Songs by Topic

 

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  • Call to Worship

  • Word of God

  • Songs of Praise

  • Faith & Trust

  • The Gospel

  • Benediction Prayer

  • The Love of God

  • Jesus Christ

  • Life in Christ

  • Holy Spirit

  • Revelation Songs

  • For Children

  • Repentance & Consecration

  • Baptism Service

  • Lord’s Supper, Communion, Eucharist

  • The Cross, The Crucifixion

  • Christmas, Incarnation

  • Resurrection, Easter

  • Hell & Judgment

  • Second Coming, Heaven

  • The Book of Psalms

CALL TO WORSHIP

Christ Has Died, Christ is Risen

In the Name of God Our Father

Always and Everywhere

Uncreated God (King of Love)

Praise Him in the Heights (Psalm 148)

Praise the Lord, All You Nations! (Psalm 117)

From the East and the West (Psalm 107)

Let God Arise (Psalm 68)

Open

WORD OF GOD

O Teach My Heart to Love Your Word - this modern hymn works especially well before or after a sermon

Psalm One (Blessed Is the Man)

SONGS OF PRAISE

Lift Your Hearts (Christ Has Won)

Worthy of More (King of all Kings) - a heartfelt realization that nothing in us, from us or even all the world could ever be worthy of the infinite beauty, truth, goodness and greatness of God. The verse ends with a short prayer of consecration followed by a chorus and bridge revelling in the images of Christ in the Book of Revelation and John 6:51: "I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” The last line is especially close to our hearts as songwriters. It simply says that we can never say enough: "Worthy of more than any song that I could sing..."


Alleluia to the Father - a joyful hymn of praise to the Trinity telling the story of the ages: from creation, the garden, the fall, the cross and ends with the joy of heaven

I Call Upon the Lord (Psalm 18)

May Jesus Christ Be Praised - a rousing new setting of a great hymn, translated by Edward Caswall (1854) from an anonymous German text

You are Glorious - a hymn of awe drawn from ancient liturgies giving praise to our Triune God and Christ the Victorious One

Romans Doxology (Romans 11:33-36) - a setting of St. Paul’s spectacular doxology set right in the middle of his complex line of argument and reasoning in the Book of Romans

Come Let Us Adore Him - we love the simple wonder in this song and the explosive triumph in the bridge drawn from Revelation 1:5-6

Praise the Savior, You Who Know Him -This song is a tribute to a beautiful but lesser-known hymn that we have loved for many years. "Praise the Savior, Ye Who Know Him," was written in 1806 by an Irish minister named Thomas Kelly. We hope you'll enjoy this modern update to a great hymn! We wrote a new chorus built from the original third verse, a few word changes, and most of all, the "ye's" have been transformed into "you's."

You Have Been Good

Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven

Glory Be to the Living Father

God is Good

Who Is Like Our God?

We Could Sing of You Father

How Great

FAITH AND TRUST

I Will Trust in You - a simple song of trust through the darkest trials of this life

Peace (John 14​:​27)

Arise My Soul - a modern hymn and anthem remind us to lift our eyes and remember that God is with us no matter what this life brings

All Creation Waits (Romans 8​:​18​-​25)

You are Beautiful

In Every Language

Every Breath I Breathe Belongs to You

Freedom Is Slavery to Christ - just one of the many glorious paradoxes in the Christian faith

When I Am Weak Then I Am Strong (2 Corinthians 12:9-10) 0

Godliness with Contentment (1 Timothy 6:6-8) - “for we brought nothing into this world, and we can take nothing out”

There is One Body (Ephesians 4​:​1​-​6)

My God Shall Supply All Your Needs (Philippians 4​:​19​-​20)

Yes, Lord (Isaiah 26:8-9) - learning to rest and we wait and hope

God of All Comfort

He Tends His Flock (Isaiah 40​:​11)

My Faith Has Found a Resting Place

Long Road

How Many Tears

THE GOSPEL

My Hope is Built on Nothing Less (new arrangement and chorus)

I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel - a song of resolve and conviction from 1 Corinthians 1:18-19, 25 / Romans 1:16 / John 14:6

This Is Eternal Life (John 17​:​3; 6​:​51 / Matthew 26​:​28 / 1 Corinthians 11​:​26)

BENEDICTION PRAYER

May the Lord Bless You (Benediction Song) Numbers 6​:​24​-​26

Peace (John 14​:​27)

Jude Doxology (Jude 1:24-25)

My God Shall Supply All Your Needs (Philippians 4:19-20)

Love Never Fails (1 Corinthians 13​:​4​-​8)

THE LOVE OF GOD

My Savior's Love is Greater Still - this is a modern hymn that we think of as “Jesus Loves Me” for grown-ups and begins with 1 John 3:20.

