Fear & Anxiety

"Dare To Be a Daniel"

Daniel 1:8

… And those who believe most firmly that the unbelieving sinner will be lost are the men who are most anxious to have him saved! Those who believe that …

The Doctrines of Grace Do Not Lead to Sin

Romans 6:14

… The gracious are often afraid to put one foot before another for fear of doing wrong. Have you not felt this holy fear, this sacred caution? It is …

The Double Drawing Near

James 4:8

… You need not entertain any fear that you will be an intruder when, in the exercise of His gracious Sovereignty, He says to you, "Come, come, come!" Surely …

Where Go You?

Job 23:10

… If you are afraid to consider your future, your fear is a bad omen. The tradesman who is afraid to look into his accounts will before long have …

The Love of Our Espousals

Jeremiah 2:2

… know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that My fear is not in you …

The Leading of the Spirit, The Secret Token of the Sons of God

Romans 8:14

… The last question is, WHEN DOES THE SPIRIT LEAD THE SONS OF GOD? Ah, Brothers and Sisters, that question needs anxious answering. The Spirit of God would always …

Heart Disease Curable

Isaiah 61:1

… But if the heart is crushed, what can he do? What can he hope? What can he endure? When fear is in the heart, the grasshopper becomes a …

Asleep and Yet Awake—a Riddle

Solomon 5:2

… I fear we would not, Brothers and Sisters, at certain times, know whether we were God's people at all if we were not able to compare ourselves …

A Memorable Milestone

Psalm 40:9-11

… It is helpful, when we fear that life is about to end, to begin to add it up, to see what the sum total reaches. If God should …

The Oft-Repeated Invitation

Revelation 22:17

… And whoever will, let him take the water of life freely." I will suppose that I am addressing a person who is very anxious about his soul—one …

Nominal Christians—Real Infidels

John 8:46

… Oh, I would that this inconsistency would strike you! You say it is true, but you cannot believe it, or you would be at once aroused to anxious …

Paul Cheered in Prison by His Lord

Acts 23:10-13

… There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love. Questioning, mistrust, unbelief …

"The Tender Mercy of Our God"

Luke 1:77-79

… He is so pitiful that he loves not to condemn the guilty, but looks with anxious care upon them to see how he can turn away his wrath …

Concerning Death

Job 30:23

… that day," you cannot fear! What reason can you have for alarm? A Christian should go to his bed at night without an anxious care as to whether …

The Dying Thief in a New Light

Luke 23:40-42

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD'S-DAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1885. "But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, Do you not fear God, seeing you …

God's People Melted and Tried

Jeremiah 9:7

… He asks the question as though He were very anxious to avoid using His rough ways, "How shall I deal with the daughter of My people?" But He …

The Double "Come"

Revelation 22:17

… Let them speak without fear, as often as God gives them opportunity, in their own modest, affectionate way. Let them tell of Jesus and His love. Somehow or …

The Dream of the Barley Cake

Judges 7:13

… Once assure him that God is with him, and Gideon has no fear but hastens to the battle, bravest of the brave! With a handful of men, he …

The Hearing of Faith

Galatians 3:2

… be willing to die at once? No! Your position is one of unrest, fear and dread! Why not abandon this vain method of building, for "unless the Lord …

Ezekiel'S Deserted Infant

Ezekiel 16:5

… Let it be considered that angels are anxious for your conversion, that were you saved they would clap their wings with joy and make glad holiday in Heaven …

The 'Beau Ideal' of Life

Psalm 90:14

… in His service! Young people, your godly mothers and fathers would not be anxious to make you miserable. You have no idea that they want you to be …

Everyday Usefulness

John 1:42

… I have known even such little things as a tear or an anxious glance work wonders. You perhaps may have heard the story of Mr. Whitefield, who made …

The Fourfold Treasure

1 Corinthians 1:30

… Where are your sins now? You may ask the question without fear, for they have ceased to be. “As far as the east is from the west, so …

The Hand of God in the History of a Man

Job 7:1

… Be not so fearful of pain, or so anxious to preserve life as to be held back where Jesus calls you, for in such a case he that …

The Rule of Grace

Luke 4:27

… seat-holders would conclude that there was no need for you to be anxious and that one of these days you would be sure to get the blessing …

Apart

Zechariah 12:12-14

… This individualizing is further seen in the distinction between family and family when both fear the Lord. In our text we have quite a little list of families …

Man'S Thoughts And God'S Thoughts

Isaiah 55:8

… on eagle's wings this morning—a work which your deepest and most anxious thoughts can never achieve for you. I shall attempt first, this morning, to contrast …

How to Please God

Hebrews 11:6

… There are a great many people who are very anxious to know about the future of the heathen, but we may well leave them to the great Judge …

Our Heavenly Father's Pity

Psalm 103:13

… Oh, that you would but fear Him! Would to God that He would make you fear Him now! Oh, that you would tremble at His Presence and then …

The Very Friend You Need

Luke 7:34

… I have known, in cases of surgery, that a patient has been very anxious for the healing of the wound. "No," says the skillful surgeon, "not yet. There …

Crowding to Touch the Savior

Mark 3:10

… These had informed other afflicted ones, and these afflicted ones, anxious to obtain the gift, pressed around the Savior in a mighty throng—everyone striving to touch Him …

Faith in Christ

Acts 16:31

… The greatest trouble of a really awakened conscience is not Hell, but sin. "How can I be saved from sin?" is the anxious enquirer's main question. Since …

The Abiding of the Spirit the Glory of the Church

Haggai 2:4-5

… What we do fear is that our alabaster boxes are too few, and that our ointment is not precious enough. When we have done our utmost in declaring …

The Miracle of the Loaves

Mark 6:52

… Let no sinner ever be troubled with the dread that he would be one too many at the banquet of Mercy! Neither let him fear that he will …

Redemption By Price

1 Corinthians 6:19

… helpers, but they shall be driven far off from God forevermore! Are you anxious to be saved, my dear Hearer? Then the way of salvation is that you …

Hezekiah And The Ambassadors—Or, Vainglory Rebuked

2 Kings 20:12

… If you are favored with the secret of the Most High you must peculiarly be among them that fear Him—for if not, He will say unto you …

The Seed by the Wayside

Luke 8:5

… If it is your anxious desire that all the children in a certain house should be converted to God and all the family should come to hear the …

Lecture 1: A Chat about Commentaries

… If there were any fear that the expositions of Matthew Henry, Gill, Scott, and others, would be exalted into Christian Targums, we would join the chorus of objectors …

Peter'S Three Calls

John 1:37

… sing the hymn— Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought— Do I love the Lord, or no? Am IHis, or am Inot?'" I …

The Joy Of Jesus

Luke 10:21

… you are willing that God should reveal her to you—if you are anxious that He should reveal His Truth to you in Christ—you are the sort …