50 Best Worship Songs About Invitation
Worship Songs That Echo the Call to Come Closer
There’s a specific kind of quiet moment that cracks open when you're standing at the edge of something. Maybe it's the altar, maybe it's a long drive alone, maybe it’s one of those church services where the silence right before the next verse feels like it’s pressing on your ribs. The invitation in these songs isn’t loud. It doesn't shove. It hangs there. Open. Sometimes it feels like a whisper meant for someone else until the lyrics catch you and you realize you’ve been listening with your guard down.
These aren’t the anthems that stomp or shout. They sit in the spaces. A few chords, maybe a piano holding too much weight, a voice that doesn’t flinch. Some lean soft like they’re offering a seat. Others tilt upward and ask you to come with them. And the thing is, these tracks don’t feel like performances. They feel like someone holding the door open without saying why. No grand welcome. No big promises. Just space to step into something you can’t name yet.
It’s not limited to one sound either. You’ll hear threads of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs threaded into worship that feels less like a genre and more like a shared moment. No pressure, no show. Just that sense that someone’s calling your name without needing to explain what comes next. Here are the best worship songs that hold that open-door feeling.
Top 10 Invitation Songs
1. 'O Come To The Altar'—Elevation Worship
2. 'Here As In Heaven'—Elevation Worship
3. 'Come As You Are'—Crowder
4. 'Holy Spirit'—Francesca Battistelli
5. 'Breathe On Us'—Kari Jobe
6. 'The Father's House'—Cory Asbury
7. 'Just As I Am'—Charlotte Elliott & William Batchelder Bradbury
8. 'Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing'—John Wyeth & Robert Robinson
9. 'Softly And Tenderly Jesus Is Calling'—Will L. Thompson
10. 'I Surrender All'—Judson W. Van DeVenter
Christian Invitation Songs #11—20
11. 'Come To The Water'—Chris Tomlin
12. 'Draw Me Close'—Kelly Carpenter
13. 'Open Up The Heavens'—Meredith Andrews
14. 'Your Presence Is Heaven'—Israel & New Breed
15. 'Spirit Break Out'—Kim Walker-Smith
16. 'The Invitation'—The New Divide
17. 'Come Down'—Bethel Music & John Mark McMillan
18. 'Lord, I Need You'—Matt Maher
19. 'Welcome Holy Spirit'—Vernon Hill
20. 'Here I Am To Worship'—Tim Hughes
Contemporary Worship Invitation Songs #21—30
21. 'Build My Life'—Pat Barrett
22. 'Come Alive (Dry Bones)'—Lauren Daigle
23. 'God So Loved'—We The Kingdom
24. 'Run To The Father'—Cody Carnes
25. 'Way Maker'—Sinach
26. 'Fresh Wind'—Hillsong Worship
27. 'Nobody'—Casting Crowns & Matthew West
28. 'Mighty To Save'—Hillsong Worship
29. 'Good Good Father'—Chris Tomlin
30. 'Living Hope'—Phil Wickham
Soulful Invitation Worship Songs #31—40
31. 'The Invitation Song'—Rend Collective
32. 'Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)'—Hillsong UNITED
33. 'What A Beautiful Name'—Hillsong Worship
34. 'Raise A Hallelujah'—Bethel Music & Jonathan David Helser
35. 'Do It Again'—Elevation Worship
36. 'Fullness'—Elevation Worship
37. 'Come To Jesus'—Kristian Stanfill
38. 'Chasing You'—Bethel Music
39. 'Be Glorified'—Ron Kenoly
40. 'I Give You My Heart'—Hillsong Worship
Powerful Invitation Worship Songs #41—50
41. 'Come Praise And Glorify'—Sovereign Grace Music
42. 'Draw Me Lord'—Ron Kenoly
43. 'Only A Holy God'—CityAlight
44. 'Come And See'—Jesus Culture
45. 'The Lord's Prayer (It's Yours)'—Matt Maher
46. 'Welcome Here'—Chris Quilala
47. 'Rest On Us'—UPPERROOM
48. 'Land Of The Living'—UPPERROOM
49. 'Holy Spirit Come'—Patrick Mayberry
50. 'I Speak Jesus'—Charity Gayle
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