The Electrifying Ecclesiastes Bible Study

Duke Jeyaraj lead a Bible Study on the book of Ecclesiastes in his base on the 4th July. Over 20 people, young and old, corporates and students, from various churches and two countries (India and Cameroon) attended this rare study that takes place once in a month. Shruti Joy and Vinup Joseph lead worship. Later Joy conducted a 'blanket' game that made people laugh and learn each other's names. Then came Duke with his study replete with illustrations from the contemporary world. Duke talked about the emptiness the Uruguayan Goalie felt during the Ghana-Uruguay World Cup Quarterfinals in his 90 minute presentation. At the end of the study a few people accepted Jesus as Savior. As the participants ate snacks sponsored by Monica Chauhan, Duke answered some questions that were raised. The outline that Duke used can be got by emailing him at emailduke@gmail.com. He used the name E-c-c-l-e-s-i-a-s-t-e-s as a short form for the message of the Book! The next study is on the book of Song of Songs at his Kanajiguda base on 8 August. You would want to be there! Call 9441352433 for more details.

The June Midnight Month-end Prayer

About 15 people from the Corporate World hailing from different churches (including Pearl City, Aggies, Methodists, Lutheran) met between 11 pm to 1 am on the 30 June-1 July at Duke's base in Hyderabad. They entered the new month in God's presence. Joy lead in worship along with Joseph who was on the guitar. There was a time for testimonies which the youth used to give God the glory for what He did in the month of June for them. As the clock struck 12 midnite the youth were praising God. After they entered the new month, Duke brought a promise word saying, "Nothing is impossible with God!" He explained what all were impossible for God. Not only that, Duke explained the conditions for these promises to be fulfilled. In the time of prayer that followed prophetic words flowed from the mouth of Evan and Sunita. The youth were encouraged and charged up to face the new month. The next mid-night prayer would be held in the same place on 30 July, Saturday, 11 pm. Call 9441352433 for more details.

Duke n Evan Celebrate Their 9th Wedding Anniversary With Volunteers


Our volunteers, 10 of them, came to our home on 9th July and made our 9th wedding anniversary celebrations unforgettable. We answered questions about each other, played games (tie tying for Evan, hair arranging for Duke), garlanded each other and exchanged vows. A KFC treat (sponsored by them) followed. The volunteers brought in a huge collage of our pictures photo framed. Duke shared from Isaiah 59:16 to encourage them. Duke's ministry is uniquely volunteer-driven. The article by Duke, "How I Met And Married My Wife" was put up on our website, http://www.thedaysofyouryouth.com/.

Duke Preaches in CSI Wesley Church Youth Retreat



Duke preached in the CSI Wesley Church, Musheedabad, Secunderabad, Youth Retreat on the 10 July. 100 youth from 12 churches turned up. The rains were held up for those 8 hours miraculously. Duke preached on the topic, Loving What You Should Be Shoving (Hating). The altar was full of youth who committed their lives to Jesus after Duke's challenge. Copies of The Days Of Your Youth magazine were distributed among the youth. Duke has worked with over 11 different denominations in Hyderabad city alone in the past four years he has lived and ministered there. Truly, G4 Mission, the organisation that Duke founded in Feb 2006 is inter-denominational.

The Story of the Last 3 Months in 4 Pictures

COOL DRINKS IN SCORCHING SUMMER HEAT!

(The testimonies of encouragement we received of late from world-over serve as cold drinks in scorching summer heat to our soul! Thank you for writing in. They are published below. – Duke Jeyaraj)


When I was in Hyderabad four years ago, I heard your message in the Word & Deed School about the Holy Spirit, in a youth conference. And I was blessed so much. – A Young Man from Bangalore.

I have never heard the kind of bold preaching you did when you came to Delhi, on topics such as sex, all my life. – An Assistant Pastor in New Delhi.

I watched the YouTube video featuring your message, “Premarital Sex: Preity Zinta Vs The Bible” placed on your Facebook wall. It was a good message. – A young man from Bangalore.

I thank God for giving you His grace and the boldness to speak to youngsters on the subject of sex. – A Osmania University Professor in Hyderabad.

I enjoyed every bit of your preaching during last year’s BTCYF youth camp in Mumbai.... Will you be present this year too?? – A young Man from Mumbai.

I have heard your wonderful teachings and I praise God for His great work through you. You have been a great blessing to me. – A Young Woman from Vizag .

