This Little Light, God Saw it was Good

This Little Light, God Saw it was Good

NOTE: #1’s lines are sung, as are all lines of “Let it shine.”

 

#1:     This little light of mine

  I’m gonna let it shine.

#2: God said,

#3:“Let there be light.”

#2: God was pleased with the light. The light was good.

 

#1      This little light of mine

I’m gonna let it shine.

#3:“The people walking in

#2: darkness

#3:“have seen a

#2: brilliant light,

#3:“shining on everyone in the land of darkest shadows.

 

#1      This little light of mine

I’m gonna let it shine.

#3: “I am the

#2: light

#3: of the world.

#2: Follow me

#3: Follow me

#2: you won’t walk in darkness;

#3: you will have the

#2: light

#3: that guides you to life.”

 

All:         Let it shine

Let it shine

Let it shine

 

 

#1:     Everywhere I go,

I’m goin’ let it shine,

#3: I will lead my blind people

#2: along paths they have never known,

#3: to new places

#2: where they have never been before.

#3: I will guide them.

 

#1:     Everywhere I go,

I’m goin’ let it shine,

#2: I will turn the darkness into

#3: light

#2: before them—for them—

#3: and make the rough places

#2: smooth.

 

#1:     Everywhere I go,

I’m goin’ let it shine,

#3: I will do all this;

#2: I am giving my solemn promise, which I always keep.

#3: I will never abandon them.

#2: They will not be alone

 

All:         Let it shine

Let it shine

Let it shine

 

 

 

#1:     Let it shine til Jesus comes,

I’m gonna let it shine

#3: Arise!

#2: Shine!

#3: for your

#2: light

#3: has come,

#2: and the glory of the Lord

#3: rises upon you.

 

#1:     Let it shine til Jesus comes,

I’m gonna let it shine

#2: the Lord rises upon

#3: you

#2: and his glory appears over

#3: you.

 

#1:     Let it shine til Jesus comes,

I’m gonna let it shine

#2: The light shines

#3: in the darkness,

#2: and the darkness

#3: can never extinguish it.

 

All:         Let it shine

Let it shine

Let it shine

 

#1:     This little light of mine

I’m gonna let it shine.

#2: God is

#3: light;

#2: in him there is no

#3: darkness

#2: at all.

 

#1:     This little light of mine

I’m gonna let it shine.

#3: For the darkness is

#2: disappearing,

#3: and the true

#2: light

#3: is already

#2: shining.

 

#1:     This little light of mine

I’m gonna let it shine.

#3: There will be no need for sun

#2: or moon,

#3: the glory

#2: the glory

#3: the glory of God

#2: shines on all of them,

#3: and the Lamb is its light.

#3: The Lamb

#2: is its light.

#2 & #3: The Lamb is light.

 

All:         Let it shine

Let it shine

Let it shine

 

#1:                  Let it shine

#1 & #2:        Let it shine

All:                   Let it shine