Jesus, Lover of Our Souls

The Ephesians Prayer

Grace

I Am the One Whom Jesus Loves - This reflective song is a reminder that we who belong to Jesus have a treasure that nothing and no one can ever take away. We can lose our money, our job, our spouse, our children, our health, and even our memories if our minds fail us. In the book of John, Jesus’ disciple chose to refer to himself not by name but over and over (John 13:23 / 19:26 / 20:2 / 21:7, 20) as “the one Jesus loved.” You are the one whom Jesus loves.

What Love is This?

All Things (Romans 8:32)

Always Loved

I Will Betroth You to Me (Hosea 2​:​19​-​20)

JESUS CHRIST

I AM (The Seven I Am's from the Gospel of John)

I Am the Good Shepherd (John 10​:​ 9​-​10​,​ 14​-​16)

Image of Invisible God (You Are The First)

Jesus Ever Prays for Me

Jesus (Behold the Lamb of God)

LIFE IN CHRIST

In Christ

I Belong to Christ - This song was inspired by the opening words of the Heidelberg Catechism, written in 1563, which itself focuses on Romans 14:8. You don’t have to agree with every detail of the confession to know it well deserves its reputation as a remarkably warm-hearted and deeply personal statement of faith.

HOLY SPIRIT

Holy Spirit of God (Nicene Creed) - a litany of wonder focusing on the Person and works of the Holy Spirit drawn from many passages throughout the Scriptures (helping steer away from the regrettable but popular notion that the Spirit is an impersonal force)

SONGS INSPIRED BY THE BOOK OF REVELATION

Holy is the Lord

You are Worthy

Worthy is the Lamb

FOR CHILDREN

God is Good - this simple song (not only for kids!) teaches one word attributes of God with the chorus emphasizing that He is both One and Triune

God’s Words from A to Z - the songs on this album have been used in Christian schools, Sunday Schools and in families to memorize and meditate on 26 essential verses

some of our Psalm setings (found in the right hand column of this page) may be enjoyable for kids to learn: 1, 18, 24, 107, 113, 139, 117, 145, 148

REPENTANCE & CONSECRATION

Return (Joel 2:12-13)

I Am the LORD Your God (The First Commandment) Exodus 20:2-3

I Lay My Burdens Down

Teach Us to Number our Days (Psalm 90)

Love Never Fails (1 Corinthians 13​:​4​-​8)

Faithful God to the Faithless (2 Timothy 2​:​13)

God Almighty and Most Merciful

No Other

I Lay My Sins on Jesus

Jesus, I Come to You (new melody)

You are Beautiful

Put On the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 13​:​11​-​14)

First Love (Psalm 39:4-8)

Search Me, O God (Psalm 139:23-24)

BAPTISM SERVICE

I Have Been Baptized into Christ (Romans 6) - It has been a complete joy to hear that this song is used in baptisms in many churches. But the song works even when a baptism is not taking place: to remember who we are and whose we are: “I have been baptized into Christ!“

LORD’S SUPPER / COMMUNION / EUCHARIST

Let Me Never Forget (Stronger Than Death) - Communion Worship Song

While We Were Yet Sinners (Communion Hymn) - Romans 5​:​8

Remember (Communion Song) - This song is a meditation on 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (New Melody) - this is a new arrangement of hymn by Isaac Watts that has been called the finest in the English language

Hallelujah, What a Savior! (Man of Sorrows)

Lead Me to Calvary

This Is Eternal Life (John 17​:​3; 6​:​51 / Matthew 26​:​28 / 1 Corinthians 11​:​26)

On the Cross - this is a loving and heartfelt translation (by Abe’s father!) of a hymn from India originally written over a century ago

You Surrendered All - This hymn is a new version of "I Surrender All" by Judson W. Van De Venter (1896). The melody is mostly unchanged. But an almost complete re-writing of the original lyrics turns the focus from our frail surrender to our Savior's flawless surrender.

