7 Worship Songs about God’s Love

1. “Reckless Love” by Cory Asbury

“Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God / Oh, it chases me down, fights 'til I'm found, leaves the 99 / I couldn't earn it, and I don’t deserve it, / Still, you give yourself away.”

From a human perspective, God’s love looks “reckless” because he doesn’t weigh the cost of his sacrifice for us against how worthy we are to receive it. God simply gives, because there’s no limit to God’s love for us. God pursues us with an intensity that doesn’t make sense to people who think we have to earn God’s love. We can see the biblical foundation for this in the words of Jesus himself. In Luke 15:4, Jesus asks: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the 99 in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?”

This is the heart of God’s “Reckless Love” – God is like a shepherd who is so concerned for the one who is lost that he risks everything to bring that single lamb home. Sometimes, we might feel like our mistakes have placed us outside the reach of God’s grace, or that we’ve used up our last second chance. But this song reminds us that God loves us no matter what. We don't have to find our way back to God ourselves, because God is already on the way to find us. He “chases us down” and “fights ‘til we’re found.” Listen to it HERE.

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2. “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us” by Stuart Townend

“How deep the Father’s love for us / How vast beyond all measure / That he should give his only Son / To make a wretch his treasure.”

This modern hymn takes us straight to the foot of the cross. It’s a song that humbles us by reminding us that Jesus made the ultimate loving sacrifice to save us from sin. “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us” invites us to consider the vastness of a love that would allow God to suffer for the sake of those who turned against him. The lyrics echo the profound truth found in Romans 5:8, which tells us: “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” The song doesn’t shy away from the pain of the crucifixion. It points out that it was “our sin that held him there” until our salvation was accomplished. When we sing these words, we’re forced to slow down and realize the awe-inspiring magnitude of what God has done for us. It reminds us that our true identity is not in any of our own accomplishments, but in the fact that we’re God’s beloved children who were worth dying for to save. We can be confident that we’re treasured by our loving Creator and Savior. Listen to it HERE.

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3. “Goodness of God” by CeCe Winans

“All my life you have been faithful. / All my life you have been so, so good. / With every breath that I am able, / I will sing of the goodness of God.”

This song is a powerful testimony about the power of experiencing God’s goodness that comes from his love for us. It speaks to the God who walks beside us, the one whose “voice has led us through the fire” and whose “goodness is running after” us. Psalm 145:9 points out that “The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.” Throughout the Bible, we see God’s goodness in action. Even when our circumstances are difficult in this fallen world, God remains good and willing to help us. This song encourages us to look back and notice the track record of God’s faithful goodness in our own lives so far – and to let that inspire us to trust God as we move forward. It helps us to change our focus from our problems to God’s loving presence with us. Whether we’re currently dealing with good or bad circumstances, we can be confident that God’s love is “running after us”, so we’re beyond God’s loving care. Listen to it HERE.

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4. “Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)” by Chris Tomlin

“My chains are gone, I've been set free. / My Savior has ransomed me / And like a flood, his mercy reigns / Unending love, amazing grace.”

This song focuses on God’s grace and mercy that come to us because of God’s great love for us. John 8:36 declares: “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” God’s loving grace sets us free from everything that’s unhealthy for us, like breaking chains that had previously held us down. In the process, God gracefully empowers us to experience the very best, because he loves us so much that he doesn’t want anything less than the best for us. If we forget about God’s grace, we can sometimes try to pick old chains back up by returning to attitudes or behaviors that aren’t good for us and that weigh us down again. So, singing this song is a powerful way to remind ourselves that we no longer have to live as slaves to sin or shame because God’s mercy reigns. This is a victory song that celebrates the reality of how God’s love can keep setting us free as we walk through our lives. Listen to it HERE. 

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5. “How He Loves” by the David Crowder Band

“He is jealous for me, loves like a hurricane, I am a tree / Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy. / When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory, / And I realize just how beautiful you are, / And how great your affections are for me.”

This song captures the overwhelming, unstoppable nature of God’s passionate love for us. When we sing “How He Loves,” we remind ourselves that God’s love for us is so great that it’s the greatest force of all. Romans 8:38-39 describes how nothing can stop us from experiencing God’s love for us: “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” God’s love is so powerful that nothing in all of creation can stand against it or tear us away from it. This song encourages us to stop viewing God as a distant or strict judge and start seeing him as our loving, affectionate Heavenly Father. When we’re going through hard times – the “afflictions” the song mentions – we can let God’s love bend us toward him, trusting that his “wind and mercy” are not there to break us, but to shape us and help us move closer to him. Listen to it HERE.

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6. “O Come to the Altar” by Elevation Worship

“Are you hurting and broken within? / Overwhelmed by the weight of your sin? / Jesus is calling! / Have you come to the end of yourself? / Do you thirst for a drink from the well? / Jesus is calling!”

While many songs celebrate the joy of God’s love, “O Come to the Altar” highlights how God’s love is the ultimate sanctuary for us when we’re in pain. It reminds us that when we feel hurting and overwhelmed, we can come to God and find the healing and help we need. Jesus encourages us in Matthew 11:28: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” God isn’t waiting for us to try to fix our brokenness before we come to him; he wants us to bring our brokenness to him so he can heal us. The forgiveness and new life this song mentions in the chorus are gifts God gives us freely, whenever we ask him. We can bring our pain, mistakes, weaknesses, and anything else that’s challenging for us to God’s altar and trust that “he’s waiting with arms open wide.” Whenever we feel like we’ve reached the “end of ourselves,” we can remember that when we’re no longer trying to rely on ourselves alone, we’re ready to receive God’s loving healing and help. Listen to it HERE.

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“In Christ Alone” by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend

“In Christ alone my hope is found. / He is my light, my strength, my song. / This cornerstone, this solid ground, / Firm through the fiercest drought and storm / What heights of love, what depths of peace, / When fears are stilled, when strivings cease.”

This worship song emphasizes that we can find hope only through relationships with Jesus, because God’s love is personified in Jesus. In relationships with Jesus, we can find “heights of love” and “depths of peace” that we can’t find from any other source in this fallen world. As Colossians 1:17 says about Jesus: “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” When our lives feel like they’re falling apart, we can rest in the truth that in Christ, all things hold together. His love is the “solid ground” that stays firm even when the “fiercest drought and storm” come our way. Because of Jesus’ love, “no guilt in life, no fear in death” has power over us anymore. “In Christ Alone” calls us to stop “striving” (to stop trying to save ourselves or prove our worth) and simply stand “in the love of Christ.” Singing this song gives us courage to face the future. Whether we’re facing a crisis like the end of a relationship for an illness, or just dealing with the everyday stresses of life in this fallen world, we can say with confidence that "here in the love of Christ I stand." When we do so, we can experience God’s peace, which is much greater than any kind of challenging circumstances. Listen to it HERE.

In conclusion, these worship songs all present the same message in their own creative ways: God’s love is the most powerful force in existence. God is love at his core, and he loves us so much that we never have to worry about anything we face in this fallen world. Singing these worship songs remind us that God’s love chases us, dies for us, stays with us, frees us, overwhelms us, heals us, and holds us together. God’s love is all we need, and we can always count on it being there for us. That’s a wonderful reality worth celebrating!

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