Songs for Sunday, January 18, 2026 @ Christ Community Church

Sunday is the Lord’s day — and it’s good to prepare our hearts to gather to worship Jesus.

Psalm 96, one of the passages we’ll read from Sunday morning, lifts our eyes to the greatness of God, reminding us that “great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised” (Psalm 96:4). He alone stands above every false god and idol because He is the One who made the heavens, the One before whom “splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary” (Psalm 96:5–6).

That theme of the greatness of God carries through the songs we’ll sing (Psalm 145:3). We’ll declare that there is nothing and no one greater than God (Isaiah 40:25, Psalm 86:8) and that He alone turns graves into gardens (Ezekiel 37:12-14, Romans 8:11). There is nothing better than our blessed hope, our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ — no rival, no replacement, no greater treasure (Titus 2:13, Philippians 3:8, Colossians 2:3).

To say and sing that God is great is one thing, but to begin to perceive and begin to grasp the magnitude of His greatness is another. Consider the words of the hymn “How Great Thou Art”:

And when I think, that God — His Son not sparing — sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in. That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing, He bled and died to take away my sin.

This beautiful gospel truth magnifies His greatness (Romans 5:8, 1 Corinthians 1:18). God didn’t spare His own Son, but sent Him to the cross (Romans 8:32, John 3:16). Jesus, God in flesh, willingly bore our sin, laying down His life and taking away our sin by His blood (John 1:14, Isaiah 53:5-6, John 10:17-18, Ephesians 1:7, 1 Peter 1:18-19). The greatness of God is most clearly seen in the saving work of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ (Titus 2:13, 2 Corinthians 5:21).

That’s why these “Songs for Sunday” posts exist — not to merely list songs, but to help us prepare. We have the opportunity to read God’s Word and reflect ahead of time, asking the Lord to ready our hearts and our homes so that when we sit under the preaching of God’s Word, it falls on good soil — received, applied, and bearing fruit in our lives. This helps us come not as consumers, sitting in an audience for a concert or seeking to be entertained or educated when John opens God’s Word. It helps us come as worshipers, seeking Christ — and preparing our hearts to meet Him.

Sunday’s coming, y’all. Let’s come ready to worship the great God, to rejoice in our great Savior, and to gather together declaring that there truly is nothing and no one better than Jesus!

Won’t you gather with us?

Here are our Scriptures and songs:

  • Scripture | Psalm 96:1-6 —

1 Oh sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth! 2 Sing to the LORD, bless His name; tell of His salvation from day to day. 3 Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples! 4 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens. 6 Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

  • Scripture | Philippians 2:5-11 —

5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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