Dear worshipper,
Christian music has changed! I don’t think you need to be a rocket scientist to have figured that out. Up until recently, most churches around the world sang the same songs. However, with the advances in technology in the past 30 years, recording and distributing music has become a lot easier. As a result, we have thousands of songwriters around the world writing thousands of wonderful songs of praise and worship, and most of them can be heard at the click of a button. Suddenly, instead of most churches singing the same 100 songs, we have thousands to choose from. Additionally, with the prevalence of projector screens in modern churches, the popularity of songbooks has decreased significantly. Where previous generations cherished their songbooks (in some cases, as second to the Bible!), newer generations don’t see the need for such things, because once again, the lyrics of almost any song can be found on a computer or mobile device at the click of a button. Nonetheless, here at eMseni we have felt the need for a new songbook, which we will use in many contexts. You will find some of the more popular congregational worship songs of the past 20 years added in. We have left in many great hymns of centuries past and choruses of decades past, and tried our best to find a suitable balance of new and old. And so please, do enjoy worshipping the King of kings with these terrific “life songs”! And as we gather to worship, let us remember these words of John Wesley: “Sing lustily, and with a good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead or half asleep; but lift up your voice with strength. Be no more afraid of your voice now, nor more ashamed of its being heard, than when you sung the songs of Satan.” Blessings, Luke Powell (September 2020) |
Lyrics for all songs can be found HERE:
1) 10 000 Reasons YouTube 2) A New Commandment: YouTube 3) Abba Father: YouTube 4) Above All: YouTube 5) Agnus Dei: YouTube 6) Alive Forevermore: YouTube 7) All Hail King Jesus: YouTube 8) All Heaven Declares: YouTube 9) All Over the World: YouTube 10) All Things Bright and Beautiful: YouTube 11) All Who are Thirsty: YouTube 12) Alleluia: YouTube 13) Amazing Grace (My Chains): YouTube 14) Amazing Grace (traditional): YouTube 15) Amazing Love: YouTube 16) Ancient of Days: YouTube (original) YouTube (Petra) 17) As the Deer: YouTube 18) As We Gather: YouTube 19) Away in a Manger: YouTube 20) Awesome God: YouTube 21) Battle Hymn of the Republic: YouTube 22) Bayete Nkosi: YouTube 23) Be Still: YouTube 24) Be Still and Know: YouTube 25) Be Still My Soul: YouTube 26) Be The Centre: YouTube 27) Beautiful One: YouTube 28) Because He Lives: YouTube 29) Benediction: 30) Bind Us Together: YouTube 31) Blessed Assurance: YouTube 32) Blessed Be Your Name: YouTube 33) Breathe: YouTube 34) Calypso Carol: YouTube 35) Celebrate: YouTube 36) Celebrate Jesus: YouTube 37) Change My Heart O God: YouTube 38) Come and Join the Celebration: YouTube 39) Come Bless the Lord: YouTube 40) Come Holy Spirit: 41) Come Holy Spirit/Even So: YouTube 42) Come Now is the Time to Worship: YouTube 43) Cornerstone: YouTube 44) Count Your Blessings: YouTube 45) Crown Him: YouTube 46) Days of Elijah: YouTube 47) Don't You Know It's Time To Praise the Lord: YouTube 48) Down the Road to Emmaus: 49) Draw Me Close: YouTube 50) El Shaddai: YouTube 51) Everlasting God: YouTube 52) Father I Thank You: YouTube 53) Father We Adore You: YouTube 54) Fear Not: YouTube 55) Fill the World with Love: YouTube 56) For I'm Building a People of Power: YouTube 57) Forever: YouTube 58) Freely Freely: YouTube 59) Friend of God: YouTube 60) From the Inside Out: YouTube 61) From the Rising of the Sun: YouTube 62) Give Thanks: YouTube 63) Glorify Your Name: YouTube 64) Glorious Day: YouTube 65) Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me): YouTube 66) God Bless