Scripture References:
I don't feel alive because this is not my life
• Jesus died
for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but
for Him who died for them and was raised again. -2 Corinthians 5:15
• I
have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives
in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave himself for me. -Galatians 2:20
• For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. Christ is your life. -Colossians 3:3-4
I'm living like the dead
• The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace -Romans 8:6
If I believe why won't I be?
The use of "be" in this line refers to abiding.
• "I
am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he
bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. Just as the
Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. If you
keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My
Father's commandments and abide in His love. -John 15:5,9,10
• The one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked. -1 John 2:6
• faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love. - 1 Corinthians 13:13
Other scripture that relates:
• Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me. -Psalm 103:2
• The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, But the soul of the diligent is made fat. -Proverbs 13:4
• “However,
I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race
and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of
testifying to the gospel of God's grace.” -Acts 20:24
• I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. -Ephesians 4:1
• Live
a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in
every good work, growing in the knowledge of God -Colossians 1:10