They Did Not Love Their Lives

I've been participating in a study on the book of Revelation these past few months. Over the summer, reading through the book, this passage has both inspired and haunted me. Currently we are studying Revelation 12, where these verses are found, and after reading over them - again and again and again - I simply had to share them with you! You cannot imagine the way God has used these words to impact me personally . . .

10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night. 11 "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death. 12 "For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time."

Praise You, Jesus!!!!