The Issue 21 of The Days Of Your Youth magazine which you sent me in the PDF format via email was excellent. Congrats! I just sat and read every word at one trot. I have never done something like that for a long time. No wonder it attracts youngsters. Keep going. – The Pastor of a Leading Church in Pondicherry.

I enjoyed the latest issue of your magazine and the videos you have uploaded on YouTube – A Research Assistant in the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey, The United States.

I want to give some of The Days… to my friends, and also the some students in the UESI group here. You have a lot of fans of for The Days... magazine here in Vasai – A young college going girl in Vasai, Mumbai

I like the way you attack the wrongs in the modern society that are approved as right by youngsters of the same society, through your writings in the magazine, The Days... – A former Santhosha Vidhyalaya Student now a nurse

It’s a joy to receive your emails, Duke. – The CEO of Alfred Allan Advertising Inc.

Wow!! Amazing preaching! I love the story of Uriah, a true LOYAL servant to King David and the Lord. I’m also a soldier in the US Army – A soldier in the US Army commenting on Duke’s YouTube video, “Uriah Question To David & Missions”.

A lovely creative poem with Gospel message at the end (referring the Dhoni in Mount Dharamshala Vs Christ in Mount Golgotha poem that Duke wrote). Keep up the good work. Enchanted. – An Associate Pastor and Writer in Hyderabad.

I was greatly blessed from listening to some of your messages that you posted on YouTube. I am a high school student from the United States and I found what you said was refreshingly straightforward and I could relate to almost everything you mentioned. I have yet to hear someone be so candid about such a topic as sexual immorality. – A high school student studying in Egg Harbour Township High School, Atlantic County, New Jersey, The United States.

Here comes a quick note to let you know that I too was quite happy to read that article by you on watching movies on your website, TheDaysofYourYouth.com – A worker with a Christian Organization in Australia.

I have started watching all the DVD's that you had sent here to the United States. – An Indian living in the United States.

Practical Bible Book Book Summary study of the book of Proverbs which you lead, Duke, really has opened my eyes in many aspects. I realized that the book of Proverbs is absolutely contemporary. I'm waiting for the next such study at your base. – A young man who works for Accenture in Hyderabad

Youth Touched, Their Hearts Torched!

A Report

In Dhaka, Bangladesh, we both address 60 youth drawn from leading Christian Groups of Bangladesh. There were youth from the Assemblies of God, Salvation Army etc. The Lord blessed the meeting called, Emerging Leaders Summit. It was organized by Compassion International. The Country Director of Compassion, Mr. Kajal Sengupta, invited Duke n Evan, both Compassion-sponsored children at one point in time, to speak here after Mr. Jebaraj, the Compassion Country Director (East India) put a kind word about them to him. Duke's preached from the stories of Absalom, Samson, Daniel and Amos. Evan preached from the story of Esther. Duke lead in a quiz from the book of Esther and Daniel. He had questions from Bangladesh Cricket as well. Evan lead in a Fashion Show. The highlight was 20 young leaders giving their lives for fulltime ministry. Brother Michael Keintz and Brother Noel, the Compassion International Director of Philippines were the other speakers. Bangladesh became the 3rd country that Duke was speaking, apart from India. When we were away in Bangladesh our kids were in a small village in Tamil Nadu with their grand parents.

In Wayanad Hills, Kerala, Duke and Evan preached 18 messages in less than 48 hours to about 400 youth from the Malabar region of Kerala in an AG District Youth Camp. Good number of people committed their lives for salvation, holy living, water baptism and fulltime ministry. Several were filled with the Holy Spirit, too. Pastor Ajit and Rev. V. T. Abraham made our visit sweet and wonderful.

In the New Life AG Church, Hyderabad, Duke preached to about 700 young people in the Day one of their annual youth convention, Summer For Jesus. Duke's message, "The Greatest Experience Ever," from the book of Hebrews, a message that began with a gripping narration of the Greatest Ever One Day Game Between South Africa and Australia in March 2006, in which South Africa chased down Australia's 400-plus total. 40 to 50 youth gave their lives to Christ after this message. Duke first came to Hyderabad upon the invitation of Pastor Younus Samuel to speak in Summer For Jesus 2002!

