NATIONAL WORKPLACE MINISTRY CONFERENCE - PLEASE ATTEND!

Duke Jeyaraj humbly recommends and requests believers working in different corporates from all over India to consider attending the National Workplace Ministry Conference to be held in SAIACS, Bangalore, May 1-3, 2009. For more information please visit http://prayerfellowships.org/godatwork. And also please email godatwork09@gmail.com. Download the attached invite to get more details. The conference will feature eminent speakers and actual practitioners of the holy calling to be a witness for Jesus at workplace such as Anand Mahadevan of Outlook Business (of the "I, the convert" article fame) and many such others. More importantly, this conference will give you an invaluable opportunity to fellowship and strategically plan with other believers striving to be a witness for Jesus in various corporate offices across India. Other topics like Family - Work balance will also be taken up in this conference.Please register before April 15, 2009. If you are a pastor or a church leader, please encourage young corporate employees of your church to attend this conference. If you want to make a quick call to have more info about this crucial conference, please contact Mr. Mohan Patnaik, part of the senior leadership of UBS (Swiss Bank) in Hyderabad at 09849995530, who will also be one of the speakers in this Meet. Come on Nehemiahs, come on Esthers, come on Moseses, come on Daniels - let us meet up in Bangalore in the National Workplace Ministry Conference!

Reaching Youth thro' Powerpoint Presentation, Youtube.com and old-fashioned preaching - Duke Jeyaraj

Nathan - the Moving Movie Maker! Haggai Conference!

The Lord blessed the Haggai India Media Seminar I attended in Greater Noida (in Uttar Pradesh but part of the National Capital Region) (4-8 Feb). Participants from all across the country from the TV media, Radio media, Advertising Meida and Print Media attended. I was blessed by the presentations and classes lead by the distinguished teachers such as Dr. Chris Gnanakan (Bangalore), Mr. Paul Balasundaram (Director, Haggai India, Director), Mr. Sam Rufus (an creative ideas trainer for corporates from Gurgoan), Bro. Rajkumar Ramachandran ('the walking Bible'), Bro. Valentine Davidar (with Haggai Asia), and Mr. Stephen David (of India Today Group). I lead a devotion in which I preached from the life of Nathan whom I called the "moving movie maker!" through a power-point presentation which my friend in the conference, David Sekhar helped me do. Meeting with my good old friend Swarnu and the couple in whose home I was there every other day to receive coffee and counsels during my Allahabad College Days, Mr. and Mrs. Dickson was a special joy during the course of this visit. Distributing tracts in the Rajdhani Express while traveled up and down and to the youth I met in the market place of Greater Noida was even a greater joy. My thanks to Bro. Paul Balasundaram, the excutive director of Haggai India who joined along with Pastor Valson Varghese of New Life AG Church to this crucial conference all expenses-paid.

The Greater Noida Haggai Conference which Duke attended

Duke speaks on the topic, Nathan, the moving movie-maker!

God's presence manifested mightily!

Earlier, the Lord used us to bless over 800 youth who gathered in Chilaklu, Near Vijayawada in an interchurch youth convention – Sunday Morning church service organized by Pastor Prabhudas of New Life Ministries (Jan 31-Feb 1). Youth from the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Anglican Church, Baptist Church and other independent churches joined from places such as Vijayawada, Warangal and Hyderabad, apart from nearby villages. We witnessed the power of God being manifested in a mighty way in this camp, as demons ran and people fell to the ground unable to stand – the power of the Holy Spirit over-whelming them during prayer time after a anointed teaching from the Word of God by both Evan and I, on crucial subjects such as Excuses, Temptations, King Ahab and Holy Spirit. Most importantly, many youth accepted the Lord as Savior and received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Duke preaches from Proverbs 7 on how to beat temptation with the hosting pastor Pastor Prabhudass interpreting into Telugu in Chillakallu Interchurch Youth Revival Meetings

Evan, Duke's wife preaches on the Holy Spirit in the same meeting. Demons ran, people spoke in tongues for the first time and some fell to the ground overwhelmed by the power of God following this message

Youtube Video of mine with over 1000 hits!

The Lord lead me to upload 12 video clips featuring my talks on Youtube.com. Of them one of them has seen over 1000 hits and I am greatly encouraged to see that. Here is the description of that video clip: Duke Jeyaraj makes a captivating presentation of the Creator's view on actual sex outside of marriage. Duke makes reference to a Preity Zinta's dialogue in her movie, Kya Kehna even as his audience cheers lustily. This clip is a part of a message I preached in the New Life AG Church in May 2007.
Click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPiE2p30hWg
If you would like to watch this video clip. We must use all possible ways to get the message about Jesus across to the masses.

2008 in 14 summary photos / When the 'nastiest' sinner got saved!

Dear fellow travellers in the Jesus Narrow Way,

We wish you all a breakthrough-happening, blessed 2009!

2008 is history. It's done and dusted. We won, this year out, many a battle in ministry and family, because in Him we trusted! The way the Lord lead us this year - year number three of independent ministry to modern youth from Hyderabad, this - is simply wonderful. It cannot be counted in mere words! "This is the Lord's doing! We rub our eyes! We can hardly believe it!" So let us start with some pictures. Some photos!

Have a look at the photos attached to get a glimpse what God did thro' us - as tiny and tender we were. Shout a "Praise the Lord!" when you look at one selected photo per each month attached, taken from several photos of ministerial events we were part of in 2008! As your eyeballs lock themselves on these images, give thanks to the One who saw us as the apples of His Eye, this year!

Jan - Duke speaks at the wedding of John Wesley and Esther

Feb - A message from Gen 24 which Duke gave to over 700 youth becomes a DVD message

March - Those who attended Duke's Bible Study in the home of Daniel and Magdalene

April - After Evan preached in Dapegoan in an IET camp

May - Duke with his dad translating into Tamil preaches in a Vellore Church

June - When travelling in a train Duke distributes tracts with Emmanuel

July - Duke preaches to youth from Pune and Mumbai in the UBS Campus

August - Duke and Evan preach in a YFC camp for North East Youth

Sept - Duke makes a presentation on Meaning a RZIM meeting for teens

Oct - Duke challenges corporates from the book of Nehemiah in Cornerstone AG Church one Sunday Morning!

