so very glad to be gladiators for God to grab the Google Gen from going to Gehenna (Hell)…. Let me elaborate as to why we have plenty to praise God for….
Duke Jeyaraj, the man I wake up with every morning, a man you know is called by God to grab the Google Gen from going to Gehenna and Yank the Yahoo Youth towards Yahweh was there in these meetings presenting God’s Word powerfully wrapped around contemporary events in way that made sure they woke up from their sleep and listened intently:
1000 YOUNG PEOPLE!
... in the Youth Alive service of the New Life Assemblies of God church in Hyderabad. Duke improvised on the title of a movie starring Leonardo Da Vinci titled, The Blood Diamond, to preach a message called, The Diamond Blood, on the fourth saturday of this March. Close to 1000 youth heard a heart-melting message on what the Blood of Jesus could do for them from the word, "Blood" itself. The altar was crowded. There were wet eyes. Young folk were swept by the Love of the Savior for them.
GOOD FRIDAY CORPORATES EVENT…
NATIONAL CORPORATE BELIEVERS CONFERENCE….
Duke gets ready to speak to over 2000 people at Calvary Temple at Kukatpally on Easter Sunday Evening. The Lord blessed that message on, "What Would You Give The Resurrected Jesus."
…..Calvary Temple, lead by TV Evangelist Bro. Satish Kumar in Kukatpally, Hyderabad. Over 2000 people hungrily lapped up the message that was preached that Easter Sunday evening titled, “What Would You Offer The Resurrected Jesus?”
Two American students were among those immensely blessed by Duke’s message in the Sunday Service of Capstone AG Church in Gachibowli this April
….Capstone Assemblies of God Church in Gachibowli lead by his Bible College Room Mate, Pastor Chaitanya Gera on April 19. As Duke wrapped and presented the Gospel around the story of a suicide-committing Indian Yahoo Engineer in the United States, some folks were saved.
DUKE MINISTRY PHILOSOPHY
One section of the young corporate youth that attended the Bible Study that Duke leads in the home of Daniel and Magdalene near Villa Marie College every month on the the fourth Sunday Evening
…..in the centrally located large home of Daniel-Magdalene in Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad, studies were lead on Malachi (March) and Joshua (April). After lapping up life-changing truths presented from Duke’s unique “name-of-the-bible-book-used-as-an-acronym-for-its-message” method, these folks from various churches and corporates were served Dinner – thanks to the Daniels.
…. in the home of Bro. Christopher, closer to our rented home in A. S. Rao Nagar, Secunderabad, Duke gleaned out practical lessons to summarize the whole message of the books of Judges (March), Ruth (April) and I Samuel (May). Bro. Rajkumar volunteered to tastily prepare and serve dinner for people from various churches who showed up, traveling 15 to 20 kms. Jesus said, “Man shall live by bread alone by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God!” Duke’s ministry philosophy is on based on this just-quoted Scripture. “It would take quite a while and a lot of effort to search every word of the God (found in the Bible) and study it. So let us at least read and study every book of God’s book, the Bible and go about in our effort to understand it’s message. And we would be wise to start with the practical study of the lesser known Old Testament books!” And that is what happens in these rare, rocking Bible Studies.
WRITING FOR THE WHOLE WORLD…
Writing remains Duke’s primary call. Of late Light of Life, India’s leading Christian magazine (available online at lightoflife-india.com), Insight magazine published by Southern Asia Bible College where Duke studied and the Rural Echo, made available by Maharashtra Village Ministries carried Duke’s articles.
Giving out tracts is something we keep doing to keep our spiritual temperature warm. As we holidayed in Bangalore, shopped in Commercial Street, hung out in Cubbon Park, we gave out tracts to modern youth who crossed our path. Handing out tracts to interested co-passengers in the Train when we recently traveled to Bangalore was an exciting experience! We saw one lady reading the tract, we created with God enabling us touchingly titled, Bubbly Outside, Yet Empty Inside, non-stop till she was totally through in the Bangalore-Kacheguda Express! On the Day of Judgment she would not be able to give the excuse, “I do not know who Jesus is. Was he an IPL cricketer playing in a Team I was not following that much?!” And God would absolve us of her blood, which would otherwise be on our head, on that Terrible Day! What a joy it would be - both for her and for us - if she got saved!
SOME HOW, SAVE SOME!
While we were in Bangalore recently we tried to get across the Word of God using different methods:
….by bringing in the Gospel during a very casual conversation on Why Bad Things Happen To Good People while having breakfast with a “Train” friend. Before we parted ways and were ready to say, “Bye”, he was given the “Gospel Special” issue of The Days of Your Youth along with a CD copy containing three of Duke’s Gospel presentations including, a forthright Gospel message on the uniqueness of Christ!
….by gifting his long-lost, without-Christ, B. Tech. Agricultural Engineering classmate he recently met in Bangalore with more copies of The Days of Your Youth magazine as they were ready to bid Good Bye after lunch together!
THE MUSCAT CALL….Through Podcasts (duke.mypodcast.com) and Youtube (under the name of Duke Jeyaraj) uploads more and more people across the planet are being exposed to these kind of presentations that wrap Bible Truths around modern day events. To give you an example - Duke recently got a call from Muscat from a man who watched his Youtube video clip! A daring, direct message yet dearly delivered that Duke preached in an influential Roman Catholic home titled, "Wrong Ideas Catholics Have," (corrected in the light of the Bible) has been uploaded onto our site, duke.mypodcast.com, along with other interesting messages. Pass the link to those who need to hear the message.
