FOR THE JOY



Verse:
FOR THE LOVE OF HIS CREATION
GOD SENT HIS ONLY SON
TO PAY THE SACRIFICE FOR SIN
FOR THE WORK SATAN HAD DONE.
HE KNEW THE COST HE HAD TO PAY
THE CROSS AND CALVARY
BUT NONE THE LESS
HE SENT HIS SON
TO SHOW HIS LOVE FOR ME.

Chorus:
FOR THE JOY THAT WAS TO COME
JESUS DIED FOR YOU AND ME
FOR THE JOY HE GAVE HIS LIFE
AT CALVARY.
FOR THE JOY HE ROSE AGAIN
TRIUMPHANTLY
OH THE JOY THAT IS TO COME
WHEN JESUS WE SHALL SEE.

Verse:
I'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND
THE LOVE HE HAD FOR ME
OR WHY HE CHOSE TO GIVE HIS LIFE
SO MY SINS COULD BE SET FREE.
BUT WHEN I CROSS THE JORDAN WIDE
AND AT LAST HIS FACE I SEE
I'LL BOW BEFORE HIS HOLY THRONE
AND CLAIM MY VICTORY.

Repeat Chorus

Tag:
OH THE JOY THAT IS TO COME
WHEN JESUS WE SHALL SEE.

By: Floyd Scott
Available on our CD Project:
"God Made a Promise"