50 Best Worship Songs About Sunsets
Worship tracks that catch the feeling of watching a sunset
There’s a particular kind of stillness that creeps in when the sun starts folding down. Not the golden glow that Instagram filters chase, but the low hum of a day closing out. You’re sitting on a porch step, or maybe behind the wheel, and everything’s dipped in that strange warm color that makes regrets and gratitude swirl together. It’s the slow fade of light that doesn’t ask questions, just sits next to you in whatever headspace you’re in. Some tracks don’t try to fix anything in that moment. They hold the quiet, or lean into it, the way worship songs sometimes can in ways pop, rock, country, and R&B songs miss completely.
These aren’t the big, belting tracks you sing with a crowd. They’re the ones that feel like they're written for one pair of earbuds. You don’t need a chorus that lifts the roof off, you need a whisper that lands right in your chest. The ones that stretch out slow and unhurried, with words that feel worn in. The voices sound like they’ve watched the same sunset a hundred times and still haven’t run out of things to pray about. Some of them are raw. Some sound polished but quietly wrecked underneath. There’s space in them. Enough for your own thoughts to rattle around.
Sunsets can hit weirdly hard. You look up for a second and remember something that didn’t feel finished, or someone you haven’t texted in months, and there’s a line in the song that seems to know exactly where you’ve been. Not every track lands like that, but the ones that do are the ones that make you pause, even if you're mid-scroll or mid-sigh. These are the worship songs that live in that kind of light.
Top 10 Sunset Worship Songs
1. 'What An Awesome God'—Phil Wickham
2. 'Sunrise 2 Sunset'—Common Hymnal
3. 'Beyond the Sunset'—Bill & Gloria Gaither
4. 'Great Is Thy Faithfulness'—George Beverly Shea
5. 'Goodness of God'—Bethel Music
6. 'I Need Thee Every Hour'—Various Artists
7. 'Day Is Dying in the West'—George Beverly Shea
8. 'Come, Ye Thankful People'—Various Artists
9. 'How Great Is Our God'—Chris Tomlin
10. 'Promises'—Maverick City Music
Worship Songs with Sunset Imagery #11—20
11. 'All Creatures of Our God and King'—David Crowder Band
12. '10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)'—Matt Redman
13. 'How Great Thou Art'—Selah
14. 'He Is Faithful'—Bryan & Katie Torwalt
15. 'Forever'—Kari Jobe
16. 'The Blessing'—Kari Jobe & Cody Carnes
17. 'Do It Again'—Elevation Worship
18. 'Great Is the Lord'—Various Artists
19. 'In the Garden'—Alan Jackson
20. 'Worthy of It All'—The Worship Initiative
More Evening Worship Songs to Play #21—30
21. 'His Love Endures Forever'—Sunset Worship
22. 'Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken'—Various Artists
23. 'Holy Forever'—Chris Tomlin
24. 'The Wintry Day, Descending to Its Close'—Various Artists
25. 'What a Beautiful Name'—Hillsong Worship
26. 'A Mighty Fortress Is Our God'—Various Artists
27. 'You Say'—Lauren Daigle
28. 'Mighty to Save'—Hillsong Worship
29. 'I Believe'—Phil Wickham
30. 'Cornerstone'—Hillsong Worship
Christian Songs for Sunset Moments #31—40
31. 'Amazing Grace'—Chris Tomlin
32. 'This Is Amazing Grace'—Phil Wickham
33. 'Yes and Amen'—Chris Tomlin
34. 'Firm Foundation'—Maverick City Music
35. 'Same God'—Elevation Worship
36. 'Never Walk Alone'—Hillsong Worship
37. 'An Evening Prayer'—George Beverly Shea
38. 'Good Good Father'—Chris Tomlin
39. 'Give Us Clean Hands'—Charlie Hall
40. 'Let It Rain'—Michael W. Smith
Faithful Worship Songs from Dusk to Dawn #41—50
41. 'Draw Me Close to You'—Kutless
42. 'Sweet Hour of Prayer'—Carrie Underwood
43. 'My Faith Looks Up to Thee'—Fanny Crosby
44. 'Lord, I Need You'—Matt Maher
45. 'Blessings'—Laura Story
46. 'I Raise a Hallelujah'—Jonathan and Melissa Helser
47. 'My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less'—Various Artists
48. 'God Will Make a Way'—Don Moen
49. 'The Peace That My Savior Has Given'—George Beverly Shea
50. 'I Will Trust in You'—Lauren Daigle
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