I Choose Joy

I choose joy

I never let the problems keep me down

Because I know the Lord will work things out

For my good

I choose joy, joy

I choose joy

I never let the problems keep me down

Because I know the Lord will work things out

For my good

I choose joy, joy

To tell the truth

This world is full of troubles

And if we live long enough

They're sure to come our way

But we've a choice to walk in fear and trembling

Or claim the victory that's already ours this very day

I choose joy

I never let the problems keep me down

Because I know the Lord will work things out

For my good

I choose joy, joy

So when I wake and stumble to the mirror

And what I see makes me wish that I had stayed in bed

For there's a power deep within my being

And it commands my soul to start praising the Lord

With every breath

So when I find myself under a load of circumstance and care

God wants to know what I'm doing under there

So I choose joy

I never let the problems keep me down

Because I know the Lord will work things out

For my good

I choose joy, joy

I choose joy

I never let the problems keep me down

Because I know the Lord will work things out

For my good

I choose joy, joy, joy, joy, joy, joy

I choose joy

Never let the problems keep me down

'Cause I know I can trust the Lord

To work it out, to work it out

For my good

I, I, I choose joy, oh

I choose joy

Ooh, I'm never gonna let nothing keep me down

'Cause I know my Jesus

He's gonna work it out

He's gonna work it all out for my good

And it leaves me free, free to choose joy