Someone once calculated that the words "fear not" appear in the Bible 365 times, and that means that there is one "Fear Not" for every day of the year! That makes a good story, but I tried to find the exact words in the electronic Bible on my computer, and could not find them even once! But I found similar ones, and I am sure that the meaning is there. But I need no "proof text" for every day of the year. All I need to hear is the words of Jesus which keep coming back to me again and again, "It is I. Do not be afraid." That is enough. But that is everything!

In the words of Charles Wesley,
Jesus! the Name that charms our fears,
That bids our sorrows cease;
Tis music in the sinner's ears,
Tis life, and health, and peace.