Nov - At the roof of Duke's home, on his daughter's first birthday, friends from other faiths hear the Gospel wrapped around her miraculous birth

Dec - the corporates in Mindspace Raheja IT Park in Hitec City hear a persuasive presentation of the Gospel by Duke

Find below one sample testimony we received thro' email this year, which tells the larger story of God's mighty move even as we preached His Word wrapped around contemporary events following the model of Jesus in Luke 13 and Paul in Acts 17.

Hello Bro. Duke,

This is ….. (name withheld to protect identity), the nastiest sinner of the whole universe. Bro Duke I happily wanted to recollect that day (12 Dec 2008) when you brought tears out of my eyes when you preached in the MindSpace IT Park Christmas Event.

You know I was filled with an extreme abundant joy, strength, hope in my heart after listening to your message!!. (I could sense that) there was a Super Power (God) in you while you were giving a message to us. My whole body was vibrating with joy, happiness, wanted to cry out LOUD.....

- One person from a non-Christian background who was present during Duke's presentation of the Gospel in MindSpace IT Park Open Air Arena on the 12 December 2008. This person also expressed a desire to be baptized in water to Duke.

(Go to www.G-4Mission.Blogspot.com to read more testimonies like these....)

This year was also significant because, I quit HSBC Global Resourcing, part of the group of the international Bank I worked for, on November 7 to get back to full-time ministry. We are certain that God would provide for our personal as well as ministerial needs.

Let me give you some ministerial highlights of 2008. We first talk about how God used us to influence individuals and then we move progressively to talk about how God used us to influence continents (in a small way).

Counselling
Counselling is one way we ministered to individuals or at the most two people at a time. When young people contacted Duke to be counselled on various mind-boggling issues they faced, Duke and his wife made themselves available. Sitting at the roof of his home in Dr. AS Rao Nagar, Hyderabad, Duke and his wife, Evan lead a medical student who came to them with many complications in her life, to Christ. Duke responded through a soothing yet straight email to the heart-cry of a young girl who was cheated by a man from overseas she met thro' the internet. Evan and Duke visited a physically challenged young girl to cheer her up and signed off by counselling her in areas where she needed it. Even on the last day of this year we were privileged to talk about finding God's Will in marriage to two fine young people working in the Corporate World who visited us at our home.

Couples
Duke was given some part in four weddings this year to bless the young couples who were getting married. The climax was his moving sermon, "When Jesus Enters Your Home" in the wedding of Scoty and Mamta in the New Life AG Church, Secunderabad on December 22. Relatives of this couple who were from a non-Christian background, along with the corporate heads of UBS and Google, the two companies they worked for respectively were part of that a good crowd to hear that spot-on message.

Clans
Duke was invited by two different clans to preach in their family get-togethers twice this year. Duke preached at the home of Ravi Alamothu and The Nune fame. His apt and anointed message penetrated needy hearts.

Colony
We were burdened to begin a Bible Study that serves the needs of Bible lovers closer to our home in Dr. A. S. Rao Nagar, the colony we live in. So we began an once-in-a-month Practical Bible Book summary study in the nearby home of Brother Christopher this November. We studied the book of Haggai. In the month of December we took up the study of the book of Zachariah. Again we used the the name of the Book as the short form for us to study the main message of the entire book. For seven straight days this Novemeber, Evan, lead in prayer, two young people in intense prayer and intercession with fasting. Duke also joined along to teach them crucial Bible Lessons on various topics. When our daughter Datasha celebrated her first birthday on November 7, we threw a party on the roof of our home and wrapped the Gospel message around the story of her miraculous birth. On Christmas Day and after we gave New Testaments along with Cake to our Non-Christian neighbours and colony contacts like the Milk Man, DVD Man, Tailor, Cobbler etc.

Churches
The largest crowd that Duke spoke to this year was in the New Life AG Church, Secunderabad, one Sunday this August - a crowd of over 3000 people. Duke shared the testimony of how the Lord Jesus miraculously gave back the life of Datasha, his daugher, when she was still in her mother's womb, even as Rev. Valson Varghese dedicated Datasha. One person emailed us to let us know how she was blessed by that testimony. Duke even wrote that testimony down and printed it out and gave it to the guests who came. One person who works in a large corporate company told Duke that he had pinned that printed testimony on his corporate office desk for people who do not know Jesus to read! This testimony, in tract form, was also given to couples without children coming out of Hyderabad's most famous fertility clinic!

The largest young crowd that Duke preached to this year was again in the New Life AG Church in Secunderabad - crowd of about 800. On the Saturday evening following Valentine's Day, Duke preached a practical message from Genesis 24 titled, "Marriage-Romance Question-Answers". The young people listened to this talk from the edge of their seats and some gave their hearts to Jesus as well, after that moving talk.

Duke's message "Wrong Ideas About the Holy Spirit" was delivered one Sunday Morning in the month of May in a large church in Vellore - the Zion Pentecostal Church.

Twice this year Duke preached in the Cornerstone AG Church, Hitec City, pastored by his Bible College Roommate, Pas. Chaitanya. The corporates that are largely part of his church were touched and blessed. One message that Duke preached was titled, "If Nehemiah Were in Nipuna..." (Nipuna is the former name of Satyam BPO).

On Christmas Day, Duke made a rousing challenge from the Christmas Prophets in Secunderabad Bible Fellowship Church. "On Christmas day, we must not only think of the Cake. Think of the Lake - the Lake of Fire people without Christ will go to - and do what we can to save them from going there! During Christmas season, don't just think about eating Turkey. Think of the nations like Turkey, so full of our friends from the Muslim World without the Gospel!" So challenged Duke his audience!

Crowds
On the very first day of 2008, Duke had the opportunity to fly from Hyderabad to Chennai. When in the Airport and while on Air, Duke distributed the Gospel Tract he himself wrote, Bubbly Outside, Yet Empty Inside to interested co-passengers. There were times, this year, when Duke was in Secunderabad Railway station and in Shopping Malls such as City Centre to do the same. No involvement in direct evangelism is one direct reason for the fall of many reputed servants of God, we have sadly observed!

Corporates
While Duke worked in HSBC, he continued to hold meetings for three to four minutes to bless the corporates who worked there. This small group would move to an secluded part of the corporate office, first. Duke would then read a small portion of Scripture, following which he would give a three or four sentence exhortation, relevant to the Corporate World. After this was over, Duke or someone else present, would lead in prayer and intercession. "Lord, let hell be plundered in Dell!" "Lord, let the google generation be grabbed from going to Gehenna!" - those are the sort of prayers that would be raised to heaven at that midnight hour! Oh that similar prayers would be held in all the corporate buildings in this planet! Duke had the joy of praying the sinner's prayer with one Corporate employee right in the processing floor, after logging out, one early morning, this year! Oh that, believers in the Corporate world would witness for Jesus over Coffee in their canteens!

Twice this year, after receiving an invitation from Bro. Mohan Patnaik, a senior leader with UBS (Swiss Bank) Hyderabad, Duke taught on the subjects of integrity and money to a group of corporate employees in a Morph meeting.

Camps
Duke preached in different camps organised by different groups and organisations this year. In January he preached in the Baptist Youth Camp in Birdy. In August he preached in a short Youth For Christ camp along with his wife for North East Girls. In January again, Duke preached in Yuvasena - a youth camp aimed at developing young leaders for the AP Region for the Assemblies of God. The young campers raced to the altar to have an encounter with God whose ways Duke presented to them in a captivating way.

College
God took Duke to St. Francis College for Women in Hyderabad this August to preach to about 100 hip college girls. As Duke prayed, God spirit moved powerfully over the girls, many of whom accepted the Lord! To some girls standing outside the Villa Marie College we gave our Gospel tract, "Bubbly Outside, Yet Empty Inside!" this year. In the ECIL area of Hyderabad, where there are some colleges on World AIDS DAY, Dec 1, Duke gave a tract which wrapped the Gospel around a different sort of AIDS awareness message, written by Him, titled, "ShahRukh in DDLJ Wouldn't Do It Even In A Dream...."

Cruising
God took Duke to Pune, Dapegoan and Vellore to preach his Word this year. He had to turn down preaching invitations from towns such as Asansol, Varanasi, Nagpur and Vizag because of practical reasons. When Duke cruised out of Hyderabad and preached, the response was over-whelming. One medical doctor who heard Duke in Dapegoan said she never heard preaching like that in over 30 years. One young teacher confessed to Evan in the same town, "I thought to myself, What would this lady preach! But after I heard you, I realized my thinking was wrong!"

Classrooms
Duke converted the sprawling home of Daniel and Magdalene, located at the heart of Hyderabad into a Bible Class Room, month after month, this year. On one Sunday per month (except September and October), Duke summarized the messages of the lesser known books of the Bible (from the Prophetic Books Section) for the google generation that gathered there representing various church groups and age groups. Duke would use the very name of the book as a short-form for the message of the book in this unique Bible Study! God used Tanmay Naik, Padma Nela, Kalyan, Uncle Nallaraj Edward to bring people into this Bible Study. Magdalene Daniel ensured that those who attended were served a tasty dinner each time they came.

Duke was also invited by Pastor Younus Samuel to teach on the Second Coming and Youth Preaching to a group of young people from the New Life AG Church, Secunderabad this May.

Crossing
Duke crossed organisational and denominational barriers time and again this year. Organisations such as Ravi Zacharias International Ministries(RZIM), Youth For Christ (YFC), Bombay Tamil Christian Youth Fellowship (BTCYF), Indian Evangelical Team (IET) and Jesus Calls invited Duke to preach in their meetings, this year and churches as diverse as Assemblies of God, Baptist and the Church at Cyberabad did the same. The Bible Study that Duke lead in the home of Daniel and Magdalene saw people from Emmanuel House of Worship, Church of South India among other churches attend. Duke's own organisation, Grabbing the Gadget Generation from Gehenna Mission (G-4 Mission) is an inter-organisational and inter-denominational which means it will only assist the existing local church in youth ministry and Bible Teaching and not attempt to start new local churches.

What Duke writes crosses barriers as well. Light of Life, India's leading Christian magazine published Duke's articles time and again this year.The Voice of the Shepherd magazine from Vellore published Duke's article, "King David Vs Jackie Chan!" after translating it into Tamil. A BYM missionary wrote to Duke asking for permission to translate his Gospel tract for modern youth, Bubbly Outside, Yet Empty Inside?! into Hindi. This tract was distributed by Duke during the train journeys he undertook this year to interested co-passengers. Once when Duke distributed that tract to a fellow cab traveller while he worked in HSBC, she told him, "This writeup (available online at PurposeSpot.Blogspot.com) accurately describes what I go through! Thank you for giving it to me!" Bubbly was also distributed in the North Indian town of Jaipur this year.

CDs
The messages that Duke preached to youth, messages born in prayer, messages wrapped around contemporary events, messages delivered in informal, fluid, style, were packed into DVDs and MP3 CDs and widely distributed. Ruby Evangel and Navamani Kingsley worked overtime to design the covers of these CDs. The new message CDs released this year have these very interesting titles: A Sex Addict Gets Saved (A message of deliverance from Ezekiel 16); Which Road Are You On (The Book of Ecclesiastes made relevant for youth); Beating Temptations Like Joseph (A gripping talk from Genesis 39); Marriage-Romance Question-Answers (A practical message from Genesis 24). A new CD with MP3 messages of Duke given just for the corporate world was created this year. One message in this CD is titled: "What Motivated A TentMaker to Become a SoulWinner!" MP3 message collections of Duke with translation into Nepali, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu are now available at the end of this year. When these CDs were put up for sale, in the meetings Duke preached in, there was a very good response. In a small church, after Duke's message one Sunday morning, the CD sale touched Rs.2000/- for example!

Continents
This year we made it possible for anyone in any continent - in Canberra or Calcutta or Copenhagen or Chicago or Cairo - to see the messages of Duke on taboo topics such as pornography, homosexuality, fondling the opposite gender etc, thanks to Youtube.com. Yes, on this popular video sharing site, for the first time, clips of Duke's daring messages were uploaded, this year, with a lot of help from Santhosh William, our volunteer.

