Fear & Anxiety

The Dual Nature and the Duel Within

Romans 7:23

… A sense of the dreadful fact that the leprosy is in the house of clay in which you live terrifies you and you are so anxious to get …

The Eternal Name

Psalm 72:17

… May God send it home to your souls! I am not particularly anxious about my own name, whether that shall endure for ever or not, provided it is …

Roads Cleared

Isaiah 57:14

… I have thought that if I could have been clearly told the way of salvation when I was anxious about my soul, I would have gained peace long …

Loyal to the Core

2 Samuel 15:21

… A man in such a desperate condition as he was must have earnestly coveted many friends and have been anxious to retain them all, but yet he would …

Happy Childhood at Stambourne

… The last time I occupied the best bedroom, the floor appeared anxious to go out of the window, at least, it inclined that way. There seemed to be …

Real Contact With Jesus

… At any rate, there is no fear of falling when we are in that position, for— “He that is down need fear no fall.” Let your lowliness of …

The Unkept Vineyard—or, Personal Work Neglected

Solomon 1:6

… The most anxious and tearful mother cannot be blamed if her daughter dishonors the family, provided her mother has done her best to train her up in the …

Two Sorts Of Hearers

James 1:22-25

… The picture which he gives makes us fear that our German friends are treading upon a volcano which may explode beneath their feet. The authority of the government …

Self-Examination

2 Corinthians 13:5

… orthodox Christian, fully up to the standard, good genuine weight; there is no fear whatever of my coming up to the mark, and going a little beyond it …

The Call of Abraham

Hebrews 11:8

… Doubtless, the prudent father cautioned him to avoid so great a risk, and the anxious mother bade him remember that, as a bird wandereth from his nest, so …

Sin Slain

Judges 4:22

… They cannot renounce the struggle; they sometimes fear they will be vanquished in the end. Oh, my brother or sister, I am glad to find the Lord has …

Deacons and Elders; Pastors and Teachers (Continued)

… a permanence with even greater cordiality, we, the officers of the church, are anxious, before the election, to communicate with you as to the exact position which you …

Christ's Finished Work

John 19:30

… SACRIFICIAL, and FINISHED WORK of the Lord Jesus Christ! I am the more anxious and earnest on this important and impressive occasion to bend upon it your especial …

Psalm 15

Psalm 15

… Verse 4. "In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord." We must be as honest in paying respect as in …

Seeking the Souls of Men

… Sometimes, enquirers, who are really anxious, surprise me with their singular skill in battling against hope ; their arguments are endless, and their difficulties countless. They have put me …

Israel in Egypt

Revelation 15:3

… The host of the mighty are pursuing us, and are thirsty for our blood, and anxious to cut us off from the earth. Such is our position unto …

The Feast of the Lord

… But if you have believed, I beseech you stand not back for shame or fear, but eat and drink at his table till he come. Time has gone …

The Strait Gate

Luke 13:24

… Yes, he is seeking to enter in! In 99 cases out of a 100 I fear the answer is, he shall not be able. Little hope have I …

Messengers Wanted

Isaiah 6:8

… If I were to ask which sister here would take a class of young women, all anxious to find Christ, why you would all hold up your hands …

Lecture 2: On Commenting

… Zeno, in Verona, I saw ancient frescoes which had been plastered over, and then covered with other designs; I fear many do this with Scripture, daubing the text …

Two Advents Of Christ

Hebrews 9:27

… The one a fact generally allowed, the other a fact he was anxious to inculcate. Now you will note that he says, "It is appointed unto men once …

In the Sunny South

… His visitor tried to give him a description of Mentone as he had known it for many years, but the great tribune of the people seemed only anxious …

Public Testimony—a Debt To God and Man

2 Kings 7:9

… that they might go back and tell the rest of their countrymen! I fear that the doctrine of election has too often been preached in such a way …

The Bride and Her Ornaments—the Sin of Forgetting God

Jeremiah 2:32

… He that sang just now— 'Have You a lamb in all Your flock I would disdain to feed? Have You a foe before whose face I fear Your …

Experiences after Conversion

… A great many people make fun of that verse, — “ ‘Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought, Do I love the Lord, or no …

Cheer For The Faint-Hearted

Judges 13:23

… to say— "It is a point I long to know, Often it causes anxious thought, Do I love the Lord or no, Am IHis, or am Inot?" But …

The Old, Old Story

Romans 5:6

… But the boy's heart grew hardened, as if it were annealed rather than melted by the furnace of fear. The hammer welded the heart to sin, but …

The Feast of the Lord

John 2:9-10

… what a change for you, when you find them all gone! No racking pains, no pining want, no anxious care. Ye shall not have to cry for the …

A Solemn Warning for All Churches

Revelation 3:4

… But is this real? Is this sincere? Ah! we fear not. How is it that professors can live like other men? How is it that there is so …

Omniscience

Genesis 16:13

… If for Christ’s sake I am in prison, one hand shall be upon me, and one voice shall say, “Fear not; I will help thee”—at all …

Cambridge Life and Letters, 1850-1851

… Alas! where will you find such streets nowadays? I fear that: what was once the rule, is now the exception. When I joined the Baptist Church at Cambridge …

A Bottle in the Smoke

Psalm 119:83

… Ye know not sometimes how ye shall be provided for; ye are often pinched for food and raiment, ye are vexed with anxious cares, ye wonder whence tomorrow …

The Sympathy of the Two Worlds

… I was preaching this week for a young minister, and being anxious to know his character, I spoke of him with apparent coolness to an estimable lady of …

Forgiveness

Isaiah 43:25

… Thou hast lived, sinner, up to this time without sincere prayer, and if an ejaculation has bee forced from thy lips from a fear that took hold of …

The Plea of Faith

2 Samuel 7:25

… after hearing such precious promises, he was anxious for their fulfilment. Such words will be equally in place, if they shall be adopted by us in these modern …

Fearing and Trusting—trusting and Not Fearing

Psalm 56:3

… done longer and rougher work and are quite free from such times of anxious fear. And, Brothers and Sisters, even if we have none of these troubles about …

A Type and Its Teaching

Genesis 22:8

… To Him the Spirit of God leads every earnest, anxious seeker. If you trust Him, Heaven and earth may pass away, but the promise of Your salvation shall …

The Holy Spirit and the One Church

Jude 1:19

… When we rebuke sharply, we would be anxious lest the rebuke should fall where it is not needed, and should bruise and hurt the feelings of any who …

Lions Lacking—But the Children Satisfied

Psalm 34:10

… Some are very fierce in the matter of religion, very anxious to obtain salvation; and they are very strong, so that they think it scorn to borrow strength …

A Psalm of Remembrance

1 John 4:16

… He hath been sore sick, and while he has been on his bed he has been vexed with anxious thoughts concerning those he might leave behind, or even …