Gathered Praise Worship EP · Hope

Anchor of Hope

Anchor of Hope is a worship release for the waiting place. It gives language to the church when the answer is not yet visible, but Christ remains near, steady and worthy of trust.

Released 16th February 2026 · Five songs

The track list

Five songs.
One shared posture.

Read the lyrics, discover the story and watch the official lyric video for each song.

Inside the EP

The heart of
Anchor of Hope.

The purpose of this EP is to keep hope from becoming vague optimism. These songs hold hope in Christ, in promise, in God's nearness and in the conviction that joy will rise again.

It is shaped for people worshipping in the middle of uncertainty. The release does not rush past waiting; it gives the waiting place a melody and a confession.

Hope with weight

The EP treats hope as something anchored, not something fragile or dependent on circumstances.

Room for waiting

Several songs deliberately stay inside the unresolved moment, allowing worship to be honest as well as confident.

A final lift

The sequence is designed to finish with joy rising, not because pain is ignored but because Christ is steady.

Hear it as a whole

A journey worth
taking together.

Light Ahead opens with forward movement, lifting the eyes before the title track names Christ as the anchor. Hold On, My Soul then turns hope into personal self-exhortation.

In the Waiting gives the EP its quieter devotional centre, while Joy Will Rise resolves the release with a broad congregational lift and confident hope.

Take the music with you