Songs To Help You Feel & Be Thankful

Music is one of the surest ways to help change our moods and point our hearts in a certain direction.

Here is a list of great Thanksgiving songs to help get your heart prepared for this wonderful holiday.

We’ve created a Spotify playlist so that you can easily enjoy these songs, so please sing along with us these next few days!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/35DfIE0isB1FLTkNJWc9WL?si=0g5RpiiGS2eirl1qzQXDRw

For the Adults/Older Children:

For the Beauty of the Earth (Folliot S. Pierpoint & Conrad Kocher)

Sample Lyrics:

For the beauty of the earth, 

For the glory of the skies, 

For the love which from our birth,  Over and around us lies: 

Christ our God, to Thee we raise  this our hymn of grateful praise.”

The Doxology

Sample Lyrics:

Praise God from whom al blessings flow, Praise Him all creatures here below, Praise Him above, ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

All Creatures of Our God and King

Sample Lyrics:

Let all things their Creator bless

and worship Him in humbleness,

O praise Him! Alleluia!

Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son, and praise the Spirit, Three in One:

O praise Him, O praise Him! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Blessed (Martina McBride)

Sample Lyrics:

I have been blessed

And I feel like I’ve found my way

I thank God for all I’ve been given

At the end of every day

I have been blessed.

Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart

Sample Lyrics:

Give thanks with a grateful heart

Give thanks to the Holy One

Give thanks because He’s given Jesus Christ, His Son

Life of Praise (Casting Crowns)

Sample Lyrics:

I will love You Lord

Not just for the things You’ve done for me

And I will praise You all my days

Not just for the change You’ve made in me

But I’ll praise You for You are holy, Lord

And I’ll lift my hands, but You are worthy of so much more

I’ve got Plenty to be Thankful For (Bing Crosby)

Sample Lyrics:

I’ve got eyes to see with, ears to hear with Arms to hug with, lips to kiss with Someone to adore

How could anybody ask for more? My needs are small, I buy ’em all

At the five and ten cent store

Oh, I’ve got plenty to be thankful for

10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord, Matt Redman)

Sample Lyrics:

Bless the Lord oh my soul Oh my soul

Worship His Holy name Sing like never before

Oh my soul

I’ll worship Your Holy name

Rejoice in all your works (Psalm 104, Wendall Kimbough)

Sample Lyrics:

Oh rejoice in all your works,

King of Heaven, King of Earth!

Every creature you have made declares your praise. We rejoice in all you’ve made,

God of all-sustaining grace!

With the mountain, sky, and sea, we sing your praise!

O Taste and See (Psalm 34, Shane and Shane)

Sample Lyrics:

Taste and see

That the Lord is good Oh blessed is he Who hides in Him

Magnify the Lord with me Come exalt His name together Glorify the Lord with me

Come exalt His name forever

For Children:

If you’re thankful and you know it…

Sample Lyrics:

If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands. <clap clap>  If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands. <clap clap>  If you’re thankful and you know it, 

Then your face will surely show it. 

If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands.

Joyful Noise (Ellie Holcomb)

Sample Lyrics:

Sing a song to the Lord, go on and clap your hands Sing a song to the Lord, go stomp your feet and dance Sing a song to the Lord, go on and clap your hands

La la la, la laa, go stomp your feet and dance

Count Your Blessings

Sample Lyrics:

Count your blessings, name them one by one

Count your blessings, see what God has done

Count your blessings, name them one by one

Count your many blessings, see what God has done!

The Turkey Pokey

Sample Lyrics:

You put your right wing in. You put your right wing out. You put your right wing in, And you shake it all about. You do the turkey pokey

And you turn yourself around. That’s what it’s all about.

Thankful (PowerLab)