Joy In My Heart
Karen Peck & New River Lyrics


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One day I was walking in a world of sin
No rest for my weary soul
And then I met a man who said
He'd be my friend
Then all my burdens He did roll

God took those worldy desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I've got a brand new goal
And since I met this man called Jesus Christ
I've got the joy joy joy in my soul!

Joy in my heart, Joy in my mind
Joy since that happy day
Joy in my hands, Joy in my feet
Joy in every way

God took those worldly desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I've got a brand new goal
And since I met this man called Jesus Christ
I've got the joy joy joy in my soul!

Joy joy joy
Joy joy joy
Joy joy joy
Joy!

I got my eyes on Jesus
got my mind made up
I tell it everywhere I go
Ain't nobody gonna turn me around
'Cause Jesus is in control

God took those worldly desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I've got a brand new goal
And since i met this man called Jesus Christ
I've got the joy in my soul!

Joy in my heart, Joy in my mind
Joy since that happy day
Joy in my hands, Joy in my feet
Joy in every way

God took those worldly desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I've got a brand new goal
And since i met this man called Jesus Christ
I've got the joy joy joy in my soul!

Joy joy joy
Joy joy joy
Joy joy joy
Joy!

Joy joy joy
Joy joy joy
Joy joy joy
Joy!

God took those worldly desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I got a brand new goal
And since I met this man called Jesus Christ
I got the joy joy joy in my soul!

And since I met this man called Jesus Christ
I got the joy, sweet joy, joy, sweet joy,
Joy joy joy in my soul!

Joy joy joy
Joy joy joy
Joy joy joy
Joy!

God took those worldly desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I got a brand new goal
And since I met this man called Jesus Christ
I got the joy joy joy in my soul!

And since I met this man called Jesus Christ




I got the joy, sweet joy, joy, sweet joy,
Joy joy joy in my soul!

Overall Meaning

The song "Joy In My Heart" by Karen Peck & New River is a testament to the transformative power of faith in Jesus Christ. The lyrics describe a person who was lost in a world of sin and burdened with worldly desires, but found hope and joy when they met Jesus. The song uses the metaphor of a burden being lifted off of the singer's shoulders to describe the relief and happiness that comes from turning to God. The repeated phrase "joy in my soul" emphasizes the depth and persistence of this joy, which has permeated every aspect of the singer's being.


The chorus of the song suggests that the experience of finding joy in Jesus is not limited to an emotional high, but is a daily reality that affects every part of life. The lyrics describe joy in the heart, mind, hands, and feet - in short, every way possible. The verses reinforce this message by emphasizing that the singer's faith has given them a new goal and purpose in life, which is to follow Jesus and share the joy they have found with others. The final stanza reinforces the idea that faith in Jesus gives us the strength to persevere through difficult circumstances, and that nothing can shake the joy we have found in him.


Line by Line Meaning

One day I was walking in a world of sin
I was living a life full of wrong decisions


No rest for my weary soul
I was tired of living that kind of life


And then I met a man who said
I came across someone who offered to help me


He'd be my friend
He offered to be there for me as a friend


Then all my burdens He did roll
He helped me get rid of all the difficulties in my life


God took those worldy desires
God freed me from worldly temptations


Gave me heavenly fire
He gave me a new purpose


Now I've got a brand new goal
My life has a new meaning


And since I met this man called Jesus Christ
Since we met, he changed my life for the better


I've got the joy joy joy in my soul!
I feel happy and content with my life


Joy in my heart, Joy in my mind
My heart and mind feel lighter because of the happiness I feel


Joy since that happy day
I have been experiencing this happiness since the day we met


Joy in my hands, Joy in my feet
I feel the happiness inside and outside of me


Joy in every way
This happiness is all-encompassing


I got my eyes on Jesus
I am focused on my faith and my beliefs


got my mind made up
I am firm in my beliefs and my convictions


I tell it everywhere I go
I share my story and my beliefs with anyone who cares to listen


Ain't nobody gonna turn me around
I will not be swayed or discouraged from my newfound happiness


