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Fear, worry, anxiety, courage, and trusting God
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Prayer for the Church
Daniel 9:17
… There was some fear there, for they trembled in their solid sockets, "at the Presence of the God of Jacob." There was joy, too. We speak of "the …
SERMON • SERMON 1836First Healing and then Service
Matthew 8:14
… The thing they most require is that for which they have the least desire! Yet, fear not, Jesus can give them appetite and everything else which is necessary …
SERMON • SERMON 3181A Sermon for a Winter's Evening
John 18:18
… He was worried and troubled, tossed to and fro between a desire to rush forward and do some rash thing for his Lord—and a fear for his …
SERMON • SERMON 2716Christ's Poverty, Our Riches
2 Corinthians 8:9
… Just as surely as He dies, so surely do you live beyond the fear of death. Here is a deep mine of unspeakably rich treasure for you—dig …
SERMON • SERMON 3154Concerning The Forbearance Of God
Romans 2:4
… But if he is of a meek and gentle spirit, and anxious that the quarrel should be ended, he begins to reason with the other man and says …
SERMON • SERMON 3089A Sermon on a Grand Old Text
1 Timothy 1:15
… we are less communicative upon the more mysterious Truths of God because we fear to cast pearls before swine, yet let this simple Truth, since Scripture calls it …
SERMON • SERMON 1113Romans, But Not romanists
Romans 16:1-16
… A Christian, because of the love he bears to others, is ever anxious to please by courtesy and desires—never to pain by rudeness. Grace makes the servant …
SERMON • SERMON 1281"Do You Love Me?"
John 21:16
… Only the mere pretender passes through the world without anxious inquiry and heart-searching. Better far that you should be grieved today and be found right at last …
SERMON • SERMON 1271Pride Catechized and Condemned
1 Corinthians 4:7
… If you register yourself A 1 at Lloyd's I will not sail with you, brother, for I fear your proud barque will tempt the tempest. I would …
SERMON • SERMON 2584Place for the Word
John 8:37
… of His own Word abiding within you! But there are some here, I fear—no, in all honesty I must say that there are some here in whom …
SERMON • SERMON 1983How Hearts Are Softened
Zechariah 12:10
… He finds himself anxious to hear and understand the Gospel—and he feels that the Gospel affects him as it never did before—but he does not perceive …
SERMON • SERMON 972New Uses for Old Trophies
2 Kings 11:10
… He knows no faith who never had a fear; for candid enquiry must go before absolute credence. How can any one know the proofs and vouchers of his …
SERMON • SERMON 2787Christ's Triple Character
Isaiah 55:4
… But, Beloved, if Christ is a Commander, there is no fear that we shall be defeated if we obey His orders. The strongest battalions are the battalions of …
SERMON • SERMON 2055The Trial of Your Faith
1 Peter 1:7
… Do not be anxious to enter into trial. Do not fret if temptation does not come just now. You will have it soon enough. Between the day of …
SERMON • SERMON 1991"Sitting By"
Luke 5:17
… I fear your consciences have grown hardened by the traffic of the Gospel. I know that it is so with many. The Lord forgive them! If I could …
SERMON • SERMON 2427"The Ark of His Covenant"
Revelation 11:19
… If we were more anxious to be taught and waited upon Him more, He would, doubtless, lead us into many a Truth of God which, at the present …
SERMON • SERMON 2780The Sojourn in Mesech
Psalm 120:5
… There was a mixture ofjoy with their fear, and of fear with their joy—and that tended to keep them silent for a while. Some people tell all …
SERMON • SERMON 3015The Two Debtors
Luke 7:41
… Did not your godly mother pray over you from your very birth? Did not your anxious father diligently instruct you in the way of salvation? You have read …
SERMON • SERMON 3132A Question for You
John 9:35
… And if you ever say that you cannot believe, but are anxious to do so, then make enquiry as to what is to be believed—examine the evidence …
SERMON • SERMON 2521Deadness and Quickning
Psalm 119:37
… Your fear has become part of me." If you notice, the words, "is devoted," are put in by the translators. The verse should read, "Who to Your fear …