Cellulose
Even though we live in a world of the Internet, the charm of cellulose has not faded away. On sheets of cellulose, our magazine which wraps Bible Truth around contemporary events is published once in two months - a total of five issues per year including a double issue. This magazine asked five different questions to its readers on the cover this year. They are, "When was the last time you cried?", "What gives Life Meaning?", "Have you seen a man more madly in love?", "What Shall I do with this One life I have?", "Shall we say, Live On! to Living In? Duke, after sweating buckets in personal Bible meditation, wrote articles that summarized and made relevant the messages of the Bible books of Ecclesiastes, Hosea, Amos and Lamentations to the Yahoo Youth as lead articles this year. He has plans to write one such article for every Bible book in his lifetime. Events as interesting as Barrack Obama's victory acceptance speech were tracked down with a purpose of bring out Bible truth around them, in this one-of-a-kind magazine which is distributed by key people located all across India.

Duke's book for youth, NO BEATING ABOUT THE BUSH STRAIGHT STRAIGHT TALK ON HUSHED UP SUBJECTS, sold briskly in the meetings he preached in this year in the spiral bound photocopy format. It takes up about 30 hard core youth issues and unabashedly announces what God's Word has to say on that topic without beating about the bush. We have seen this book travel all the way to Florida in the United States and Damaiguda in Hyderabad this year! At the close of 2008, Duke came up with yet another spiral bound photocopy format book titled, THE GOODNEWS FOR THE GOOGLE GENERATION - a book with over 25 different fresh gospel presentations for the modern generation.

.Com
Our official website, www.TheDaysOfYourYouth.com, so painstakingly managed by Santhosh William, uploads one fresh article by Duke every week. On the homepage you would bump into a Youtube.com video of Duke as well. That it has registered 30,000 hits within a few months of being set up tells us that people visit and re-visit that site often. PurposeSpot.Blogspot.com was set us this year with the purpose of hosting Duke's compelling, captivating and uncompromising evangelistic messages for the casual browser out there somewhere in this planet. Florussel manages this site apart from making herself available to video shoot my messages. G-4 Mission.Blogspot.com presents picturesque reports of our ministry. This is managed by our volunteer Fenella Prince, who lives in Bangalore.

Calling
God used Duke during the month of December to call corporate employees and PHD students to his fold in four different Christmas Gospel Events. In Mindspace Raheja IT park, Duke presented the Gospel to over 150 Corporates. The power of God was felt in an unmistakable way in that Gospel presentation which Duke began with the Mumbai Terror Attack Plan. He also had the opportunity to preach the Gospel in the terrace of another Corporate Building in Ashok Bhoopal Chambers in Secunderabad, following presentation of skits and adzapps by the youth of the New Life AG Church. In the home of Daniel and Magdalene, Duke's Gospel presentation for without Christ friends of those who usually attend the Bible Study there, began with the movie, Dostana. Evangelistic preaching with an apologetic bend, is something that Duke loves to do! Duke also preached to a crowd of 400 in a Jesus Calls meeting in Secunderabad twice this year! He titled one message, he preached there, very differently and preached it also differently and daringly: "After the Healing!" One young man SMSed Duke this way about this, his choice of topic for the message: "I have never heard any in India preach on this topic!"

Crew
For doing all of this we have a very talented crew of volunteers The skilful editing team of M. Shruthi Joy, Magdalene Daniel, Steve Jothiraj join Duke and Evan in text editing of the magazine, The Days.... Florussel and Gideon Gnanasekaran swiftly search for photos to illustrate the articles. Santhosh William and Fenella Prince upload them onto these two sites: www.TheDaysOfYourYouth.com and G-4Mission.blogspot.com. Ravi Alamothu deftly designs the whole magazine. Bro. Christopher Tharalla helps us post the magazine, along with his friends. These wonderful volunteers continue to wow us with their commitment and dedication despite their varied responsibilities.

Cash
We are happy to let you know that God more than met all our ministerial and family needs in 2008 needs through freewill offerings/donations from Indians from various backgrounds. To site an example - an young woman who heard Duke preach in October 2007 in a youth camp sent in a money order of Rs.1000/- There was even a deposit of close to Rs.7000 in Duke's ICICI account from an anonymous person, this year! We told ourselves, "People trust us with their hard-earned resources so much so that some of them do not bother even to tell us who they are! How much more we must be faithful in handling these resources!"

Cartons
Apart from cash, we also received loving carton boxes of priceless gifts from God's people. The gift of a sleek Dell laptop arrived early this January to aid our writing ministry. A wireless router and a Samsonite laptop bag was another gift we got this year. The ESV Study Bible - the best single-volume Bible Study aid ever published, released in the United States only this October 2008 - hit my home as early as December 2008, thanks to another generous gift-giver! Our house owner, Aunty Sreekumari needs to be mentioned here. We just pay the rent of Rs.3000/- for this independent office cum residence we stay in. The actual rent for this beautiful home is much more. But because we are in ministry, Aunty, very generously lets us pay only that much.

Companion
This report is jointly written by Duke and Evan. But at this point, Duke takes over. I take over to talk about the faithful, fantastic, companion of seven years that God has so graciously given me, Evan. She motivated me to pray this year. She took care of the kids. She was my Nathan, needless to say. She stood next to me in pulpits in Dapegoan and Pune to preach the Word in all authority and clarity. In March 2008, she was invited to speak to a section of 200 single youth - from colleges and the corporate world - in the New Life AG Women's Conference, Secunderabad. Her message, "Single and Despondent to Single and Confident" touched many. I was very happy to babysit while she preached that day! One email we received, following that meeting, revealed that one youth broke up with her unbelieving boyfriend the very next day! I cannot thank God enough for giving me Evan to walk along hand in hand with me in this journey called life!

Combination
We are praying that we will blend and combine the Word (the challenge for the mind), Works (the challenge for the heart) and Wonders (the challenge for the body) in our ministry as the Bible teaches we must do more and more in the coming years. Please pray for us! Though there were invitations to preach on both the 30 Dec and 31 Dec of 2008 we turned them down to concentrate on prayer. Prayer is the stop that keeps us going. We have many miles to go and many promises to keep! Thank you for holding the rope when took the plunge to grab the Google Generation from Gehenna in 2008!

Evan with Dale. They, along with little Datasha, stood with Duke through thick and thin!

