Hymns about Worship

Worship is the church's adoring response to the living God. Scripture summons all the earth to worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, to ascribe unto Him the glory due unto His name. Christian worship is offered through Jesus Christ and by the Spirit, in spirit and in truth. Hymns of worship gather praise, reverence, and surrender into one offering of the heart.

True worship is God-centered. It remembers who He is and what He has done, then answers with thanksgiving and obedience. Related subjects such as Praise, Prayer, Thanksgiving, Benediction, Opening of Worship, and Closing of Worship mark the movements of a gathered service. Hymnody that serves worship well avoids spectacle for its own sake and aims at edification and awe.

Congregations use worship hymns to begin and end the Lord's Day assembly, to frame the reading and preaching of the Word, and to unite many voices in one confession. In private devotion the same songs teach that daily life may be offered as living sacrifice. They correct both cold formality and undisciplined emotion by holding affection to truth.

To worship is to give God His due. Let these hymns help the church draw near with reverence and gladness, until every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.