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WHEN ROHIT BATS TILL THE LAST BALL, INDIA(OR HIS TEAM) HAS ALWAYS WON!

Duke Jeyaraj brings a Spiritual Lesson From the India-New Zealand 3rd T20I on 29 Jan 2020


The last time I saw someone hit the last two balls for a six to win a game for his side was in this IPL Game of 2016 when Dhoni did it (https://www.iplt20.com/video/5351/m53-rps-vs-kxip-thrilling-last-over-finish). But it was only the IPL (not an international match, mind you) and that too in an inconsequential match (Dhoni’s team RPS was already knocked out of that year’s IPL). But what Rohit Sharma did vs New Zealand in the T20I No. 3 on 29 Jan 2020 (hit the last balls for a six in an international game to win it for India) gave me goose-bumps like no other cricket moment in my entire life of being a cricket fan!!! I go Rohit Shar-MUAH (kisses)! Coming up with the big shots when your country needs it the most – wow, Rohit no one can do it like you can! He also scored 21 off the last over to win the game for Deccan Chargers in one of early IPLs (I remember that and I wrote a poem about that last over wrapping it around the Gospel)!!! I do not remember a single game in which Rohit batted till the last ball and the game was lost (I remember seeing Kohli/Dhoni bat till the last ball – and the game being lost!). “When I am still around, my team should not lose!” – that is Rohit’s mantra! I know, there will be an odd game eventually in which this too-good-to-be-true record of Rohit will be broken, but the fact is, in Rohit we have the batsman with the fiercest will to win the game for the side with his God-given talent doing what it takes to make his will a reality! When it comes to winning temptation lets be passionate Rohit! Let us not say with a weak-will: ‘it is okay if I win or lose, let me just compete well!’ (when it comes to temptation) for it is God’s Will that we live a holy life (I Thess 4:3). Let us show similiar passion when it comes to winning souls as it is God’s will that all should be saved and come to repentance (2 Pet. 3:9). Is our will steely as Rohit and do we put our God’s given talents to use to fulfill the clearly-revealed will of God – holy living and salvation of the lost?
(Find out more about Duke’s ministry at http://www.dukewords.com)

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Duke Jeyaraj was born to missionary parents in Vellore, South India and was saved at the age of 11 and committed for ministry and received the Holy Spirit Baptism at the age of 13. God opened the door for him to preach first as a school boy at the age of 16. He is a trained Agricultural Engineer [B. Tech from SHIATS, Allahabad, India], who did not pursue a career in the line of his education but nevertheless enjoys growing cacti in the balcony of his rented Chennai flat, during his spare time! He could have been a sports commentator but prefers to wrap Bible Truth around sports magic moments and other interesting-to-Google Genners contemporary events. God’s call upon him made him utterly restless and he obeyed that call to by founding the Grabbing the Google Generation from Gehenna Mission (G4 Mission) in 2006 to finally find serenity after having served as a International Bank Customer Service Executive/Youth Pastor/Bible College Teacher/Missionary/Youth Mag Editor. G4 Mission is not a church but an inter-denominational ministry to present-day people, a ministry which Duke works full time for, as an itinerant presenter/preacher/writer-at-residence since 2008 along with his wife, putting to use the formal theological training he received from Southern Asia Bible College in Bangalore-India [M. Div - a Gold Medal performance in 2001 & Doctor of Ministry - with project on Making Disciples of Modern Young Working Professionals Among India's Google Generation, World-wide]. Several Christian publications have carried Duke's articles over the years and at present Aim Magazine (the voice of  the Evangelical Fellowship of India an umbrella body of over 65,000 Indian churches/organisations), regularly carries Duke's writings. Duke's Bible-teaching book on Sex, Love, Marriage, Porn and more called, Straight Talk, is presently available on Amazon and Google Books.  Duke has preached by invitation beyond his national borders (we are talking about nations such as Bangladesh, Singapore, Germany, Nepal and the United Arab Emirates). Duke is called a 'Reverend' by a leading denomination (even as his ministry remains indepedent and inter-church).  Duke is called ‘dad’ by Dale (now a St. Stephen's Delhi student) and Datasha (now in Class 9) and ‘hubby’ by Evangelin (the daughter of a missionary couple to Odisha who is a hospital admin grad currently studying M. A. in Biblical Studies with SAIACS Bangalore) and calls Chennai, India, his current home after living in Hyderabad till June 2021. In case your curiosity is triggered by hearing all this, you may checkout www.dukewords.com [if you are the reading plain text type], www.soundcloud.com/shoutaloud [if you are part of the audio-listening tribe] and www.youtube.com/visitduke [if you group yourself with the video-steaming generation])

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