Fear & Anxiety

The Blood of Christ's Covenant

Zechariah 9:11

… I fear that none of us think highly enough of what the Lord has done for us. We get to worrying ourselves because He has not done more …

Seeing Jesus

John 14:19

… We shall not fear to see the graves all opened and the myriads of the saints departed starting up from their graves. We shall not fear to see …

Runaway Jonah and the Convenient Ship

Jonah 1:3

… I hardly think that fear of being overdone was Jonah's reason for deserting his post. Why did Jonah wish to run away? Because he did not like …

Sickness and Prayer, Healing and Praise

Psalm 107:17-22

… Perhaps affliction comes to their bodies, but more especially it attacks their hearts—they have heart disease, a mortal tremor within, or a terrible fever of fear. 18 …

The Single-handed Conquest

Isaiah 63:3

… Dying saint, you fear to die, but you shall not die alone! Jesus turns Bed-Maker to each one of His people. David says, "You will make all …

A Plea From the Cross

Luke 23:34

… I do not think all the sons of men can—Judas, for instance, I fear he did know what he did, and deliberately sold his Lord and Master …

The Second Time

Acts 7:13

… I fear lest you should wipe away those tears and that they should be succeeded by the infidel's jest. I dread lest your trembling should cease and …

The Followers of the Lamb

Revelation 14:4

… We fear. We grieve the Holy Spirit. Sometimes we get very sadly out of gear with God. It is never so there— fully redeemed from sin—they are …

A Pastoral Visit

… In many, very many cases, I fear there is such a neglect of family worship that it is not probable that the children are at all impressed by …

The Cholera Year in London

… I went on with my visitation of the dying, in a calm and peaceful spirit; I felt no fear of evil, and I suffered no harm. The Providence …

The Eternal Day

Isaiah 60:20

… But when the Lord becomes our light, our independence of the secondary agent will lift us up beyond the fear of change. In this present state everything must …

Two Visions

Zechariah 1:8-21

… You fear that the banner of the Truth of God will be dashed to the ground and that the enemies of the Lord will win the victory. Cast …

Knowing the Lord Through Pardoned Sin

Jeremiah 31:34

… When men commit a crime, the indictment often runs, "not having the fear of God before his eyes." You can tell when a man has not the fear …

Keeping the Soul Alive

Psalm 22:29

… Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?Who can stand against Him? What strength can resist His …

'Prisoners of Hope'

Zechariah 9:11

… How glad I am that I can say to any of you who have not yet yielded yourselves up to Him that you need not fear to become …

The Standard Uplifted In The Face Of The Foe

Isaiah 59:19

… the hour together so that they clapped their hands to their mouths for fear such thoughts should ever be spoken! These men have hated these evil thoughts even …

Strong Consolation

Hebrews 6:17

… This they knew, and being moved with fear they took to their heels with a solemn repentance and an eager faith and they sped away to Jesus Christ …

Our Ascended Lord

1 Peter 3:22

… These dogs are muzzled and, therefore, we should not fear them— "A faithful God restrains their hands, And binds them down in iron bands.' Jesus is Lord of …

Truth Stranger Than Fiction

Joel 2:25

… And therefore where nothing is done for Jesus we are apt to fear that nothing has been done by Jesus. There are talkers around us whose years are …

New Tokens of Ancient Love

Jeremiah 31:3

… Then you shall see and become radiant, and your heart shall fear and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto you, the forces …

Jude's Doxology

… When they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear. Some of the best Christians who come to the Lord's Table, come there in great fear and trembling …

Awake! Awake!

1 Thessalonians 5:6

… The mass of mankind are ignorant; they know not; they have not the knowledge of God, they have no fear of Jehovah before their eyes; but, blind-folded …

Howling Changed To Singing

Psalm 13:1

… There were they in great fear. What? These very people who would not call upon God? Were they in great fear? Yes, God can bring great fear upon …

Weak Hands and Feeble Knees

Isaiah 35:8

… The hands and knees, we must remember, are those parts of the body in which the effects of fear are the most easily seen. Of course the root …

God's People in the Furnace

Isaiah 48:10

… You may tutor me in my childhood, and use the rod; you may train me in my manhood, and set the pains of the magistrate and the fear …

The Tender Pity of the Lord

Psalm 103:13

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Like as a father pities his children, so the Lord pities them that fear Him. For he knows our frame. He remembers …

The Throne of God and of the Lamb

Revelation 22:3

… Were it otherwise, I fear there would be little prospect of our ever passing the heavenly portals. We do not suppose that a man is shooting at a …

The Filling of Empty Vessels

2 Kings 4:3

… And you know that your servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. And Elisha said …

Psalm 43

Psalm 43

… he who fawns will not fear to slander. From two such devils none can deliver us but God. His wisdom can outwit the craft of the vilest serpent …

A Testimony To Free and Sovereign Grace

Psalm 37:39

… This is all they would fear and so it strikes them as the great matter—but we are not of their mind. Being delivered from the pains and …

Jehovah-Shammah—a Glorious Name for the New Year

Ezekiel 48:35

… for fear of their adversaries—God was there! On Scotland's bleak moors and mosses, when the Covenanters gathered in the darkness and the storm for fear of …

A Handkerchief

John 20:15

… We were only giving him a brief outline of the year's history and these things are by no menus contrary to our outline—nor need he fear …

Sorrow and Sorrow

2 Corinthians 7:10

… And yet—and yet—I sometimes fear lest there should be all sowing and no plowing—lest there should be the preaching only of the remedy, with almost …

"God With Us"

Matthew 1:23

… Were it a mere man, we might go beyond fear and sit down in despair. But if it is "God with us," and God has actually taken Manhood …

The Ever-Living Christ

Revelation 1:18

… The glinting and gleams of the Glory yet to be revealed overcome you, but He whispers in your ear, "Fear not; I am the First and the Last …

A Challenge and War Cry

1 Corinthians 15:55-58

… THERE is little fear that the minister of this flock should forget that man is mortal. Where men are massed in such numbers, we not only believe in …

"The King Can Do No Wrong"

2 Samuel 3:36

… I fear that you will, yourself, die if you act in this way." As he could not be brought to reason, and kicked and rebelled against God's …

The Perpetuity of the Gospel

Luke 21:33

… There have always been, in all ages, some Latimers and Luthers who had no fear for God's Truth. People complained that they were very dogmatic but they …

The Eye and the Light

Luke 11:33-36

… Multitudes are kept in darkness through fear of men. They dare not see. They feel bound to think as the fashion goes—and there is a fashion of …

The King in Pilate's Hall

John 18:37

… I fear that sometimes, in our endeavors to be sweet in disposition, we have not been strong in principle. "Charity" is a word that is greatly cried up …