Fear & Anxiety

Christ's Negative and Positive Prayer

John 17:15

… This fact should make us cease to be anxious about when or how we shall die and it should, at the same time, reconcile us to the time …

The Great Miracle Worker

John 11:47

… What does that miracle teach us? I think it tells all anxious workers that Jesus Christ is equal to every emergency. Think of the four millions of people …

Effects Of Sound Doctrine

Matthew 24:24

… I received but the other day, a letter from an earnest Arminian anxious to correct my opinions. He said, "If God has chosen some men from before the …

A Song, A solace, A Sermon and a Summons

Psalm 136:1

… Will it be able to sustain his weight and save him? Now we never have such anxiety concerning the salvation of souls by Christ Jesus, "for His mercy …

A Test for True Seekers

Jeremiah 50:5

… They are anxious to find Christ. They are willing to join the Church. They are, above all, longing to get to Heaven—but they do not ask the …

The Cloud of Doves

Isaiah 60:8

… another and join heartily together! Each one, as he becomes anxious for himself, also feels a similar anxiety for his fellows, so they band themselves together and "fly …

Darkness Before the Dawn

Solomon 2:17

… Let no thought of fear pass over your mind, or, if it does, let not your heart be troubled, but rise above your fear until the day breaks …

Short-Sightedness

… We get our telescope out sometimes to look to the future, and we breathe on the glass with the hot breath of our anxiety, and then we think …

The Seven Sneezes

2 Kings 4:35

… Mere resolves to reform, or even reform itself, will not end our anxiety! No fine talk, or expressed emotion, or remarkable excitement will at all content us—we …

The Safeguards of Forgiveness

2 Samuel 12:13

… breaking down the walls of Zion! When he had been forgiven, his first anxiety was that God would undo the mischief which his sin had worked and, therefore …

March 30 — PRAYER, THANKSGIVING, PRAISE

Phil. 4:6

… No anxiety, but much joyful communion with God. Carry your desires to the Lord of your life, the guardian of your soul. Go to Him with two portions …

A Sermon For Men Of Taste

1 Peter 2:1-3

… I can understand Believers saying— "It is a point I long to know, Often it causes anxious thought. Do I love the Lord or no? Am I His …

Oct. 18 — TEARS, THEN JOYFUL HARVEST

Ps. 126:5

… Seed steeped in the tears of earnest anxiety will come up all the sooner. The salt of prayerful tears will give the good seed a flavor which will …

July 1 — GOD WITH US

Gen. 48:21

… but he left his son without anxiety, for he said with confidence, "God shall be with you." When our dearest relations, or our most helpful friends, are called …

The Plumb Line

Amos 7:7

… It may save you much anxiety in the future if you stop now to question yourself and to enquire whether these things are real and true to you …

Self-Examination

… the devil, but often a very healthy inquiry, most fittingly suggested by holy anxiety to men who would build securely upon the Rock of Ages. At the Lord …

March 20 — DIVINE PROVISION

Matt. 6:30

… 6:30 Clothes are expensive, and poor believers may be led into anxiety as to where their next suit will come from. The soles are thin; how shall …

Jan. 14 — REST IS A GIFT

Matt. 11:28

… or anxiety: He will set you free from this iron bondage, and give you rest. You are "laden" -- yes, "heavy laden" with sin, fear, care, remorse, fear of …

The Empty Place—a Christmas Day Sermon

1 Samuel 20:25

… And there is extra watchfulness in the household and there is special care, and it may be that, sometimes, there is cause for anxiety and fear. Perhaps, in …

Feb. 3 — HE FREELY GIVES

Rom. 8:32

… It is a question which can never be answered so as to cause us any anxiety of heart. What can the Lord deny us after giving us Jesus …

The Silver Trumpet

Isaiah 1:18

… He had one anxiety, namely, that having believed in Jesus, he might be baptized before he suffered the sentence of the law. It could not be effected according …

The Power of the Risen Savior

Matthew 28:18-20

… 10,000 to flight! Never despair for the Church! Be anxious for her and turn your anxiety into prayer—but be hopeful evermore—for her Redeemer is mighty …

The True Position of the Witness Within

1 John 5:10

… Everyone should be anxious that he should in nothing be a hypocrite and should not allow the profession of his lips to go one single inch beyond the …

"In the Garden With Him"

John 18:26

… Far more likely it is unholy fear. Some think it modesty. But I question whether this is its real name. I will not call it cowardice, but I …

The Hospital of Waiters Visited with the Gospel

John 5:8

… They were lying sick, with anxious eyes gazing upon the little pool, hoping to see it bubble up—to see a widening circle coming upon its placid surface …

Receiving the Holy Spirit

Acts 19:2

… I am sure that if these powers were given now in connection with the reception of the Holy Spirit and your believing, you would all be anxious to …

Looking for One Thing and Finding Another

1 Samuel 9:3

… The Word reached his heart—the Grace of God met with him—he became converted and today he is walking humbly in the fear of God! These cases …

The Private Tutor

John 14:24-26

… Sometimes, I am afraid, our memories fail us because we are not particularly anxious to remember. Certain precepts are so contrary to the carnal mind that if we …

Moses' Dying Charge to Israel

Deuteronomy 8:2

… It is, every way, that of a saint who has spent his life in loving anxiety for the people committed to his charge. And the ruling passion is …

The Holy Spirit—the Need of the Age

Micah 2:7

… answered, "Yes, I feel anxious to keep the lamps well trimmed and the light burning, lest any vessel should be wrecked." As to anxiety about the safety of …

God's Answer to Persistent Prayer

1 Kings 18:41

… If you could find comfort in the joys of this world, I would fear it would be a long while before you would find peace. But if pleasures …

Evening, September 21

Ps 26:9

… thou mayst be gathered with the wicked.” That fear, although marred by unbelief, springs, in the main, from holy anxiety, arising from the recollection of past sin. Even …

Job's Regret and Our Own

Job 29:2

… We may, without violence, appropriate Job’s words to ourselves; for I fear that many of us can with great propriety take up our wailing and mourn for …

Morning, September 17

Mk 9:19

… Bring him unto me.” Children are a precious gift from God, but much anxiety comes with them. They may be a great joy or a great bitterness to …

Evening, May 12

Ge 46:3-4

Evening, May 12 Go To Morning Reading “Fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: I will go down …

Morning, October 8

Lu 5:4

… work of soul fishing, looking up in faith, and around us in solemn anxiety. Let us toil till night comes, and we shall not labour in vain, for …

Evening, April 4

Is 2:3

… May the Spirit of God assist us to leave the mists of fear and the fevers of anxiety, and all the ills which gather in this valley of …

Morning, February 14

2Ki 25:30

… and raiment; the surplus gives us the care of storing it, and the anxiety of watching against a thief. One staff aids a traveller, but a bundle of …

Christ's Perfection and Precedence

Solomon 5:10

… We must not affirm that the question of anxiety is sinful—it is painful—and anxiety, if it is not Divinely removed, will become sinful, but the anxiety …

Concealing the Words of God

Job 6:10

… He asks, "Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me that I kept silence?" So faithful had he been that he cries …