In the town of Ahmednagar, in Maharashtra, 395 youth registered and took part in the Maharashtra State AG Youth Camp. Duke had the humbling honor of speaking in this camp along with Dr. David Balasingh, the teacher of his who taught him the preaching course when he was a student of Southern Asia Bible College (M. Div. Course - 1998-2001). The power of God was demonstrated mightily in this camp. Almost all the Campers came forward after Duke's daring salvation message call and direct sexual purity call. After Duke's final message, a missionary call, 70 young people, some with tear-streaked faces came forward. There was a wonderful sale of Duke's books and CDs in this camp. The love shown by Pastor Vivek of Mumbai made this camp, very special. The New Life AG Team lead by Brother Milton Raj lead in worship, conducted the games, lead in Devotions. They did an awesome job!

Thank you for praying. Because some of you, lead by the Lord, support us (Duke and Evan) financially and support us through your prayers, we are able to travel with freedom and speak with authority without a worry, in meetings like these, month after month. Don't forget your support has released Duke and Evan into the larger Body of Christ as Evangelists, Youth Event Speakers, Revivalists! God bless you!

We had two Bible Studies in our base of late. One was on the book of Job. Duke summarized the entire book of Job using the acronym, Job of Uz. The other study was on the book of Psalms. Duke summarized the entire book of Psalms using the acronym, Psalms. The next study along these lines would be on the book of Proverbs on Sunday, 6th June, at 6 PM at our Kanajiguda Base in Hyderabad. Call 9441352433 for directions. Join with Bible-loving friends of yours.

We are glad that several hundreds from all over the globe are watching the youtube videos we have uploaded. We recently had an encouraging comment made on one of them, by an American Soldier! After watching this particular youtube video of Duke, a video in which he talks about the Bible Soldier Uriah, on this link, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbFGS3eeZk he made that encouraging comment. "

SETTING HEARTS ABLAZE AT OUR BASE!

At 11 PM on January 31st and on Feb 28th till 1 AM, the next day, we had two month-end prayers at our rented base in Military Dairy Farm Road in Hyderabad, invite for which you see in this gallery. Duke shared the Word in the January meeting, while Evan, his wife, shared the Word in the February meeting. We also had three Practical Bible Book Summary Studies in the same place in the months of January, February and March on the books of Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther respectively. Duke led these studies. Bible-hungry folk from different churches and corporate companies (like Microsoft, Dell, Delloitte, Genpact, etc) attended and were blessed in these meetings. Several hearts were ‘strangely warmed’ by the Word of God, so very practically expounded.

CHALLENGING MESSAGES DELIVERED TO CHURCH FOLK IN HYDERBAD!

Duke was invited by the Universal Baptist Church of Hyderabad to preach God’s Word in a meeting in the month of January. Duke’s message, The Call To Be Like Paul – Imitating the Fully Human Man Who Imitated Christ Like None! touched the elite crowd that came to hear him. Later on, Evan, Duke’s wife, was invited to speak in the Women’s Special Sunday Service in the month of March of the Capstone AG Church in Kondapur, Hyderabad. Her message from the book of Job encouraged and challenged this church full of corporate employees, greatly. Duke also preached in the same church, the following Sunday, on the wrong ideas that people generally have about the Holy Spirit. Several believers received clarity on this crucial subject and had an encounter they could not forget with the Holy Spirit.

VIZAG YOUTH TAUGHT CRUCIAL BIBLE TRUTH!

Duke was invited by Capstone Fellowship, Vizag, to preach in their special Valentine Day Season event on a Friday Evening in February. After a gripping presentation of songs, chreos and skits by the core members of this fellowship, Duke preached a message from Song of Songs Chapter 8 titled, Lessons from the Climax of the World’s Greatest Love Poem! In this talk, he boldly talked about taboo topics such as porn, boy-girl physical intimacy, falling in love, etc, in the light of God’s Word. This talk was audio recorded and later became part of Duke’s MP3 CD, The Duke Sex, Love, Marriage Talk Collection. At the end of this message, several modern youth of Vizag rededicated their lives to Jesus.

AT NEW DELHI TO KICK THE DEVIL IN THE BELLY!

Duke was invited by Rev. Dr. Y. D, Jeyaseelan to preach in the Victory Church Youth Conference this February. Duke preached three messages on the Incomparable Love of Christ, What The Bible Teaches About Sex and Overcoming Temptations to the 200 youth who gathered. Many lives in the grip of the Devil were touched and transformed and the Devil got a kick in his belly! Later, in yet another weekend, Duke was back in Delhi in the same month, to speak in an ASSI-organised meeting for youth upon the invitation of Brother Prakash James, Duke’s SABC senior. Young people from different churches, including a bunch from the famous Jesus & Mary College, attended. Several youth came to the altar to get right with God and to gear up to go after the lost, following Duke’s interesting and inspiring messages.

