Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs

A SPECIAL NOTE TO MY INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS

So, you don't  know how to use the Bible to pray? We have an entire training  opportunity for you along with your conversational English class (and its free) so you can learn how to grow strong in spirit. 

The Truth Project - Introduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OCOpL0IZbQ

But,  for now, listen to the songs below for an introduction to God-honoring prayers, for almost all of them are prayers, just sung instead of  spoken. 

Psalm 91 is from God's own songbook (The Book of Psalms).  This psalm and all the other songs hyperlinked below will give you many  ideas how to apply the good news of the gospel. They will also bless  you (helping you cultivate your "Gratitude Attitude") by reminding you of the many promises God makes to His covenant people who bow their knee to King Jesus. If you have any questions about this or anything presented on this web site please e-mail Pastor Campbell: MissionaryJack@ProtonMail.com 

So, find yourself a quiet area to rest, sit down and enjoy these  soul-building songs that have gentle healing harmonies and great  acoustic accompaniment.

A "SPOTIFY" OPTION

One of our international students has taken our list of "Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs" and made a Spotify account so that you can listen to all of the songs without clicking on each individual hyperlink. Check it out:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6u60VJM2RU7XzX5x5J3us4?si=A-Y4mAL-TCiDGDOcp9YQNQ

There are over 6 hours of listening pleasure awaiting you. Please note: This free account does subject you to a few short ads after playing 3-4 songs. If the ads bother you, there are different premium accounts available at a reasonable monthly fee without ad interruptions and with 2x higher sound quality.

PSALMS, HYMNS & SPIRITUAL SONGS

These songs will help your body turn off sympathetic on, "fight & flight"  and go to parasympathetic on,  "rest, digest & repair". For maximum effect, try singing along with  or humming these healing harmonies. Go to CBE #5 for in-depth  information on your sympathetic & parasympathetic nervous systems.

Psalm 91 - Sons of Korah (Lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUZhTMZF_1I&feature=share

(A  note for our international students and visiting scholars: Psalm 91 is  the psalm Pastor Campbell prayed in Vietnam as a young Marine when he  bowed his knee to King Jesus in 1970.)

Gospel Doxology by Zac Hicks (with lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQniOflskrw

JUST AS I AM (I Come Broken) A Capella Hymn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt1fTi5YPpg

All I Have Is Christ - Sovereign Grace Music (group version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCslRjkWrHE

(This is a great song to sing as your own personal prayer to God, as well as a plea to the LORD to make the most of your life. This song can bring much healing to the soul.)

Softly & Tenderly/ Ashoken Farewell (Official Lyric Video) - Kristyn Getty, Vince Gill, Ellie Holcomb, Sierra Hull

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck58d3BMBX0&list=PL0ONU3wVC9D3Q7c7ETloSYuhk8CxSs-ff&index=6

Ashokan Farewell (Instrumental)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B--VsnVuHI

Wonderful Grace of Jesus by Acapeldridge

https://youtu.be/EhSOnw8a_AI

Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvOoQucq2M0

(This  is the original version with the harmonic "Alleluia" refrain between  the stanzas. And for my international students, this was one of the very  first "scripture songs" Pastor Campbell learned as a new Christian in  1970.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AP4BGl8N3E

(This version does not have the harmonic "Alleluia" refrain between stanzas but does have two more great Biblical stanzas.)

Death Was Arrested by The Talleys (Lyric Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKKBkwiQUCA

Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery (with lyrics) by Keith & Kristyn Getty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s7hOPUUZDc

To Be a Pilgrim (He Who Would Valiant Be) by John Bunyan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yHJMPw8RHU

Almost Home (Official Lyric Video) - Matt Papa & Matt Boswell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHwF5a9MSe4

Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) by ELENYI - Lyrics wth Piano & Cello

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovg3x1TNx5A

Be Thou My Vision (with lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s86KzA6q61I

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Chris Rice with lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_aACQ9LjoM

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Chris Rice with lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx_MCyxhTJs

And Can It Be That I Should Gain - Sovereign Grace Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzDes9IVdzg

(A  note for our international students and visiting scholars: Why do you  think this is Pastor Campbell's favorite hymn? Hint: Pay close attention  to the lyrics ... this is also a vocabulary building exercise and a  great introduction to our study of what is real "FREEDOM" and true  "LOVE"?)

