Fear & Anxiety

Bands of Love; or, Union to Christ

… the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage” ( Heb. ii. 14, 15 ); and …

The New Year's Guest

Matthew 25:35

… I fear that many professors take their color from their company and are fellows with the irreligious and the unbelieving. These cry, "Hosanna," with the multitude of the …

Open-Air Preaching — A Sketch of Its History

… Now, it can be argued, with small fear of refutation, that open-air preaching is as old as preaching itself. We are at full liberty to believe that …

Pure Fun

… He had no sympathy with the hymn-tinkerer who altered even the glorious hundredth Psalm by putting “fear” instead of “mirth” in the third line of the first …

Psalm 110

Psalm 110

… and there will always be a Church among men, which will fear and worship this King; because the experience of all the ages teaches, that this kingdom has …

Wheat in the Barn

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

The Sin-Bearer

… Peter begins at the eighteenth verse: “Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For …

The Hunger-Bite

Job 18:12

… Alas, I fear all this is neglected and spiritual strength is starved! Let us begin, from this time forward, to give attention to the sustenance of our souls …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Continued)

… I should like to express my appreciation of all the tenderness and care you have shown towards me during this happy week; but I fear to pain you …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Concluded)

… I fear I am not so full of love to God as I used to be. I lament my sad decline in spiritual things. You and others may …

Early Criticisms and Slanders

… been glad to have seen me commit myself, by rushing in ‘where angels fear to tread.’… “I am, Mr. Editor, credibly informed that Mr. Spurgeon himself intends taking …

First Outlines of Sermons, 1851-1852

… Old Jordan’s floods shall hear the sound, Yon circling hills with fear shall bound. Thou palm — tree’d city, at thy gates Death in grim form this …

Preaching in the Open Air

It can be argued, with small fear of refutation, that open-air preaching is as old as preaching itself. We are at full liberty to believe that Enoch …

First Literary Friends (Continued)

… With regard again to our other fear, that his excellence as a preacher would not be sustained, the event has, we rejoice to say, no less agreeably proved …

The Christian’s Heaviness and Rejoicing

1 Peter 1:6

… needs be for his persecution; he says, “Yes, I know it, and I fear not all I have to endure; I am not cowed by it.” At last …

The Sin of Unbelief

2 Kings 7:19

… the wrath to come!” It is not the wrath now you have to fear, but the wrath to come; and there shall be a doom to come, when …

In the Hay-field

… for his own people; “the secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, and he will show them his covenant.” Though the grass be free to …

An Inscription for the Mausoleum of the Saints

Hebrews 11:13

… has promised shall not be, for He has promised, "I will put my fear in their heart, that they shall not depart from Me." If a man truly …

A Mingled Strain

Psalm 51:7

… to be put away into his own house and shut up there for fear of contaminating the rest of mankind! He boldly says, "If the Lord washes me …

Taught That We May Teach

Ezekiel 40:4

… I fear that our Master has come to be almost a stranger in the land in these days, compared with what He was once, when His people wandered …

"Where Are The Nine?"—or, Praise Neglected

Luke 17:15

… You pray little enough, I fear, but praise, where is that? At our family altars we always pray, but seldom praise. In our closets we constantly pray, but …

Till We Meet Again

Revelation 22:21

… away! If the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is with us, we fear not the end! We can serenely look upon the wreck of matter and the …

Perfection in Faith

Hebrews 10:14

… Trust in his efficacious blood, Nor fear thy banishment from God, Since Jesus died for thee.” Look at the text. Once again I am going to say the …

The Heart—a Gift for God

Proverbs 23:26

… Then you need not fear the fascinations of the strange woman, for I have your heart and I will keep it safe unto the day of My appearing …

Samuel and the Young Man Saul

1 Samuel 9:27

… flesh and will give them an heart of flesh." "I will put My fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from Me." "I could never be …

The Corn of Wheat Dying to Bring Forth Fruit

… s service are not so numerous that we need be distressed by the fear that an enormous sacrifice of life is likely to occur. Little cause is there …

The Rider on the White Horse and the Armies with Him

Revelation 19:11-16

… and still lead on His host conquering and to conquer! Let us never fear while He is on the white horse with such eyes as His! It was …

The Long Pastorate Commenced, 1854

… met with him, he became converted, and soon was walking humbly in the fear of God. On another occasion, a poor harlot found the Savior in the same …

Seekers Directed and Encouraged

Jeremiah 29:13

… pins into myself in a spiritual fashion, to wake myself up, again, for fear I should fall into the same drowsy state as some I know of, whose …

The Well-Beloved

… blinded by their want of sympathy, neither did she withhold her testimony from fear of their criticism. To her, He was “altogether lovely”, and she could say no …

Under The Apple Tree

… You know a doctrine beyond all fear of contradiction when you have proved it for yourself by personal test and trial. The bride in the song as good …

Unabated Affection between Pastor and People

… earnest efforts for God's glory and the good of souls ; but I fear I have done but little. Oh, that it were more ! Words cannot express the …

Frost and Thaw

… You will find him gradually operating upon the entire man, enlightening the understanding, freeing the will, delivering the heart from fear, inspiring hope, waking up the whole spirit …

The Ploughman

… talk of what they can do and what they cannot do, and I fear they miss the vital point. Faith is leaving off can-ing and cannot-ing …

The Shulamite'S Choice Prayer

Solomon 8:6

… put out—but until then there shall never be a shadow of a fear of that. As certainly as lost souls are lost, so certainly believing souls are …

A Woman of a Sorrowful Spirit

1 Samuel 1:15

… I think I could sometimes do with a little more of it, but I fear, when I take stock of my whole life, that I have very seldom …

The Character of Christ’s People

John 17:16

… O, my hearers, I fear many of you are worldly, carnal, and covetous; and yet ye join the churches, and stand well with God’s people by a …

Psalm 139

Psalm 139

… This should fill us with awe, so that we sin not; with courage, so that we fear not; with delight, so that we mourn not. Verse 4. For …

The Death of Christ

Isaiah 53:10

… refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble; therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed and the mountains be carried into the midst of …

Rahab's Faith

Hebrews 11:31

… She became after that a woman eminent for piety walking in the fear of God. Now, you may have a dead faith which will ruin your soul. The …