Synonyms: ruler, sovereign, monarch, supreme ruler, crowned head, majesty, Crown, head of state, royal personage, emperor, prince, potentate, overlord, liege lord, lord, leader, chief, star, leading light, luminary, superstar, mogul, giant, master, kingpin, celebrity, lion
Antonyms: queens, peasant, serf, slave, subject, servant, average joe, common man, rank and file, lower class, common person, workers, commoner, the masses, the poor, plebians, bourgeois, proletariat, laborer, working class, middle class, blue-collar, a nobody, subvassal
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1. Lion of Judah
Gen 49:1-28, Judges 13-15, Matt 4:12-17
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Lori Wagner
... ), which means a cub. But not just any cub. Most often it means a disdained one or the cub of a beast of prey, “still abiding in the lair.”* This is an oft-overlooked reference. For we do not gather our courage on our own, but we inherit our lion-heartedness from God as we abide in God and God abides in us. In that state of abidance, we learn how to be strong but merciful, courageous but loving, victorious but forgiving, prophetic but patient. It is in our image as children of our God that we bear the ...
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James Merritt
... you.' Then a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signets of his lords, that the purpose concerning Daniel might not be changed." (vv. 14-17) It takes courage to walk into the lions' den. You notice Daniel had a quiet courage. Evidently he never said a word. He didn't say anything to the king because he didn't have to; he had been talking to the King of Kings. Someone has defined courage as fear that has said its prayers. Maybe ...
3. The Lion King
Revelation 5:1-14
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James Merritt
... him and to his lineage. Satan is never called the king of this world, because he is not. He is called "the prince of the power of this age." Satan is a prince sitting on a throne that rightly belongs to a king. One day, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lion King, is going to take back his rightful place as the ruler of this world. He made it with his hands; He bought it with his blood; He was promised it by his Heavenly Father; and one day, He will unroll the scroll and exercise His sovereignty over this world ...
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Bill Bouknight
... of the big three but he had not been consulted. The edict they recommended was that no one be allowed to pray to any god or man other than to King Darius for the next thirty days, and anyone caught violating that order would be thrown into the lions’ den." They urged the king to put this edict in writing so that it could not be altered or withdrawn. Old King Darius, his ego over-stimulated, issued the decree. Daniel’s custom was to pray three times a day in an upstairs room with windows opened toward ...
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R. Blaine Detrick
... . Even his enemies admitted it. And even his enemies had no doubt that he would continue his prayers. So it was that if any person, for a period of thirty days, made any request of anybody but the king, he would be cast into the den of lions. Sure enough, as regularly as always and as predicted by his enemies, Daniel opened his window ... faced toward the city of Jerusalem ... and prayed. He knew he would be spied upon. He knew the penalty. He could have avoided it. He could have stopped praying for thirty ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... we admit limitations. III. ASSERT YOUR WILL Now closely akin to admitting limitations is the third direction I would offer for living in the lion’s den. Assert your will. By asserting your will, I’m not talking about competition or ego battles, nor am I talking to ... ALLOW GOD TO BE GOD That brings us to the fourth and final direction that I would offer to assist us in living in he lion’s den: Allow God to be God. I said earlier that we would return to the psalmist. Listen to him: (verse 5) “The Lord ...
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King Duncan
... in our behalf. “Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors . . .” The lions are shackled. You and I need not fear the grave. There is one who hung on a tree, whose body bore the scars by which we are made whole. What is our response? To pass by as if we neither see nor care? Or to make a new ...
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Leonard Sweet
... yet the man told me he had his surly fits, when they dare not touch him. No looking glass could express my face more justly than this lion did my heart. I could trace every feature. As wild and fierce by nature, yea, much more so, but grace has in some way tamed me. I know ... Even in your most stressed out state. Especially in your most stressed out state. Are you getting hymns out of your lions? One only wishes that Cowper could have lived his own hymns. Here is my second favorite Cowper hymn, "Sometimes a ...
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Erskine White
... of war, but real peace, peace which conquers hate with love, peace which turns ageold enemies into friends. The lion will lie down with the lamb, and the leopard with the fatling calf. Americans and Russians, Arabs and Jews, ... You. Almighty God, who brought to the world our only Prince of Peace, let the nations and the world receive the promises He has made. Feed the lion with the food of peace, that he might no longer prey upon the lamb. Let the leopard and the calf share the bounty of a world which ...
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James Merritt
... , God cares. From your birth to your death, from the womb to the tomb, from the cradle to the grave, and every moment in between, God cares for you. III. Strengthen Your Walk With God "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour." (v.8) If you don't realize the following truth you will never be able to deal with trouble. You will never be able to handle life when life is the pits. The truth is this: You have an enemy who never rests and ...
11. God Is Like...a Lamb
Exodus 12:3-8 · Luke 22:7-20
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Kenneth L. Gibble
... 12:9). That is the mystery that turns the common perception of things on their ears. It is the mystery of God’s all-conquering, lion-like love revealed in the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. We stake our lives on this mystery, we followers ... we are sometimes fearful, we dare to believe God’s word that perfect love casts out fear. God is like a lamb and God is like a lion as well, two sides of the coin we call God’s love. That love is the key to the mystery. Love is also the key to ...
12. All Is New in Christ
John 11:4-6, Philippians 3:4-11
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Richard Gribble
... for the day. One day, when drawing water from a stream, Androclus felt something sharp against his neck. "Don't move," said a voice. "There is a big reward for the return of a runaway slave." Forced back to the city, Androclus often thought of his friend the lion, sad that they would never again see each other. He was taken to see the Emperor who pronounced upon him the sentence of death. Soldiers took him to a stone cell beneath the palace where he was to await the day of his execution. Finally, he was led ...
