BIBLE STUDY FOR THE GOOGLE GENERATION!

Duke Jeyaraj conducts a Bible Study at his base in Hyderabad, every month on a selected Sunday evening, month after month. In the period of February to October 2012 (nine months) Duke lead nine different Bible Studies. The following books, at the rate of one full book per month, were summarized for the Google Generation which gathered by Duke: Colossians (March), I Thessalonians (April), 2 Thessalonians (May),  Luke (July), Acts (August), Hebrews (September) and James (October). Duke used the name of the Bible book as an acronym for that book’s message and uploaded the outlines so developed onto www.freshbiblestudy.wordpress.com. The video recordings of these messages are available on www.youtube.com/visitduke. Young people who were from different companies  such as Dell, Deloitte, Axis Bank, Infosys, TCS, IBM, Mahindra Satyam, HSBC, Cognizant, IBM, Amazon, etc attended. People accepted Jesus, received the Holy Spirit baptism, learnt how to overcome temptation, etc, in these rare, rocking studies.  A fun game/quiz and worship preceded the Word time. Preeti Iona led in worship superbly. In the month of Feb., Duke brought out lessons on sex, love, marriage, from the story of Moses and Zipporah. In the month of June, Duke led a Bible Study that brought Bible lessons from the IPL-5 .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUCH A JOY TO BLESS 1500 PLUS YOUTH FROM 19 INDIAN STATES IN A YOUTH CONVENTION!

Duke Jeyaraj

 

Young people from 19 Indian States. Over 1500 of them atleast. From Kutch to Kohima. From Nagarcoil to New Delhi. From Madurai to Mumbai. From Gurgoan to Goa. Were all there at the National Youth Conference of the Assemblies of God in Hyderabad during October 23-25, 2012. It was indeed a great joy and a wonderful privilege for me to minister to them along with choice servants of God across India and the world - thanks to warm invitation of my local church pastors and National Youth Ministry leaders of AG - Rev. Valson Varghese and Rev. Younus Samuel. "7 Google Generation Sins We Must Repent Of From Proverbs 7" was one message I preached to the whole crowd covering topics such as rebellion against elders, flirty talk, petting, actual premarital sex, starting with Marlon Samuel's batting in the T20 World Cup Final. "Jesus loves you just the way you are. There is no doubt about this. But he loves you far too much to leave you just like that. He wants to transform you. That's why he destined that you hear a message from Proverbs 7 in this convention," I told my young friends. The altar was crammed with young people getting right with God, surrendering their lives to Jesus afresh, fighting back their tears. It was God's Work. During the workshop time, I could teach the young people from God's Word the secrets of overcoming temptation taking on very interesting questions along the way such as "Why did God even allow 'passing pleasure' in sin?" Also, was honored to be part of a Talk Show for the whole crowd, where God gave me grace to talk about perils of pornography and bust the biggest excuse people use to watch porn which is, "I am watching porn to learn sex technique which I will only use inside of marriage." Other hot topics were covered brilliantly by other experts and I thank God for each one of them. And yes, I also got to speak to over 40 pastors who also turned up for this event on "Ministering to the presentday youth understanding their culture!". In this talk I named the youth of today using five phrases - The Google Generation, The Gadget Generation, The Twitter Troupe, The Hitec Herd, The Facebook Folk - and explained who they were. I challenged my hearers to minister to them like Amos (attacking the sins they lived in boldly), like Jesus (wrapping Bible truth around contemporary events - Lk 13:1-5) and like Paul (including reference from the secular world in their messages - Acts 17). Two of my books, NO BEATING ABOUT THE BUSH STRAIGHT TALK ON HUSHED UP MATTERS and GOODNEWS FOR THE GOOGLE GENERATION, were enthusiastically bought by young people in this camp. Even as I am typing this, I am getting up to clap for the volunteers of the New Life AG Church, Hyderabad. Their tireless hard work was like a cog in the wheel for this historic, destiny-changing youth camp!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OVER 2500 YOUTH BLESSED IN VIJAYAWADA AS DUKE & EVAN MINISTER TO THEM!



Rev. Dr. B. Ebenezer, the Executive Director of Metropolitan Mission, invited Duke Jeyaraj and Evangelin Duke to preach God's Word in the Mega Youth Festival Organised by his ministry in Vijayawada on 2 October 2012. Despite drizzle and the fact that two other major youth events were on in the city at the same time, over 2500 youth from Vijayawada and nearby towns filled a huge auditorium in the Loyola College in Vijayawada to be drenched in the rain of God's Word put in the context of young people and the issues they face.

