To rejoice with all the faithful of every generation expands our awareness of a great company of witnesses above and around us like a cloud (Hebrews 12:1). It lifts us out of a preoccupation with our own immediate situation and the discouragements of the present. In the knowledge that others have persevered, we are encouraged to endure against all odds (Hebrews 12:1-2). Here are songs that remind us that God was with the faithful of the past, we are reassured that God is with us today, moving us and all creation toward God's end in time. Find even more contemporary songs listed here.