50 Best Worship Songs About River
Best Worship Tracks That Flow Like a River
There’s a strange kind of stillness that shows up when rivers get mentioned in worship songs. Not peace exactly. Not awe either. Something quieter, like the feeling when your mind finally shuts up during prayer or you stop pretending to know what you’re doing and let the moment carry you. These aren’t tracks that rush in with answers. They linger. Drift a little. Sometimes they feel like standing waist-deep in questions, water pushing soft against your legs, not saying much of anything. Not every river is dramatic. Some trickle through the background of a life cracking open.
The sound shifts depending on the current. A few songs roll in like baptisms with big choruses and crashing chords, others creep up slow and haunted, like they were written by someone who’s seen too much and decided to sing anyway. A lot of these tracks lean into the raw edge of surrender without trying to sand it down. That’s the throughline. Not genre. You’ll find echoes of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs in the way these worship tracks move. They don’t always resolve neatly. Sometimes they circle back. Sometimes they leave you with nothing but a line that won’t let go.
You might hear these songs at church, sure. But they hit different when you’re walking alone, when your hands are tired, when your prayers sound more like sighs. They hold space instead of filling it. So if your faith feels murky or heavy or like it’s been moving in slow motion, these river tracks meet you right there. Here are the best worship songs that carry that river weight.
Top 10 River Worship Songs
1. 'In the River'—Jesus Culture ft. Kim Walker-Smith
2. 'The River'—Jordan Feliz
3. 'Come to the River'—Housefires
4. 'Wild River'—Phil Wickham
5. 'River of Life'—Don Moen
6. 'Mighty River'—The Talleys
7. 'There Is a River'—Jessica Goodman (formerly Jessie Rogers)
8. 'Come to the River of Life'—The Collingsworth Family
9. 'Let the River Flow'—Mercy / Vineyard Publishing
10. 'River'—Planetshakers
Exploring Christian River Songs #11—20
11. 'Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)'—Hillsong UNITED
12. 'Holy Water'—We The Kingdom
13. 'Living Waters'—Keith & Kristyn Getty
14. 'Waterfall'—Chris Tomlin
15. 'All My Fountains'—Rend Collective
16. 'Planted By Rivers'—Awesome God Music
17. 'You Hold It All'—Travis Ryan
18. 'Make Me a River'—Todd Dulaney
19. 'He Led Me Out of the Desert'—Josh Baldwin
20. 'Wade in the Water'—African-American Spiritual
River Themed Christian Music #21—30
21. 'Down to the River to Pray'—Alison Krauss & Union Station
22. 'Take Me to the Water'—African-American Spiritual
23. 'Like a River Glorious'—Frances Ridley Havergal
24. 'Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing'—Robert Robinson
25. 'Shall We Gather at the River'—Robert Lowry
26. 'Nothing But the Blood of Jesus'—Robert Lowry
27. 'Amazing Grace'—John Newton
28. 'Blessed Assurance'—Fanny Crosby
29. 'I Am'—Mark Schultz
30. 'Rain Down'—Jaime Cortez
Worship Songs About Flowing Water #31—40
31. 'God of Wonders'—Third Day
32. 'Crashing Waters at Creation'—(Traditional)
33. 'O Worship the King'—Robert Grant
34. 'The Church's One Foundation'—Samuel J. Stone
35. 'Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah'—William Williams
36. 'O God, Our Help in Ages Past'—Isaac Watts
37. 'Give to the Winds Thy Fears'—Paul Gerhardt
38. 'My Hope Is Built'—Edward Mote
39. 'O Jesus I Have Promised'—John E. Bode
40. 'Roll Down, Justice!'—Mark A. Miller
Christian Music with River Imagery #41—50
41. 'Come Jesus Come'—CeCe Winans
42. 'The Joy (Live)'—The Belonging Co / Andrew Holt
43. 'Because He Lives'—Rock Springs Worship
44. 'Christ Be Magnified'—Cody Carnes
45. 'Same God'—Elevation Worship / Jonsal Barrientes
46. 'Revelation Song'—Kari Jobe
47. 'Only Christ'—The Worship Initiative / Watermark Music / Hayden Browning
48. 'Cathedral (Live)'—Cageless Birds / Jonathan David Helser / Melissa Helser
49. 'All Glory Be To Christ'—Kings Kaleidoscope
50. 'Another One'—Elevation Worship
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