Everything that was tough to categorize ended up here! Some of these categories are so broad they could be hundreds of songs across Christian music, so these are a curated list of ones that either I’ve used, seen used, or just really love and want to see produced!
Overview Songs
These are songs that reference multiple events (the Fall plus the Cross, for example) in enough detail that they were difficult to classify.
This My Soul (The Gray Havens)
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A voice came and spoke to the silence
The words took on beauty and form
The form took its shape as a garden was born
Then man from the dust came reflecting
All goodness and beauty and life
But he lowered his gaze
As he listened to the face of low desires
This my soul you were born
You were born into
What this man has done
It all extends to you
Let the words shake on down along your spine
And ring out true that you might find new life
Old Testament Stories
Music that specifically references the experiences of those in the Old Testament. For songs that fit their stories thematically, scroll to the next section: Thematic Music.
ADAM & EVE: Good (Matthew West & Leigh Nash)
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If I could, I’d rewrite history
I’d choose differently
If I could, I would
I’d leave out the part where I broke Your heart
In the garden’s shade
Fix the mess I made
If I could, I would
Can You hear us cry?
Wishing we could turn back time
To feel Your breath when branches move
Take one more sunset walk with You
Must each tomorrow hold
Such brokenness untold?
Can’t imagine how You could
See all of me and say it’s good
JOB: Job Suite (Michael Card)
I was unable to find a solid source of sheet music, likely due to the song’s length.
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If I’m without guilt, what am I suffering for?
God would not crush me for some secret sin
And though he slay me still I’ll trust in Him
I know now that my Redeemer’s alive
He’ll stand on the earth on the day He arrives
And though my body by then is no more
Yet in my flesh I know I’ll see the Lord
ESTHER: Born for This (Mandisa)
Piano sheet music | Guitar chords
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Sometimes you gotta go, uninvited
Sometimes you gotta speak
When you don’t have the floor
Sometimes you gotta move,
When everybody else says you should stay
No way, no, not today
You gotta ask, if you want an answer
Sometimes you gotta stand apart from the crowd
Long before your heart could run the risk
You were born for this
Thematic Music
These lists came about as options for specific script projects. I’ve grouped them that way here as well.
God’s faithfulness through pain/suffering/abandonment
While I Wait (Lincoln Brewster)
Piano sheet music | Guitar chords | Performance track | Performance track option 2
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Deep within my heart, I know You’ve won
I know You’ve overcome
And even in the dark, when I’m undone
I still believe it
I live by faith, and not by sight
Sometimes miracles take time
While I wait, I will worship
Lord, I’ll worship Your name
While I wait, I will trust You
Lord, I’ll trust You all the same
Scars (I Am They)
Piano sheet music | Guitar chords | Performance track | Performance track option 2
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So I’m thankful for the scars
‘Cause without them I wouldn’t know Your heart
And I know they’ll always tell of who You are
So forever I am thankful for the scars
Trust In You (Lauren Daigle)
Piano sheet music | Performance track | Performance track option 2 | Guitar chords
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When You don’t move the mountains
I’m needing You to move
When You don’t part the waters
I wish I could walk through
When You don’t give the answers
As I cry out to You
I will trust, I will trust, I will trust in You
Rescue (Lauren Daigle)
Piano sheet music | Performance track | Performance track option 2 | Guitar chords
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You are not hidden
There’s never been a moment
You were forgotten
You are not hopeless
Though you have been broken
Your innocence stolen
I hear you whisper underneath your breath
I hear your SOS, your SOS
I will send out an army to find you
In the middle of the darkest night
It’s true, I will rescue you
Remember (Lauren Daigle)
Piano sheet music | Piano sheet music option 2 | Guitar chords | Performance track | Performance track option 2
Faith, Trust & God’s Care
This script was written in 7 scenes and meant to include congregational worship between each. See the full inspiration list on the script page: