Hi, and welcome to the Five Word Prayers Daily, a five day a week daily devotional where we share the

word, prayers, and our heart. I'm Lisa Whittle, and I welcome you to just five minutes with me,

which I trust and pray will be five minutes well spent. Being a Christian is such a life of irony,

isn't it? We die that Christ might live in us. In that way, we're more alive than ever. Ever known anyone who

was alive, but their life was just existing, really? Maybe you felt that way before. I know I have at

times. That's not the life Jesus wants for us. To enjoy this life fully is to be fully spiritually

alive. Of that, I am convinced.

Let's talk about what a spiritually alive person looks like today.

My mom says in this chapter in the book that there are two types of people in this world.

Those who are physically alive but spiritually dead, and those who have died to

themselves and yet come alive in Christ. Spiritually dead might mean never have been saved,

or it might mean saved, but in a very stale spiritual place and desperately in need of soul

revival. Galatians 220 has always been a powerful verse for me. I have been crucified with Christ,

and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. I want to no longer live even while I'm alive.

It's hard, and I don't really know how to do it, but I want to. Christ does live in me,

but I want more and more of his aliveness. I know that's not a word, but you get the picture,

and less of me, and I'm working on it with him. But what does a spiritually alive person look like?

Well, the book details it so perfectly. I thought we would just grab it from there. And so here it is.

Number one, a spiritually alive person is glad to be alive. This really struck me when

I read it because sometimes I don't have enough gratitude for my life. Sometimes it hits me and I'm just

so grateful to be alive and I thank God for that. And then some days I just go by without even

think about breathing. What a gift to be alive. If you haven't thanked God for letting you be alive today,

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