 

 

 

The poster that invited youth for this program said: He looks at you(th); He loves you(th); He is Jesus. Mark 10.21. Duke's first message based on Jesus' interaction with the rich young ruler drove home the message that while Jesus loved young people just as they were, they had to repent from sin and come to him in faith. Duke explained the cross of Christ in this simple, direct, message which was interpreted into Telugu. And several of the youth, came forward, knelt down and accepted Jesus.

 

 

 

 

Evangelin Duke preached next. She walked and talked about how young people can develop God-pleasing relationships with people in their lives - parents, elders, friends and the opposite sex. The climax was of that authoritative Bible teaching session was her clear, crisp, captivating teaching on how young people should relate with the opposite sex with Biblical boundaries clearly drawn. At the back flap of their Bibles, the young people wrote statements that vowed to stay away from all forms of pre-marital sex as Evan challenged them to do it. At the end of that session, young people came forward to get right with God in the area of relationships.

 

 

 

 

 

In the final message of the Day, Duke began by the assertion that there was only one life to live and there was no chance of anyone being reborn as a fly (as the popular movie Eaga tries to suggest). So, that one life, had to be lived for Jesus, Duke pointed out. He used the Bible character of Amos to challenge youth to surrender that one life fully to Jesus and for his Kingdom work. Young people came forward to give their "one" life for Jesus and his great work. Moving scenes were witnessed.

 

 

 

For well over one hour after the meetings, some young people came to the stage to interact with Duke and Evan and pray with them. "I have decided to get involved in doing God's work passionately. Please pray for me."; "I want to beat temptation to lust and live a holy life. Please pray for me."; "Every word of what you spoke was to me. Please pray for me." - these were some of the requests from the young people's mouth. A man who was tormented by demons was prayed over by Evan Duke. After prayer, he got up as a calm man! The days of the supernatural did not end in the Bible days!

 

 

 

 

This program featured good exhortations for the young people from Rev. Dr. B. Ebenezer and Rev. Noel Ebenezer as well. Pastor's younger son, Bro. Silvanus Joel ably assisted by Bro.Vara Prasad, a teacher in a college, was the brain behind this mega youth festival.

 

 

Dale, 8, and Datasha, 4, were also with Duke and Evan during the event. Dale took notes of his parents' messages and took some pictures too!

 

 

Earlier, on the 30th September, Duke preached in the Sunday service of St. John Evangelical Church, Vijayawada. His message from the 'Let us' statements of the book of Hebrews challenged and encouraged the believers. There were requests that he make available the outline of this message which would bless any church congregation in this planet! In the same evening, Evangelin preached a practical message on how to shine for Jesus to the church congregation.

 

 

While en route to Vijayawada, Duke's T20 Gospel tract was handed over to several co-passengers. Preaching to large crowds is just one small way of doing ministry - Duke and Evan believe.

Pastor Ebenezer and his church team took wonderful care of Duke and his entire family during the fruitful ministry trip and they are grateful.

 

 

IN SUMMARY:

 

October 2, 2012, Vijayawada - 2500 young people were blessed in the Mega Youth Festival organised by the Metropolitan Mission in which Evan and Duke had the privilege of preaching God's Word in. Commitments for salvation, holy living and ministry galore. "This is God's Work. We rub our eyes - we can hardly believe it!" - Psa 118:23, The Message. Thank you very much for praying.

DUKE SPEAKS IN A CHENNAI CORPORATE PROFESSIONALS MEET

Dear Bros/Sis in Christ,

Greetings to you in the matchless name of our Lord Jesus Christ!

Hope you are all doing good by God's Grace and continue to do so as your soul prospers.

We are writing this note as you had participated in our Special Meeting for Chennai Professionals which was held on 14th May. We were glad to see you on that day and we believe that you were greatly blessed by that meeting.

In the similar fashion, we have also organised another meeting to be held on Saturday, 20th Oct 2012 around 5.30 PM. Please find below the invite for your use.

The LORD Almighty is mustering an army for war - Isaiah 13:4 - Here is the promise which God gave for this meeting. We believe that God is looking for a person like you and me to take part in His battle and reach many lost souls by introducing Christ's Love to them.

We are also taking this opportunity to say a word about our guest speaker Bro. Duke Jeyaraj, founder of G4 Mission - Grabbing the Gadget Generation from Gehenna Mission, a young Indian Engineer turned Bible College Gold Medalist turned Youth Speaker.

Please do come and participate with us and be greatly blessed.

God Bless
Chennai Profit Team.

 

Historic National-level Youth Conference Coming Up In Hyderabad - Join In & Don't Miss!

