Words & music:mike hudson and michael w. smith



I am holding to the joy of my salvation

I am glad to have a life that always grows

And if the word of god is any indication

I am doing even better than i know

I am doing even better than i know

There's a joy that even people of the world find

In every good and perfect gift the father sends

So i thank the lord that i was born the first time

But i thank him more that i was born again

Oh, i thank him more that i was born again



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I am up

Like the sun is up

I can feel my life on a rise

I am up

Like the stars at night

I get up on bein' alive

I am up

Like the lord is up

And my life is filled with his life

I was freed and i am saved

I am up

I am up



There are times life is so fine i can't contain it

Everywhere i look i see what god had done

And i don't have to work and worry to sustain it

When i walk with god his joy will always come

When i walk with god his joy will always come



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