Joy to the World
Michael E. Nelson Lyrics
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Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And Heaven and nature sing
And Heaven and nature sing
And Heaven and Heaven and nature sing
Joy to the world, the Savior reigns
While fields and rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy
He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love
And wonders of His love
And wonders, wonders, of His love
The lyrics of Michael E. Nelson's "Joy To The World" describe the joyous celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. The opening lines "Joy to the world, the Lord is come" announce the arrival of Christ, the King who is hailed by Heaven and nature. The next lines "Let earth receive her King, Let every heart prepare Him room" ask for the people on Earth to prepare their hearts and receive Christ as their King. The chorus repeats the first line with added emphasis each time.
In the second verse, the song turns to the Savior's reign and the exaltation of his name. The lines "Let men their songs employ, While fields and rocks, hills and plains, Repeat the sounding joy" call for all of mankind to come and sing songs of joy to Christ's glory. The third verse rounds off the song by acknowledging the rule of Christ over the world with truth and grace. The lines "And makes the nations prove, The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of His love" remind us of the amazing love and righteousness of Christ, which are experienced by all nations.
Line by Line Meaning
Joy to the world, the Lord is come
Let us all rejoice because our Lord has arrived.
Let earth receive her King
Let the entire world welcome our King.
Let every heart prepare Him room
Let every individual make space in their heart for Him.
And Heaven and nature sing
Even the heavens and nature are singing with joy.
And Heaven and nature sing
Even the heavens and nature are singing with joy.
And Heaven and Heaven and nature sing
Even the heavens and nature are singing with joy.
Joy to the world, the Savior reigns
Let us all rejoice because our Savior is ruling over us.
Let men their songs employ
Let us all use our voices to sing praises.
While fields and rocks, hills and plains
All of creation, including the fields, rocks, hills, and plain are rejoicing.
Repeat the sounding joy
Let us continue singing and rejoicing.
Repeat the sounding joy
Let us continue singing and rejoicing.
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy
Let us continue singing and rejoicing.
He rules the world with truth and grace
Our Lord rules the world with both truth and grace.
And makes the nations prove
And the nations will see and experience His greatness.
The glories of His righteousness
They will recognize the glory in His righteousness.
And wonders of His love
And they will witness the wonders of His love.
And wonders of His love
And they will witness the wonders of His love.
And wonders, wonders, of His love
And they will witness the marvelous wonders of His love.
Lyrics © HAL LEONARD LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Lowell Mason, Roger Wilcock
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@imagineFabian
* Lionel Richie 0:25
* Stevie Wonder 0:32
* Paul Simon 0:42
* Kenny Rogers 0:54
* James Ingram 0:59
* Tina Turner 1:05
* Billy Joel 1:12
* Michael Jackson 1:18
* Diana Ross 1:32
* Dionne Warwick 1:48
* Willie Nelson 2:02
* Al Jarreau 2:08
* Bruce Springsteen 2:14
* Kenny Loggins 2:21
* Steve Perry 2:27
* Daryl Hall 2:35
* Michael Jackson 2:41
* Huey Lewis 2:48
* Cyndi Lauper 2:53
* Kim Carnes 3:01
* Bob Dylan 3:48
* Ray Charles 4:41
* Stevie Wonder & Bruce Springsteen 4:53
* Bruce Springsteen 5:31
* James Ingram 6:13
* Ray Charles 6:27
@user-oh3ux8de1k
After watching the Netflix doc ,I have so much Respect for Lionel Richie.
This man had to host the American Music awards.
Performed 3 times at the awards .
Won 4 awards
Then race to the studio, help Michael and Quincy arrange.
Then help all the other singers with their problems.
Then keep Al Jarreau from getting drunk.
He made sure people had food .
Stayed til it was completely finished which was damn near 7:00 am .
Lionel was running on Empty.
@andrewguzman2964
(EDIT ONE YEAR LATER: TY GUYS SO MUCH FOR 10K (ITS UNBELIEVEABLE). LONG LIVE MICHAEL!
