Fear & Anxiety

Knowing and Believing

2 Timothy 1:12

… There is, I fear, a great deal of vagueness and crudeness about this matter. I have heard it often asserted that if you believe that Jesus Christ died …

The Allegories of Sarah and Hagar

Galatians 4:24

… by good works; but he has said, “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God that worketh in you to will and to …

God's Hand at Evening

Ezekiel 33:22

… have to pass through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, we will fear no evil, for He will be with us. His rod and His staff shall …

The Lamb Of God In Scripture

John 1:35

… morning, if we are spared, and go into this busy world without any fear. The broad arrow of the King is set upon us in the blood-mark …

The Soul's Great Crisis

Romans 7:8

… There is no fear of God before their eyes. Here is a description of all men. If some say, "Well, my feet were never swift to shed blood …

Why the Gospel Is Hidden

2 Corinthians 4:3

… hearers, it is not because of the fine language that we use! We fear that there are some who, in preaching the Gospel, indulge in such eloquent oratory …

Prayer Answered, Love Nourished

Psalm 116:1

… whenever ye have a trial, or a want, or a doubt, or a fear, ye have, if ye have done rightly, sped away swiftly to his throne and …

'Feed My Sheep'

John 21:16

… of the favor, but the giver has a better memory! There is no fear of our Lord's ceasing to love us, since for us He has suffered …

High Doctrine

… takes its hand off from the mouth, and that mouth now does not fear to speak to man, though it trembles at the very thought of taking any …

The Father and the Son

1 John 1:3

… You may even adopt the rapturous language of Faber and sing— "I love to kiss each print where Christ did set His pilgrim feet, Nor can I fear …

The Unknown Giver and the Misused Gifts

Hosea 2:8

… I fear that in London there are many who have never received even the plainest instruction with regard to God and His Christ. It ought not to be …

'Accepted in the Beloved'

Ephesians 1:6

… And He, our Head, is there! When your vessel tosses in the storm, you may hear a voice that says, "Fear not, the boat is safe; you carry …

Redeeming the Unclean

Exodus 13:13

… I fear we have, all of us, broken all the commands! If not in act, yet in word or in thought, so that before God's bar we …

Christ Glorified as the Builder of His Church

Zechariah 6:13

… he dwells in you—“the secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, and he will show them his covenant.” It is your happy privilege to …

The Memory Of Christ's Love

Solomon 1:4

… Remember His great love! No word of mine will, I fear, help you much, but let your memory begin to run over the pages of your diary. Turn …

The Day of Atonement

Leviticus 16:34

… The reigning, ruling principle, now, is not, "You must, you shall," for reward or under fear of punishment! But God has loved you and now you love Him …

Blessings Manifold and Marvelous

Psalm 18:19

… The words of David will doubtless suit hundreds and thousands of you who fear the Lord. You will be able to lay hold of this sentence, full many …

Preaching Christ Crucified

1 Corinthians 1:23

… that I have been Divinely called to preach His Gospel— "Shall I for fear of feeble man, The Spirit's course in me restrain? Or undismayed in deed …

God's Glorious and Everlasting Name

Isaiah 63:12

… intended to drive them out to make room for His people and a fear took hold of them. They trembled as they heard what God did at the …

Christ's Ambassadors

2 Corinthians 5:20

… Martin Luther used to say that he never went into his pulpit without having his knees knocking together through fear, although he was a man of dauntless courage …

Shall and Will

Psalm 91:15

… by reason of charm, He will force us to pray by reason of fear! If we will not pray when the dish is dainty, He will break our …

India’s Ills and England’s Sorrows

Jeremiah 9:1

… No, it is our business to train up our children in the fear of the Lord; and though we cannot give them grace, it is ours to pray …

The Universal Remedy

Isaiah 53:5

… Lash us, Master, to Your Cross! No fatal shipwreck shall we fear if fastened there! Bind us with cords to the horns of the Altar! No disease can …

The Two Pivots

Exodus 3:6

… you be soldiers of the Cross and followers of the Lamb if you fear to acknowledge His cause and blush to speak His name? Come out of your …

A Command and a Promise

James 4:8

… I fear that there are even some in this congregation who are living just as if there were no God at all. If there really were no God …

Quiet Musing!

Psalm 39:3

… But I fear that the most of us are so little in retirement—so seldom in communion with God in private and even when there, the communion is …

The Pearl of Patience

James 5:11

… For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear. We did have it once, and it worked some good effect upon us for the time …

The New Park Street Pulpit

Ephesians 1:5

… Think of that, children, in all your sufferings and sorrows. "Like as a father pities his children, so the Lord pities them who fear Him." Do you lie …

'Who Is This?'

Matthew 21:10

… THE TIME IS COMING WHEN THIS QUESTION MAY BE ASKED BY SOME HERE WITH GREAT FEAR AND ALARM. Unless we ask it now in loving wonder, we shall …

The Errand of Mercy

Luke 19:10

… so believe and so speak, there is the more reason why you should fear to disobey Him and so to incur His just displeasure! If, in spite of …

Meeting Of The Neighboring Churches

… of faith over temptation, of love over selfishness, and of hope over the fear of death! There, there would be workings of devout emotion—now sinking down in …

Ruth Deciding for God

Ruth 1:16

… That is, the fear of separation. ' 'Ah," said one to me only last week, "it used to trouble me greatly when my wife went downstairs to the communion …

Man's Scorn and God's Succor

Job 16:20

… scorn! Your life is a standing protest against the lives of others! You fear God, and they do not. You cannot live as they live. You cannot talk …

Under the Apple Tree

Song 2:3

… 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 …

Indwelling Sin

Job 40:3-4

… The worst thing thou has to fear is the treachery of thine own heart. And moreover, Christian, remember how many backers thy evil nature has. As for thy …

The Great Teacher and Remembrancer

John 14:26

… There are, I fear, some here who have no hope and are without God in the world. The mere statement of the fact ought to excite us all …

The Glory of Grace

Ephesians 1:6

… trouble and sorrow! We shall not think so slightingly of Grace, as I fear we sometimes do now, when we shall see His face without a veil between …

Justification by Faith

Romans 5:1

… I have heard of good men travelling through fine scenery and shutting their eyes for fear they should see! I always open mine as wide as ever I …

The Blessings of Public Worship

Luke 18:10

… 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 …

Homage Offered to the Great King

Psalm 72:15

… There is not so much fear of religious enthusiasm as there is of religious torpor and sleep. I should like to see a few enthusiastic Christians—"not drunk …