The heart
The heart of the song is confidence, praise and declaration. It gives that posture a simple musical home so the listener can enter the theme without needing a long explanation.
Gathered Praise Worship song
Name Above All Names
Name Above All Names sits within the Jesus, Only Jesus EP as a early congregational lift. It carries jesus through confidence, praise and declaration, giving listeners a focused way to pray, reflect and respond in worship.
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Purpose
Why this song exists.
Name Above All Names exists to give listeners and gathered worshippers a clear way into jesus. A stronger shared declaration centred on the name of Jesus, bringing lift after the intimacy of the opener.
The song does not try to explain every part of the EP at once. It holds one worship task with care, giving the listener language that can be sung honestly in a service, during prayer, or in the quiet of ordinary life.
Meaning
What the song carries.
At its heart, the song treats jesus as something to be received before it is performed. The focus is not on musical display, but on helping attention turn towards Jesus with language that feels plain, prayerful and singable.
The title gives the song its centre of gravity. Around that centre, the words and movement of the song hold confidence, praise and declaration, making room for personal devotion and shared congregational response.
The heart behind it
A focused worship response within a wider EP journey.
A stronger shared declaration centred on the name of Jesus, bringing lift after the intimacy of the opener.
The reason
The song is placed where it is because the EP needs this particular voice in the journey. As a early congregational lift, it helps shape how the wider release is heard and received.
The purpose
The purpose is worship: words and melody that can carry prayer, reflection and response towards Jesus in a way that remains clear and congregational.
In the EP arc
Where the song sits.
Name Above All Names carries one of the central statements of the EP. It gathers the theme into a form that can be remembered and sung, helping the listener hear the heart of the release with particular clarity.
Within Jesus, Only Jesus, the song belongs to a wider five-song journey. It stands on its own, but it also helps the EP move with purpose from the opening posture to the final response.
For listening and worship
How the song serves.
For everyday listening, the song offers worship language for moments when jesus needs to be remembered and sung, not merely understood.
For churches and worship leaders, it is shaped as a early congregational lift: clear in focus, connected to the wider EP, and intended to serve gathered voices as well as personal prayer.
Lyrics
Name Above All Names lyrics.
Read and reflect on the full lyric in its sung shape, following the repeated choruses, bridges and final response as the song unfolds.
Verse 1
Jesus, there is none beside You None so merciful and strong In Your name the weary gather In Your name the weak belong You are refuge for the broken You are peace for anxious hearts And the sound of Your salvation Lights the deepest dark
Chorus
Name above all names Name above all names Jesus, You are lifted higher Name above all names Hope for every heart Grace for all our shame There is power in the name of Jesus Name above all names
Verse 2
When the fear around us rises When the night feels long and cold Still Your name remains our shelter Still Your love will keep its hold At the mention of Your goodness At the whisper of Your grace Every burden starts to loosen In the light of Your face
Chorus
Name above all names Name above all names Jesus, You are lifted higher Name above all names Hope for every heart Grace for all our shame There is power in the name of Jesus Name above all names
Bridge
Bless the name of Jesus Bless the name of Jesus Every heart and every generation Bless the name of Jesus Lift the name of Jesus Lift the name of Jesus There is healing, there is freedom In the name of Jesus
Bridge
Bless the name of Jesus Bless the name of Jesus Every heart and every generation Bless the name of Jesus Lift the name of Jesus Lift the name of Jesus There is healing, there is freedom In the name of Jesus
Final Chorus
Name above all names Name above all names Jesus, You are lifted higher Name above all names Hope for every heart Grace for all our shame There is power in the name of Jesus Name above all names
Outro
Name above all names Name above all names
More from Jesus, Only Jesus
Hear the song within the full EP.
The song belongs to a five-song worship journey. These companion songs carry the same release theme from different angles.
Jesus, Only Jesus
Adoration, devotion and nearness
The main theme statement and lead-song candidate, giving the EP its clearest confession that Jesus is enough.
Near to Me
Trust, rest and nearness
The quieter centre of the EP, bringing the release into a restful awareness of Jesus' keeping presence.
All I Need Is Christ
Dependence, surrender and trust
A clear confession of Christ's sufficiency, following nearness with dependence and trust.
Be Lifted High
Adoration, confidence and praise
The finale gathers the EP into its broadest declaration of Jesus exalted above every rival and every name.
Worship for the gathered church
Explore the full Jesus, Only Jesus EP.
Name Above All Names is one part of a wider worship journey shaped for everyday listeners, local churches and worship leaders.