Please pray for Duke and Evan - preachers and writers attempting to grab the google generation from Gehenna (Hell)

In the ministry of making God's Word relevant and riveting for the Google Generation,

Duke and Evan Jeyaraj
"The Days Of Your Youth"
G-4 Mission
LIG B 316, Dr. A. S. Rao Nagar
Hyderabad 500 062
Mobile: +91-9441352433

What You Communicated Compels Us To Carry On

(TESTIMONIES ABOUT DUKE JEYARAJ AND HIS WIFE, EVAN, BY VARIOUS PEOPLE THRO' EMAILS / SMSs / ORKUT SCRAPS / thro DIRECT TALK Etc)

"There are four qualities that go to make the promise in any young aspiring Christian leader come true. First, the 'roots embedded and drawn from good family' II Tim 1: 5. Second, 'the good friends given by God who have shaped, challenged and imparted the Truth' with clarity II Tim 1: 8,9. Third, is the 'Gift and gifts that God alone gives' II Tim 1: 6 and the responsibility of disciplined facilitation of these recognized God given gifts. Fourth, there is the ongoing development of these gifts from God by right care, personal discipline, accountability to God and the Body of Believers and continuing use of the gifts in Servant Leadership II Tim 1: 6. J. B. Philips in his translation, terms it as 'stir up the inner fire'!

Duke comes from 'good stock' - His family gave him a great start. Duke has acknowledged his debt to those who have 'invested in His life' - friends and other models of Christian discipleship. Duke understands intimately the dependence on the Holy Spirit to gift and energize effective Christian discipleship. Duke evidences the commitment to ongoing disciples that help develop and use the gifts of God by being a 'servant to humanity at large and the Body of Jesus Christ in particular.' May the Lord who has called fulfil His purposes and calling in Duke!"

Duke, this is exactly what I pray and desire for you! You are a masterpiece in making!

The Lord bless you always!

- a very senior founding Mission Leader of the Largest Indian Missionary Organisation and World Renowned Preacher
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Dear Mr. Duke,I count you as one of the key emerging leader in the 21st century, that's why I am encouraging you. Keep it up, the Lord has got a greater plans for you.

- a senior Methodist Pastor in Mumbai
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Hello Bro. Duke, This is ….. (name withheld to protect identity), the nastiest sinner of the whole universe. Bro Duke I happily wanted to recollect that day (12 Dec 2008) when you brought tears out of my eyes when you preached in the MindSpace IT Park Christmas Event.

You know I was filled with an extreme abundant joy, strength, hope in my heart after listening to your message!!. (I could sense that) there was a Super Power (God) in you while you were giving a message to us. My whole body was vibrating with joy, happiness, wanted to cry out LOUD.....

-One person from a non-Christian background who was present during Duke's presentation of the Gospel in MindSpace IT Park Open Air Arena on the 12 December 2008.
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Hello brother Duke,
I was very much encouraged by your writings from the past few years...Whenever the Blessing magazine comes ...first we kids used to grab it and fight among ourselves....just to see whether your article is there or not...if it is not there..the mag was given back..if it was there for next 1/2 hr it would be with the winner of the fight for magazine....God bless u sooooooooooo much...

I loved reading your article BECKER FELT IT – THE VACUUM IN THE HEART (A Gospel Presentation for Yahoo Younguns!). It is just superb. Well, in the church I worship with, we distribute tracts once in a month. But, some of the tracts are of a conventional type. I just thought of using stuff from your write up and some other quotes and prepare a tract. I roughly did one, but with prayer...and have attached it with this mail. Brother, if you don't mind it would be good if you allow us to use the information. I would be even more happy if you can read through the text and give suggestions and more innovative ideas, as they instantly flow out from you…

- One Young Indian Student in Australia in July 2005 thro two separate emails (God used this to encourage Duke to start his own ministry in Feb 2006!)
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Dear Duke Annan,
Your periodical is truly amazing and distinct from all the other youth magazines. Some of your articles and messages are soul thundering. I'm blessed immensely and i constanly use the same in my preaching to the students. We praise God for your passion to reach out to the gennext.

The tract "Bubbly outside Yet Inside" we distributed to about 75 youth on the eve of Valentine's Day. I'm interested in translating the same in Hindi. Will you permit me? Need is huge and this stuffy tract if translated can a be of great tool to reachout to the city youth dwellers in Rajasthan, M.P and U.P. In the coming 2009 year can you spare us a day for Youth gatherings in Jaipur and Ajmer ....?

Kindly send me the following VCDs featuring your messages.....
1. What the Bible teaches about sex 2. Getting hooked to the Bible 3. True Romantic Love 4. The God who Kisses and Kills. 5. Answers to Common youth questions.6. Taming `tough temptations 7. Finishing Fantastically 8. I will NOT be silent 9. God as a family man. 10. Marks of backsliding 11. Intercession Inspiration and 12. No one can love you like Jesus can.

I have deposited money in your SBI account for the VCDs and magazine.

Our prayers are with your entire team.
Your loving thambi,

- A BYM Missionary in North India
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Duke - Great writing - terrific!!!!!!!!!!!

- a former employee of The Times of India
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Duke, You have done a great piece of work on the youth front in the article "I am young and from India..."
Could I have your permission to use the material from this article to minister to the youth in our Church... ?

- a Mumbai Pastor
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Our founding Pastor, David Wilkerson renders the Bible on the pulpit like a dagger. He minces no words too. Take care Duke.. You are among that tribe.

- a young woman in the US.
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Duke, It was wonderful to read your report. It's amazing to see how your ministry is growing. You are definitely making an impact on the modern youth of the city!
Thanks for being such a blessing

- a young corporate employee in Hyderabad
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Brother Duke - Indeed, we are very much encouraged thro the interdenominational, once a month, Bible Study you lead at Daniel's place. We are encouraged to study the Word Of God in depth.

- one Corporate Employee
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Dear Evan (Duke's Wife) - The girl who heard your message in the AG Women's conference, she broke up with her (unbeliever) boyfriend, the very next day!

- One Young Woman
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Hello Bro Duke,
I am working in Dubai for the past 20 months before which I was in Hyderabad for a major part of my life. I am extremely glad to hear about your ministry and your magazine is one of a kind. I am really impressed and have introduced the online magazine to others in our church.

- A young woman in Dubai
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Duke, I've heard you speak at the New Life AG church, Hyderadad, quite a bit. I love your messages and love the fact that you have a heart to reach out to the lost. God bless you loads.