0:25 Lionel Richie
0:37 Stevie Wonder
0:41 Paul Simon
0:51 Kenny Rogers
0:58 James Ingram
1:05 Tina Turner
1:10 Billy Joel
1:17 Michael Jackson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1:30 Diana Ross
1:47 Dionne Warwick
2:00 Willie Nelson
2:07 Al Jarreau
2:13 Bruce Springsteen
2:19 Kenny Loggins
2:26 Steve Perry
2:33 Daryl Hall
2:40 Michael Jackson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2:47 Huey Lewis
2:52 Cyndi Lauper
3:00 Kim Carnes
3:05 Cyndi Lauper
3:06 Everyone
3:46 Bob Dylan
4:21 (Bob Dylan)
4:27 4:37 (Ray Charles)
4:40 Ray Charles
4:52 5:20 Stevie Wonder
Bruce Springsteen
5:05 Stevie Wonder
5:30 Bruce Springsteen
6:12 James Ingram
(Ray Charles)
6:26 Ray Charles
6:53 (Ray Charles)
@ShiroTube1206
0:26 There comes a time when we heed a certain call (Lionel Richie)
0:32 When the world must come together as one (Lionel Richie & Stevie Wonder)
There are people dying (Stevie Wonder)
0:41 And its time to lend a hand to life (Paul Simon)
The greatest gift of all (Paul Simon & Kenny Rogers)
0:48 We can't go on pretending day by day (Kenny Rogers)
0:59 That someone, somewhere will soon make a change (James Ingram)
1:06 We are all a part of Gods great big family (Tina Turner)
1:12 And the truth, you know, (Billy Joel)
Love is all we need (Billy Joel & Tina Turner)
1:18 We are the world. We are the children.
We are the ones who make a brighter day So let's start giving (Michael Jackson)
1:31 There's a choice we're making We're saving our own lives (Diana Ross)
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me (Diana Ross & Michael Jackson)
1:48 Send them your heart so they'll know that someone cares (Dionne Warwick)
1:55 And their lives will be stronger and free (Dionne Warwick & Willie Nelson)
As God has shown us by turning stones to bread (Willie Nelson)
2:08 So we all must lend a helping hand (Al Jarreau)
2:14 We are the world, We are the children (Bruce Springsteen)
2:21 We are the ones who make a brighter day So lets start giving (Kenny Loggins)
2:27 There's a choice we're making We're saving our own lives (Steve Perry)
2:35 It's true we'll make a better day just you and me (Daryl Hall)
2:41 When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all (Michael Jackson)
2:48 But if you just believe, there's no way we can fall (Huey Lewis)
2:52 Let us realize that a change can only come (Cyndi Lauper)
3:01 When we stand together as one (Kim Carnes & Huey Lewis)
3:08 We are the world, We are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day So lets start giving
There's a choice we're making We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me (All)
3:47 It's true we'll make a brighter day just you and me (Bob Dylan)
4:27 We are the world, we are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a brighter day just you and me (Ray Charles)
4:53 We are the world, we are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving ( Stevie Wonder & Bruce Springsteen )
5:06 There's a choice we're making We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a brighter day just you and me (Stevie Wonder)
@luckyme98
There comes a time when we heed a certain call (Lionel Richie)
When the world must come together as one (Lionel Richie & Stevie Wonder)
There are people dying (Stevie Wonder)
Oh, and it's time to lend a hand to life (Paul Simon)
The greatest gift of all (Paul Simon/Kenny Rogers)
We can't go on pretending day by day (Kenny Rogers)
That someone, somehow will soon make a change (James Ingram)
We're all a part of God's great big family (Tina Turner)
And the truth (Billy Joel)
You know love is all we need (Tina Turner/Billy Joel)
( CHORUS )
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving (Michael Jackson)
There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives (Diana Ross)
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me (Michael Jackson/Diana Ross)
Well, send'em you your heart so they know that someone cares (Dionne Warwick)
And their lives will be stronger and free (Dionne Warwick/Willie Nelson)
As God has shown us by turning stone to bread (Willie Nelson)
And so we all must lend a helping hand (Al Jurreau)
( REPEAT CHORUS )
We are the world, we are the children (Bruce Springsteen)
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving (Kenny Logins)
There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives (Steve Perry)
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me (Daryl Hall)
When you're down and out there seems no hope at all (Michael Jackson)
But if you just believe there's no way we can fall (Huey Lewis)
Well, well, well, let's realize that a change can only come (Cyndi Lauper)
When we (Kim Carnes)
stand together as one (Kim Carnes/Cyndi Lauper/Huey Lewis)
(REPEAT CHORUS AND FADE )
(additional ad-lib vox by Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, James Ingram)
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@jeffreylardizabal3964
and a great chorus of songs: Little did most people know across this world; but -
On April 11, Saturday, in the year of our Lord, 2020,
A very quiet revolution occurred.
We here at #LYLSAN appreciate all those who took
the task before them, and drove it home as if their
their own lives depended on it.
It was a very simple task:
LET YOUR LIGHTS
SHINE ALL NIGHT
#LYLSAN
They did.
Some.
But.
Not everyone knew about this, as we only had one billboard. We only had one city-wide radio spot. Neither the billboard nor the radio spot ran for more than a week. Everything else was sent out on Facebook and Twitter, as far as I know; at least, that’s how I was operating. I didn’t even ask the 199 initial people who signed up for this event - how they were spreading the word.
