50 Best Worship Songs About Encouragement
Uplifting Christian Songs to Keep Going When It’s Rough
There’s a type of tired that worship songs hit different in. Not exhaustion exactly, not defeat either, but that space where you're stuck in the middle trying to fake peace you can’t feel. It shows up in long hospital waits, in parking lots after church, in your room when the prayer feels flat. And then a line in a song hits in a way nothing else does. It doesn’t give you a boost so much as it keeps you standing. These aren’t the shout-your-victory tracks. They’re quieter, steadier. Sometimes they come with a soft piano. Sometimes with a thump that keeps your head from sinking too low.
It’s the kind of playlist that doesn’t need you to be okay first. Some of the tracks sound like they were recorded in the middle of the storm, not after it. The ones that let doubt breathe a little before they cut through with something stronger. One minute you're zoning out on the ride home, next thing you know you're gripping the wheel tighter because a line like You’ve never failed me yet punches through. It’s not even always the lyrics. Sometimes it's the way a harmony comes in out of nowhere or how a voice cracks on a high note that shouldn’t have worked. But it does. Somehow.
You’ll find these in every genre, pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that slide under the label of worship because of how they hold you up. Not the big anthems you hear on Sunday, more like the ones that sneak into your earbuds when nobody’s around. Some are barely known. Some got played to death last summer but hit different now. Here’s a list of worship songs that carry encouragement like a quiet anchor.
Top 10 Encouragement Songs
1. 'Goodness of God'—Bethel Music & Jenn Johnson
2. 'Way Maker'—Sinach
3. '10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)'—Matt Redman
4. 'Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)'—Hillsong UNITED
5. 'You Say'—Lauren Daigle
6. 'Firm Foundation (He Won't)'—Cody Carnes
7. 'Reckless Love'—Cory Asbury
8. 'Living Hope'—Phil Wickham
9. 'Do It Again'—Elevation Worship
10. 'Hills and Valleys'—Tauren Wells
Uplifting Christian Worship Selections #11—20
11. 'Raise a Hallelujah'—Bethel Music, Jonathan David Helser, & Melissa Helser
12. 'What a Beautiful Name'—Hillsong Worship
13. 'No Longer Slaves'—Bethel Music & Jonathan David Helser
14. 'Redeemed'—Big Daddy Weave
15. 'Even If'—MercyMe
16. 'The Blessing'—Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes, & Elevation Worship
17. 'Overcomer'—Mandisa
18. 'Great Are You Lord'—All Sons & Daughters
19. 'Who You Say I Am'—Hillsong Worship
20. 'I Speak Jesus'—Charity Gayle
Inspiring Christian Music for Encouragement #21—30
21. 'Made a Way'—Travis Greene
22. 'Scars'—I Am They
23. 'Give Me Your Eyes'—Brandon Heath
24. 'Praise'—Elevation Worship
25. 'God I Look to You'—Bethel Music & Jenn Johnson
26. 'Anchor'—Skillet
27. 'The Commission'—CAIN
28. 'New Day'—Danny Gokey
29. 'Live Like You're Loved'—Hawk Nelson
30. 'Right On Time'—Aaron Cole
Christian Praise and Worship for Hope #31—40
31. 'Look What You've Done'—Tasha Layton
32. 'Dancing On The Waves'—We The Kingdom
33. 'Where I Belong'—Building 429
34. 'Pushing Back the Dark'—Josh Wilson
35. 'Glow In The Dark'—Jason Gray
36. 'Yes He Can'—CAIN
37. 'Man Of Your Word'—Maverick City Music
38. 'Dear God'—Cory Asbury
39. 'Jericho'—Andrew Ripp
40. 'Turning Around For Me'—VaShawn Mitchell
Strength and Faith in Worship Music #41—50
41. 'Trust In God'—Aware Worship
42. 'Forever'—Jason Nelson
43. 'His Eye Is On The Sparrow'—Lauryn Hill & Tanya Blount
44. 'Come Jesus Come'—CeCe Winans
45. 'Made to Love'—TobyMac
46. 'Diamonds'—Hawk Nelson
47. 'Grace Wins'—Matthew West
48. 'God Will Make a Way'—Don Moen
49. 'The Battle Belongs to the Lord'—Phil Wickham
50. 'It Is Well'—Kristene DiMarco & Bethel Music
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