In the Arms of Christ

THE CROSS/THE CRUCIFIXION

You are the One I Love

Throned Upon the Awful Tree

My Lord Was Crucified - a powerful meditation on the Crucifixion

It is Finished

Surely You've Borne our Griefs (Isaiah 53)

Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness (new melody)

INCARNATION / CHRISTMAS

Angels and Archangels Sing

O Dark and Wondrous Night

How Great is Your Kindness

Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9)

RESURRECTION / EASTER

He is Risen Indeed (1 Corinthians 15)

He is Alive

Christ Has Died, Christ is Risen

I Am the Resurrection (John 11:25) - a very simple song where Jesus in John’s Gospel asks: “Do you believe this?”

My Savior Lives - I started this intending to write a rousing anthem but out came an exceptionally gentle song: no matter how hard things get, the Risen One walks with us and waits for us in glory

Hallelujah, What a Savior! (Man of Sorrows)

HELL & JUDGMENT

For Our God Spared Not the Angels (2 Peter 2:4) - Yes, we know - it’s not everyday your hear a hymn about hell. This is a careful but deeply hopeful exploration of how the Scriptures speak about hell and ends in awe and wonder at our great salvation.

Fearful (Hebrews 10:30-39)

SECOND COMING / HEAVEN

There Is a Place - this simple hymn is close to our hearts as an expression of our hope for a better world that Christ promises

This is How the Story Ends

Christ Has Died, Christ is Risen

Glory in the Highest - this song uses the great Christmas refrain but applies it not to the infant in a manger but the King who will return with His angels in power and glory

Forever - an enthusiastic setting of 1 Thessalonians 4​:​16​-​17 that can be combined with an opening and closing reading (vv.13-18) as heard here

In My Father's House (John 14: 1-4)

Glorious Things (Psalm 87:1-3; Revelation 21:4)

In Every Language

Just to Behold His Face - this is a melody we wrote for a simple but staggeringly beautiful set of lyrics we found in the African American Heritage Hymnal ‎#584 written by Derrick Johnson

One Day

Ten Thousand Years from Now

Glorious Things (Psalm 87:1-3)

THE BOOK OF PSALMS

click here for our YouTube Psalms playlist!

1

Psalm One (Blessed Is the Man)

13

How Long, O LORD (Psalm 13) - a refreshingly honest psalm of lament and a loss of a sense of God’s presence that in the end resolves in trust, joy and a grateful heart

16

In Your Presence (Psalm 16​:​11)

18

I Call Upon the Lord (Psalm 18) - we love the chorus written from this Psalm

23

The Lord Is My Shepherd

24

King of Glory (Psalm 24:7-10) - a passage often used on Palm Sunday, the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem and into our hearts

27

One Thing I Ask (Psalm 27:4) - a longing to be directly in the presence of the Lord

30

Joy Comes in the Morning (Psalm 30)

34

I Sought the Lord and He Heard Me (Psalm 34)

The Lord Is Near (Psalm 34​:​17​-​19) - a song of comfort to the brokenhearted

39

First Love (Psalm 39:4-8)

41

Amen and Amen (Psalm 41)

68

Let God Arise (Psalm 68)

87

Glorious Things (Psalm 87:1-3) - turning our eyes to heaven, based on the same passage that John Newton’s “Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken”

90

Teach Us to Number our Days (Psalm 90)

91

He Who Dwells in the Shelter of the Most High (Psalm 91 Trilogy) - one of the most loved Bible passages, a psalm of protection in times of hardship often attributed to Moses

Though a Thousand May Fall (Psalm 91 Trilogy)

Because He Loves Me (Psalm 91 Trilogy)

94

Thy Mercy (Psalm 94:17-19)

96

Sing to the Lord a New Song (Psalm 96)

107

From the East and the West (Psalm 107)

113

Blessing and Praise (Psalm 113)

117

Praise the Lord, All You Nations!

118

The Lord Is My Strength (Psalm 118)

121

I Lift My Eyes to the Mountains (Psalm 121)

131

Psalm 131 (O Israel, Put Your Hope in the LORD)

139

Where Can I Go (Psalm 139:7-10) - the promise that the Lord is always with us anywhere and everywhere we go

Search Me, O God (Psalm 139:23-24) - repentance, an honest self-inventory, and a plea for guidance

145

Great Is the Lord (Psalm 145)

148

Praise Him in the Heights (Psalm 148) - praise from all creation to the Creator of all things

150

Psalm 150 (Praise the Lord) - the Psalms are considered a bible within the Bible and this last chapter ends just like the book of Revelation: in magnificent praise of God who alone is the True, Good and Beautiful One