– A Corporate Employee
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Dear Duke anna - I always thank God for you. Thank you for the wonderful messages you made for the youth. I am in China now studying clinical medicine.i thank you once again.

- a young Indian Student in China
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Dear Duke anna .. ur magazines are really nice.. it is very relevant for the present corporate world.. pulls the corporate Christian to grab it n read it.. Praise God for tat..

- a young person from Trichy
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Dear Bro Duke,
Thank you for sending your message DVDs in response to my order for the same. I am so blessed by them. I will share it with my friend who works among the youth in my town. I read your magazine. Its too good.... Now I have shifted to Arunachal Pradesh as a missionary.

– A Southern Asia Bible College Graduate in Meghalaya.
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Dear brother in Christ,
I have been reading your magazine for just 2 months. It's just straight talk and answers questions with no buttery or flowery speech. Preachers are generally that not so daring in their messages. - a believer from Chennai.

Hi, Bro Duke - I am Joshua, I am from New Life AG Church, Secundrabad. Right now I am in the U.S in the city of Atlanta. I am here to do my training to get my airline pilot's license. I felt so happy reading your Orkut profile. The messages you gave in Summer For Jesus in our church along with the Sunday sermon on Pooh Pooh Procrastination spoke to me a lot. They still speak to me even now, Keep Me in your prayer!

– A young man thro' Orkut Scrap
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Whenever I hear you preach, I get the feeling I am hearing exactly what God wants to communicate with this rebellious generation

- a business owner after he heard Duke preach in a church, one Sunday morning.
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I have never heard inspirational preaching like this for the last 30 years of my life

- A medical doctor after she heard Duke preach

MOTIVATING CORPORATES TO PLUNDER HELL, IN THEIR DELL!
G-4 Mission ministry report by Evangelin Duke

In the months of October and November, the Lord used us in his Vineyard, very graciously. Let me give you the details so that you can join in giving God the praise.

After your miracle…
About 400 people were there, eager to listen to God's Word. Where? - The spacious prayer hall of the Jesus Calls premises in Secunderabad. Duke was given the mike after a warm welcome by Bro. Bhushnam. Duke's topic was differently titled, "After your miracle..." He challenged the listeners with what God expected them to do following a miracle they received. A senior couple came forward to testify how that message was the need of the hour. Duke spent time praying for sick. We believe that apologetics (the challenge for the mind), Bible-teaching (the challenge for the soul) and miracles (the challenge for the body) must be integrated into our ministry. We have a long way to go in this regard. And we are fasting and praying for this to happen!

Serving the Bible in a kitchen!
This meeting took place in a restaurant. Wong's kitchen they call it. It is in Hitec city, Hyderabad. Duke was there upon the invitation of Pastor Chaitanya, Duke's Bible College room-mate, to bring God's word for one Sunday each in October and November. Duke's messages challenged the congregation that met in Wong's Kitchen - a congregation full of corporate crowd. In one message, Duke used the character of Nehemiah to challenge his listeners with his topic- "If Nehemiah were in Nippuna..." In yet another message, given on yet another Sunday, Duke used the character of Paul to challenge his hearers with the message titled "What motivated a Tent-maker to become a Soul-winner!" The corporates in that church were motivated to plunder hell in their "Dell" (the corporate company they worked for) through life and lips. A powerful time of commitment followed. These two talks, along with two other talks that Duke gave to a largely corporate crowd are available in one MP3 CD. Contact us at +91-9441352433 for details.

Zechariah and Haggai studied
Duke led two practical summary Bible Studies for people from different churches on two Bible books, Haggai and Zechariah at the home of Bro. Christopher at Dr. A. S. Rao Nagar, Hyderabad. He used the names of the prophets who wrote these books as acronyms to summarize their message in an interesting and inspiring way. Only when we get back to the Bible, we will see personal and church revival - this conviction drives us to have studies like these!

Birthday bash turned to a Gospel Meeting!
On November 12, our daughter Datasha celebrated her first birthday. On the roof of our home we called for a meeting. We invited our neighbors from different faiths to be part of that meeting apart from our family and ministry friends. The number swelled to 45. In that meeting Duke wrapped the miraculous story of her birth with the Gospel. Dr. Nallaraj Edward and his wife too shared the Gospel through song and through Bible verses.

Abhimanue and his wife Trishna join in for the celebration of Datasha's first birthday at the roof top of our house

Evan in conversation with our neighbours who not only were fed with good food on Datasha's first birthday but also the Gospel from the mouth of Duke wrapped around the miraculous story of Datasha's birth

Three of our volunteers, Shruti Joy, Florussel Satya and Santhosh William, joined us for the celebration of Datasha's first birthday - an event we used to share the Gospel with neighbours who needed to hear of Jesus!

Tracts Distribution
Duke wrote the story of Datasha's miracle birth in the form a Gospel tract and invited people who came to take it. We distributed what was left to couples who were coming in and out of Anu Test Tube Baby Centre in Hyderabad - the most talked-about Test Tube Baby Centre in Andhra Pradesh.

Talking about tracts distribution, Duke distributed our other Gospel tract for the Google Generation, Bubbly Outside, Yet Empty Inside, to the young corporate employees of Infosys. They were waiting for their company bus, the same way Dale, our little son, was waiting for his School bus in the main road near our home in A. S. Rao Nagar. Do we look for changes to tell others about Jesus when we are waiting somewhere doing nothing?

On December 1, 2008, World AIDS Day, Duke distributed yet another Gospel tract of ours which wrapped the Gospel Message around AIDS awareness in the ECIL area of Hyderabad. No day is a wrong day to tell others about Jesus!

The Gospel for a good old man
One very senior man from a Hindu background came for this meeting upon our invitation. He listened to the Gospel attentively during this meeting. Shortly later he was in his death bed. Duke and I went to see him. Duke again shared the Gospel with him. He got up from his bed, held Duke's hands and started crying like a little child. Duke prayed with him. The next day, he lost his memory and within few days he died.

