50 Best Worship Songs About Rest
Worship Songs for Peace and Slowing Down When Everything Speeds Up
There’s a weird kind of tired that doesn’t come from doing too much, but from carrying too much. You can feel it in your shoulders before your brain catches up. The calendar’s packed, the coffee’s burnt, the group chats are chaos, and somehow, you're supposed to be everything to everyone. Rest starts to feel like a rumor. But then a track slips into the background that doesn’t try to hype you up or fix you. It just breathes. No pressure, no guilt, no big moment. It sounds like sitting down when you didn’t realize you’d been standing for hours.
These songs don’t promise a breakthrough or a mountaintop. They drift in like soft light through the blinds when you’ve finally stopped moving. Sometimes they sound like old hymns sung low enough to settle your heartbeat. Sometimes it’s a sparse guitar and a voice that barely pushes the words out. They live in the in-between moments—the slow exhale, the long drive home, the hour before the day actually starts. If you’ve ever traded sleep for scrolling or said “I’m fine” on autopilot, these tracks catch you right there and hold you still for a second.
You won’t find slick production tricks or motivational crescendos here. These aren’t your pop, rock, country, and R&B songs with a clean message and a neat resolution. They’re raw in places, quiet in others, and all of them make space for something nobody gets enough of. Here are the best worship songs that sound like rest when rest feels hard to come by.
Top 10 Rest Songs
1. 'Still'—Hillsong Worship
2. 'Rest On Us'—Brandon Lake
3. 'Way Maker'—Sinach
4. 'Be Still My Soul'—Kari Jobe
5. 'It Is Well'—Kristene DiMarco
6. 'Peace Be Still'—The Belonging Co ft. Lauren Daigle
7. 'Goodness of God'—Bethel Music & Jenn Johnson
8. 'Trust In You'—Lauren Daigle
9. 'No Longer Slaves'—Bethel Music & Jonathan David Helser & Melissa Helser
10. 'You Say'—Lauren Daigle
Finding Comfort in Worship Music #11—20
11. 'The Blessing'—Kari Jobe & Cody Carnes
12. 'My Lighthouse'—Rend Collective
13. 'Raise a Hallelujah'—Bethel Music & Jonathan David Helser & Melissa Helser
14. 'King of My Heart'—Steffany Gretzinger
15. 'Graves Into Gardens'—Elevation Worship & Brandon Lake
16. 'Cornerstone'—Hillsong Live
17. 'Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)'—Hillsong United
18. 'Do It Again'—Elevation Worship
19. 'Build My Life'—Housefires ft. Pat Barrett
20. 'What a Beautiful Name'—Hillsong Worship
Relaxing Christian Worship Songs #21—30
21. 'Living Hope'—Phil Wickham
22. 'Come to the Cross'—Matt Maher
23. 'Scars in Heaven'—Casting Crowns
24. 'Even If'—MercyMe
25. 'Confidence'—Sanctus Real
26. 'Known'—Tauren Wells
27. 'You Are My Strength'—William McDowell
28. 'Rest'—Amanda Cook
29. 'Hold On To Me'—Lauren Daigle
30. 'Sounding Joy'—Ellie Holcomb
Peaceful Christian Music for Reflection #31—40
31. 'Great Are You Lord'—All Sons & Daughters
32. 'How He Loves'—David Crowder Band
33. '10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)'—Matt Redman
34. 'This Is Amazing Grace'—Phil Wickham
35. 'Praise Before My Breakthrough'—Bryan & Katie Torwalt
36. 'The Goodness of God'—CeCe Winans
37. 'Tremble'—Mosaic MSC
38. 'Run To The Father'—Matt Maher
39. 'Be Thou My Vision'—Audrey Assad
40. 'Rest'—Aaron Shust
Christian Songs for Spiritual Calm #41—50
41. 'You Are Good'—Israel Houghton
42. 'Way Back Home'—Chris August
43. 'Take Me To The King'—Tamela Mann
44. 'Come As You Are'—Crowder
45. 'Give Me Faith'—Elevation Worship
46. 'How Long?'—Bifrost Arts
47. 'Find Rest (Matthew 11)'—Caroline Cobb
48. 'God's Got My Back'—Forrest Frank
49. 'Lord, I Need You'—Matt Maher
50. 'I Will Rest In You'—JJ Heller
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