Fear & Anxiety

The Vital Force

Hebrews 10:38

… To compose one's self to deliver the last testimony and without so much as a sign of trepidation or a thrill of fear, to pass the iron …

Unstaggering Faith

Romans 4:19-21

… Or like Elijah we hide ourselves for fear, and say "Let me die, I am no better than my fathers." I suppose there is no successful worker who …

Sept. 19 — THE REASON FOR SINGING

Zeph. 3:17

… Let us not fear any danger, for He is mighty to save. Nor is this all. He abides evermore the same; He loves, He finds rest in loving …

Noah's Eminence

Genesis 7:1

… The Grace of God has so settled me in the fear of the Most High that whatever others may do, as for me and my house we will …

Sept. 10 — COMING IN; GOING OUT

Deut. 28:6

… This day I will come in to my house without fear of evil tidings, and I will come into my closet expecting to hear good news from my …

Psalm 61

Psalm 61

… Thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. We are made heirs, joint heirs with all the saints, partakers of the same portion. With …

'The Oil of Joy for Mourning'

Isaiah 61:3

… Earnestly could I wish that all God's people were flooded with it—there would then be no fear of angry tempers, harsh speeches, or murmuring words. Full …

Nov. 3 — IN GOD'S TIME

Hab. 2:3

… It is never a dead letter, as we are tempted to fear when we have long watched for its fulfillment. The living word is on the way from …

Nov. 9 — NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE

Ezek. 34:30

… Lord, send us such a flood-tide of thy love that we shall be washed beyond the mire of doubt and fear.

The Eye—a Similitude

Psalm 17:8

… When you felt happy and blessed, beyond the reach of fear, the baneful action of the world has so grated upon your too susceptible feelings that you have …

God's Word Not to Be Refused

Hebrews 12:25

… WE are not a cowering multitude gathered in trembling fear around the smoking mount of Horeb—we have come where the great central figure is the mercy of …

Members Of Christ

Ephesians 5:30

… It used to be a fashion and, I fear, still is in some quarters, to think that mistrust of our own condition and doubt concerning our own salvation …

Love's Great Reason

1 John 4:19

… Some are down in the gloom and some never seem to leave the cellars of the Lord's house—they have deep spiritual exercises, they doubt, they fear …

The Scarlet Line in the Window

Joshua 2:21

… That keeping of God's Commands which comes of slavish fear lacks the very heart of obedience, for love is absent, but, as God's dear children, resting …

Believers A Blessing

Zechariah 8:13

… Now, instead of saying, "I wish I had a Christian mother and that our house were ordered in God's fear," say, "God has called me, by His …

Confession and Absolution

Luke 18:13

… He no longer walked alone, he sought out the godly and he said, “Come and hear, ye that fear God, and I will tell you what he has …

Jesus Angry with Hard Hearts

Mark 3:5

… Ah, me! I fear that we have many around us still, who know, but do not act on their knowledge; who do not wish to be convinced and …

A Hearer In Disguise

1 Kings 14:6

… I am sometimes tired of preaching to those who hear me every Sunday for I fear some of them never will be saved. They get hardened by the …

"Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord?"

Jeremiah 32:26

… I do not wonder that the Jew should fear to write it and substitute for it the word Adonai, or Lord. We, casting away the superstition, feel an …

The Fainting Warrior

Romans 7:24

… You say you do not fear death, and very properly; but the reason why you do not fear death is because you look to a glorious immortality. Death …

"Blessed in Him"

Psalm 72:17

… He will bring us safely to our journey's end and we shall go through the cold death stream without a fear! We shall rise triumphant on the …

The Minister's Trumpet Blast and Church Member's Warning

Hosea 8:1

… Let him be honest and faithful, and he need not fear that he shall lack hearers. That trumpet sound, it may be, shall be heard all over England …

Psalm 26

Psalm 26

… Our enemies are severe with us with the severity of spite, and this a brave man endures without fear; but God's severity is that of unswerving right …

The Importunate Widow

Luke 18:1-8

… but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual …

"You Are Now the Blessed of the Lord"

Genesis 26:29

… Some of the other men came along and he said to them, "Can you carry me? I fear that I am dying, but I do not want to …

The New Nature

1 Peter 1:23-25

… It remains but for me upon this first head to return with earnestness to that point upon which I fear the greatest difficulty lies—the realisation of this …

The Minister’s Ordinary Conversation

… I fear that the observation was meant as a mild criticism upon the bulk to which certain brethren have attained: but there is truth in it. A man …

“As Thy Days, So Shall Thy Strength Be”

Deuteronomy 33:25

… What INFERENCE shall I draw except this? Children of the living God, be rid of your doubts, be rid of your trouble and your fear. Young Christians, do …

The Old Way of the Wicked

Job 22:15-17

… This is the old way which wicked men have trod and I fear it is a well-trod path today. How do the mass of mankind cry? "Show …

Morning, June 14

Ps 37:4

… We fear not God because of any compulsion; our faith is no fetter, our profession is no bondage, we are not dragged to holiness, nor driven to duty …

Law and Grace

Romans 5:20

… When we begin to meddle with the law of their soul, many become indignant, but we do not fear their wrath. We are going to attack the hidden …

Pricked in Their Heart

Acts 2:36-37

… It was earnest without a trace of passion, and prudent without a suspicion of fear. The preacher himself was self-collected, calm, courteous, and gentle. He aired no …

Morning, June 2

Ga 5:17

… Nissi is your banner, and Jehovah Rophi is the healer of your wounds. Fear not, you shall overcome, for who can defeat Omnipotence? Fight on, “looking unto Jesus …

The Suffering Christ Satisfied

Isaiah 53:11

… It may suffice for us to say that whenever in Holy Scripture a forcible word is needed to express fear, overwhelming pain, distraction and confusion, the word, "travail …

Divine Gentleness Acknowledged

Psalm 18:35

… I will teach you the fear of the Lord," and so on—a most beautiful expression of gratitude to God, and an earnest desire to teach others in …

Righteous Hatred

Psalm 97:10

… It will slander you if you have none; give it at least no ground to work upon; “let your garments be always white;” walk in the fear of …

Morning, August 24

Mic 2:13

… Dost thou fear death? He has been the death of Death. Art thou afraid of hell? He has barred it against the advent of any of his children …

Evening, March 25

Jn 3:13

… He thus reminds us that he is the one whom we may approach without fear. As a man, we may take to him all our griefs and troubles …

Changefulness

… him exulting, “The Lord is my light, and my salvation, whom shall I fear: the Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid …

Why Men Cannot Believe in Christ

John 5:44

… They could not stand contempt! Oh, the fear of man, the fear of man! What cowards it makes of intelligent beings! It is not conscience that makes cowards …