Seven straight days of intense prayer
For seven straight days in the month of November, I got to lead two young people in daily prayer. Duke would join in for sometime. He brought God's Word on different practical topics – fasting, intercession, family, taking care of the body, Holy Spirit and keeping the fire till the end. It was a powerful and blessed time! On the day when the terrorists attacked Mumbai, 26, November 2008, we were in prayer. God poured out an unusual burden in my heart for India on that day. I was not just praying – I was groaning out to God in the Holy Spirit. I am sure that there were many others praying for India at the very same time. These prayers, I believe, moved the Lord to move His Hand of Protection upon Mumbai so that the damage caused by the terrorists was curtailed. Their plan to blow up the Taj did not materialize, as we all know!

The story of God's Grace grippingly shared in Mindspace!
On December 12, 2008 Duke made a moving presentation of the Gospel to over 150 corporate employees at Mindspace Raheja IT Park, Hitec City, Hyderabad, in a Christmas Celebration event. Duke began his talk with the narration of the Mumbai Terror Plot and connected with the Salvation Planning Meeting in Heaven. The audience listened sitting on the edge of their seats. Duke ended his 20 minute talk with the sinners' prayer. One young man came to Duke to let him how how he was shivering under the power of God and that he was in tears following that thought-provoking, contemporary events-wrapped Gospel presentation. Corporates from CSC, Bank of America and IBM were there among others in this event organised by the believers of CSC, with Franklin Lalwadi and Suryakala talking the lead along with others.

Duke made a moving presentation of the Gospel at Mindspace Raheja IT Park, Hitec City, Hyderabad on Dec 12, 2008

Over 150 corporate employees from companies such as CSC, Bank of America and IBM listened to Duke that day

Writing in obedience to God's call
The call from God to write is something that Duke takes very seriously. He sometimes has to turn down certain preaching invitations so that he can find time to write what God has laid in his heart. Light of Life, India's leading Christian magazine, published two of Duke's articles recently, titled thus: When Called To Compromise; Ways To Witness This Christmas! Duke's article "Jackie Chan Vs David" was translated into Tamil and published in the Voice of the Shepherd magazine, coming out of Vellore in September 2008.

Over 28,000 Hits!
Every week, Duke continues to post an article on our official ministry website, TheDaysOfYourYouth.com, managed so very well by Santhosh William, our hard-working volunteer. This site now has over 28,000 hits! Talking about hits, I am happy to let you know that the Youtube videos of Duke, now live, is seeing a steady stream of hits as well.

From His hand to yours!
The task of publishing this magazine is quite a challenge and consumes a lot of time. First, Duke collects secular magazines and takes time to go through them. Then, he fishes out interesting events around which Bible truths can be wrapped while staying sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit. Then, he writes the articles. These articles are then edited by the team of voluntary editors – Stephen Jothiraj, Shruthi Joy and Madgalene Daniel. Simultaneously, photos that will go alongside these articles are fished out by Florussel Satya and Gideon Samuel Gnanasekaran. Navamani Kingsley and Ruby Evangel design CD covers that need to be advertised on the magazine. Duke prayed a heart-warming prayer in the wedding of Ruby Evangel on 10 December. Ravi Alamothu, apart from choosing photos page-engineers the magazine. It is uploaded on the web by Santhosh William. Part of the magazine is uploaded onto our blog by Fenella Prince. Once the magazine is printed, Bro. Christopher along with his friends helps us in the posting.

Duke prayed a heart-warming prayer on the wedding of Ruby Evangel, one of our ministry volunteers on December 10. Ruby has creatively designed the covers for the CDs of Duke's messages

There was a record-breaking response for the message CDs, Books and the Magazines of Duke at the Cornerstone AG Church in Hitec City when Duke preached there two Sundays spread over October and November 2008

Four of Duke's gripping talks to employees of Corporates at various occasions are all available in one MP3 CD, the price of which is fifty rupees. Navamani Kingsley of Delloitte designed this CD cover, for Duke

We value your supplication and support. Thank you for holding the ropes even as we plunge to grab the Gadget Generation from Gehenna!

DUKE TOO BUSY TO WORK FOR HSBC! IN 'FULLTIME' MINISTRY NOW!

Yes, the day finally arrived. It arrived after Duke Jeyaraj and his family had lived almost three full years in Hyderabad. On November 7, 2008, the 90th birthday of Billy Graham, the great evangelist, Duke Jeyaraj, an Indian evangelist to the Google Generation gave his resignation to his manager in HSBC. The Lord definitely lead him to take this landmark step.

Duke has quit his corporate company job so that he can fully devote himself to study of the Bible, prayer, writing articles and travelling and speaking fulltime. Pray for him, his wife and two children!

Working in HSBC for two years and in 24/7 Customer for one year (earlier on) really helped Duke in many ways:

One, he could meet and rub shoulders with the Google Generation, the group he was called to make relevant the Gospel and God's Word to, on a day to day basis understanding their World. The Call Centre industry has people from this generation - the modern youth. Duke's messages after he started working in the Call Centre/BPO industry became increasingly dotted with terms used in that industry and they directly addressed the problems they faced in the light of the Bible. One such message was, IF DANIEL WERE IN DELL. Another message was, IF NEHEMIAH WAS IN NIPUNA. Yet another message was, WHAT MOTIVATED A TENT-MAKER TO BECOME A SOUL-WINNER.

Two, Duke could have breaktime fellowships right in the corporate company office he worked. Duke would read a Bible verse, preach a three or four sentence message from it and lead in an intercessory prayer, all in the timespan of three minutes.This fellowship blessed many. By doing this Duke followed Paul's model of tent-making evangelism (Acts 18:1-4). Duke even had the privilege of leading one person into the sinner's prayer and a relationship with Christ right inside the processing floor of one corporate office after he logged out!

Three, Duke could support his family needs and also divert some funds for the publication of his magazine,The Days Of Your Youth, a mag that wrapped Bible Truths for Youth around contemporary events. This mag and Duke's Gospel tract, Bubbly Outside, Yet Empty Inside, were widely distributed in the two corporate offices he worked. Even people who were not from the Christian backgroud grabbed them from Duke's desk because of the interesting nature of the articles featured. Upon receiving the tract one girl remarked to Duke, "This is my story told... I am bubbly outside, yet empty inside!"

