When I was a new believer I struggled with sin consciousness. I knew God wanted to use me, but I felt so unable, unworthy, unusable. At this time, after attending a meeting, a man from Africa walked up to me and my family. He began to 'read our mail' and through the word of knowledge and prophecy he began to speak over each of our lives. When he came to me he began to tell me how God would use me. I tried to say to him how I was struggling but he would not let me finish. He simply said, "You are dead!"  Each time I tried to protest to him he would not let me get the words out of my mouth but would keep saying, "You're Dead!" And that's how that conversation ended. Through all of these years the truth of that statement has continuously unfolded to me. It is the essesence of Paul's revelation to us in Romans, Ephesians, Colossians, etc. I trust this will encourage you in your relationship with God.