There is Power in the Blood by Acapeldridge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeTE0W7K4sU

Psalm 98 (acapella with stanzas)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AG1g-VSz0o

Psalm 98 (Christ Church congregation sing with piano, kettle drum, bass and cello)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHwn36FgkYU

(This version is sung with great gusto by the entire congregation, including small children, and is also a great example of how a "Congregational Amen" is to be expressed!)

The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want by Acapeldridge (Lyrics from Psalm 23, Music by John Campbell, 1854)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTHr9UcvWko

I Can Only Imagine by Amy Grant (lyrics and chords)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALRAaxR4Ano

This is My Father's World by Sandra McCraken

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV6DU4LiGYQ

(This is an old hymn that gives great comfort to us today, especially the last stanza.)

Creation Sings (lyrics) - Stuart Townend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT52H9RGz6o

Graves Into Gardens (Lyrics) - Brandon Lake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b608YKZ7pmc&list=RDb608YKZ7pmc&start_radio=1

O Love That Will Not Let Me Go (lyrics - Indelible Grace)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS3o_160OhE

Old Man's Rubble with Lyrics by Amy Grant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEHVCNt2mwY

THY WORD - Amy Grant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS1LAc5DSCU

The Building Block - Noel Paul Stookey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXB-JCr3BMs

(A note to my international students: This is a very happy song about the foundation of life and how this affects our fears and our future . How many Biblical word pictures does this talented musician use?) 

The 23rd Psalm (Lyrics) - Noel Paul Stookey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2galpTZoTwY

The Wedding Song  (There is Love) - Noel Paul Stookey (remastered with lyrics and translated to Spanish)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lXrMXbAz1c

Blessed Assurance (by the Isaacs - Live)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7KuXtWYxpM

A Living Prayer - Alison Krauss HD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKpy15xBW4w&list=RDzgrFER5ji_4&index=3

There Is A Redeemer - Keith Green

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_YM_hYzcPo

Leave It There (with lyrics) by Joey & Rory Feek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxGQydOOHwM

I Know That My Redeemer Lives Bob Bennett (16x9 lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nheT8h0dWFw

Ancient Words

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vmTkXNpwzs

The Isaacs - It Is Well With My Soul (Live)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqv8LmRaLRo

(You will hear no better harmony than this until we die and "Graduate to Glory" [ i.e. die in Christ] and then, with new glorified ears, we hear God's heavenly choir!)

Come and Lay Your Burdens Down by Jamie Kimmett (Lyric video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgG09uW7CiU 

He Gives Us More Grace by Acapeldridge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njTowha5jwI

What A Friend We have In Jesus (by Alan Jackson with lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCV5t8wRBI8

The story behind: "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" - by Paul Siddall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoVg227-uiA

There is a Reason by Alison Krauss (Lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgrFER5ji_4

Heal Us Emmanuel Hear Our Prayer by William Cowper, 1779

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0EoH-y8ocA 

King of Love: I Am They - Song Sessions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au3otElq6D4

Behold Our God (lyric video by Sovereign Grace Music)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odack1HSx00

Holy Spirit, Living Breath of God - Keith and Kristyn Getty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nbMfLQd2P4

Create In Me A Clean Heart - Keith Green

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD847UcRbL4

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A VERY PERSONAL NOTE TO MY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS & SCHOLARS:

The following three songs were chosen by my mother to be sung at her funeral (or as the Campbell Clan calls it, "Her graduation ceremony to glory"). Listen carefully to the words and discover why she chose these songs ... also remember, she was the mother of four rambunctious boys. The 4th song, "Amazing Grace",  was my Father's favorite hymn,  which by God's grace I was playing for my mother when she died, as I was holding her hand (the lyrics of "Amazing Grace" are displayed on the screen as the song is sung, so sing along and aloud with us).

Sweet Hour of Prayer by Alan Jackson (lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pL41VzmOhg 

Sweet Hour of Prayer (acappella version with all four stanzas)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg282my5QyU 

(Because this version has ALL of the original lyrics displayed, bless your soul by singing along with this heavenly choir.)

