LEGACY:

“That is why I will always go on recalling the same truths to you, even though you already know them and are firmly fixed in these truths. I am sure it is my duty, as long as I am in this tent, to keep stirring you up with reminders, since I know the time for me to lay aside this tent is coming soon as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. And I shall take great care that after my own departure you will still have a means to recall these things to mind” [2 Pet.1:12-15]
The call to share the message of Christ in all its richness (‘let the Word of Christ, in all its richness, find a home with you. Teach each other, and advise each other, in all wisdom. With gratitude in your hearts sing psalms and hymns and inspired songs to God’ Col.3:16) to the whole world starting from the lost sheep of the house of Israel i.e your primary base; family-members, classmates, office-colleagues, lodge-mates, neighbors, village-members, place of residence, church-members (priests as well as lay faithful) e.t.c {Mtt.10:6} is not for some people but for everybody (“and he has ordered us to proclaim this to his people and to bear witness that God has appointed him to judge everyone, alive or dead” Acts.10:42) through the various forms of prayer:

Contemplative; by way of praying for those making ourselves both the good and the bad; “I urge then, first of all that petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgiving should be offered for everyone” {1 Tim.2:1} and ‘you have heard how it was said; you will love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say this to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you’ (Mtt.5:43-44)

Outreach; by way of reflecting Christ (Christ centric behaviors) on every single activity, routine and habit [thoughts of our hearts; Prov.4:23, words of our mouth; Eph.4:29, Passions; Sirach 18:30, use of body parts; Rom.8:12-13] within the 24-hrs of the day and everyday of our lives {“and whatever you say or do, let it be in the name of the Lord Jesus, in thanksgiving to God the Father through him” Col.3:17} and [‘whatever you eat, then or drink and whatever else you do, do it all for the glory of God’ 1 Cor.10:31].

For when we are able to offer this type of prayer for others we will receive a bountiful fold (‘… and the standard you use will be the standard used for you’ Mtt.7:2), leave an impression on those around you that will always remind them of God when you are temporary out of sight (work transfer, change of marital status, away from home e.t.c; “I write this to you in the hope that I may be able to come to you soon” 1 Tim.3:14) or gone to the world beyond (‘since human beings die only once, after which comes judgment’ Heb.9:27) while failure to offer this type of prayer of glory to God which yields short and long term blessings (‘a blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I enjoin on you today’ Deut.11:27) means disobedience to God {“for my part, far be it from me to sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you or to instruct you in the good and right way” 1 Sam.12:23} and a display of foolishness (‘the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools spurn wisdom and discipline’ Prov.1:7)

Let us therefore make efforts to extricate ourselves from any tie to sins (‘with so many witnesses in a great cloud all around us, we too, then should throw off everything that weighs us down and the sin that clings so closely and with perseverance keep running in the race which lies ahead of us’ Heb.12:1), reconcile with God {“if you come back Israel, the Lord declares, if you come back to me, if you take your horrors out of my sight, if you go roving no more, if you swear, As the Lord lives! Truthfully, justly, uprightly, then the nations will bless themselves by him and glory in him” Jer.4:2} and open up to Grace and the guidance of the Holy Spirit (‘may he enlighten the eyes of your mind so that you can see what hope his call holds for you, how rich is the glory of the heritage he offers among his holy people and how extraordinarily great is the power that he has exercised for us believers; this accords with the strength of his power’ Eph.1:18-19) in order to be found worthy in the eyes of God if death comes the next second (“You too must stand ready, because the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect” Lk.12:40).