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William G. Carter
... realized that she might as well have asked the whole mountain to move aside for her convenience. The delicious rippling noise of the stream was driving her nearly frantic. "Will you promise not to do anything to me, if I do come?" said Jill. "I make no promise," said the Lion. Jill was so thirsty now that, without noticing it, she had come a step nearer. "Do you eat girls?" she said. "I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms," said the ...
14. One Stone Faith
1 Sam. Chapters 16-19
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Lori Wagner
... livelihoods of God’s people –the flock of Israel. In the days of young David, the job of shepherd was just as dangerous as today, in fact, more so. Sheep could be preyed upon not only by wild dogs, fox, wild boar, or birds of prey; but by lions and bear. A shepherd had to be alert, strong and hardy, quick to act, loyal to the flock. Sheep were raised on the green, lush hills of Bethlehem. In Jesus’ day, those sheep and lambs would be designated as God’s holy flock –those dedicated for the sacred ...
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Eric Ritz
... , she realized that she might as well have asked the whole mountain to move aside for her convenience. The delicious rippling noise of the stream was driving her nearly frantic. `Will you promise not to--do anything to me, if I come?'' said Jill. `I make no promise,'' said the Lion. Jill was so thirsty now that, without noticing it, she had come a step nearer. `Do you eat girls?'' she said. `I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms,'' said the ...
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Leonard Sweet
... the good news to all creation.” Our ancestors rolled out the green carpet when they identified a creature with every gospel. Since the gospel of Matthew comes first, the first symbol for a gospel was a human. The creature symbol for the gospel of Mark is a lion. The creature symbol for the gospel of Luke is an ox, bull or calf. The creature symbol for John is an eagle, and on many lecterns the Scriptures are held on the wings of an eagle. (You may have these symbols already in your stained glass windows ...
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... space at the same time, they are not necessarily lovely to each other. From time to time, on my way from HGTV (my wife's channel) to ESPN (my channel), I interrupt my surfing and scrolling at the Discovery Channel, just long enough to watch some lion stalk, pounce, kill and eat some wildebeest or another, totally without braising, broiling, broasting or barbecue sauce. So I ask you, what chance does a lamb have? I vaguely remember hearing, several years ago, of a world peace exhibit at some world's fair or ...
18. Christian The King
Ezekiel 34:1-31
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John R. Brokhoff
... we are kings and throw around our weight, boast of who we are and what we can do. We can try to dominate those around us and manipulate people to do what we want done. There is a legend about a lion who met a monkey in the jungle. The lion pounced on him and asked, "Who’s king of the jungle?" The frightened monkey quickly said, "You are, mighty lion." So he let the monkey go. Then the lion met a zebra, pounced on it and roared, "Who is King of the jungle?" Scared to death, the zebra said, "You are, mighty ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... Lord to prove Himself. I also see that going on all the time. People wanting the Lord to prove His presence, to prove His power, to prove His love. That temptation is tied into our being enamored with the spectacular. Have you heard the story about the lion who was stalking through the jungle looking for trouble? He thought he was really something. The king of the jungle. The greatest beast of the wild. And he wanted to make sure everyone else thought that as well. He grabbed a tiger who was passing by. And ...
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Mark Trotter
... cabin in Northern California. One day Amy and I hiked up a fork of the river where no one goes to find some respectable trout. As we were fishing down stream, I came around a corner of the canyon and seventy-five feet ahead of me I saw a mountain lion drinking from the river. It must have been six feet long, and a tail that looked equally as long. I ducked back behind the wall and started waving to Amy to inform her of this. She didn't see me. So I stepped out and looked again. He was now ...
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Leonard Sweet
... of wildebeests for the life of one little calf. Attacked first by one then two alligators at the local watering hole, the jaws of a lion pulled the calf out of the water and out of the jaws of the reptiles! Yet just as the lion was preparing to drag away its prize, the herd, the community of huge, well-horned wildebeests, assembled. They surrounded the lion. They charged the lion. They forced the lion to drop its hold on the calf and back off. Then the herd surrounded the calf — horns out. Ultimately the ...
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James Merritt
... physical strength. For example, we are told in chapter 14:6, "And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he tore the lion apart as one would have torn apart a young goat, though he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or ... you go back to those three tremendous feats of strength that he performed, you will notice a phrase each time. When he tore the lion apart we read, "the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him." (14:6) When he killed thirty men bare handedly, we read in ...
23. Silent Sinning
Luke 18:9-14
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Lori Wagner
... better beware. We’ve just self-confidently, over-confidently stepped ourselves into the shoes of God. Silent Sinning is just another name for blatant idolatry. I want you to imagine for a moment that you are a lion tamer. Two of the important lessons to learn is to 1) never take your eyes off of the lion (that one should be obvious) and 2) always make sure to wear your protective equipment and rely on your backup team for assistance should something go wrong. But as time goes on, and you become famous as ...
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Edward Chinn
... we face. That type of self-control is a personal goal worth developing. Benaiah’s example helps us to crystallize just such an intention. Thirdly, a hero cultivates our retention. Although it was a snowy day and the lion was in a pit, Benaiah did not run away; he held his ground before the lion. Benaiah’s courage in the face of unfavorable circumstances encourages our retention, our holding on when the going gets tough. As a Norwegian proverb says, "A hero is one who knows how to hold on one minute ...
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Gregory J. Johanson
... you, the part of you which has been rejected and ignored and despised, unless you face it and let it direct your life, you shall not come to the kingdom of heaven or wholeness. Unless the little child in you is allowed to live, there is no hope that the lion and the lamb, the kid and the bear, the cow and the wolf within each of us can come into harmony. Only so can the snake in each of us be controlled and directed. Eric Berne has gained fame by writing simple and profound books on psychiatry. He maintains ...
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