Duke used his leaves wisely to travel and preach even during his three year tenure in the corporate world. Even when Duke worked in the call centre industry, he travelled (sometimes by Air, sometimes by Train) to Mumbai, Pune, Kolkota, Kavali, Vellore, Coimbatore, Warangal, Vijayawada, Yercaud and other places to preach in meetings organised by various groups. Of course, he had to turn down many invitations because of lack of leaves and other constraints. In October 2008 alone Duke had to say no to preaching invitations to go to Vizag, Nagpur and Asansol. But now, the direction from the Lord was that he needed to fully available for travelling and preaching God's Word to the google generation all over the planet. Duke, now no longer tied to any earthly fulltime job, will also devote much time to writing now. He had one carton box full of message outlines he developed during his personal devotions - messages he preached all across India. These messages will be converted into articles from time to time.

Please pray for Duke, his wife, Evangelin and his two children. Duke is certain that the Lord would supply all his needs (personal and ministerial) according to His riches in glory even though no person or organisation has promised to underwrite these regular recurring expenses.

THE HIP HEAR OF HIM!

G-4 Mission Ministry Report by Evangelin Duke

The months of August and September was truly God blessed. The Lord went before us in each of the programs we preached in and made them all a blessing. Let me give some details so that you can divert all praise to the Lord who made it possible.

The Best Buddy!

On August 2, Bro. Artaban invited Duke to preach in the fellowship at his home in A. S. Rao Nagar, Hyderabad. It was the eve of Friendship Day. Duke was moved by the Lord to preach a message titled, "Why Jesus can be your best friend". At the end of that message many bowed to recieve Jesus as their best friend. Among those who bought CDs featuring Duke's messages following that meeeting was a Pilot in training!

Without Him We Can Do Nothing!

On August 9, Dr. Abraham Stanley and his wife, Sharmila, drove down to our home in A. S. Rao Nagar, Hyderabad. We had a meaningful time of prayer and intercession together. Prayer is the acknowledgement that without Him we can do nothing!

Tears of Repentence!
On August 16, 2008, Duke and I were invited by the Youth For Christ Coordinator for Hyderabad, Ebenezer, to preach in an exclusive camp for girls from the North East part of India who are students in Hyderabad. Duke's first message to these 16-somethings from Ezekiel 16 was titled, "A Sex Addict Gets Saved!". Tears of repentence were seen following that message. In the next session, I taught these hungry young girls how to keep their purity in an impure world. They listened with rapt attention and made a pact to be pure at the end of the message.

Some of the most modern girls of St. Francis College in Hyderabad heard about Jesus when Duke preached a message from Ezekiel 16 to them this August

The girls from North East India whom Duke and Evan preached to in an Youth For Christ Camp this August

An young girl takes notes as Evan teaches on keeping one's holiness in the same Youth For Christ camp

What Duke preached in the Youth For Christ is available in the DVD format. The message is titled, "A Sex Addict Gets Saved!". Email emailduke@gmail.com to get this DVD delivered to you for Rs.100/- only including courier charges

The Hip Hear of Him!

On August 1, 2008, Pastor Younus Samuel requested Duke to go over to St. Francis College for Women - a leading women's college in Hyderabad to preach God's Word there. Mrs. Uma Christadass, the History professor there, received Duke warmly. Over 150 hip girls heard Duke preach a very relevant and riveting message to them. At the end of the message there were quite a few of them who repeated the sinner's prayer with Duke to receive Jesus as their Savior. Our mag which wraps Bible Truths from contemporary events, The Days Of Your Youth, disappeared as soon as Duke put it for display.

Revival or Funeral Ezekiel!
On August 24, 2008, Duke lead the Bible Study in the home of Daniel and Magdalene at the heart of Hyderabad on the book of "Revival or Funeral" Ezekiel. He summarized and made relevant that book's message to a group of people from various churches, corporate companies and even countries! Contact Duke at 09441352433 to know when the next such Bible Study will be held.

Unforgettable Occasion!
On the same Day, Pastor Valson Varghese dedicated Datasha Abigail, our daughter in the New Life AG Church, Secunderabad before 3000 people. Duke's testimony about how the Lord gave back still-in-the-womb Datasha's life when the Doctor declared that her heartbeat was absent blessed the audience. Our ministry friends joined us on the stage on that unforgettable occasion.

Apt and Annointed!

On September 4, 2008, Duke was invited by the Nune Family to share God's Word to them in their family gathering, the OM Campus in Hyderabad being the venue. Duke's message titled "When Jesus enters your home..." was apt for the occasion and preached with annointing.

Duke preached on the topic, When Jesus Enters Your Home, at the Nune Family Get Together in Hyderabad this September. The Lord blessed the message

When Pastor Arun Andrews appreciated....

On September 6, 2008, Duke was asked by the Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) to do a session on ' Meaning' for a group of young people from various churches in Hyderabad. The young people sat at the edge of their seats and listened to his presentation. Pastor Arun Andrews, the observer deputed by RZIM for this meeting, had words of appreciation for Duke following the meeting.

Duke gave a compelling presentation on the subject of "Finding Meaning In Life" at a RZIM organised event in Hyderabad. At the end of the presentation young people gave their lives to Jesus who alone can give true meaning to Life

Waiting time to Witnessing time!

Duke's article on "Cool with Comrades?" appeared in the Light of Life magazine - a magazine read by the Christian community world over. When Duke travelled to Vellore to sign papers regarding the G-4 Mission work, he distributed the tract, "Bubbly Outside, yet Empty Inside?" - a Gospel presentation for modern youth which he himself wrote to interested co-passengers. While waiting to pick up his school-returning son, Duke distributed the same tract to some students of Sai Sudhir College in A. S. Rao Nagar. Waiting time can become witnessing time - can't it?

Over 20,000 hits!
Duke posts a new article that wraps Bible Truth around modern events in the site, http://www.thedaysofyouryouth.com/ every Monday. One post is titled, "September 11, still speaks!" Now we have over 20,000 hits on this site within a few months. Praise God!

Three minute meeting!
Duke takes time to meet with fellow believers in HSBC to share God's Word with them and intercede and pray for call-centre youth of India. These meetings last about three or four minutes.

Neighbours nudged!
Of late, I am meeting with two young women close to our A. S. Rao Nagar home to pray with them and share spiritual truths with them. On one such occasion Duke lead us in a Bible Study from the book of Amos.

Your support to our little work to impact modern youth is greatly appreciated. The Yahoo Youth must be yanked towards Yahweh! The hip youth should hear of Jesus!