'Cause Jesus is in control
I trust in my faith and in my savior to guide me


And since I met this man called Jesus Christ
Since we met, he changed my life for the better


And since I met this man called Jesus Christ
Since we met, he changed my life for the better


I got the joy, sweet joy, joy, sweet joy,
I am filled with happiness


Joy joy joy in my soul!
I feel happy and content with my life


Joy joy joy
I am filled with happiness


Joy joy joy
I am filled with happiness


Joy joy joy
I am filled with happiness


Joy!
I am happy




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Joy In My Heart
Joy Gardner, Karen Peck & New River

One day I was walking in a world of sin
No rest for my weary soul
And then I met a man who said
He'd be my friend
Then all my burdens He did roll
God took those worldy desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I've got a brand new goal
And since I met this man called Jesus Christ
I've got the joy joy joy in my soul!
Joy in my heart, Joy in my mind
Joy since that happy day
Joy in my hands, Joy in my feet
Joy in every way
God took those worldly desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I've got a brand new goal
And since I met this man called Jesus Christ
I've got the joy joy joy in my soul!
Joy joy joy
Joy joy joy
Joy joy joy
Joy!
I got my eyes on Jesus
Got my mind made up
I tell it everywhere I go
Ain't nobody gonna turn me around
'Cause Jesus is in control
God took those worldly desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I've got a brand new goal
And since i met this man called Jesus Christ
I've got the joy in my soul!
Joy in my heart, Joy in my mind
Joy since that happy day
Joy in my hands, Joy in my feet
Joy in every way
God took those worldly desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I've got a brand new goal
And since i met this man called Jesus Christ
I've got the joy joy joy in my soul!
Joy joy joy
Joy joy joy
Joy joy joy
Joy!
Joy joy joy
Joy joy joy
Joy joy joy
Joy!
God took those worldly desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I got a brand new goal
And since I met this man called Jesus Christ
I got the joy joy joy in my soul!
And since I met this man called Jesus Christ
I got the joy, sweet joy, joy, sweet joy,
Joy joy joy in my soul!
Joy joy joy
Joy joy joy
Joy joy joy
Joy!
God took those worldly desires
Gave me heavenly fire
Now I got a brand new goal
And since I met this man called Jesus Christ
I got the joy joy joy in my soul!
And since I met this man called Jesus Christ
I got the joy, sweet joy, joy, sweet joy,
Joy joy joy in my soul!
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Walt Mills / Tanya Sykes
Joy In My Heart lyrics © Integrity's Hosanna! Music, Davishop



@MD-hg9dq

A prayer requiring faith to live.

On a balcony of space STEPPED A PURE AND HOLY GOD. IN AWESOME SOLITUDE YOU STOOD ALONE. Not one faint star to give YOU light; just endless darkness, it was blackest night. But somehow in the darkness YOU COULD SEE.

YOU SAW mountains high and lofty, YOU SAW valleys lush and green. YOU SAW babbling brooks, and wildflowers grow, YOU EVEN HEARD a robin sing. Then through YOUR COMPASSION STANDING OUT THERE IN YOUR TOMORROW, YOU SAW forum's visitors. 🥰

YOU SAW them as sinners because there is no intrinsic righteousness in any of us due to Adam’s sin. YOU SAW them as they grew from a baby into adulthood due to YOUR HANDS OF MERCY. 🥰 YOU SAW them pursuing a career path for the purpose of obtaining the gains of the world not realizing that it is a loss compared to what YOU DID on the cross. YOU SAW them working long and laboring hard to receive the grace by justification even though YOU stated, "This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."(John 6:29 KJV) YOU SAW the unwillingness to accept YOUR PLAN OF SALVATION THROUGH YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST. YOU SAW them living with the guilt of committing crimes to the heart. YOU SAW them enduring personal crisis. YOU SAW the weight of the burden on their hearts with each tribulation. YOU SAW them seeking comfort from the above mentioned topography, ONE OF THE MANY MARVELS YOUR PERFECT HANDS HAVE MADE. 👏👏👏 YOU SAW their worries about tomorrow.

