Darren Sammy Testimony

How big a role does religion play in your life and in your cricket? I heard you wanted to become a priest?
I wanted to be a pastor. One of my favourite lines is, "The almighty never gives you more than you can bear." So I see it as: whatever comes my way I can face it.

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Do you read the bible every day or pray regularly?
I have so many people praying for me. The more prayers go up, the more blessings come down. I have so many people praying for me.

Who do you pray for?
Yes, I pray for my team-mates. I pray for us to go out there and put in a good performance. I pray for guidance, leadership, I pray for me to make the right decisions and I pray for me to go out there and perform. I ask God for a lot of things. We are a praying team. We pray every session and before every session. At the start of every day, first thing before the warm-up. Everyone. Together.

Do you only pray, or even preach?
I used to preach when I was a little boy. Preach around the neighbourhood and the community. But I guess God had a better plan for me. I wouldn't say better plan, but cricket came in and I could still minister in a different way. There is life after cricket. When I am home, I make sure I go to church.

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A Challenging Bible Reading Plan

I installed You Version Bible software about two months ago and discovered Bible Reading plans, some of which are topical and others full bible ones. Initially I did a few topical reading plans and finally in December I started a 90 day bible reading plan. I includes reading at least 10 chapters daily, some days 12 and some days even up to 20. It is of great blessing as it gave a broad picture of how the bible progresses.It also retained me in the word and thus filled my head with scripture and it's concerns and it's focus, which is actually God and his concern for us, wayward humans.

It also helped me to finish the book of Leviticus, the only book which I had started multiple times but was unable to complete. Completing Leviticus was also as good as completing the whole bible for me. Unlike the previous times when it was boring and dry, this time around, the book of Leviticus was one of the interesting reads with lot of medical, legal and social information about the ordering of society in that day and age. The sacrificial system itself, pointing to the ultimate sacrifice of Christ on the Cross and the fulfillment for humans of the requirement of a Holy God to relate and enjoy his presence.

One of the reasons these laws were given, as Paul elaborates in the Epistle to the Galatians is so that people can become conscious of sin and go to God through the sacrifices. They need God, they need his sacrifice as foreshadowed in Leviticus, to be cleansed and atoned for so that they can enter into a relationship with God and also enter eternal life. Christ our sacrificial paska lamb has been sacrificed and the whole of humanity is invited to come to God through Christ cleansed, spotless and clean.

There is much I can go on ranting, but the point I want to make is that a Challenging full Bible reading plan will stretch you and bless you.

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Ministry Update Feb 2016

I am continuing my track distribution ministry in PIMS by God's grace.
The chaplaincy has newly received a package of gospel tracks in Tamil, which are good and which I am distributing at regular intervals to patients mainly in the out-patient department.
The Pastors in the Chaplaincy department distribute tracks and pray with the sick in-patients in the different wards.

I am into a challenging Bible reading plan, so just soaking up the WORD.

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