SERMON • SERMON 1309The Little Dogs
Matthew 15:26
… I may be among those for whom no purpose of mercy has been formed." They have been tempted to cease from prayer for fear they should not have …
SERMON • SERMON 3466A Warning to Believers
Colossians 2:18
… Be just and fear not! Tread in the footsteps of Christ, follow what may. Live not on the breath of men. Let not their applause make you feel …
SERMON • SERMON 1761The Lord with Two or Three
Matthew 18:20
… So long as we do not quarrel with one another once every few years, we are not anxious to follow you in your methods which are illustrated by …
SERMON • SERMON 1992Song for the Free—Hope for the Bound
Psalm 107:14-16
… MY anxious, prayerful desire this morning is that some who have been in the condition described in the text may come out of it into full redemption. They …
SERMON • SERMON 771Seeing Jesus
Hebrews 2:9
… sing it alone, for fear anybody should catch the contagion of it— " 'Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought: Do I love the …
SERMON • SERMON 2651The Christian's Service and Honor
John 12:26
… Not so his body—that continues in the grave until the Resurrection morning and, sometimes, we are anxious to know what will be our lot while our souls …
SERMON • SERMON 3016Good Cheer From Forgiven Sin
Matthew 9:2
… cries. "If I am let down from the top, there will be no fear of my not reaching the ground! They cannot push me up again, or keep …
SERMON • SERMON 2634"Jesus Only" —a Communion Meditation
Mark 9:8
… There is a holy, humble fear that perfect love never casts out, but entertains and cherishes— this is the kind of fear that Noah possessed. "Being warned of …
SERMON • SERMON 2955Simple But Sound
John 9:25
… my own case." Lifted up from sin, delivered from bondage, from doubt, from fear, from despair, from an intolerable agony —lifted up to unspeakable joys and into the …
SERMON • SERMON 988The Pastor’s Parting Blessing
Romans 16:24
… sea in solitary terribleness; neither is it intended that we should be so anxious for our own salvation as to be indifferent to the welfare of others. True …
SERMON • SERMON 2869Prayer Found in the Heart
2 Samuel 7:27
… The lower we are and the more we fear and tremble—not through unbelief, mark you, (that kind of fear I denounce with all my heart), but with …
SERMON • SERMON 1940The Best Bread
John 6:48
… Swallow, then, the Divine Truth of God! Let it go down quickly, for fear anybody should come before it has fully entered into your soul. Once there, it …
SERMON • SERMON 2832Christ's Yoke and Burden
Matthew 11:30
… Has He not pointed us to ravens and to lilies and bid us learn from them the lesson of living without care? Your cares, poor anxious one, are …
SERMON • SERMON 1060Behold The Lamb!
John 1:36
… spirit of carnal security which leads them to look down upon trembling and anxious hearts as though they could not possess true faith in God. I think, also …
SERMON • SERMON 1645Our Lord before Herod
Luke 23:8
… From Chuza he could readily have learned concerning Jesus and we may be sure that he would enquire, for the fear of the great Prophet was upon him …
SERMON • SERMON 2487Ordered Steps
Psalm 119:133
… He is willing to obey the Lord's commands and he is anxious to receive them and to be made to carry them out. Now this is notthe …
SERMON • SERMON 801The Woman Which Was a Sinner
Luke 7:37-38
… She relinquished her evil traffic—she became a new woman, desirous of better things—anxious to be freed from sin. But she was greatly agitated in her heart …
SERMON • SERMON 1348The Great House and the Vessels In It
2 Timothy 2:20
… I fear that some who live in the house have no idea how great it is. They have a very faint notion of its length and breadth. The …
SERMON • SERMON 2128Heaven Above and Heaven Below
Revelation 7:16
… Literally, "your bread shall be given you, your water shall be sure." You shall have no anxious thought concerning what you shall eat and what you shall drink …
SERMON • SERMON 495The Greatest Trial on Record
Psalm 2:2
… Pilate again is anxious to save him. He says, “I have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: no, nor yet Herod …