Duke Jeyaraj

One of the reasons Evan and I chose to live in Hyderabad and go about doing the itinerant ministry to youth from this particular city is the wonderful way God brought the ministry of Youth Alive into our lives. I was invited to speak in a Youth Alive Camp way back in 2002 for the first time by Rev. Younus Samuel and there was no turning back in what was a superb, God-ushered relationship between Youth Alive and G4 Mission, the ministry to modern youth I founded in 2006, from then on. For those of you who do not know, Youth Alive, is the youth ministry of the New Life AG Church, Hyderabad. Under the able leadership of the Senior Associate Pastor of the New Life AG Church who is also the National Youth Coordinator of the Assemblies of God of India's National Youth Ministry, Rev. Valson Varghese, a National Conference for Youth is being organised this October. I am happy to let you know that I have been invited to be part of the team of speakers for this event, which I believe will be history-making. I urge you strongly to join this conference if you are a young person or send youth you know for this conference if you are leader to youth or a pastor or a parachurch organisation leader. They will be blessed. They will set on fire for the things of God in a remarkable way! When they return from this conference they will be a blessing to your fellowship/local church, I am sure.

Few Details for this Conference:

Dates: 23-25 October, 2012
We're inviting youth between 15 - 30 years old - Unmarried Single Youth ONLY to participate.
Married people are not permitted unless they are serving as Youth Leaders / Directors or Chaperones.
These leaders will oversee the Youth from their local Churches.

The Registration fee is Rs. 500 (for 3 days) This includes food & lodging for outstation participants. (Actual cost is Rs 1100 per person) Travel needs to be borne by the participant or sponsored by the local Churches.

ONLINE REGISTERATION: GO ONLINE AT www.nymindia.com and register online. Or contact - 040-66385451 immediately. 

3000 young people from all over India are expected for this conference.

Young people from over 17 Indian states have already decided to come!

Don't miss out. Make immediate plans to come for this rocking, rare, event which will refresh and revive you!

HEBREWS BIBLE STUDY WITH DUKE ON 2 SEPTEMBER 2012!

Duke Jeyaraj will summarize the message of the Bible book of Hebrews in this rare, rocking, refreshing once-a-month, inter-denominational Bible Study for the Google Genners. In the past, Duke has summarized 50 such Bible books to small groups spread over four years. In this study hot topics such as,

Can I ever lose my salvation? Once saved, always saved?

What does the Bible mean when it says, 'the marriage bed be pure' (Heb 13:4) (does it mean we change bedsheets often?!)

How do I turn my back on backsliding once for all? Is there a way?

Why is Jesus 'better' - Why is Jesus unique - in a world of multiple religions?
Angels - do they exist at all?

What is Jesus upto these days?

Struggle against sin to the point of shedding blood.

Is church attendance that big a deal?

Meeting Jesus in the Old Testament.

Prosperity Theology - Is it biblical?

Should we still practice the Sabbath?

Perseverance!

These and much more!

Venue: Duke's base in Hyderabad - just behind the only Petrol pump on the Military Dairy Farm Road - Kanajiguda area, Tirumalgiri, which is 3 km from Tirumalgiri junction just 200 meters from AWHO and 1 km from St. Andrews School, Old Bowenpally.

Date and Time: 2 Sept 2012, Sunday, 6 to 8:15 PM

Bring your buddies for this Bible Study. An interesting game/fun time before the Study as always. In the past young working professionals from companies such as Dell, Deloitte, Infosys, TCS, IBM, GE, Cognizant, HSBC, etc have joined in. College students have also been part of this Bible Study.

For more info, text/call - +91-8886040605.

Click the following link to see video of the last Bible Study on the book of Acts which Duke lead last month: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlHRqDEcbIE 

Event invite design by Joel Joseph, G4 Mission volunteer based in Hyderabad.

REACHING BANGALORE TECHIES FROM HYDERABAD!

TRACTS OUTREACH TO FLAT-DWELLERS WHOSE LIVES ARE FLAT WITHOUT JESUS!

I was glad that five young friends of mine joined me for the tracts outreach in the Kacheguda Railway Station that was geared to give the Gospel to the techies from Hyderabad working in Bangalore, who used the 7:05 PM train on a particular  Sunday evening of last month. At least 100 such young working pros received BUBBLY OUTSIDE, YET EMPTY INSIDE? - a cool, uncompromising, contemporary-events wrapped Gospel tract by yours truly (u can read that tract athttp://www.scribd.com/doc/76400527/Bubbly-Outside-Yet-Empty-Inside-Duke-s-Goodnews-Presentation). This picture was taken then. This Sunday evening, 19 August evening that is, between 5-6 PM, there would be a similar tracts distribution outreach near Duke's base on Military Dairy Farm Road just outside a series of posh flats/duplex houses. You may live in a posh flat, but life would be still flat, if you do not have a living relationship with Jesus who died on Cross for your sake! Pray for this event! Join in, if you can! "Everything is possible for him who believes!" (Mk 9:23)