South Africa: YouTube 67) God Can Do it Again: YouTube 68) God is Good All the Time: YouTube 69) God is Our Strength and Refuge: YouTube 70) God is So Good: YouTube 71) God is Still on the Throne: YouTube 72) God of this City: YouTube 73) God of Wonders: YouTube 74) God Will Make a Way: YouTube 75) God's Spirit is in My Heart: YouTube 76) Going Home: YouTube 77) Good Good Father: YouTube 78) Great Are You Lord: YouTube 79) Great is the Lord: YouTube 80) Great is Thy Faithfulness: YouTube 81) Hallelujah (Your Love is Amazing): YouTube 82) Happy Day: YouTube 83) Hark the Herald Angels Sing: YouTube 84) Have You Seen Jesus My Lord: YouTube 85) He Had Made Me Glad: YouTube 86) He is Lord: YouTube 87) He is the King of Kings: YouTube 88) He Lives: YouTube 89) He Made the Stars to Shine: YouTube 90) Heart of Worship: YouTube 91) Here I am Lord: YouTube 92) Here I Am To Worship: YouTube 93) Hevenu Shalom Aleichem: YouTube 94) He's Got the Whole World in His Hands: YouTube 95) His Name is Higher: YouTube 96) His Name is Wonderful: YouTube 97) Holy (Jesus You Are): YouTube 98) Holy and Anointed One: YouTube 99) Holy Holy: YouTube 100) Holy is the Lord: YouTube 101) Holy Spirit: YouTube 102) Holy Spirit (You are welcome): YouTube 103) Hosanna: YouTube 104) Hosanna: YouTube 105) How Deep the Father's Love For Us: YouTube 106) How Great is Our God: YouTube 107) How Great Thou Art: YouTube 108) How High and How Wide: YouTube 109) I Believe: YouTube 110) I Believe in Jesus: YouTube 111) I Could Sing of Your Love Forever: YouTube 112) I Exalt Thee: YouTube 113) I Give You My Heart: YouTube 114) I Have Decided to Follow Jesus: YouTube 115) I Just Want To Praise You: YouTube 116) I Lift My Hands: YouTube 117) I Love You Lord: YouTube 118) I Love You with the Love of the Lord: YouTube 119) I Owe You Everything: YouTube 120) I Stand in Awe: YouTube 121) I Surrender All: YouTube 122) I Will Bless Thee O Lord: YouTube 123) I Will Offer Up My Life: YouTube 124) I Will Sing, I Will Sing: YouTube 125) I Will Sing Your Praises: YouTube 126) I Worship You Almighty God: YouTube 127) If You Want Joy: YouTube 128) I’m Forever Grateful: YouTube 129) Indescribable: YouTube 130) Instrument of Worship: YouTube 131) In Christ Alone: YouTube 132) In His Time: YouTube 133) In Love for Me: YouTube 134) In Loving Kindness Jesus Came: YouTube 135) In Moments Like These: YouTube 136) In the Garden: YouTube 137) In the Name of Jesus: YouTube 138) In Your Hands: YouTube 139) Isn’t He: YouTube 140) It is Well With My Soul: YouTube 141) It’s No Longer I that Liveth: YouTube 142) I’ve Got Peace Like a River: YouTube 143) Jabulani: YouTube 144) Jesus is Lord: YouTube 145) Jesus Jesus: YouTube 146) Jesus, Lover of My Soul: YouTube 147) Jesus Loves Me: YouTube 148) Jesus Messiah: YouTube 149) Jesus Name Above All Names: YouTube 150) Jesus, We Enthrone You: YouTube 151) Joy to the World: YouTube 152) Just a Closer Walk with Thee: YouTube 153) Just as I Am: YouTube
154) Kumbayah: YouTube 155) Kyrie Eleison: YouTube 156) Let the Beauty of Jesus: YouTube 157) Let the Flame Burn Brighter: YouTube 158) Let There Be Love: YouTube 159) Let There Be Peace on Earth: YouTube 160) Let Us Break Bread Together: YouTube 161) Let Your Living Water Flow: YouTube 162) Lift Jesus Higher: YouTube 163) Lord Be Glorified: YouTube 164) Lord I Come: YouTube 165) Lord I Lift Your Name on High: YouTube 166) Lord I Need You: YouTube 167) Lord of the Dance: YouTube 168) Lord Reign in Me: YouTube 169) Lord of our Future: YouTube 170) Love Changes Everything: YouTube 171) Lovely Lord: YouTube 172) Majesty: YouTube 173) Majesty: YouTube 174) Make Me a Channel of Your Peace: YouTube 175) Make Me Like You: YouTube 176) Man of Sorrows: YouTube 177) Mary’s Boy Child: YouTube 178) May God’s Blessing Surround You: YouTube 179) May the Lord Mighty God: YouTube 180) May the Peoples