Hope for the Hopeless

Last week I wrote a post called “The Power of Music” about how the right kind of music can lift my spirits and give me hope, while the wrong kind of music can keep me in a blue mood if I listen to it when I’m down. In a comment to that post, a new reader to my blog asked if I would share a playlist of “music that is particularly helpful to people who are in less than hopeful situations.” I thought this was a great idea and decided to devote this Music Monday post to that endeavor.

There were a few songs that came to mind immediately, but I decided to take a more methodical approach and sat down with my iPod and my Christian playlist to find the best encouraging music I could. I know that for me Christian music in general is encouraging, but there are definitely some songs that are better for someone who is feeling hopeless to find the hope of Christ that will help them through.

So here is Part One of my list. I’ll do Part Two next week. Some of these I’ve written about on my blog before with my reflections to provide additional encouragement, and sometimes embedded the video. For this post I’ve linked to YouTube rather than embed the video because I was afraid too many videos would make this post too cumbersome and long.

By Aaron Shust

• One Day
• My Hope Is in You
• Never Been a Greater Love

By Above the Golden State

• I’ll Love You So

By Adie Camp

• Overwhelm Me

By The Afters

• Lift Me Up

By Jeremy Camp

• Beyond Measure
• Let It Fade
• Trust In You
• Walk by Faith
• Revive Me
• Understand
• Right Here
• Stay
• I Still Believe
• Letting Go
• There Will Be a Day
• Healing Hand of God
• My Fortress

By MercyMe

• I Know
• Grace Tells Another Story
• Alright
• My Heart Will Fly
• Bring the Rain
• Move
• Beautiful
• Back to You
• All the Above
• Undone
• Keep Singing

By Revive

• Hold on Love
• Don’t Give Up the Fight
• You’re All I Need
• Promise of Tomorrow