God is sometimes described as a lion. Of course, that can bring you comfort or discomfort.

Here's Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth.

Do you ever feel like God is being a lion in your life? Sometimes protecting you,

but sometimes devastating you? If he's devastating you, it's because he loves you. He wants you to return to him. He doesn't

want you to be full of yourself. He doesn't want you to forget him. He wants you to lean on him

to find him to be your helper. This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMas Walgamuth,

author of Choosing Gratitude.

For April 6th, 2022, I'm Dana Gresh.

Well, what words would you use to describe a lion?

Maybe something like strong, powerful, courageous, massive, foreboding.

I want you to have that picture in your mind as we listen to today's message.

Nancy's going to explain what it means that Jesus is the lion of the tribe of Judah.

She's continuing in the series, The Wonder of His Name, 32, life-changing names of Jesus.

Well, yesterday we looked at a name for the Lord Jesus found in the book of Revelation.

We talked about him being the alpha and the omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.

Today we want to turn again to the book of Revelation and see another name of Jesus that appears only one time in the scripture, and it's here in Revelation chapter 5.

So if you have your Bible, let me encourage you to turn to Revelation chapter 5.

And I'm going to begin reading in verse 1.

Then I saw on the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.

Now, as the story unfolds, we see that this scroll contains a record

of the future decrees and purposes of God. It tells what's going to take place and how history

is going to be consummated. And for the moment, those plans have been concealed in that scroll.

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