FEAR NOT, THE ANGEL SAID (GILLETTE)

 FEAR NOT, THE ANGEL SAID

#ArtOfHymning #Hymn #HymnsRetuned #FrosMusic

Tune: CALL TO CHRISTIANS
Meter: SMD
Text: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, 1999
Music: Fr. J. Roel Lungay, 1994

1
"Fear not!" the angel said,
"God's joy is in the air!
Now go to Bethlehem and see
A newborn baby there.

2
A Savior, yet a child!
So young, and yet the Lord!"
God's grace astounds, God's love surrounds
This sinful, hurting world.

3
Fear not, you hungry child,
You homeless refugee,
You battered woman, burdened down —
God came to set you free.

4
For God's own Son was poor;
He cried and suffered, too.
God's grace astounds; God's love abounds
For people just like you.

5
Fear not when questions come:
"How can I know God's way?"
"Do my possessions weigh me down?"
"Can God change me today?"


6
For Jesus came to be
True bread that satisfies;
And in his birth, God touched the earth.
Christ saves, forgives, and guides.

7
Fear not, you church of Christ,
Distracted and distressed,
For long ago in troubled times,
Christ came, and we were blest.


8
Our Prince of Peace is born —
Our light, our life, our song!
In him we see our unity,
In him God makes us strong.

Biblical References: Luke 2:1-20; 2 Corinthians 8:9; John 6:35Text: Copyright © 1999 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved. Used by permission
Music: CALL TO CHRISTIANS; Fr. J. Roel Lungay, 1994, 2023