Praise You: YouTube 181) Mighty to Save: YouTube 182) Meekness and Majesty: YouTube 183) More Love, More Power: YouTube 184) More Precious Than Silver: YouTube 185) Morning Has Broken: YouTube 186) Most Beautiful Name: YouTube 187) My Life is In You Lord: YouTube 188) My Redeemer Lives: YouTube 189) Never Let my Hunger Die: YouTube 190) New Wine: YouTube 191) No Longer Slaves: YouTube 192) Nothing But the Blood: YouTube 193) Now Unto Him: YouTube 194) O Come All Ye Faithful: YouTube 195) O For a Thousand Tongues: YouTube 196) O Holy Night: YouTube 197) O Little Town of Bethlehem: YouTube 198) O Praise the Name (Anastasis): YouTube 199) O Worship the Lord: YouTube 200) Oceans (where feet may fail): YouTube 201) Oh Lord You’re Beautiful: YouTube 202) On Bended Knee: YouTube 203) On Eagle’s Wings: YouTube 204) Once Again: YouTube 205) One Thing Remains: YouTube 206) Only By Grace: YouTube 207) Ons Koning Kom: YouTube 208) Open our Eyes: YouTube 209) Open the Eyes of My Heart: YouTube 210) Our God: YouTube 211) Our God Reigns: YouTube 212) Pass it On: YouTube 213) Peter and John Went to Pray: YouTube 214) Please Take the Mask off Me: YouTube 215) Praise Him, Praise Him: YouTube 216) Praise the Name of Jesus: YouTube 217) Reach Out and Touch the Lord: YouTube 218) Reckless Love: YouTube 219) Refiner’s Fire: YouTube 220) Rejoice in the Lord Always: YouTube 221) Revelation Song: YouTube 222) River of Life: YouTube 223) Rooftops: YouTube 224) Sacrament: YouTube 225) Salvation Belongs to Our God: YouTube 226) Sanctuary: YouTube 227) Search Me O God: YouTube 228) Seek Ye First: YouTube 229) Set My Spirit Free: YouTube 230) Shine Jesus Shine: YouTube 231) Shout to the Lord: YouTube 232) Shout to the North: YouTube 233) Silent Night: YouTube 234) Sing Sing Sing: YouTube 235) Something Beautiful: YouTube 236) Song For the Nations: YouTube 237) Sovereign: YouTube 238) Spirit of the Living God: YouTube 239) Spirit Song: YouTube 240) Take Me In: YouTube 241) Take Our Lives: YouTube 242) Teach Me To Dance: YouTube 243) Thank You: YouTube 244) Thank You, Jesus: YouTube 245) That’s Why We Praise Him: YouTube 246) The Feast is Ready: YouTube 247) The First Noel: YouTube 248) The Greatest Thing: YouTube 249) The Joy of the Lord: YouTube 250) The Lord’s My Shepherd: YouTube 251) The Old Rugged Cross: YouTube 252) The Power of Your Love: YouTube 253) The Servant King: YouTube 254) The Servant Song: YouTube 255) The Wonderful Cross: YouTube 256) Therefore the Redeemed: YouTube 257) There is None Like You: YouTube 258) There’s a River Flowing From the Throne: YouTube 259) They’ll Know We are Christians by Our Love: YouTube 260) Think About His Love: YouTube 261) This I Believe (The Creed): YouTube 262) This is Amazing Grace: YouTube 263) This is the Day: YouTube 264) Thou Art Worthy: YouTube 265) Thy Loving Kindness: YouTube 266) Thy Word: YouTube 267) To God Be the Glory: YouTube 268) Trading My Sorrows: YouTube 269) Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus: YouTube 270) Walk in the Light: YouTube 271) Walk with Me, O my Lord: YouTube 272) Way Maker: YouTube 273) We Are One Body: YouTube 274) We Fall Down: YouTube 275) We Give You Glory: YouTube 276) We Have Come into His House: YouTube 277) We See the Lord: YouTube 278) We Three Kings: YouTube 279) We Want to See Jesus Lifted High: YouTube 280) Welcome to the Family: YouTube 281) What a Beautiful Name: YouTube 282) What a Friend We Have in Jesus: YouTube 283) What a Mighty God We Serve: YouTube 284) What Child is This?: YouTube 285) When a Child is Born: YouTube 286) When I Look Into Your Holiness: YouTube 287) Word of God: YouTube 288) You are Great: YouTube 289) You are My King (Amazing Love): YouTube 290) You Laid Aside Your Majesty: YouTube 291) You Shall Go Out with Joy: YouTube 292) Your Love is Extravagant: YouTube 293) You’re Worthy of My Praise: YouTube |