COUNSELLING, WRITING, SELF-REFLECTING & ‘TRACTING’!

We continued to counsel young people who showed up at our rented base in Hyderabad by listening to their problems and offering biblical solutions. We did this over phone as well as email, these last three months. Duke took a day out to just pray and introspect near a beautiful lake in Hyderabad in the month of January. It was a wonderful exercise! His articles appeared in the Light of Life magazine, in each of their first three issues of the year. This magazine goes to about 20,000 people across the globe. The March Month article was titled, Mrs. Mahlon Vs Ms. Padukone! He also gave out our gospel tract, Bubbly Outside, Yet Empty Inside, during his two flight journeys to New Delhi in the month of February to interested co-passengers and of course, the airhostesses!

Dear Duke/Evan…..

(Testimonies we received of late…)

It’s good to see you so active in the ministry. Keep up the good work. I appreciate your sincerity and modern approach to ministry. You are doing a good job - breaking away the set patterns and looking for new roads. We pray that God will fill you with revolutionary ideas to reach the youth. I forward your messages to my son as well. – An IFS Officer’s Wife in an European Country.

I bought Evan’s message DVD, “Relationships and Life Partner Choice,” when you came to preach in the Mennonite Bretheren Church, Hyderabad in September 2009. I was blessed by Evan's message in that CD – a message in which she spoke about things should I consider when I go about choosing a life partner. Duke anna, you did a great job at our Youth Retreat. It was for the first ever time that I was in a meeting in which the preacher called youth to the altar to surrender their bodies to Jesus after having taught what the Bible teaches on Sexual Immorality. I've dedicated my body to Christ in that meeting. I remind myself of this commitment everyday. It gives me strength to overcome every wrong thought that pervades my mind. Please give this altar call at every meeting you preach in for youth. – A Young Woman who is in the verge of choosing her life partner

Your concern for the google generation is really praiseworthy. May God make you like Paul, the character you preached to us on, when it comes to preaching to those perishing souls. – A Retired Inspector General Of Police, Hyderabad.

My daughter who is a medical college student received the magazine 'The Days of Your Youth' and is greatly blessed as she read it. – The Mother of a medical college student in Devangere, Karnataka.

It's amazing to see how much Evan and you do in little time. You both must be experts at time management! And I can see that there's a sense of urgency always underlying your ministry activities that is inspiring. We all should have that. We can’t waste time. We have to hurry up and get things moving for Christ before more souls are lost out. Thanks for helping me realize that. – A Young Woman writing from New Jersey after reading our annual report for 2009.

We praise the Lord for all the messages that the Lord has given to you for this generation. – A Blessing Youth Mission Missionary based in North India.

I still remember the long poem you wrote in our School magazine, "Kaleidoscope", after FIFA World Cup Italia '90. You have always been passionate about sports, and its wonderful to see you using this to uncover God's message in contemporary events such as Sachin’s ODI double hundred. – Duke’s School Senior based in the US.

I had goose bumps while reading the paragraph you wrote on Sachin’s ODI Double Hundred – a para that wrapped the Gospel around that event, Keep it coming brother! – an Indian living in Australia.

Evan’s message was WOW for sure. She spoke like a seasoned preacher. Like husband like wife. It was a blessing :-) – An young person who attended the month-end midnight prayer at our base in which Evan preached.

I'm just awe-struck by the content of the magazine and your literature style. Keep on going Duke, you're rocking!! – A former INFOSYS and TCS employee in Tamil Nadu.

My wife told me that great things happened at our church on the Sunday when Evan ministered under the clearly visible anointing of the Holy Spirit. – A Pastor in Hyderabad.

I bought your book, No Beating About The Bush Straight Talk On Hushed Up Subjects, when you came to preach in New Delhi. Many of my doubts were cleared when I readthat book. Please keep coming to Delhi to preach! – A young man in New Delhi.

A JANUARY OF EXPANDING GOD'S TERRITORY

Duke Jeyaraj

The first month of the year 2010 is over and the Lord has been very good to us. The year began with an surprise opportunity to pray before 7000 people of the New Life AG Church, Hyderabad on 1 January 2010, along with other distinguished people.

