Theme: Love

The love of God is not a sentiment but a force — an eternal, pursuing, sacrificial, unconditional commitment that is the foundation of all that God has done in creation, redemption, and restoration. Songs about the love of God give the congregation language for the most fundamental truth of the gospel: that God loved the world. Not as it could be, not as it was trying to become, but as it was. These songs range from intimate whispers of personal devotion to thunderous congregational declarations, but all of them center on the same inexhaustible reality. Love songs in worship shape the emotional and relational environment of the church, cultivating a community that receives love freely and gives it freely in return.