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Key Bible Verse: I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me (Galatians 2:20). Bonus Reading: Colossians 2:6-12

In 1837 three young Methodist ministers—James Calvert, John Hunt, and Thomas Jagar—and their wives set out from England for the Fiji Islands. Theirs was a difficult assignment. The venture was only three years old, and the people were still cannibals. They saw hardly any fruit during their first few years of service. Then in 1845 revival swept through the islands. Chief Thadkombau, who'd been the main opponent of Christianity, was converted. Within a few years the islands were completely transformed as the gospel took hold of the people there.

Earlier, the captain of the ship that transported the three couples from England tried to dissuade them from going to the islands. He told James Calvert, "You'll lose your lives and the lives of those with you if you go among such savages."

Calvert replied, "We died before we came here."

In the previous century, the founder of their movement, John Wesley, said, "Give me a hundred men who love God with all their hearts and fear nothing but sin, and I will move the world." Those three young missionaries were part of God's answer to Wesley's prayer—and a demonstration of living in resurrection power.

—Leighton Ford in Good News Is for Sharing

My Response: What have I died to for Christ? How have I drawn on resurrection power?

Thought to Apply: I became my own only when I gave myself to Another.—C. S. LEWIS (British scholar, writer)

Adapted from Good News Is for Sharing (Cook, 1977) by permission.

Prayer for the Week

Please show me, Lord, how the reality of Easter should impact my day-to-day life.

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