"Don't Be Afraid; You Are Worth More Than Many Sparrows."

Believer, what are you doing, 
going groaning through the world 
beneath a load of fears and cares? 
(Thomas Guthrie, 1803-1873) 

"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? 
Yet not one of them will fall to the ground 
apart from the will of your FATHER. And 
even the very hairs of your head are all 
numbered. So don't be afraid; you are 
worth more than many sparrows." 
Matthew 10:29-31 

There is no such thing as chance. 
All the reins that guide and govern 
the world are gathered into the hands 
of JESUS. 

HIS care of HIS people extends to 
the most common, minute, and 
apparently trivial matters--
all are links in the golden 
chain of providence. 

Divine Providence is a comforting 
doctrine, too precious to be 
parted with! 

Let the thought that JESUS . . .
  watches over all your affairs, 
  and guards your welfare,
  and guides all your ways--
banish your every anxious care. 

I do not say that you will never be 
disappointed, but certainly you ought 
never to be discontented. Many things 
in your circumstances may occasion 
anxious thought, but nothing should 
occasion or can excuse sinful repining. 

Child of GOD! HE has numbered 
the hairs of your head, as well as 
the stars of Heaven!

Believer, what are you doing, 
going groaning through 
the world beneath a load 
of fears and cares? 

What should discourage you? 
What should disturb your peace? 
What can ruffle the calm spirit 
of a man who knows that the hands 
which were once nailed to the tree for 
him, now hold the helm of his destiny? 

The blessed SAVIOR, who by love's 
golden scepter reigns within his heart, 
holds sovereign sway over earth and 
Heaven; and . . 
  by both bitter and sweet providences, 
  by both coffins and cradles, 
  by both disappointments and joys, 
  by both losses and gains, 
shall cause all things to work together 
for good to those who love HIM, 
to those who are called according 
to HIS purpose. 

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Arthur Pink, "The Attributes of GOD"
Chapter 7. The Immutability of GOD