30 Songs Projects
This is a great corporate song that tells the gospel story. I really appreciate how it has a heavenly, Kingdom, whole world perspective. The culmination of the story in the bridge makes this song not just a retelling but a continual song that goes on for eternity.
This is one of my all time favorite songs. I love how it just tells the story of Jesus, his ministry on earth, and the emphasis of the cross. However, I think what is really special is the bridge that acknowledges where Jesus is now, that he is ruling and reigning in victory even now!
I love how this song in the verses is personal adoration and prayer, then the chorus and bridge are heavenly Revelation songs. It works well corporately that way but it also feels personal in the verses, posturing our hearts and wanting to “run til we finish the race.”
This is a song of surrender. I think this song works best in a reflective setting, but it can also be sung corporately. Aside from being a beautiful melody, this song progresses from more personal surrenders to more corporate or Church surrenders.
We don’t often sing about the fear of the Lord, and this song beautifully encompasses the reverence that comes with that. It is a prayer to be filled with fear of the Lord as well as an offering to be a living sacrifice for him. But the chorus is simply praising God fo being holy.
The lyrics of this more contemporary hymn position the congregation in reverence before a holy God. But also, it gives hope and explains the reality that we can be before God without fear, that he can actually be our help. Then the Shane and Shane version with the chorus makes this song overflow with praise!
This is a great song to give the congregation eternal perspective. It speaks to aspects of being the Bride of Christ that a lot of worship songs neglect. That is our mission as his Church to prepare ourselves and make the world prepared to see Him. This is a song to sing as a Church body, as his Bride.
This song has really helped me form my perspective of identity as a worshiper. I think its simplicity is what makes it beautiful. We sometimes don’t have many words but a melody as our response, and this song captures that heart posture well.
This song is what Easter feels like! The joy of seeing Jesus alive! It is a song based on the testimony of Mary who was the first to encountered the risen Jesus, but we get to sing it as a collective celebration!
Taken from Psalm 27, this song expounds upon the idea of dwelling with God. The chorus is taken directly from the Psalm and the rest of the song is a testimony to why the one thing we ask and the one thing we seek is to be in the house of the LORD. It is a corporate yet personal song as well.
Based on the story of Mary at Bethany, this song brings us as Body to the same posture of Mary. Not only confessing our love, confessing we fall short in showing our love, but then ultimately pouring it all out, everything we have.
I love the profound simplicity of this song. It feels profound because it is so Scripturally based and I think that is also what keeps it simple. It begins with verses of thanksgiving, all things we as a congregation should remember to be thankful for. Then, that gratitude leads us to direct high praise that reflects the songs in heaven.
I think it is really important that we sing the story of the Gospel often. In this song we not only sing the story, but we sing the story with the glorious reality Christ has won for us. It brings us low in order to magnify the sacrifice and victory of Christ so much more!
This song follows the heart of the psalmists saying, “Awake my soul and praise the Lord!” This is a great invitational song to begin a worship set because it immediately not only grabs your attention but focuses your attention vertically. This is an upbeat song that feels unifying for the congregation.
There are not many songs that I have found that better prepare the congregation for communion or even remembrance of the cross. Like other songs I have mentioned, this song goes through the Gospel story. But the bridge really leans into the imagery of communion and how our response is, “Thank you!”
This hymn is a classic, but what I love about it is the repetition of the refrain “It is well with my soul,” even through the progression of time and story of Christ. I love how forward focus the song becomes in the last verse that brings a profound resolution.
I have recently rediscovered this song, and maybe it’s because of the nostalgic feeling it brings, but I love this song. I think the imagery of Christ being a treasure that we would always be searching for, not only is biblical, but is not sung often as a congregation. This is another song that the response of the verses is high praise in the chorus.
This song is great because it is a reimagined version of the classic chorus, “Amazing Grace.” Aside from that, I think this song is great for moments of reflection, for altar calls, or more intimate moments of worship. I think it really cultivates a spirit of quiet repentance.
I love this song, especially as a bridge into music from other cultures. This song is energetic and lively and reminds me that worship is meant to be fun and joyful! It musically can be a challenge, but in terms of language it is really in Spanglish (heavy on the English) so it is easily understood by most American congregations.
I love this hymn! I love that it can be set to many different styles, that its text is so based on heavenly visions found in Scripture. Everytime I sing this song I just feel so much reverence for God and like the almost comforting weight of glory. It is just so rich with imagery and biblical allusions, yet also fairly easy to understand, there is always something to marvel at when singing this song!
This is another song that starts with allusions to Mary at Bethany and how she is an example for us of what worship looks like. This song is really a prayer for purity in our worship. I think this song is another great choice for reflective moments, for a more acoustic sound, or something like an altar call.
This song has three simple sections, all of which I could sing forever. I love how it begins with who God is and what he does, it is so simple and so profound! The chorus is just an outcry and the bridge is filled with glory of already and not yet! This song, being so well known, is a great song to flow into and out of, to open sets with, and will almost always bring people to encounter God!
This is another song that I love to keep in mind for spontaneous moments of worship. The bridge of this song is simply high praise, there is nothing added or taken away. It is sticking to the forever true, unarguable, majestic reasons to praise YHWH.
I think I gravitate towards simple songs because they are refreshing, easy to access, as well as easy to expand upon. This song takes some imagery that may need explaining but does so in a way that feels achievable. I love that this song is solely focused on seeing Jesus and beholding his beauty.
This is a song of gratitude. Not necessarily gratitude for things the LORD has done but gratitude for who he is. That this posture of gratitude should not be a tiring thing because it is endless, but instead it should wake up our souls to praise him. This is a great congregational song to say, “Thank you, God!”
This song feels way more applicable for the Church than just Palm Sunday. In fact, this song is almost like a contemporary call for Hosanna, not a retelling of what happened in Jerusalem. This song is really a song for personal, global, and generational revival! This song is a prayer that is filled with hope!
When I hear this song, I feel sent. I think it is really important to remember that when we sing worship to the LORD we have to remember all aspects of his character. I feel like his missional heart is one we often neglect in worship, and this song glorifies God for being the Lord of the harvest and overflows in our response!
I have met people who have encouraged me to have a life verse, and this feels like my life song. Everytime the chorus reminds me of my desperation for God, how truly good and beautiful he is, and that there’s nothing sweeter. I just am reminded of Psalm 27 everytime.
I love this song because of the bridge. The bridge is a testimony! As the bridge continues there are just more and more reasons to praise. And, at the end of the bridge, we find that there are endless reasons, so, “let there never be a day that I don’t rise to bring you praise!”
There are not many songs like this one, and so it is great that this song is fairly popular! This song very clearly puts into perspective Christ’s return as a Groom returning to his Bride! This song is taken from the cry of John in Revelation, the Church, saying “Come, Lord Jesus, come!” How beautiful it is that this song allows us to join in this cry congregationally, even so come!