Lyrics
Verse 1
Be grateful in all circumstances
For this is God's will for you
Be grateful in all situations
For this is God's will for you
Chorus
Oh oh oh oh I am grateful, Thank You Lord
Oh oh oh oh I am thankful
Verse 1 (Repeat)
Chorus (Repeat x2)
Verse 2
Thank you for every open door,
Thank You for every sickness healed Oh Thank You God
Oh oh oh I am grateful
Thank You for my life
Thank You for my family
I thank You for this moment right now
For always working for my good
Thank you for every door, for I know He's working for my good
Thank you for every open door, thank you for every sickness healed, Thank You God
I thank You for my life, I thank You for family, I'm thankful for this moment right now
I know that I could be six feet under, but you're just too loving
Verse 3
Thank you God
Thank you God
Thank you God
Thank you for Your faithfulness
Oh oh oh oh I am grateful
I'm grateful for my family, I'm grateful for my healing, Thank You God
Siyabonga, siyabonga, (thank You) God I'm grateful, grateful and I am thankful...
Obrigado
Verse 4
Thank you Lord, for restoring, for reclaiming, for redeeming, for healing
For seeing me through, for healing my wounds
For healing my depression, for opening doors
Lord I thank You,
I thank You Lord
Thank You for this moment
So many could have loved to be here tonight
but You chose me
But you got me through God
You kept me through my sickness
You kept me through my thick and thin
Outro
I'm grateful for loving me, I'm grateful for choosing me, thank You for everything You've done
Kea leboha Nkosi, kea leboha simakade
Thank you for my health
Thank You, thank You, Thank You...
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
"I Am Grateful" is a multilingual thanksgiving song built on a New Testament instruction paraphrased directly in its opening lines: be grateful in every circumstance, since that is God's will. The chorus repeats a simple declaration of gratitude before the verses move into specific reasons for thanks, open doors, healed sickness, family, and simply being alive to experience the present moment. A recurring line acknowledging that the singer "could be six feet under" grounds the gratitude in a real sense of preserved life rather than abstract positivity. Later verses widen the list of reasons for thanks to include restoration, healing from depression, and being chosen to be present for a specific moment, phrased as though many others could have taken that same place. The song closes by shifting briefly into Zulu, Portuguese, and Sesotho expressions of thanks, alongside the English refrain, turning a personal testimony into a shared, multilingual expression of gratitude. Structurally its repeated short phrases of thanks function less as a narrative and more as an extended act of gratitude spoken aloud.
Related Scripture
- 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Instructs giving thanks in all circumstances as God's will, directly paraphrased in the song's opening lines.
- Psalm 103:2-3 Calls for remembering God's benefits, including healing all diseases, matching the lyric thanking God for sickness healed.