Faith + Hope + Love by Hillsong Worship

Faith + Hope + Love is the 2009 live worship album from Hillsong in Sydney, recorded with a full congregation in the room. It is part of the long-running praise series, led here by Reuben Morgan and Darlene Zschech among others. The theme runs through the title: three plain virtues held up and sung over at length.

Why listen?

The sound is broad, anthemic worship, built around piano, guitars, and a crowd in full voice. The production is live and roomy, keeping the sense of a real gathering rather than a studio. The lyrics are simple and direct, written to be sung by anyone, not just listened to. There is a clear arc from quiet adoration to loud, unguarded praise across the set. It is music made to be joined in, and it draws you in to do exactly that.

Favourite song: You Hold Me Now

The closing song became the album's most enduring, a long, slow build that gathers the whole room into a single voice. It carries real weight by the end.

No weeping, no hurt or pain
No suffering, You hold me now
You hold me now
No darkness, no sick or lame
No hiding, You hold me now
You hold me now

The way it swells over its final minutes feels like the last rise before a summit, when the effort and the reward arrive together. The song trades striving for being held, and the crowd leans into it. That sense of rest at the close is what stays with me.

Key takeaway

Faith + Hope + Love is a wide, generous live worship set. A heartfelt, congregational listen.

Tracklist

• The First and the Last
• For Your Name
• Glow
• It's Your Love
• I Will Exalt You
• Yahweh
• No Reason to Hide
• God One and Only
• The Wonder of Your Love
• His Glory Appears
• We the Redeemed
• We Will See Him
• You Hold Me Now

Details

Listen on

• Apple Music
• Amazon
• Spotify

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