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 Chorus: 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 Chorus