If their hearts were a window that they could look through, oh the pains and scars they would see. What a cruel fate the skin gives as a mask to the inward pain. But the skin couldn’t cover THE SUFFERING YOUR ONE AND ONLY SON BORED on the cross as PAYMENT for all our sins because HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ALONE HAD THE MERIT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR HOLINESS. Indeed, ONLY HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS IS SUFFICIENT TO SAVE us from this present evil world as evidenced by Mary's song of praise. "And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour." (Luke 1:46-47 KJV) Awesome thanks to YOUR GREAT PARDON for being easy on the heart. 🥰

They have seen a lot of crazy things done in YOUR NAME. For example, the father of lies futile attempts to make crooked the right ways of the LORD to turn people away from faith in the WORKS OF JESUS CHRIST ALONE. How can anyone bear the thought of his or her life story detracting from the GLORY AND HONOR KNOWN TO BELONG TO CHRIST ALONE? As a consequence, YOU ARE A MYSTERY OF GREAT MYSTERY to them. Despite this conviction, YOU ARE MINDFUL of them as evidenced by the fact that YOUR JUDGEMENT is not speedy, allowing them to pursue the desires of the flesh.

They are aware of hypocrisy in religious assemblies that like to be seen and heard. In addition, secular education teaches that there is no right and wrong, if GOD exists there is no way of relating to HIM, and moral standards shift according to the whims of fashion. Therefore, their minds are conditioned to question everything this world has to offer including “THY POWER THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE DISPLAYED.” They have accepted the heavy burden of dealing with the troubles of this life and seeks to know another way, YOU THE GREAT COMFORTER TO ALL who did receive YOU as their personal SAVIOR. Still, YOU have shown them NEW MERCY every day with each thought they make and each breath they take.

Unfortunately, like the prodigal son, we are all guilty of wandering far from YOU LORD because the negative experiences of our lives tend to build roadblocks to the TRUTH. As time marches on, JESUS CHRIST HELP them to identify the way, truth, and eternal life (that is YOU). Since to know and follow your SPIRIT is more exciting than any 007 movie, and YOU DELIGHT MAKING the ordinary into extraordinary. As time marches on, JESUS CHRIST MAKE them understand that there is no way around YOUR TRUTH, and that there is something about YOUR NAME. As time marches on, JESUS CHRIST HELP them defeat in their minds what is false in YOUR EYES.

LORD GUIDE their thoughts to know that the path of sin is hard on their hearts for the purpose of crying out to YOU to know the joy, peace of having the heavy burden LIFTED by THE GOD OF PEACE I AM, and ANCHOR their souls in THE HAVEN OF REST. In other words, LORD use the storms in their lives to get a hold of them to trust YOU and believe. In truth, YOU ARE THE JOY that seekest them through pain.

LORD HELP their fainting hearts to believe that YOU, who was slain on the cross over 2000 years ago has the POWER TO CHANGE lives today through the INSTANTANEOUS GREAT FAVOR from GOD to the house of Israel made known in believers by YOU to make YOUR NAME EVERLASTING. 🥰 For as the statue liberates the citizens so the cross liberates the soul. ONLY YOU can calm the trouble waters of the mind when one admits to wanting salvation from one’s sinful nature, JESUS IS LORD, and believes in the heart that GOD RAISED HIM from the dead TO LIFT the heavy burden of sin's guilt away from the heart in accordance to YOUR WORD found in Psalm 51:1-10 KJV. 👏👏👏👏👏👏 O, the wonder of it all to experience within the flesh the feeling of a tree being cut back/pruned inorder for it to grow stronger and more beautiful after meditating on the words of said Psalm. 🥰🙌

LORD MAKE them know that ONLY YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, through the experience of a new birth within believers, can prevent the family circle from being broken because THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE YOU HAVE GRANTED means a chapter of their lives is decided. Creation sings the rebirth song for them yearly, through YOUR PROMISE of springtime, giving rise to the idea that by the mention of YOUR NAME flowers grow, and the desert blooms again. 🥰

