Fear & Anxiety

July 29 — HE ROUTS OUR ENEMY

Zeph. 3:15

… He may worry us, but he cannot claim us as his own. His bonds are no longer upon our spirits: the Son has made us free, and we …

June 22 — HE WITH US; WE WITH HIM

Prov. 10:27

June 22 HE WITH US; WE WITH HIM "The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened" Prov. 10:27 There …

June 5 — IS THERE A DIFFERENCE?

Exod. 11:7

… Doth God silence dogs, and doggish ones among men, and the great dog at hell's gate? Then let us move on our way without fear. If He …

March 24 — ESTABLISHED AND KEPT

II Thess. 3:3

… Well, what of this? Shall we worry ourselves with them? No; let us turn to the Lord, for He is faithful. No promise from His Word will ever …

Marvellous Increase of the Church

Isaiah 60:8

… thirdly, anxiety. These three feelings you have felt; you are not strangers to them; and you will understand, while I speak to you as the children of God …

Dec. 11 — TRUST AND DO; DO AND TRUST

Ps. 37:3

… It is not ours to worry and do evil, but to trust and do good. We neither trust without doing, nor do without trusting. Adversaries would root us …

The Long Illness

… Spurgeon's serious illness, and to express my sincere sympathy with you in your long and terrible anxiety. But I found I unfortunately could not manage to do …

Morning, November 24

Is 33:21

… How he wishes he could turn the current, but fear not, for God abideth immutably the same. Satan may worry, but he cannot destroy us; no galley with …

Loving Advice for Anxious Seekers

James 1:5

Loving Advice for Anxious Seekers A Sermon (No. 735) Delivered on Lord’s-day Morning, February 17th, 1866, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington “If …

Evening, July 25

Ho 5:15

… great Shepherd uses to fetch home his wandering sheep; like fierce dogs they worry the wanderers back to the fold. There is no making lions tame if they …

Evening, October 26

Ec 1:7

… everything is hurry, worry, and vexation of spirit. Friend of the unchanging Jesus, what a joy it is to reflect upon thy changeless heritage; thy sea of bliss …

Evening, June 18

Song 5:1

… O that Christians were more retired, that they kept their hearts more closely shut up for Christ! We often worry and trouble ourselves, like Martha, with much serving …

Christ the Cure for Troubled Hearts

Luke 24:38

… Perhaps some of you are, at this time, distressed when there is no cause for distress, and in fear where no fear is. It was so with these …

The Believer Not An Orphan

John 14:18

… Our Savior knew the fear that was in their hearts and before they could express it, He removed it by saying "You shall not be left alone in …

Brief, Silent Prayer

Nehemiah 2:4

… Are the children particularly troublesome to you, good woman? Do you seem as if your patience was almost worn out with the worry and harassment? Now for a …

God's Fatherly Pity

Psalm 103:13

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities them that fear Him." Psalm 103:13 . IN the former part of …

The Gazelles and the Deer

Song 2:7

… Her joy was so great as almost to overpower her and yet so nearly does fear tread upon the heels of joy, she was filled with dread lest …

The Absent Pastor’s Care for his Flock

… I send my earnest love to you all, praying that we may meet on earth in much happiness, and then at last in Heaven for ever. “Your anxious …

Peter After His Restoration

Luke 22:32

… If Satan knows, as he no doubt does, concerning any one Believer that he cannot quite destroy him, then he is especially anxious to worry him. If he …

Faith's Dawn and Its Clouds

Mark 9:24

… I have known, too, not a few, whose unbelief has arisen through a sacred anxiety to be right 'a most proper anxiety if not pushed beyond its sphere …

Guidance To Grace and Glory

Psalm 73:24

… We are then better able to judge which is the right road. "There were they in great fear, where no fear was." Many a man has done wrong …

Sown Among Thorns

Matthew 13:7

… The first is called "the care of this world." This assuredly comes to the poor; they are apt to grow anxious and mistrustful about temporal things. "What shall …

The Overflowing Cup

Psalm 23:5

… soul and anxiety. And now he says, "My cup runs over." What are you fretting about, my Sister? What is the last new subject for worry? If you …

Over Against the Sepulcher

Matthew 27:61

… Even when in their anxiety they went to Pilate, it was not that they might obtain stronger proofs of death, but to prevent the disciples from stealing His …

Threshing

… How roughly some ministers, some elders, some good men and women will go to work with timid, tender souls; yet we need not fear that they will destroy …

Alas! I Can Do Nothing!

ALAS! I CAN DO NOTHING! AFTER THE ANXIOUS HEART has accepted the doctrine of atonement, and learned the great truth that salvation is by faith in the Lord …

A Distinction with a Difference

Luke 1:18

… Take heed that they never learn unbelief from your doubting! Let them never see in you that worry, that anxiety, that fretfulness which denotes the absence of a …

Holy Violence

Matthew 11:12

… He saw them press, and crowd, and throng, and thrust, and tread on one another, in their anxious desire to get at him. He warned his hearers, that …

Open Praise and Public Confession

Psalm 138:1-3

… Do not worry yourself about those who turn aside from the Truth of God and run in their own crooked ways. Warn them as best you can, but …

'Whose Goodness Never Fails'

John 10:11

… They might have if they could worry about the future as some of us do. Will there be turnips enough tomorrow? When there is dry weather, will there …

Untrodden Ways

Joshua 3:4

… were dangerous—one thing is very clear, namely, that fear will not diminish the danger! To fret, and worry, and mistrust—will that prepare you for what is …

Light at Evening Time

Zechariah 14:6-7

… Dying is the last, but the least, matter that a Christian has to be anxious about. Fear living-that is a hard battle to fight; a stern discipline …

Mutual Love Between Pastor and People

… I fear that you may get scattered. O my dear brethren, do not wander, for this would break my heart! I might also feel deep anxiety for my …

Love's Medicines and Miracles

Isaiah 38:17

… make confession of my faith for fear I should dishonor Him. Then He came and loved me out of my anxiety! He shed His love abroad in my …

Man, Whose Breath Is In His Nostrils

Isaiah 2:22

… Our Lord said, "Fear not him that can kill the body, but afterwards has no more that he can do; but fear Him who can cast both body …

Who Is This?

Isaiah 62:11

… You fear that if you were to commence the march to Heaven, you would faint by the way, but He who travels in the greatness of His strength …

The Entreaty of the Holy Spirit

Hebrews 3:7

… And, therefore, they are not anxious to be instructed. When men are afraid of the Truth of God there is abundant reason to fear that the Truth of …

What We Would Be*

… Far be it from me, though racked with pain, to cloud that glass with the hot breath of my own anxiety; yet I must. say this,— Never do …

The Sword of the Spirit

Ephesians 6:17

… He has killed our doubts and fears and left no more mistrusts to worry us. There was a man of God who was frequently subject to doubts, even …

Satan Considering the Saints

Job 1:8

… Where he cannot destroy, there is no doubt that Satan’s object is to worry. He does not like to see God’s people happy. I believe the …