Fear & Anxiety

Established Work

Psalm 90:17

… Your servants, will praise You even when our hearts are anxious, believing that You will remove our anxiety— 'Let Your work appear unto Your servants, and establish the …

Mourners, Inquirers, Covenanters

Jeremiah 50:4

… As I have said, returning times are anxious times. Men wander thoughtlessly, but they do not return without grave thought and serious consideration. I earnestly desire to be …

The Plague of the Heart

1Kings 8:38-40

… Don't worry me. Keep those wretched books away." I do not think it needs a prophet to foretell that this tradesman will soon be in his creditors …

"God, and Not Man"—What Does It Mean?

Hosea 11:9

… premature with God! If you are anxious to be reconciled to God, it is He who has given you that anxiety. It is His own infinite Grace that …

King's Gardens

Nehemiah 3:15

… If you want to be the common, you cannot be the garden! And if you are willing and anxious to be the garden, why, then, do not attempt …

Ploughing the Rock

… They angle without hooks for fear of hurting the fish, and fire without bullets out of respect to the feelings of the birds. This kind of love is …

'Stewards'

1 Corinthians 4:1

… Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful" The Apostle was anxious to be rightly considered and well he might be, for ministers are …

'Mr. Moody's Text'

Isaiah 12:2

… If you do not strive against your fear, and pray against it, you will, at last, get to be afraid to be indoors for fear a stack of …

Abram And The Ravenous Birds

Genesis 15:11

… A large family—a once extensive connection—the constant fear of ruin—how can I hope to chase away anxious thoughts and carking cares on the day of …

On Conversion as Our Aim

… Often as this remark is repeated, I fear we too little feel its force; for if we were more truly sensible of our need of the Spirit of …

Our Motto

Ephesians 6:7

… with fear and trembling." In the service of God we should use great care to accomplish our very best and we should feel a deep anxiety to please …

Joyful Transformations

Isaiah 42:16

… in the fear of sorrows which will never come. Probably the major part of our griefs are born, nourished, and perfected entirely in an anxious, imaginative brain. Many …

The Nobleman's Faith

John 4:46-53

… He felt quite sure that his son was all right and, therefore, the fever of anxiety left the father, even as the fever had left his child! Anxious …

“The Boy-Preacher of the Fens”

… In my young days, I fear that I said many odd things, and made many blunders; but my audience was not hypercritical, and no newspaper writers dogged my …

Assurance Sought

Psalm 35:3

… this, your first concern? Are you saved? Or are you anxious to be saved with an anxiety that will not rest or abate? Are you striving and struggling …

What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot Do

Mark 4:26-29

… I wish I could say a word to stir up the expectations of Christian workers, for I fear that many work without faith. If you have a garden …

A New Year's Wish

Philippians 4:19

… must not be filled with care about anything. "Be anxious for nothing." Do not fret, do not worry, do not make other people miserable by your fretting and …

An Exciting Enquiry

Matthew 21:10

… They have not enough interest in it to enter the sanctuary even for once in their lives, unless influenced by fashion or by fear they may attend some …

"There Is Forgiveness"

Psalm 130:4

… There is forgiveness, first, and then the fear comes afterwards. All the fear in the world that is worth having is the result of pardoned sin. The fear …

Soul-threshing

Isaiah 28:27

… I said, "Do not worry about that, but be happy while you may." Only a very strange child would beg to be flogged! Certain sweet and shining saints …

What Is the Wedding Garment?

Matthew 22:11-13

… Many true hearts are extremely sensitive to the impression of fear and they seem to be on the watch for reasons for anxiety. I do not condemn them …

Rejecters Of The Gospel Admonished

Isaiah 28:12

… of heart to me to stand in the way of even one anxious heart! I fear that you stand in your own light. O Man, act like a …

Lessons From a Dovecot

Isaiah 60:8

… Christ's Church are apt, at times, to feel a deep anxiety of soul and to fear lest God should forsake His work among us because of our …

The Ascension and the Second Advent Practically Considered

Acts 1:10

… They might have stood there till wonder saddened into fear. As it was, they remained long enough; for the angel's words may be accurately rendered, "Why have …

Girded for the Work

1 Peter 1:13

… Be strict about it, not lax! Never fear incurring the opprobrium of being too precise. If the name of Puritan is appended to you, accept it joyfully as …

The Joy of Holy Households

Psalm 118:15

… Those who are born to them will be their anxious care till they are also born unto God. They will have great delight when one of their dear …

The Soul's Crisis

Luke 18:37

… Did you understand them aright, you would rise up and shake off your lethargy! You would be eager to greet His Presence and anxious to learn His doctrine …

Abraham's Double Blessing

Genesis 12:2

… You know that he wrote that book, The Anxious Enquirer, which has been the means of bringing so many to Christ, but did you ever hear how John …

The Saint's Trials and the Divine Deliverances

Psalm 77:1-20

… A holy anxiety is a thing that is desirable, and I would never preach up the full assurance of faith so as for a moment to speak a …

Urging Lot

Genesis 19:15

… I have always felt anxious about you." "Have you?" asked the young man. "Yes, I have," replied the minister. "But, Sir, you never said a word to me …

Glorious Predestination

Romans 8:29

… He attacked the Shepherd, and he will never cease to worry the sheep. Inasmuch as we are of the seed of the woman, there must be enmity between …

"If You Can"—"If You Can"

Mark 9:22

… I like to preach to people who have never heard the Gospel before—it is grand work! There are some of you upon whom I fear that I …

The Danger of Carnal Security

Judges 18:7

… the exact persons I am most anxious to warn. Remember Cowper's lines— "He has no hope who never felt a fear. And he that never doubted of …

Bitter Herbs

Exodus 12:8

… When you fear and tremble for all the goodness that God makes to pass before you—not because you doubt, but because you believe—you become anxious after …

The Saint'S Horror At The Sinner'S Hell

… Thirdly, a fear, and here let us observe a holy anxiety. And then fourthly, an answer yielding a consolation. I. First, THE GATHERING. Let the man who has …

Lingerers Hastened

Genesis 19:16

… I fear that in some cases—though I know not of many in this place—I fear that this whole matter is despised. I often wonder over some …

Solitude, Silence, Submission

Lamentations 3:28

… We are getting into summer and I feel very anxious that none of my hearers should have to say, "The harvest is past, the summer is ended and …

Seeking For Jesus

John 6:24

… As anxious eyes watch a laboring boat making with difficulty for port, and in imminent danger of the rocks, so we watch you. We see you like Lot …

A Question for Hard-hearted Hearers

Amos 6:12

… And you, too, Sir, are wearing out your life with anxiety—your mind and body both fail you in endeavoring to amass riches, as if a man's …

To Those Who Are Angry With Their Godly Friends

Genesis 4:6

… They would like to be uplifted beyond all fear of death and they would like to be as happy as Christian people are, but they do not want …