“Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.” Revelation 3:11

Today we have sorrow in our hearts of the remembrance of our savior being put to death for our sin. Yet we celebrate with joy the work of the cross.

It is through Jesus shed blood that we have life; we have been redeemed to God (Revelation 5:9), cleansed (Revelation 1:5), justified (Romans 5:9), we have been given peace (Colossians 1:9), and we are overcomers, “… they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.” Revelation 12:11