dead and alive at the same time?

hey everyone!!
today was the usual boring day at school. haha. but i am trying to show others through my actions that i live for Jesus!! first of all, i wanna say i am SO excited for this summer and what God has instore for our youth group and new hope baptist church. i cant wait to do the things we brainstormed last night during our small group time! and i am gunna keep invitin people until they get to new hope b/c i know they'll love our youth group. its my favorite place ever, and it could be theres too! so i read some pretty awesome verses last night. i read in Romans. i read chapter 6:4-6 which says "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall also in the likeness of his resurection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin." these verses talk about how once we accept Christ we no longer serve sin, are reborn, resurected, like Christ was from the grave. we have a new life and we need to live it like we're different, we have to be leaders and show others that theres something different about us [mr allen has been preaching on this] and show them that they will want to be a part of this. a part of something BIGGER than us [Pastor Chads been preaching on that] i also read verses 6:10-11 which say "For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Like wise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord." So like Jesus, we should be dead unto sin, and live in God. this is how we are both dead & alive at the same time. Once we become saved and re-born we are dead from sin, but we are newly alive in Christ and that should excite us all!! So like Mr Allen& Pastor Chad have been saying, we need to set an example for the lost, show them we're part of something bigger, so they'll want to be part of it too. im not the best at setting an example, but i am trying, and i am getting better :]]
i love y`all!
God Bless!!
- crystal jade