Singing to your baby can create special moments and lifelong memories. Numerous studies that have found that singing to your child can improve their cognitive development. It can keep them calmer, lead to stronger social bonds with parents, hearing acuity, longer attention spans, improved health, and greater language fluency. The songs we sing to our children can influence their hearts and minds too. Try these soothing Christian songs to sing as lullabies to your children before or after their nap or right before you put them to bed at night. In these quiet moments, you can be an active part of blessing your children and filling your children’s minds and hearts with God’s truth.
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Try picking one of these songs and sing it to your child each day for the next month, and let me know how it goes for you!
Here is the list of soothing Christian songs to sing as blessing over your children (more details and song clips can be found below):
- Head to Toe (The Armor of God Song) – by Christy Nockels
- The Blessing – by Kari Jobe
- Elohim – by Hillsong Worship
- Psalm 3 – by Robbie Seay Band
- Be Still My Soul – by Jadon Lavik
- He’s Always Been Faithful – by Chelsea Moon
1. Head to Toe (The Armor of God Song) – by Christy Nockels (teach your child the protection they have with the armor of God)
“And with His righteousness, across your chest
Salvation for your head
The belt of truth, around you now
With the shield of faith in hand
And with His peace, upon your feet
Everywhere you go
His word will be the sword you keep
Your covered head to toe”
2. The Blessing – by Kari Jobe (teach your child your blessing for them)
“The Lord bless you
And keep you
Make His face shine upon you
And be gracious to you
The Lord turn His
Face toward you
And give you peace”
3. Elohim – by Hillsong Worship (teach your children the character qualities of God)
“God is patient
God is kind
He does not envy
He does not boast
His ways are higher than my own,
His thoughts consume the great unknown
Of this alone I am sure
My God is love”
4. Psalm 3 – by Robbie Seay Band (teach your child the protection they have in God)
“For you, O Lord, are a shield about me
You are my glory
You lift my head”
5. Be Still My Soul – by Jadon Lavik (teach your children the faithfulness of God)
“Be still my soul
The Lord is on your side
Bear patiently the cross of guilt and pain
Leave to your God
To order and provide
In every change
God faithful will remain”
6. He’s Always Been Faithful – by Chelsea Moon (teach your children the faithfulness of God)
“He’s always been faithful to me
This is my anthem, and this is my song
The theme of the stories I’ve heard for so long
God has been faithful; He will be again
His loving compassion – it knows no end
And all I have need of, His hand will provide
He’s always been faithful to me”
Feel free to leave a comment of what Christian songs you think are must-haves in our lullaby list and we may add them!
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