Fear & Anxiety

Evening, January 14

Mt 14:30

… Immediately a keen sense of danger forces an anxious cry from us the ear of Jesus hears, and with him ear and heart go together, and the hand …

Evening, April 20

1Sa 18:17

… his office as our great Intercessor, is prevalently pleading for his people! O anxious gazer, look not so much at the battle below, for there thou shalt be …

Evening, May 6

Job 14:14

… Let us not be anxious about it, but wait with patience till the gates of pearl shall open.

Evening, September 6

Ga 5:18

… sighs over his hope: “Ah! my hope is marred and dimmed by an anxious carefulness about present things; how can I be accepted?” Had he regarded the ground …

Evening, January 5

Ge 1:4

… Lord, do keep it.” This is a precious thought to those who, after anxious watching and guarding of themselves, feel their own powerlessness to do so. The light …

Evening, March 14

Ps 39:1

… How anxious should you be to look up to God, that he may keep you! Your prayer should be, “Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe …

Evening, February 24

Zec 1:12-13

… with good words and comfortable words.” Zechariah 1:12,13 What a sweet answer to an anxious enquiry! This night let us rejoice in it. O Zion, there …

Evening, September 1

Ps 62:8

… Thus you will be delivered from anxious care, you will not be troubled with evil tidings, your heart will be fixed, trusting in the Lord. How pleasant to …

Morning, November 30

2Ch 25:9

… The Lord is able to give thee much more than this is a very satisfactory answer to the anxious question. Our Father holds the purse-strings, and what …

Morning, October 5

1Ki 19:8

… Some Christians are for living on Christ, but are not so anxious to live for Christ. Earth should be a preparation for heaven; and heaven is the place …

Psalm 67

Psalm 67

… Note, how joy in God, and fear of God, are combined. By joy the sadness and anxiety of diffidence are excluded, but by fear contempt and false security …

The Lambs And Their Shepherd

Isaiah 40:11

… To give a reason of the hope that is in them with meekness and fear is a great trial to them. Coming before the Church was a very …

Faith

Hebrews 11:6

… He that pleases God, is, through Divine grace, journeying onward to the ultimate reward of all those that love and fear God; but he who is ill-pleasing …

Early Wedded Life (Continued)

… The dear Pastor is not only weary, but sorely depressed in spirit. "Oh, darling!" he says, "I fear I have not been as faithful in my preaching to …

Speaking on God's Behalf

Job 36:2

… He who diligently discharges this solemn vocation never knows rest or release from anxiety. His mind is always actively exercised in his Master's service. His heart bears …

The Tabernacle Opened

… They have been a peaceable people, a happy people, a working people, a plain people; and I say, “God bless the poor!” I would have no fear whatever …

A Welcome for Jesus

Luke 8:40

… But now look at the other side of the narrative and learn from it that while some will not receive Christ, there are others who are anxious that …

Longing To Find God

Job 23:3

… It will be a great mercy for you if you are so anxious to find God that you will not set any bounds as to where you shall …

Nathanael And The Fig Tree

John 1:45-51

… They are even anxious to be saved by Jesus Christ, and have a reverence for His name, though as yet it is an ignorant reverence. They know so …

There Go The Ships

Psalm 104:26

… Many a mother casts an anxious thought towards her sailor boy. And both are half inclined to think it is a mistake to place so vast a portion …

The Great Need—Or, The Great Salvation

Isaiah 48:18

… You mean to hear, but you do not give heed with a present anxiety. You do not hear as that clock would bid you, for every tick of …

Jesus Calling

Matthew 11:28

… What was it that made Him so anxious those men should come to Him? They were, many of them, most unwilling to accept His invitations. No, worse than …

Peter Walking on the Sea

Matthew 14:28-31

… usefulness! Have you an intense anxiety for soul-winning! Have you a strong yearning for the evangelization of your district! Believe, fear not to tempt fortune, for all …

The Voice Behind Thee

Isaiah 30:21

… This may not suit the Broad School, but it is exactly what the anxious seeker needs. This definite instruction may also be said to be a special correction …

The “Down-grade” Controversy, from Mr. Spurgeon’s Standpoint

… We shall see a Divine interposition, and shall cease to fear; while they who stand armed to prevent the resurrection of the grand old doctrine shall quake and …

What Are We At?

… Oftentimes, when we are anxious to win attention, our hearer thinks, "Ah! now I am going to be told my duty. It is the man calling for that …

The Lessons of the Foot-washing

John 13:3-5

… He is so anxious that He should have such a people that, sooner than they shall not be washed, He will act the part of a Servant and …

A Blow For Puseyism

John 6:63

… the revivals over which we have watched with much hope but with more anxiety. In many revivals there has been too much aim at getting up an excitement …

The Exaltation of Christ

Philippians 2:9-11

… this—Is Christ’s kingdom safe? In his own personal afflictions his chief anxiety is,—Will God be glorified, and will his honour be increased by it? If …

Two Choice Benedictions

Numbers 6:23-27

… neither shall the flame kindle upon you." You have God's word for it, "Fear you not, for I am with you: be not dismayed, for I am …

An Earnest Entreaty

Psalm 2:12

… Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling. Do you say, "We hear of advice and are willing to take it— our anxiety now is to find …

The Centurion—Or An Exhortation To The Virtuous

Luke 7:4-9

… You will notice in the circumstances which bring him before us, how his tender feelings and his intense anxiety were drawn out on behalf, not of a child …

Conversion and Character

Acts 16:24-34

… I have also heard it said that he was converted through fear of death—a most ridiculous remark, for how could he be afraid to die who was …

The Stone Rolled Away

Matthew 28:2

… that our heavenly Father knows. Fear not, for God knows what is in your heart. You have never made an avowal of anxiety about your soul, you are …

The Wordless Book

Psalm 51:7

… Are you afraid that the blood of Christ is not powerful enough to cleanse you? Do you fear that His Atonement cannot bear the weight of such a …

A Divided Heart

Hosea 10:2

… The poor child of God is trying his own heart with the deepest possible anxiety; this man knows of no such thing. He is always fully assured that …

Wrecked, But Not reckless

Acts 27:20

… This is one case out of many in which prayer has averted peril while faith has grappled with fear and despair has been routed from the heart by …

The Security of the Church

Psalm 125:2

… And now that God is with thee, and the shout of a king in thy midst, fear not, though all men should speak against thee, thy Master will …

The Garden Of The Soul

Matthew 26:36

… As when on the pinnacle of the temple the Savior felt the fear of falling, so when in the garden He felt a sinking of soul, an awful …

Opening Services

… in modern Church history! It began two and a half years ago with fear and trembling; but from the first they had been triumphantly advancing, and they had …