Fear & Anxiety

The Sheep and Their Shepherd

John 10:27

… On asking her why she did this, she told him it was to prevent the motion of the water, for fear it might be spilt. And so, said …

A Sermon to the Lord's Little Children

1 John 2:12

… A child knows no anxiety. His father bears all the anxiety on his behalf. Is it not so with you? Though you are babes in Grace, do you …

Faint—but Not Faint-Hearted

Judges 8:4

… Do not worry yourself with that work any longer." There is a friend who is not Satan, but perhaps Satan is using that friend and getting that friend …

God Pleading For Saints, And Saints Pleading For God

Lamentations 3:58

… Come then, if this is so—let us be of good cheer this morning! We need not fret and worry ourselves about worldly things for our heavenly Father …

Gladness For Sadness

Psalm 90:15-17

… lift us up from the depths to the heights. "Make us glad!" I hear the music of hope drowning the discord of fear; the songs of a joyous …

The Holy Ghost—The Great Teacher

John 16:13

… God’s Word will ever be to a Christian a source of great anxiety; a sacred instinct within will lead him to pry into it; he will seek …

Conversions Encouraged

Deuteronomy 4:29-31

… Into the narrow way I fear I cannot enter and in the broad way I am so jostled that I do not know how to pursue my course …

The Necessity of Ministerial Progress

… An average hearer, who is unable to follow the course of thought of the preacher, ought not to worry himself, but to blame the preacher, whose business it …

No Compromise

Genesis 24:5-8

… Therefore, with great anxiety, which is indicated by his making his servant swear an oath of a most solemn kind, he gave him the commission to go to …

Alive or Dead—Which?

1 John 5:12

… Dear friends, do not worry yourselves about the almanac of grace; care more about its present reality and less about its past history. “He that hath the Son …

Our Lord's Question to the Blind Men

Matthew 9:27-30

… and present you with a bank note for that amount you would not worry yourself to discover objections! You would not keep on saying, "I should like the …

Job's Resignation

Job 1:20-22

… And if they grow up in the fear of the Lord, what a choice gift they are! Let us look at them all as God's gifts—let …

Sarah and Her Daughters

Isaiah 51:2

… I will fear no evil: for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff they comfort me." It is composure of mind, freedom from anxiety, the absence …

Unbelief Condemned and Faith Commended

Deuteronomy 32:20

… It cries, "I am afraid to come to Christ, afraid to trust Him with my soul." This is not true fear, but an evil pride! The voice is …

A Program Never Carried Out

Luke 15:20

… Possibly he feared that his father would spurn him altogether but, dismissing that fear, he may have thought, "If my father is very kind, indeed, to me, he …

The Middle Passage

Habakkuk 3:2

… First, then, I want you to NOTICE THE PROPHET'S FEAR—"I have heard Your speech, and was afraid." It is the fear of solemn awe—it is …

Jonah's Resolve—or, 'Look Again!'

Jonah 2:4

… If you have but little fear and a little burden, and little care, and little need—why then you cannot greatly prove or trust your Lord! But if …

The Blind Man's Eyes Opened—or, Practical Christianity

John 9:3

… opens the blind man's eyes! This was work, the other was mere worry. "Father," said a boy, "the cows are in the corn. How did they get …

Future Punishment A Fearful Thing

Hebrews 10:31

… We have many, now, who are members of this Church walking in holiness and in the fear of God. They listened to sermons upon the softer and more …

Pentecost

Acts 2:1-4

… Oh Spirit of God! Work in the hearts of Your children perfect harmony, intense anxiety, and confident expectation—and then will You come to do Your mighty deeds …

The Prosperous Man's Reminder

Hosea 13:5-8

… Have you risen in the world? Have your circumstances changed? Have you been raised up from a sick bed, or delivered from depths of anxiety? Are your circumstances …

The Wedding Garment

Matthew 22:11-14

… no cause for concern In me.” God grant that you may feel anxiety and fear before the Lord. II. We pass on to the next point—THE KING …

Where Can We Find Anecdotes and Illustrations?

… You will find that the children will do it by their general worry and inattention, or by their talk and play. I used to have a class of …

Lecture IV: Where Can We Find Anecdotes And Illustrations?

… You will find that the children will do it by their general worry and inattention, or by their talk and play. I used to have a class of …

The Church—Conservative And Aggressive

1 Timothy 3:15

… If there are but three or four, yet if they are so banded together in the fear of God, they are, to all intents and purposes, a Church …

Week-day Services, 1858-1860

… The anxiety of rightly preparing and delivering a discourse, so that the preacher may fully preach Christ to his hearers, and pray them, in Christ's stead, to …

“Forward!”

… An average hearer, who is unable to follow the course of thought of the preacher, ought not to worry himself, but to blame the preacher, whose business it …

Appreciative Correspondents, 1855-1890 (Continued)

… with this particularity, that I fear many see in it what is not there, by which I am unjustly a gainer. " I thank you very much for the …

The Minister in These Times

… Our office, as pastors, deserves to be respected, and will be if properly carried out; but I have observed that some who are very anxious to magnify their …

“A New Departure”

… It is because I fear we do not always keep up to the mark that the subject for this morning’s address shall be  “A New Departure,”  or …

Psalm 81

Psalm 81

… Satan will assail us, the world will worry us, doubts will annoy us, and all through our own fault. Solomon's departure from God raised up enemies against …

Later Services at the Music Hall

… God alone knows what anxiety I experienced in selecting my subjects and arranging my appeals for such a vast fluctuating assembly. There was a time when my brain …

First Sermons at New Park Street Chapel

… It is well, beloved, sometimes to get aside from the worry of business, to have a little conversation concerning that future world to which we are tending. We …

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man

… When those who are qualified to do so are reading these heretical works, if they are doing it really in the fear of God for the good of …

Memories of my Father

… I am full of hope about you; and if I feel any anxiety, it is because I love you so well that I want you to be a …

Psalm 21

Psalm 21

… Here, then, is both matter of comfort and consolation unto the godly, and likewise for fear and astonishment unto the wicked and ungodly.— Henry Airway, 1560-1616. Verse …

Morning, October 29

Mt 6:9

… The man who is really forgiven, is anxious not to offend again; the possession of justification leads to an anxious desire for sanctification. “Forgive us our debts,” that …

Father’s Furlough, and how I Shared it

… How well God times His aid ! In the same epistle, after recording our sorrow at mother's continued illness, these words occur : — "Another source of anxiety is the …

Communion With Christ And His People

… I hope we can say, “Is there a lamb in all Thy flock, I would disdain to feed? Is there a foe, before whose face, I fear Thy …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage

… There had been much excitement and anxiety concerning the invitation given to the country lad from Waterbeach to come and preach in the honoured, but almost empty sanctuary …