Fear & Anxiety

A String Of Pearls

1 Peter 1:3-5

… The wild beasts of anxiety and discontent which surround our bivouac in the wilderness will be driven away by the fire of our gratitude and the song of …

The Open Fountain

Zechariah 13:1

… O that I might be able so to speak of it that many anxious hearts might now see its meaning and appropriate its blessedness! In order to explain …

Folly of Unbelief

Luke 24:25

… Let me try and bring home the charge made by our Lord against the two disciples, since I fear it applies to us as much as to them …

Fearing and Hoping

Psalm 147:11

… holy form of fear which causes a jealous anxiety concerning yourself. I do not wish to ever be rid of that kind of fear. There is a doubting …

Preparation for Revival

Amos 3:3

… We may be confirmed in our anxious desire to have the Lord walking with us in this thing, when we consider the blessings which are sure to flow …

The Reward Of The Righteous

Matthew 25:31-36

… as upon eagles' wings that we may leave the mists of fear and the fevers of anxiety and all the ills which gather in this valley of earth …

The Song of a City, and the Pearl of Peace

Isaiah 26:3

… We were once unguarded from spiritual evil, and we spent our days in constant fear; but the Lord has found for us a city of defence, a castle …

The Soul-Winner

Proverbs 11:30

… In a thousand ways the sanctified Believer's example acts in a healing and comforting way to his Brothers and Sisters and assists in raising them above anxiety …

Compassion on the Ignorant

Hebrews 5:2

… If you have ever taught children, or if you have ever taught young men who have been very careless and indifferent and, by no means anxious to learn …

Life's Ever-Springing Well

John 4:14

… If a man who really hears God does this and that, then, although they do not sincerely fear the Lord, they count it decorous to do the same …

Honey From A Lion

Romans 5:15

… A babe is born into the world amid great anxiety because of its mother's pains, but while these go to prove how the consequences of the Fall …

The Touchstone of Godly Sincerity

Job 27:10

… If you pray by the almanac, observing days and weeks, you may well fear that your religion never came from the great Father of Lights, with whom are …

Forgiveness Made Easy

Ephesians 4:82

… When through doubt and anxiety I was not sure of my pardon, yet it was still true; for he that believeth on him is not condemned, even though …

The Hiding of Moses by Faith

Hebrews 11:23

… A fourth principle is clear in the text, namely, that FAITH HAS GREAT POWER IN OVERCOMING FEAR. The text says they were not afraid of the king's …

A Sermon From A Rush

Job 8:11-13

… A man, dressed in shoddy garments, walks very demurely for fear the rubbish should tear. But good broadcloth allows us liberty of action without fear of such an …

How Faith Comes

John 4:39-42

… When that woman said, concerning our Lord, "If I may but touch His clothes, I shall be made whole," I fear that there was some superstition in the …

The Sinful Made Sinless

1 John 3:4

… If sin is pardoned—if evil is conquered—then what is there for me to fear? Death has no sting for the Believer in Jesus! And life with …

Three Sights Worth Seeing

1 Thessalonians 2:13-14

… You are anxious to be blest on your tract-district. You want to see that little mission-hall crowded, and souls converted. Begin by looking to your own …

Small Rain for Tender Herbs

Deuteronomy 32:2

… He was telling them, "The Lord is coming! The Lord is coming! You will all be destroyed!" There was plenty of sound, though I fear not an excess …

Where True Prayer is Found

2 Samuel 7:27

… If an angel were now suddenly to announce that he would mark every man and woman here who has never prayed, I fear that many of you would …

A Warning Against Hardness Of Heart

Hebrews 3:13

… one foot down before another for fear you should go astray. You scarcely ever ventured from your house without an anxiety to be kept by the Grace of …

The Faithful Saying

1 Timothy 1:15

… Hear him mutter about immoral doctrine and encouraging sin! Hear it and marvel at the audacity which makes a guilty rebel express anxiety about the morals of his …

The Shrill Trumpet of Admonition

Jeremiah 48:11

… And yet so comfortable are these professors that they slumber and sleep! I have known many a true Believer much troubled for fear he should be a hypocrite …

Prayer 13 — The Wings of Prayer

… it vanishes away, but we are most anxious that we may spend the time of our sojourning here in holy fear, that grace may be upon us from …

Pleading For Prayer

Romans 15:30-33

… See how Paul, with all his anxiety to gain the prayers of his friends, cannot finish the chapter without uttering a benediction upon them. "Now the God of …

The Panting Deer

Psalm 42:1

… panting? If not, I do think it is a subject for most solemn anxiety. We ought to bestir ourselves lest we sleep ourselves into death. There are certain …

Songs For Desolate Hearts

Isaiah 54:1

… But fear not! Though He never is before His time, He never is behind! He will come punctually at the moment, in a time which shall be best …

Where The "If" Lies

Mark 9:23

… The anxious father had to cry, "Lord, help my unbelief," but that unbelief, confessed and lamented, did not shut him out of the blessing. The unbelief which lingers …

'Bought with a Price'

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

… He would say the same of drunkenness, gluttony, idle sleep, and even of such excessive anxiety after wealth as injures health with carking care. We have no right …

Psalm 90

Psalm 90

… On the contrary, we know that according to the fear, so is the wrath. We know that if man's fear of God be wrought up to the …

Expected Proof of Professed Love

2 Corinthians 8:24

… First, WHAT IS THE EXCELLENCE OF THIS LOVE that we should be so anxious to prove it? This Christian love must have some great worth about it, or …

A Real Hindrance to Faith

… Is it love of the world, or fear of men, or longing for evil gains? Surely, none of these things should reconcile you to living in enmity with …

The Messages of Our Lord's Love

Mark 16:7

… Oh, that you were more anxious to be with Him! Our Lord knows that to His true people the greatest joy they ever have is for Him to …

The Bird Escaped from the Snare

Psalm 124:7

… Some persons are entrapped by fear. Birds have rushed into the net for fear of danger—many persons have become great offenders against God through lack of moral …

Substitution

2 Corinthians 5:21

… a man of suffering and of woe; of pain and trouble; of anxiety and fear; of trouble and of doubt; of temptation and of trial; of weakness and …

At School

Psalm 143:10

… I commend this prayer to all who may be sorely puzzled and anxious. You have exercised your own judgment and you have, perhaps, consulted too much with friends …

Psalm 119

Psalm 119

… fear as David who here cries, O let me not wander. David Dickson, 1583-1662. HINTS TO PREACHERS. Ver. 10. 1. A grateful review. 2. An anxious forecast …

Psalm 108

Psalm 108

… The divine attributes were pledged to give the son of Jesse great blessings; there was no fear that the covenant God would run back from his plighted word …

What Meanest Thou, O Sleeper?

Jonah 1:5-6

… I fear me— may God remove the fear by his grace— I fear me there are such. “Lord, is it I?” let each one say— “Lord, is it …

Delay Is Dangerous

Genesis 24:55

… Abraham was anxious to secure a wife for his son, Isaac. He sends, therefore, his well-tried servant to the land of their forefathers and takes an oath …