This month, the blessed our WRITING ministry. The 20th issue of our mag, The Days... rolled out of the press and was posted. Sanjeev Almeida and Esther Pranuthi helped us to do that. We received testimonies about how this particular issue was a blessing. The lead article on Ruth by yours truly, truly made youth think 'hatke' when it came to their life partner choice. We are working on Issue 21 which should be out by end of this month.We thank God for our tireless team of selfless volunteers.

The cover for our issue 20 of our mag, The Days.... The lead article on Ruth challenged youth to think 'hatke' when it came to choosing their life partners

This month, we re-printed our tract, Bubby Outside, Yet Empty Inside. We included updated stories, like the one on the Indian Yahoo Engineer who worked in the US, Devan, who committed suicide after shooting most of his family, last year, in this tract that was first printed in xerox format in 2001. We included a picture in all the four pages to make it more attractive and we have started distributing it too. We distributed in our train journey from Vijayawada, the other day.

Light of Life Mag, carried my article on the importance of early-rising in its January issue. This magazine goes to about 20,000 people across the globe.

In the PREACHING front... I preached in four meetings this month. On January 3, I summarized in a practical way, the message of the book of Ezra using his full name as an acronym in a meeting at our Kanajiguda base. On January 6, I spoke in funeral prayer meeting in Yapral, near home. It was a service held in the honor of a 40 year old drunk who became a believer just before he passed away. Interestingly he named his little son, Steve Waugh. I reeled off my favorite Steve Waugh stories ('Son you've dropped the World Cup' story was one) in the message and called for a commitment to Christ, before it becomes too late. And the crowd responded. On January 14, I spoke for the first time in a meeting organised by Universal Baptist Church in Bhaglingampally in Hyderabad. 70 seasoned, influential folk, including a senior police officer attended. I spoke on the topic: The Call To Be Like Paul: Imitating The Fully Human Man Who Imitated Christ! I used the full name of Paul, Saul Paul, to outline his character for us to copy. On the 31 January, in our base, I lead a thanksgiving prayer for what God did in January and preached a promise message from Ezekiel 34:11-16. History was created as folks from corporates such as Dell, Delloitte, Genpact and folks from four different churches, and folks from all agegroups attended in that meeting from midnight 11 pm to 1 am (running into Feb 1).

The scene after the first month end corporates midnight prayer at our Kanajiguda Base. Youth working in Dell, Delloitte and Genpact were there

In fact, I said 'no' to a number of preaching invites this month, the reason being I had to complete my assignments for Doctor of Ministry Course with Southern Asia Bible College. I even said 'no' to an invite from the largest church in India! God is good. He keeps opening the doors. I went for an one day retreat to a park by a lake in Hyderabad as part of one of my assignment. And it was unforgettable experience that brought me closer to the Lord!

In the message CD front, we could release a number of DVD messages this month including the message I preached to 1300 youth from all over India in the New Life AG Church, Chennai in the National AG Youth Conference for the benefit of the google generation. I want to see the google generation go gaga over God's Word! Ruby Evangel, living in New York State, Theo, living in Hyderabad, did the cover designs, so very well.

The DVD features Duke's stirring message to 1300 youth from all over India in the National AG Youth Conference in Chennai. The cover for this DVD was designed by our ministry volunteer, Ruby Evangel Chandrasekar

In the COUNSELLING front, we were able to have young people come to our home regularly even this month opening their lives to us to receive biblical, practical counsel. We have opened an id marryabeliever@gmail.com where in we send the marriage profiles we have so far received to help youth find believer life partners. We would give the password for those who specifically ask and keep changing the password.

God willing, I speak in New Delhi, twice in the month of Feb (13th in the church lead by Pastor Y D Jeyaseelan and 26 in a meeting organised by Brother Prakash James) in two meetings organised by two different groups. Please pray. I return to Delhi, where my wife and I first went to live after we got married, after almost 9 years! On Feb 19, I will speak in the AG Church in Vizag lead by Pastor Ashirwad who in turn reports to Pastor Chaitanya my roommate in SABC.

The next practical summary Bible Book study will be on the 7 Feb at our base. We will take up the book of Nehemiah. This would be a 'corporates special' study. Nehemiah is such an awesome example for corporates in the area of what they can do for the Lord during their 'offs'.

An young couple who attended the monthly Bible Book Summary at our base

We will have our next month-end late-night prayer at 11 pm on the 28 Feb at our base.

As a family, we are doing fine. The children enjoy good health. Go to facebook.com/dukejeyaraj to have a look at is happening in our world thro pictures.

Take care. We thank God for you!