Have you ever encountered a friend who needed encouragement but you weren’t sure what to say?
This happened to me just recently. Our friends were facing a major health trial with their son and I wanted to let them know I was thinking about them and praying for them. So I sent a song full of rich lyrics and moving music. And it really ministered to them.
We want to build a culture of encouragement in Sovereign Grace, it’s one of our shared virtues. So this month our playlist is full of songs you can send to a friend when they need encouragement. With each track I’ll list a few categories to consider.
Which one can you send to a friend today?
Songs to Encourage a Friend
For a friend in the midst of major life change, who may feel unsettled…
→ You Are Unchanging
“You are unchanging / Faithful, unfailing / Now and forevermore // God everlasting / Sovereignly reigning / Now and forevermore”
For a friend feeling rocked by winds and waves in life, looking for something steady…
→Christ Our Hope in Life and Death
“What truth can calm the troubled soul? / God is good, God is good/ Where is His grace and goodness known? / In our great Redeemer’s blood”
For a friend who is feeling acutely the fallenness of the world through pain, sickness, or hurt…
→When Christ Our Life Appears
“When Christ our life appears, our hope will be complete / Our longings finally rest as we fall at His feet / When Jesus comes to reign, restoring everything / Our tears will turn to tides of praises to our King”
For a friend who is in a moment of waiting
→My Soul Will Wait
“You’re my solid rock / and my salvation / My steadfast hope / that won’t be shaken / My soul will wait / My soul will wait for you”
For a friend who is wondering if God really has good purposes for us
→If Our God is For Us
“What shall we say, but “Hallelujah!” / For none can take us from His love / He won’t forsake the ones He died to save / Yes, our God is for us”
For a friend battling fears and anxieties
→Now Why This Fear
“Now why this fear and unbelief / Has not the Father put to grief / His spotless son for us”
For a friend dealing with a major loss or major suffering
→You Will Make All Things New
“You will heal us / You will mend what death has torn / Life will spring up / Joy will bloom instead of thorns // Jesus you will make all things new”
For a friend struggling to trust God’s plan
→His Glory and My Good
“I will boast ever only in the Lord my God / For I know his glory is my good”
For a friend starting a new season or facing an uncertain future
→And All Of Our Tomorrows
“Come living way our way make clear / Let perfect love drive out our fear / Be thou our vision now and here / And all of our tomorrows”
For a friend who needs to see the tender character of God
→Jesus, Strong and Kind
“Jesus said that if I thirst / I should come to him / No one else can satisfy / I should come to him / For the Lord is good and faithful / He will keep us day and night / We can always run to Jesus / Jesus strong and kind”
For a friend fighting to trust God’s plan when it seems perplexing or hidden
→Christ Our Wisdom
“Christ our wisdom / Be our gladness / When we fail to understand / You ordain all joy and sadness / To fulfill your perfect plan / Help us know you rule with power / Over every raging flood / In our most uncertain hour / You are God and we are loved”
For a friend who has lost something dear to them
→Christ is Mine Forevermore
“But mine is peace that flows from heaven / And the strength in times of need / I know my pain will not be wasted / Christ completes his work in me”
For a friend who doesn’t believe they can bring their burdens to the Lord
→Run to Jesus
“Has your grief brought you low / Has your faith lost its hold / Your Deliverer knows what your need is / He endured every test / He has felt your distress / As you weep he has wept / Run to Jesus”