What proper reflection on the unfinished task should lead to, according to Frank Houghton
- Prayer. It should drives us to our knees
- Shame. It should rebuke our slothful ease and cause us to renew before his throne the solemn pledge we owe him to go and make him known
- Indignation. It should move us that there are still places where other lords hold unhindered sway and where forces that defied God defy him still today
- Compassion. It should move us that for so many, there are none to heed their cries for life, love and light and so unnumbered ones are dying and pass into the night
- Recognition of responsibility. Recognise that we have the same commission and glad message that belonged to those who gave their lives to proclaim Jesus' dying and rising; we must take up the flaming torch that fell from their hands.
- Education and sustenance. We should seek too to learn from past stalwarts, learning to be sustained by God
- Inspiration. Also to be inspired by the Spirit
- Constraint. And to be constrained by love
- Bravery. Pray that God will from cowardice defend us
- Zeal. Pray he will from lethargy awake and enable us to toil with zeal untired, labouring for his sake
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