LORD GUIDE their understanding of words to use to come into YOUR PRESENCE with an honest reverence of WHO YOU ARE to experience the beauty that time can't erase YOUR WISDOM resting on their faces. LORD STRENGTHEN their determination to never waiver in efforts to search for YOU because the wages of sin is too high for anyone to pay. Additionally, THE KING OF KINGS is needed in their hearts to learn how to expand their capacity to love for YOU are LOVE in any language. 🥰 Once they learn to speak it with boldness through YOUR WONDERFUL COUNSELING all the world will hear, and know that LOVE is the language of their hearts. So LORD, KEEP KNOCKING on their doors until they let YOU in to know hardships and struggles will end with a GREAT CELEBRATION WITH YOU. 🥰🙌

If one believes faith cannot be forced, YOU WILL GIVE that individual over to the stubborn heart to follow own counsel which will surely fail him or her to the extent that the punishment will last forever found in Psalms 81 NIV. Given this, I pray that YOU WILL MAKE that person see that this feeling is wasted for a world in which we become strangers as we age, gives us thrills instead of peace, aims to solve a problem but creates another, and unrest surges with each passing generation. Shed some light into their broken hearts for YOU ARE THE GREAT JEHOVAH, THE GOD THAT HEALETH thee.

Lastly, LORD when they call on YOU in earnest prayer to come into their hearts to be born again, I pray that YOU WILL GIVE them the blessed assurance of their salvation because nothing breaks YOUR HEART, or tears YOU apart like when they cry from the trials of the devil who comes to slander, falsely accuse, steal, kill & destroy. Only by drawing nearer to YOU LORD will put them on a path to a glorious one way trip winding upward to YOU where pain is not welcome because the heart will never break anymore. For ONLY YOU UNDERSTANDS our tears since YOU LOOK at the heart, while humans look at the flesh.

O LOVE that will not let them go. When they don't have the strength to try, and have cried all they can cry hear their hearts that need YOU more today than yesterday. Many thanks LORD for speaking TRUTH in our lives TO BLESS those who are not offended by THEE. LET YOUR WILL BE DONE because YOUR LOVE ALONE CONQUERS everything by WAITING for them to cease struggling, and finally surrender to YOUR EMBRACE to learn about YOUR LOVE AND PROMISE TO TAKE CARE of your children exquisitely. 🥰 Since... "at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore"... (Psalms 16:11 KJV), and the nail print for them to know YOU by answering the following question. How did CHRIST LOVE people into a relationship with HIM? 🥰



@MD-hg9dq

A prayer requiring faith to live.

On a balcony of space STEPPED A PURE AND HOLY GOD. IN AWESOME SOLITUDE YOU STOOD ALONE. Not one faint star to give YOU light; just endless darkness, it was blackest night. But somehow in the darkness YOU COULD SEE.

YOU SAW mountains high and lofty, YOU SAW valleys lush and green. YOU SAW babbling brooks, and wildflowers grow, YOU EVEN HEARD a robin sing. Then through YOUR COMPASSION STANDING OUT THERE IN YOUR TOMORROW, YOU SAW forum's visitors. 🥰

YOU SAW them as sinners because there is no intrinsic righteousness in any of us due to Adam’s sin. YOU SAW them as they grew from a baby into adulthood due to YOUR HANDS OF MERCY. 🥰 YOU SAW them pursuing a career path for the purpose of obtaining the gains of the world not realizing that it is a loss compared to what YOU DID on the cross. YOU SAW them working long and laboring hard to receive the grace by justification even though YOU stated, "This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."(John 6:29 KJV) YOU SAW the unwillingness to accept YOUR PLAN OF SALVATION THROUGH YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST. YOU SAW them living with the guilt of committing crimes to the heart. YOU SAW them enduring personal crisis. YOU SAW the weight of the burden on their hearts with each tribulation. YOU SAW them seeking comfort from the above mentioned topography, ONE OF THE MANY MARVELS YOUR PERFECT HANDS HAVE MADE. 👏👏👏 YOU SAW their worries about tomorrow.

