Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week and leads to the commemoration of Christ’s death and resurrection. The crowds were shouting “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” and “Hosanna to the Son of David.” as they welcomed in their expected Messiah. But their plans were not God's plans, and by weeks end their chant had changed. Only after the empty tomb would they begin to understand. As you celebrate on Palm Sunday, here are a number of songs that would be the perfect addition to your worship service.

Our burdens are light because He claimed them His own. We are beckoned with full hands, called to Jesus with everything we have because He is ready to gladly bear it all. God refines the narrative of our burdens with a gentle and humble heart, asking us to let go in order to let Him. Here is a list of songs to help you lay your burdens at His feet.

To experience forgiveness is to understand God’s extension of Himself towards us; undeserved yet freely given. Our response to confession is what restores our position of surrender. As we fall to our knees with our sins before us, God persists to tear through the shadows of our hearts to make us pure again. Forgiveness does not ignore reality, instead, it restores Christ at the center of reconciliation. Here is a list of songs focusing on the gift that is forgiveness.

"Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" The blood of the sacrificial lamb, throughout the Old Testament, was the means to right relationship with God. But the Blood of Jesus was the perfect sacrifice to bring the world into right relationship with God. Sing about this gift of love with your church family this weekend!

Through Jesus Christ there is hope in life and death. Even through the tragedies of grief and loss, God’s promises cannot be bonded by the grave. Christ rose from the ashes and defeated death, and because of this we have eternal life. Here is a list of songs focusing on death.

The cross represents the significant sacrifice Jesus made for all of mankind. He took our place, bearing our debt, paying our wages of sin so that we do not have to bear the nail scars but instead can have life everlasting. Here is a compiled list of songs that are centered around the cross.

From the throne to the dirt, the cross bears the burdens of our sin. The crucifixion allowed Jesus to reach through darkness and shine across the earth, a reckoning that tore the veil between death and eternity. It captures deep pain and agony as evidence for an even deeper act of love. Here is a list of songs focusing on the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

When we sing about God's grace and we believe the truth deep in our hearts, it affects our lives. We live with more compassion. We extend more mercy. We feel more empathy. This is why worship songs about grace and mercy are so important to the church. Every day and every week, through song and word, we must remind ourselves about the nature of God who is full of grace. What we receive from God, we extend to others. This is the full cycle of worship.