NEW MINISTRY WAY PROPELLED BY VOLUNTEERS
The official website of our ministry (www.TheDaysOfYourYouth.com) has seen over 54,000 hits. This site is so well managed by Santhosh William, now with Haggai Institute – a young man who gives his free time for our ministry. The www.G-4Mission.Blogspot.com site carries our ministry reports dotted with pictures. This site is managed by Fenella Prince – a young woman who works for Wipro in Bangalore. SMSs from my mobile (9441352433) with ministry news and prayer calls will are being sent through the Internet. Solomon Paul is taking the lead in doing this. We cannot thank God enough for these vigorous, vibrant volunteers. Sharon working in Accenture (Chennai) and Eugene Pandian (my friend from Agricultural Institute, Allahabad living presently in Bangalore) are two new people who join our ever-expanding volunteers team. Issue No.17 of The Days mag was designed delectably by them. Shruthi Joy, Stephen Jothiraj, Bro. Christopher Tharalla take time to read what Duke writes to make sure you read all of Duke's swallowed up words too. God bless this Word-Sword-Squad (Editing Team). Continue to pray for our ministry. Your support means much to us. In some ways you are like who gather the supplies for the battle and those who make sure the supply does not run dry! We are like those who have gone for the battle (having said, “tata”, to our worldly jobs) trying our best to wrest the google gen from the grip of the Satan who is sold out to take them with them to Gehenna (Hell). God’s Word says the reward is the same for the “suppliers” and “soldiers” (I Sam 30:24). Do I hear you say a “Wow!”?
Testimonies We received:
What you wrote made us float….(Then we quickly got back to the ground to gloat “in the Lord!” who made all this possible!!).
The following are selections of emails/SMSs/Scraps that Duke Jeyaraj received recently:
Hi Duke...I just received the latest issue of your magazine (thro’ email)... it looks really great these days...the content has always been inspiring and challenging, but over the past few issues the layout and overall look of the magazine is classy - Devananadham Henry, New Jersey, The U. S.
Hello Bro. Duke, I am so glad to see you and blessed by your powerful spiritual messages in the youth camp I attended in Carmel Campus in Hyderabad. Especially the Great message HOW TO OVERCOME TEMPTATIONS, you preached helps me a lot when I face many temptations when I am with my colleagues….The best decision I ever took was after your second message in the camp in which you called for people who commit for fulltime ministry to come forward. I came forward and so did 50% of the audience! – one young camper in one of the youth camps Duke preached in this March 2009.
Duke’s right!! – one comment after someone watched Duke’s Youtube message clip video, Nudity and Porn: Kate Winslet Vs The Bible.Dear Mr. Duke, God talked with me and he touched me when I heard you preach in the youth camp I attended. Your magazines are helping me a lot. - Bhavana Smitha. M, Hyderabad
Dear Duke, Evan, Dale and Datasha, The magazine The Days of Your Youth continues to get better in format, content, lay out and what is more, it features new writers…WELL DONE. We have all been blessed by the recent issue and specially the case study of a young girl....
You may recall that we had translated the Gospel you wrote for the present generation titled, Aiswariya Felt It: The Vacuum in the Heart, into Bengali for local distribution. We had intensified the distribution while Aishwarya was here (in Kolkota), close to a month shooting for the film Raavan. My wife and I want to let you know that last week we crossed the mile stone of distributing the 10000th tract…Besides helping us sow His seeds in the Salt Lake area wherein we reside, membership for the Care Group meeting at our residence (Wednesday 07.00 pm) has increased. - Jebaraj D.G., Country Director, Compassion International.Wow ! Duke..It’s great to see you (based on your Facebook updates) doing God's work... You have always been that way from school I guess...Really proud :) My prayers for your ministry :) – Facebook Scrap left by Accenture-employed Ida Scudder School Student for whom Duke was a School Senior.
Dear Duke, Just to let you know – how much I enjoyed the time with you and your family in Hyd. Especially, I enjoyed your ‘sleeping or speeding’ (message in the Assemblies of God National Youth Confrence) – it did come as a convicting reminder to me and all of us! – A pastor from Kolkota.
Duke, As always, it is fun to keep getting revelations while (reading your articles). Sometimes I wish I had the time to pause, ponder and wonder about the amazing revelations in your writings. – A young person in Hyderabad
Pastor Duke, I wanted to admit, from a long time was looking out for an answer to this question.."Why did Jesus say ELI ELI LAMA SABACHITANI"?.....and you answered this through your message in Youth Alive the other day.......Was a great revelation....THANX PASTOR! - A young man in his Facebook scrap to Duke on 22 April
Duke, I got great reports about your Saturday message (in Youth Alive!). Thank you for your ministry – Pastor Younus Samuel via SMS.
Duke anna, I’ve mailed you to pray for me. Jesus gave me first mark in my semester examinations. – a young lady from Tiruchy, thro SMS
Dear Brother Duke, Praise God. I happened to see, The Days of Your Youth magazine, the fifteenth issue. I am amazed to see the work of God in you…. And the wonderful vision that the Lord Jesus has called you for…I am so excited to witness the Lord’s mighty hand in this generation through his precious people like you…. I praise God for that. My prayer has always been always this my brother that God would raise people that would turn around the corporates of these times like never before. – A young woman in Hyderabad via SMS.
Hi, Bro Duke, Those messages you gave in Summer For Jesus and in the Sunday morning sermons in the New Life AG Church – they all spoke to me a lot and even now they still do…. – A Young Pilot in Training in Atlanta, The US via Orkut scrap.
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