Breathing, but Not Alive | Cozy Afternoon Walk: Ephesians (S2), Ep.8

Cozy Afternoon Walk: A Daily Devotional · Oct 7, 2026 · 9m

Welcome to Cozy Afternoon Walk — a short pause in your day to sit with Scripture, one verse at a time.

Today's passage: Ephesians 2:1

"As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins," (NIV)

A bouquet sits on the kitchen table. The colors are bright and the room smells sweet, yet every stem was cut from its roots days ago. Paul tells the church in Ephesus that they were once dead, and many of us want to answer, "But I was alive. I was working. I was fine." So what does Paul mean by dead? And if a person cannot get up alone, who can make that person alive? Come and sit with this…