Fear & Anxiety

Royal Emblems for Loyal Subjects

2 Samuel 23:4

… If you put your soul into His hands, there is no fear that He will be false to the sacred charge! He will undertake to be Surety for …

The Sea! the Sea! the Wide and Open Sea!

Psalm 95:5

… You speak out bravely and fear no man, and yet some of you rob God! You pay your debt to everybody most freely, but not to your Maker …

Consolation For The Despairing

Psalm 31:22

… Nor need we fear that the rest of the assembly will suffer, for the 99 sheep in the wilderness never come to any ill because the shepherd is …

The Third Beatitude

Matthew 5:5

… But he is not unrestful, anxious, fretful, grieving, grasping—he is contented and thankful. Put those five qualities together and you have the truly meek man—humble, gentle …

Christ and His Hearers

Luke 15:1

… The Pharisee, if he ever spoke to a publican or a sinner, would do it with a long space between them, gathering up his robes for fear of …

Come, My Beloved!

Solomon 8:14

… She says, "Make haste, my Beloved, make haste." Why is it that all the Church of God and each individual Christian in particular, should be found anxious for …

Two Essential Things

Acts 20:21

… Many men do, no doubt, repent truly through being aroused by fear of death, and judgment, and the wrath to come. But if this fear goes no further …

True Worship

Psalm 50:14

… And I suppose it will be enough for any of us who are sincerely anxious to worship God, ourselves, if we find out for ourselves, by the teaching …

'That Day' and Its Disclosure

2 Timothy 1:18

… I will laugh when your fear comes"? There shall be no mercy for those who ask no mercy. Further, there shall in that day be no mercy for …

The Simplicity and Sublimity of Salvation

John 1:11-13

… But I can spare all day and all night for an anxious enquirer—for one who is blinded by the very blaze of the heavenly Light of God …

War With Amalek

Exodus 17:8

… The hindmost must have seemed, to themselves, to be the most secure, for Pharaoh's host had been destroyed, and what further was there to fear? The weak …

A Solemn Deprival

Ephesians 2:12

… It is all lost! Lost! Lost! Without Christ, utterly lost, and until Christ comes, not a single beam of hope can make glad that anxious soul. Without Christ …

A Sermon and a Reminiscence

1 Peter 2:7

… Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy, if a man …

Jesus Near but Unrecognized

Luke 24:16

… It is well for Christians to be willing to receive the Truth of God, not merely through their own immediate companions, but from others who fear the Lord …

The Church'S Love To Her Loving Lord

Solomon 1:7

… The Apostle says, "Let us not love in word only but in deed and in truth." Actions speak louder than words and we shall always be anxious to …

Inward Conflicts

Solomon 6:13

… Return, return, that we may look upon you." Does not this request proceed from the daughters of Jerusalem who desire to behold her beauty? Souls that are anxious …

A Holy Celebration

Exodus 12:42

… And the more they had lent themselves to do iniquity, the more they have addicted themselves to works of righteousness, seeking to perfect holiness in the fear of …

Crossing the Jordan

Joshua 1:10

… But when the summons shall come, you will have no more marching over the burning sand and no more fear of the fiery serpents and scorpions. "Within three …

A Question for a Questioner

Psalm 77:9

… I used to be very happy when I was at chapel on Sunday; I thought I was doing well to be at public worship; but now I fear …

Paul, the Ready

Romans 1:15

… Paul had learned the fear of God which casts out the fear of man! "Who are you, that you should be afraid of a man that shall die …

'A Greater Than Solomon'

Matthew 12:42

… A very proper fear, too, for some people—but that fear may be run too hard until we might be afraid of another thing, namely, "I was afraid …

Fourfold Satisfaction

Jeremiah 31:14

… And as for our fears, He fills them up so that we seem to have nothing to fear! "If God is for us," in Christ, "who can be …

Attention!

… become spiritually healthy, we need not fear that we shall lose their attention. A people hungering after righteousness, and a minister anxious to feed their souls, will act …

A Clear Conscience

Psalm 119:6

… Dear Friend, have respect unto ALL His commandments, for, perhaps, your fear, your doubt, your hesitancy, your need of assurance may have arisen from your lack of a …

Meeting Of Our Own Church

… There were a great many people who professed to be very anxious about him on this point. A very stately gentleman or a lady dressed in the very …

The Waterer Watered

Proverbs 11:25

… And I, who have to be my Master's under gardener, am very anxious to say to all of you who have any water in your watering pots …

Nathanael—Or, the Ready Believer and His Reward

John 1:50

… When they are anxious to take the bait, then the fisherman have fine times. If, my dear Hearers, you would come here saying, "I will go and see …

The Gracious Lips of Jesus

Psalm 45:2

… when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon you." "Fear not, you worm, Jacob, and you men of Israel …

The Church—the World's Hope

Acts 27:24

… The comfort given him was, "Fear not, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar." No very great comfort, you will say. It seems no more comfort than if …

Figs and Olives

James 3:12

… So, when one who professes to be a Christian lives as worldings live, there is grave reason to fear that he is a worldling, notwithstanding his profession! If …

'He Must Reign'

1 Corinthians 15:25

… majesty of Heaven seems as if it will never end and we sometimes fear that the treason will last on to all eternity! It appears impossible that the …

The Love of God and the Patience of Christ

2 Thessalonians 3:5

… Therefore go on and fear not. He cannot, will not, turn away from you. An omnipresent God means omnipresent love and omnipotence goes hand-in-hand with omnipresence …

God'S First Words To The First Sinner

Genesis 3:9

… Let well enough alone." If we fear that our personal estates are at all in jeopardy, we have anxious nights and toilsome days; but, oh, our souls—our …

Believers Tested by Trials

Job 23:8-10

… Besides this, he is anxious to talk with Christian friends of riper experiences than his own and he deals seriously and earnestly with these eternal matters which, before …

Pleading

Psalm 70:5

… Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.”— Psalm 70:5 YOUNG painters were anxious, in olden times, to study under the great masters …

Joy in Harvest

Isaiah 9:3

… Others of us have felt a mysterious impulse to pray more than we ever have and to be more anxious than we ever were, that Christ would save …

Order Is Heaven's First Law

Joel 2:8

… the whole counsel of God—but I cannot harmonize it, nor am I anxious to do so. I am sure all Truth is harmonious and to my ear …

Unconditional Surrender

James 4:7

… I fear that there are some Christians whose disobedience to Christ is a proof of their pride. It may be said that they do not know such and …

Church Increase

Isaiah 49:20

… for mercy and have received much mercy, are usually those who are most anxious that the people of God should be happy, that the cause of God should …

Faith Tried and Triumphing

Job 13:15

… We gather up the skirts of our robe, again, and though we fear as we enter into the cloud, yet are we comforted with the full conviction that …