For those days or chapters of life you find yourself deep in the trenches and need some inspiration to continue the good fight…

“Thy Will” – Hillary Scott & The Scott Family 

Christian

Songwriters: Bernie Herms / Hillary Scott / Emily Lynn Weisband

Thy Will lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group

Excerpt:

“I’m so confused
I know I heard you loud and clear
So, I followed through
Somehow I ended up here
I don’t wanna think
I may never understand
That my broken heart is a part of your plan
When I try to pray
All I’ve got is hurt and these four words

Thy will be done (repeat).”

“Easy as Life” – Aida

Songwriters: Elton John / Tim Rice

Easy As Life lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company

Excerpt:

 “This is the moment when the gods expect me
To beg for help but I won’t even try
I want nothing in the world but myself to protect me
But I won’t lie down, roll over and die…

It’s easy, it’s easy as life
It’s easy as life.”

“Alive” – Sia

Songwriters: Sia Furler / Adele Adkins / Tobias Jesso Jr

Alive lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

Excerpt:

“I found solace in the strangest place
Way in the back of my mind
I saw my life in a stranger’s face
And it was mine

I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go
Where the wind don’t change
And nothing in the ground can ever grow
No… 

I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go
Where the wind don’t change
And nothing in the ground can ever grow
No hope, just lies
And you’re taught to cry into your pillow
But I survived

I’m still breathing, I’m still breathing
I’m alive”

“You Say” – Lauren Daigle 

Songwriters: Jason Ingram / Paul Mabury / Lauren Daigle

You Say lyrics © Centricsongs, So Essential Tunes, See You at the Pub

Excerpt:

“I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I’m not enough
Every single lie that tells me I will never measure up
Am I more than just the sum of every high and every low
Remind me once again just who I am because I need to know
Ooh oh

You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing
You say I am strong when I think I am weak
And you say I am held when I am falling short
And when I don’t belong, oh You say I am Yours
And I believe
Oh I believe
What You say of me
I believe”

“Hold On” – Secret Garden

Songwriters: Levine Lucy Simon / Norman Marsha

Hold On lyrics © Emi Blackwood Music Inc., Universal Music Corp., Aerostation Corp., Arlovol Music, Smooshie Music, Abcde Publishing Ltd., Calougie Music

Excerpt:

“What you’ve got to do is
Finish what you have begun,
I don’t know just how,
But it’s not over ’til you’ve won!

Hold on, Hold on to someone standing by.
Hold on. Don’t even ask how long or why!
Child, hold on to what you know is true,
Hold on ’til you get through.
Child, oh child! Hold on!”

“Life Ain’t Always Beautiful” – Gary Allen

Songwriters: Tommy Lee James / Cynthia Evelyn Thomson

Life Ain’t Always Beautiful lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG Rights Management

Excerpt:

“Life ain’t always beautiful
Sometimes it’s just plain hard
Life can knock you down
It can break your heart.

Life ain’t always beautiful
You think you’re on your way
And it’s just a dead end road
At the end of the day.

But the struggles make you stronger
And the changes make you wise
And happiness has it’s own way
Of taking it’s own sweet time.

No, life ain’t always beautiful
Tears will fall sometimes
Life ain’t always beautiful
But it’s a beautiful ride.”

“Tell Your Heart to Beat Again” – Danny Gokey 

Christian Crossover

Songwriters: Matthew West / Bernie Herms / Randy Phillips

Tell Your Heart to Beat Again lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol Christian Music Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

Excerpt:

“You’re shattered
Like you’ve never been before
The life you knew
In a thousand pieces on the floor
And words fall short in times like these
When this world drives you to your knees
You think you’re never gonna get back
To the you that used to be

Tell your heart to beat again
Close your eyes and breathe it in
Let the shadows fall away
Step into the light of grace
Yesterday’s a closing door
You don’t live there anymore
Say goodbye to where you’ve been
And tell your heart to beat again”

“Litany of Humility“

Christian

Songwriters: Danielle Rose

Litany of Humility lyrics © Danielle Rose

Excerpt:

“From the desire of being esteemed,
From the desire of being loved,
From the desire of being extolled,
From the desire of being honored,
From the desire of being praised,
From the desire of being preferred,
From the desire of being approved,
From the desire of being consulted,

From the fear of being humiliated,
From the fear of being despised,
From the fear of suffering rebukes,
From the fear of being calumniated,
From the fear of being forgotten,
From the fear of being wronged,
From the fear of being ridiculed,
From the fear of being suspected,

Deliver me, oh deliver me Jesus.

That others be loved more than I,
Others esteemed more than I,
That others increase and I decrease, in the world’s eyes,
That others be chosen and I set aside,
Others praised and I unnoticed,
Others be preferred in everything,
That others become holier than I,
Provided that I may become as holy as I should,

O Jesus, grant me the grace
Oh grant me the grace to desire it.”

Help me keep rounding out the mix with some personal favorites of your own that have inspired you or carried you through a rough patch on your own journey.