If their hearts were a window that they could look through, oh the pains and scars they would see. What a cruel fate the skin gives as a mask to the inward pain. But the skin couldn’t cover THE SUFFERING YOUR ONE AND ONLY SON BORED on the cross as PAYMENT for all our sins because HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ALONE HAD THE MERIT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR HOLINESS. Indeed, ONLY HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS IS SUFFICIENT TO SAVE us from this present evil world as evidenced by Mary's song of praise. "And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour." (Luke 1:46-47 KJV) Awesome thanks to YOUR GREAT PARDON for being easy on the heart. 🥰

They have seen a lot of crazy things done in YOUR NAME. For example, the father of lies futile attempts to make crooked the right ways of the LORD to turn people away from faith in the WORKS OF JESUS CHRIST ALONE. How can anyone bear the thought of his or her life story detracting from the GLORY AND HONOR KNOWN TO BELONG TO CHRIST ALONE? As a consequence, YOU ARE A MYSTERY OF GREAT MYSTERY to them. Despite this conviction, YOU ARE MINDFUL of them as evidenced by the fact that YOUR JUDGEMENT is not speedy, allowing them to pursue the desires of the flesh.

They are aware of hypocrisy in religious assemblies that like to be seen and heard. In addition, secular education teaches that there is no right and wrong, if GOD exists there is no way of relating to HIM, and moral standards shift according to the whims of fashion. Therefore, their minds are conditioned to question everything this world has to offer including “THY POWER THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE DISPLAYED.” They have accepted the heavy burden of dealing with the troubles of this life and seeks to know another way, YOU THE GREAT COMFORTER TO ALL who did receive YOU as their personal SAVIOR. Still, YOU have shown them NEW MERCY every day with each thought they make and each breath they take.

Unfortunately, like the prodigal son, we are all guilty of wandering far from YOU LORD because the negative experiences of our lives tend to build roadblocks to the TRUTH. As time marches on, JESUS CHRIST HELP them to identify the way, truth, and eternal life (that is YOU). Since to know and follow your SPIRIT is more exciting than any 007 movie, and YOU DELIGHT MAKING the ordinary into extraordinary. As time marches on, JESUS CHRIST MAKE them understand that there is no way around YOUR TRUTH, and that there is something about YOUR NAME. As time marches on, JESUS CHRIST HELP them defeat in their minds what is false in YOUR EYES.

LORD GUIDE their thoughts to know that the path of sin is hard on their hearts for the purpose of crying out to YOU to know the joy, peace of having the heavy burden LIFTED by THE GOD OF PEACE I AM, and ANCHOR their souls in THE HAVEN OF REST. In other words, LORD use the storms in their lives to get a hold of them to trust YOU and believe. In truth, YOU ARE THE JOY that seekest them through pain.

LORD HELP their fainting hearts to believe that YOU, who was slain on the cross over 2000 years ago has the POWER TO CHANGE lives today through the INSTANTANEOUS GREAT FAVOR from GOD to the house of Israel made known in believers by YOU to make YOUR NAME EVERLASTING. 🥰 For as the statue liberates the citizens so the cross liberates the soul. ONLY YOU can calm the trouble waters of the mind when one admits to wanting salvation from one’s sinful nature, JESUS IS LORD, and believes in the heart that GOD RAISED HIM from the dead TO LIFT the heavy burden of sin's guilt away from the heart in accordance to YOUR WORD found in Psalm 51:1-10 KJV. 👏👏👏👏👏👏 O, the wonder of it all to experience within the flesh the feeling of a tree being cut back/pruned inorder for it to grow stronger and more beautiful after meditating on the words of said Psalm. 🥰🙌

LORD MAKE them know that ONLY YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, through the experience of a new birth within believers, can prevent the family circle from being broken because THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE YOU HAVE GRANTED means a chapter of their lives is decided. Creation sings the rebirth song for them yearly, through YOUR PROMISE of springtime, giving rise to the idea that by the mention of YOUR NAME flowers grow, and the desert blooms again. 🥰

LORD GUIDE their understanding of words to use to come into YOUR PRESENCE with an honest reverence of WHO YOU ARE to experience the beauty that time can't erase YOUR WISDOM resting on their faces. LORD STRENGTHEN their determination to never waiver in efforts to search for YOU because the wages of sin is too high for anyone to pay. Additionally, THE KING OF KINGS is needed in their hearts to learn how to expand their capacity to love for YOU are LOVE in any language. 🥰 Once they learn to speak it with boldness through YOUR WONDERFUL COUNSELING all the world will hear, and know that LOVE is the language of their hearts. So LORD, KEEP KNOCKING on their doors until they let YOU in to know hardships and struggles will end with a GREAT CELEBRATION WITH YOU. 🥰🙌

If one believes faith cannot be forced, YOU WILL GIVE that individual over to the stubborn heart to follow own counsel which will surely fail him or her to the extent that the punishment will last forever found in Psalms 81 NIV. Given this, I pray that YOU WILL MAKE that person see that this feeling is wasted for a world in which we become strangers as we age, gives us thrills instead of peace, aims to solve a problem but creates another, and unrest surges with each passing generation. Shed some light into their broken hearts for YOU ARE THE GREAT JEHOVAH, THE GOD THAT HEALETH thee.

Lastly, LORD when they call on YOU in earnest prayer to come into their hearts to be born again, I pray that YOU WILL GIVE them the blessed assurance of their salvation because nothing breaks YOUR HEART, or tears YOU apart like when they cry from the trials of the devil who comes to slander, falsely accuse, steal, kill & destroy. Only by drawing nearer to YOU LORD will put them on a path to a glorious one way trip winding upward to YOU where pain is not welcome because the heart will never break anymore. For ONLY YOU UNDERSTANDS our tears since YOU LOOK at the heart, while humans look at the flesh.

O LOVE that will not let them go. When they don't have the strength to try, and have cried all they can cry hear their hearts that need YOU more today than yesterday. Many thanks LORD for speaking TRUTH in our lives TO BLESS those who are not offended by THEE. LET YOUR WILL BE DONE because YOUR LOVE ALONE CONQUERS everything by WAITING for them to cease struggling, and finally surrender to YOUR EMBRACE to learn about YOUR LOVE AND PROMISE TO TAKE CARE of your children exquisitely. 🥰 Since... "at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore"... (Psalms 16:11 KJV), and the nail print for them to know YOU by answering the following question. How did CHRIST LOVE people into a relationship with HIM? 🥰



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@TimEasterling-ug6go

He gives us joy everyday,I thank him for it cause if it wasn't for him we wouldn't be here on his earth. Thank you Lord.

@LaurieShannon-rm3qr

During COVID I was feeling isolated and alone and seeing all your smiling faces brought joy to me. I pray God will continue to bless you all.

@peacemowete

I am here in 2023 to listen afresh. This is a huge blessing

@ThomasKee

I can't watch this without crying. My mom loved the Jesus and the Gathers. Her name is Joy. She helped me meat Jesus. I miss her deeply.

@carolemafotsing9987

Congratulations for accepting JESUS in your heart. HE is faithful to faithfully keep you till the end

@tythe06animatoralt

Meet*

@brendahickssimmons7452

You Can't Help put feel the joy

@missywiley3140

You better believe He gave me joy

@katherinejones3057

This is so incredibly beautiful. Great fun to sing and watch. All Praises and glory be to God for His indescribable joy🙏

@mariejunia7357

I understand that joy. I love it. Only The King of Kings can give that Joy when I came to Him with love in my heart. I love the way you sing it. you are my first subscriber on YouTube, and also my first comment. I have been listening to Gaither's now never been able to say how many Canadians I loves your shows. I can feel The Holy Spirits moving. in a way that I can hear the angels singing. God bless you as you continue on creating heavenly music to ease the soul, and feel The true Love peolpe are really longing for, and not sex. God bless you🤴

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