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Trading My Sorrows

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Guy Penrod's song 'Trading My Sorrows' is a contemporary Christian worship song about exchanging hardship for joy in the Lord. The lyrics express a decision to lay down sorrow, shame, sickness, and pain in exchange for God's joy. Drawing from 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, the song affirms being pressed but not crushed, persecuted but not abandoned. It emphasizes that sorrow may last for the night, but joy comes in the morning. The repeated declaration 'Yes Lord' reflects surrender and trust. The song encourages believers to find strength in God's joy and to hold onto His enduring promises.

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I'm trading my sorrows

I'm trading my shame

I'm laying them down for the joy of the Lord

I'm trading my sickness

I'm trading my pain

I'm laying them down for the joy of the Lord

Yes Lord yes Lord yes yes Lord

Amen

I'm trading my sorrows

I'm trading my shame

I'm laying them down for the joy of the Lord

I'm trading my sickness

I'm trading my pain

I'm laying them down for the joy of the Lord

I'm saying yes Lord yes Lord yes yes Lord

Yes Lord yes Lord yes yes Lord

Amen

I'm pressed but not crushed persecuted not abandoned

Struck down but not destroyed

I'm blessed beyond the curse for his promise will endure

And his joy's gonna be my strength

Though the sorrow may last for the night

His joy comes with the morning

I'm trading my sorrows

I'm trading my shame

I'm laying them down for the joy of the Lord

I'm trading my sickness

I'm trading my pain

I'm laying them down for the joy of the Lord

And we say yes Lord yes Lord yes yes Lord

Yes Lord yes Lord yes yes Lord

Amen

Yes Lord yes Lord yes yes Lord

Amen

Yes Lord

Amen

I'm saying yes Lord

Amen

Yes Lord

Amen

Yes Lord

Amen

Yes Lord

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