Just A Closer Walk With Thee with Lyrics by Daniel O'Donnell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDnMdBQapYo

The Lord's Prayer (The Isaacs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF5clZM2syQ

Amazing Grace - Best Version By Far!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDdvReNKKuk

The GOSPEL in Four Minutes - Voddie Baucham

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty6jU3PFCds

(For numerous and more comprehensive explanations of this "good news", click on CBE #7 "Healthy Spiritual System ..." and scroll down to "Gospel Presentations", then begin with Dr. R.C. Sproul's "What is the Gospel" video.)

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Precious Memories - Alan Jackson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhGOFC3kPDc

It Is Well With My Soul - Keith & Kristyn Getty with the Voice of the Martyrs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl2Vl0JE8r8

(Recorded in Northern Ireland for the film, "Sabina: Tortured for Christ, the Nazi Years". To learn more about this important film, visit https://www.sabinamovie.com/ ... The Voice of the Martyrs produced this film to tell the story of their founders, Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand. You can learn more about VOM and their work to serve persecuted Christians in hostile areas and restricted nations around the world at bit.ly/VOMartyrs)

Go Rest High On That Mountain (Home Free)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6_I_Kzb1HE&list=PLfWdh4XTtIqkPTjNYS_MTGTnLhp3qbPsF

The Pilgrim by Cynthia Clawson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5parem9MQk

Thirst No More - Sandra McCracken | Lyric Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMEBhJW8k6Q

Oh, The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus: Cello & Piano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqZEsYfy8Us

I Will Praise Him (The Isaacs -Live)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHreP1VGouY

Psalm 139 (Were I To Cross) - New Scottish Hymns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW6AQe4KL3c

He Will Give the Weary Strength by Ellie Holcomb (Lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsG2XBFXYts&feature=youtu.be

Man Of The Tombs by Bob Bennett

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylT58LXm3zI

I Will Wait For You (Psalm 130) lyric video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eJUqY_6tqo

Be Still My Soul - A Cappella

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqKVFYD8Obc&list=PLL3BKgCmE9SyABGQBoZtC2YpQGJhPCx2J 

Come People Of The Risen King - Stuart Townend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y7bcJz8wM8&list=PL3D2EAD1AC90321CB&index=3

Pass the Promise - by Keith & Kristyn Getty Ft. Sandra McCracken - Official Lyric Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuwAsJBeYNY&list=PL0ONU3wVC9D3XKYuw67LTIZs27moUpjWm&index=6

10,000 Reasons // What A Beautiful Name Lyrics - Worship Medley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8FSmaFPz8w

Is He Worthy? (Lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlhP4VKCtKo

How Deep The Father's Love For Us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOXnzYPMhWY

Hand of Kindness (Live from Judson U)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We15UVAhdAg

Because the Lord is My Shepherd (The New Twenty-Third)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9n2rHGfwxI

Anchor of Hope (lyrics) by Ellie Holcolmb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d83RFgD31Fs&start_radio=1&list=RDd83RFgD31Fs

(A  note to my international students: One of the most powerful ways God  reveals Himself to the world is by using different names to describe who  He is and what He has done. The two songs by Ellie Holcolmb and Buddy  Davis are great examples of music being  used as a Biblical way of  teaching us who God is and what He has done. Grab a pen and paper and write down the different names you hear as you listen to these songs  and we will discuss them at our next A.C.E. class.) 

King of Kings by Buddy Davis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYyEoxVJMW0

God Created the Happy Moose by Buddy Davis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlK61v6l_qQ

Jesus, My Creator by Buddy Davis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N116tc9BPBE&list=PLsO-LY-WZe7YJMLl8n6umyVF9J3bi6Wsp&index=57

(This song is another great example of using music to fuel your "prayer furnace".)

God Is Our Refuge by Buddy Davis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFE5hQpFf1M

The Wonder of a Rainbow by Buddy Davis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md3W7GXTPuA

The Fountain of Youth by Buddy Davis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KequkMs3STE

Singing With The Saints by Buddy Davis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17JMpnraHIU

Oh Lord, You're Beautiful - Keith Green (with lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtzCD_8KbjI

Oh What A Saviour - New Scottish Hymns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJMaNZyX2W4

Matt Boswell and Boyce College Choir His Mercy Is More With Lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np6Ziz2SeNc

(Now that you know the words to this beautiful hymn, sing along with this congregational accapella version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfqeilIXpMc

In Christ Alone - A Cappella

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjiiF83q7G0

Stuart Townend My Heart is Filled with Thankfulness (Lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK3l1BTw2I4

How Great Thou Art by Home Free (Lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp7fPd9_Mgo

Fill Thou My Life - New Scottish Hymns (Lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a91_3VYRiZo&start_radio=1&list=RDa91_3VYRiZo&t=80

Whom Shall I Fear (The God of Angel Armies)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=belPmfNDuko

No Longer a Slave to Fear (by I Am They - Official Music Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QigyB50yGw

Make my life a prayer to You by Keith Green (with lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOfhr_AiZNk

Keith Green - Oh, Lord You're Beautiful (Live) 

(This version gives a great intro. on how the song was written and has the  two powerful stanzas that are usually, but  sadly, omitted.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVgPQm06g2c&feature=youtu.be

The Church of the Fully Fantastically Fallen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2J4kn9M7HU&feature=share

Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone) - Chris Tomlin (with lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbe7OruLk8I 

Steve Bell "The Lorica"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KucM2F80_uA

The Banner of the Cross

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=dzmWC327jSA

Evolution of Worship Music - A Cappella Medley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SaBhN2idbM

Con Que Pagaremos by Fernando Ortega

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45Z9zMjPvxg

Jehova Señor de los Cielos by Fernando Ortega

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF8ThHi3_-w

Children of the Living God by Fernando Ortega

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6anpAf9EoY

Jesus Paid it All - Fernando Ortega - Lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5DyeCx8H4U

Rock of Ages Fernando Ortega Lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdYQEFRnkUY&list=RDTdYQEFRnkUY&start_radio=1

Be Thou My Vision By Fernando Ortega With Lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkxTaBnlmbI

Hear me calling, Great Redeemer by Fernando Ortega, w/lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9N4bqg-UjI

Fernando Ortega - Come Ye Sinners (Lyrics Onscreen)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGvCm9I4H0A

Give Me Jesus - Fernando Ortega Ruth Graham Tribute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu2E2FUcIiE

Fairest Lord Jesus by Amy Grant (with Lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cop-rDkG-uU 

Marching To Zion by Amy Grant (with her fiends and Dr. Grant, her father, leading in prayer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGY1s7LSQpA

Doxology (by the Wilsons)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tz_8UOYqVA

CHRISTMAS & NEWS YEARS FAVORITES

Joy to the World (Acapeldridge)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mnC8zMiwaQ

The King Is Born Tonight (David Wesley A Cappella Looping)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eVtiFt0tGY

O' Holy Night (Home Free)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO6OZIY-lYw

A Christmas Hallelujah (with subtitles in English & Spanish)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8cg38BdzLQ

O Come All Ye Faithful (Celtic Women - Lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNO5jZ2MuNY&ab_channel=CHRISTelle27II

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Acapeldridge)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z67EXPODXO8

Angels We Have Heard On High - Acapella Christmas Hymn With Lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg5bb0dPWQY

Mary's Boy Child by GENTRI (feat. Rise Up Children's Choir & Lyceum Phil.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTsDS08HT9A&list=PLAhPSV0Q44kOZRx0sx-FkRSq1hcUU6FQM

Little Drummer Boy by GENTRI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EaAmXwituc

Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus (Fernando Ortega)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dmO8UPlWoo

O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Acapeldridge)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51IvLFp-og8

Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendor - lyrics read (The Getty's Live)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhBHViNdREQ

Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendor - lyrics sung 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXv59D825I4&list=PLVWDpUI4KHEEqA5hKNM-YJGK8ywAmJZiU

Mary Did You Know - Home Free 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af73Qt1kkhk

Away In A Manger - Home Free (Christmas A Cappella)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwfqhXhvUTs&list=PLpTeCIC3_M_F9rjyBQBhoBR40kBp5Jo9B&index=15

What Child Is This? - Peter Hollens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGqf5ha_GEA&list=PLpTeCIC3_M_F9rjyBQBhoBR40kBp5Jo9B&index=2

Silent Night (Kelly Clarkson, Trisha Yearwood, Reba McEntire)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BRVkgaIcaE

Hallelujah Chorus by Handel (Lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jvsK798Lbs

Auld Lang Syne by Home Free

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFcSfqYqHs4&feature=youtu.be

All Glory Be to Christ (with lyrics sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKp_gog-f1o&feature=youtu.be