Fear & Anxiety

Gospel Missions

Acts 13:49

… Why, methought sometimes I could believe anything; but now a little difficulty comes before me, I am timid, and I fear. It is when I preach with unbelief …

A Harp of Ten Strings

Luke 1:46

… Mary now goes on to touch the string of GOD'S MERCY. "And His mercy is on them that fear Him." The saints of old often touched this …

A Royal Funeral

John 19:38-42

… And after this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of …

Good News for Loyal Subjects

1 Corinthians 15:25

… So may I say of the Gospel—it is still as young and vigorous—as full of masculine energy as ever it was! We who preach it fear …

"Now Then, Do It"

2 Samuel 3:17

… If He is accepted as King, you need fear no adversary, for He will guard you with His great power and utterly confuse your enemies. Oh, Sirs, kiss …

How To Converse With God

Job 13:22

… I fear it is sometimes far otherwise—and then our loving Lord has His patience tried. Remember how He says, "Behold I stand at the door and knock …

Let Us Go Forth

Hebrews 13:13

… Let him yield at all times to the current and float gently with the stream and he shall come to the haven—though I fear not the desired …

Plain Directions To Those Who Would Be Saved From Sin

Psalm 4:4

… There is no fear of your having too much of it. He that has no fear of God before his eyes sins with a high hand but awe …

Knowledge. Worship. Gratitude.

Romans 1:20

… Don’t you know what it is? It is Nature.’ No further definition was forthcoming; I fear the term is only useful as enabling men to talk of …

The Ascension of Christ

Ephesians 4:7-12

… If I could send to heaven some mere human being like myself to hold my place for me till my arrival, I should fear that my friend might …

The Luther Sermon at Exeter Hall

Galatians 5:6

… I know no man that follows after God and lives near to Him who is under fear that faith in God will tempt him to sin! The fact …

The King’s Highway Opened and Cleared

… The winds roared, the ship rocked to and fro, the mast was strained, the sails were rent, and the poor disciples were full of fear:—“Lord save us …

"A People Prepared for the Lord"

Luke 1:17

… But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard. The best quietus to fear is answered prayer! If God has heard you, be …

A Strange Yet Gracious Choice

Psalm 135:4

… Here is a text to prove my assertion—"The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him; and He will show them His Covenant." He makes …

The Bible Tried and Proved

Psalm 12:6

… If any turn on their heel and refuse to hear of duties and ordinances I fear that they do not love God's Word at all. He that …

An Epistle Illustrated by a Psalm

Psalm 118:13

… Some are afraid to tell what the Lord has done for them—lost men would count them boastful and proud—but this is usually quite a groundless fear …

“Helensburgh House” and Garden (Continued)

… prove ; yet again and again have I, too, seen him reduced to abject fear by the little creatures who were bravely defending their home. He was a splendid …

How They Conquered the Dragon

Revelation 12:11

… There must be, in order to a real battle, two sides of the question, but I fear sue there are some professors who know much about being tempted …

Wheat in the Barn

Matthew 13:30

… The ungodly are as thorns and briars to those who fear the Lord. How frequently is the sigh forced forth from the godly heart, "Woe is me, that …

The Christian's Motto

John 8:29

… Those foes were powerful, cunning, cruel and exceedingly active, yet He was calm, unmoved and faced them without fear. He was never put to the blush by them …

Holy Longings

Psalm 119:131

… LAST Lord's-Day we spoke about being in the fear of God all the day long and I am afraid some thought, "The pastor has set a …

The Church Awakened

Ephesians 5:14

… Oh, Sirs, I fear that half of Christian people nowadays are in this sleepy state, and yet if they were told so to their face they would be …

The First Setting Up of the Bronze Serpent

Numbers 21:4-9

… If even Moses and Aaron erred on the road, I fear there are very few of us who can read the story without crying, "I remember my faults …

A Persuasive to Steadfastness

Hebrews 3:14

… Professions; ah, I fear they are in many cases but a painted pageantry that makes the road to hell attractive. Professions there are not unfrequently upon which we …

Wake Up! Wake Up!

Romans 13:11

… The fear of wrath is not for those who are "accepted in the Beloved," but for those who reject the Savior and put from them the eternal mercy …

Charity and Purity

James 1:27

… Well, in these days, I sometimes fear lest we should by no means insist too much on purity, but should certainly insist too little upon charity! The visitation …

The Righteous Holding On His Way

Job 17:9

… Many and many a doubt and fear now oppressing the people of God might be driven like chaff before the wind if they were but better established in …

A Summary of Experience and a Body of Divinity

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10

… One who in digging his land finds a treasure, first looks about for fear lest some one else should claim it; anon he dares to examine his prize …

Precious Deaths

Psalm 116:15

… It would be cruel to them, but I fear we should often be guilty of it. We should hold them here a little longer, and a little longer …

Solomon's Plea

1 Kings 8:53

… But in the land of Goshen there is Light, for upon those that fear His name the Sun of Righteousness has arisen. This separation of the world into …

A Great Mistake and the Way to Rectify It

Revelation 3:17

… But such was their puffed-up notion of themselves that one could not convince them of sin, or awaken them to any sense of fear—and it seemed …

"Your First Love"

Jeremiah 2:2

… I can remember how my knees knocked together when I first preached the Gospel, for fear that I should not preach it all, and should not deliver my …

The Final Separation

Matthew 25:32

… I was thirsty and you gave Me drink"? Now, I know some professors of whom I fear that Jesus Christ could not speak thus, for He cannot speak …

The Dew of Christ's Youth

Psalm 110:3

… But there is no fear of any monotony or tautology in Christ. You may look at Christ a thousand times and you shall have, if you please, a …

Laboring And Not Fainting

Revelation 2:3

… Men may work, but yet not labor and I fear there are many who claim to be working men who do not often trouble themselves with anything approaching …

Three Crosses

Galatians 6:14

… And this he did without fear of being met by a flank movement and being charged with doing the same things himself. Very fitly, therefore, does he contrast …

Two Arguments Against Sin

Jeremiah 44:4

… We ought to be so afraid of God that we are afraid of nobody else— "Fear Him, you saints, and you will then Have nothing else to fear …

Sowing and Reaping

Galatians 6:7

… And fear not those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear Him which is able to destroy both soul and …

The Glory in the Rear

Exodus 14:19-20

… You and I would have needed great faith to have gone down into such an abyss as that, but they descended without fear. Moses lifting up his rod …

Christ Set Forth As A Propitiation

Romans 3:25

… There is never fear, my Brothers and Sisters, of our meddling with secret things. If they are secret, it is quite certain that we shall not meddle with …