While we were doing this for 9 days (I started to reach out to people on April 2, 2020), some others came along.
Some of the groups they belonged to on Facebook ranged in size, anywhere from a few people, to some groups with sizes in the hundreds of thousands.
Remember, the task was simple:
Here’s the link to the billboard push I put out a few days before the event kicked off:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oZ5s3Ak_yU
When the event kicked off last Saturday night, April 11, and went from 7pm EST, to 7am EST, we prayed all night for those on the front lines of this war with this virus, and played this Easter Vigil Music Roll, which is continuing
to grow with songs of praise and inspiration, and clips which acted as prompts for deep thoughts, such as this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch…
LET YOUR LIGHTS, SHINE ALL NIGHT
I have no idea how many people turned their lights on in America on April 11,
Saturday night.
But if you are on FACEBOOK and did so, and were one of those who might have taken a picture of it, I’d love to collect them for a collage, in order to make a digital APPRECIATION for those still working, and post it at some later date, in order that those who are still working would know, we really do APPRECIATE them!
And I’d like to do a lot more, as well, to help bring this “ONE NATION, UNDER GOD,” together.
Together we can.
Apart?
No.
Please post a picture (authentically taken that evening, not an archived from some other event), and tell us at #LYLSAN how you came to know of the event.
It would be of great interest to us at #LYLSAN to know, just how many people heard of it, as well, but may have not taken a picture of it. So post that as well, and use the hashtag #LYLSAN in the posting in order to bring it to our attention.
From tremendous feedback I received that night, this is probably not going to be our only rodeo.
I don’t know. But I’m not worried about it.
God’s got this!
And that was the bottom line up front message of the entire evening.
And we hope America started to get the message…
Looking forward to those postings. I’m working at home now, keeping my golfing skills in development (without breaking Quarantine of course:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4a0ywp5tHg ), as one day, I’d really love to be teaching golf full-time in retirement.
I’m already retired from 20 years of service in the Army, but life goes on, and God gave us life that we might have life, “more abundantly.” John 10:10 King James Version (KJV):
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
These times are extraordinary, however you want to slice the bread; and such times require extraordinary - ordinary.
A simple task multiplied times 332 million Americans, would truly be:
EXTRAORDINARY! Wouldn’t it?
Peace and God’s Blessings on America.
May we, together, as “ONE NATION, UNDER GOD,”
“...humble ourselves and pray and seek His face and turn from our wicked ways, that God would hear us from Heaven, and forgive our sins and heal this land.” - from 2 Chronicles 7:14
Thank you if you got the word, acted on it, and - especially if you videotaped it, like I did here, we would really love to see those posted: https://www.youtube.com/watch…
Ok, back to the front yard, and golf...
Keep the faith. Things are going to get better.
@Mikeyrocksslots
We lost a lot of talented singers since that historic day and will be missed forever...
-Michael Jackson
-Harry Belafonte
-Tina Turner
-Ray Charles
-James Ingram
-Al Jarreau
-Waylon Jennings
-Anita Pointer
-June Pointer
-Kenny Rogers
Thank you for bringing the wold together.
@awh4272
Who is here after the Netflix documentary!?! What a great show!
Edit: For those asking, the documentary was 'The Greatest Night in Pop' and it's available on Netflix!
@lisafields3403
I came straight here after watching the documentary what a time
@xiaozhongjin4036
So did I. Michael ... oh.. He was the greatest.
@rainemitchell398
Just finished watching it. Brilliant!
@bethdavis7413
I started watching it this morning before work. I remember the chills this song brought to me when I first heard it. So here I am just jamming to this song otw to work on repeat! Great way to start a morning
@shawnwoods7621
Me!!! I grew up during that time...missed those days...the 80s were it!
@imagineFabian
* Lionel Richie 0:25
* Stevie Wonder 0:32
* Paul Simon 0:42
* Kenny Rogers 0:54
* James Ingram 0:59
* Tina Turner 1:05
* Billy Joel 1:12
* Michael Jackson 1:18
* Diana Ross 1:32
* Dionne Warwick 1:48
* Willie Nelson 2:02
* Al Jarreau 2:08
* Bruce Springsteen 2:14
* Kenny Loggins 2:21
* Steve Perry 2:27
* Daryl Hall 2:35
* Michael Jackson 2:41
* Huey Lewis 2:48
* Cyndi Lauper 2:53
* Kim Carnes 3:01
* Bob Dylan 3:48
* Ray Charles 4:41
* Stevie Wonder & Bruce Springsteen 4:53
* Bruce Springsteen 5:31
* James Ingram 6:13
* Ray Charles 6:27
@elizabethbaumgardt2577
Thank you for this!
@hellobye7697
Thank u so much
@JoeLink56
Legend!!