God I'm Just Grateful
"God I'm Just Grateful" is a song recorded live by American contemporary worship collective Elevation Worship featuring Gospel musician Chandler Moore. The song was officially released as a single on November 7, 2025, through Elevation Worship Records. The song was written by Abubakar Baker Shariff-Farr, Moore, Joshua Coleman, Pat Barrett, and Steven Furtick, and produced by Ammo, Moore, Chris Brown, Jonathan Smith, Josh Holiday, and Furtick.
Background
In October 2025, Moore, alongside Naomi Raine, announced their departure from Maverick City Music, an American gospel music collective, in what Billboard described as an "abrupt exit." Following his departure, Moore became involved in a public legal dispute with the collective, the claims of which were denied by its leadership. Moore later joined a newly founded gospel music collective, God Aura, alongside several other former members of Maverick City Music. "God I'm Just Grateful" marked Moore's first song recorded following his departure from Maverick City Music.Release and promotion
"God I'm Just Grateful" was supported by the release of a performance music video, which was uploaded to YouTube. It was published by Music by Elevation Worship Publishing, For Humans Publishing, and Maverick City Publishing, despite Moore's departure from the collective; with Music by Elevation Worship controlling 28.34% ownership, For Humans controlling 14.16%, and Maverick City controlling 14.17%. The song was released to major digital download and streaming platforms. It was promoted with the release of a music video on November 6, 2025, a lyric video on November 10, 2025, and an acoustic music video on January 17, 2026.Writing and development
Moore labelled "God I'm Just Grateful" as his favorite song which he had collaborated with Furtick and Elevation Worship on. It was recorded live in September 2025, at Elevation Church. The song was written to be Thanksgiving-themed. Jesus Freak Hideout noted that it is a "heartfelt song of thankfulness." The song was inspired by the Bible passage of Psalm 107:1, which states, "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever." "God I'm Just Grateful" is composed in the key of D, with a speed of 73 beats per minute and a time signature of. It runs for five minutes. The song contains a "live-worship aesthetic," characteristic of the style of contemporary worship music.Brown said of the song:
Moore also stated that:
Reception
Critical
Coghive praised the song's "incredible vocal talent and songwriting prowess", observing that it was "soul-stirring" and a "powerful, heartfelt prayer of profound appreciation," overall noting that the song was a "beautiful soundtrack for personal reflection and corporate worship."Commercial
"God I'm Just Grateful" debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart week dated to November 22, 2025, concurrently appearing at No. 4 on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart and No. 14 on the Christian Streaming Songs chart. For the chart week dated to December 6, 2025, the song achieved its peak of No. 5 on the Hot Christian Songs chart and No. 8 on the Christian Streaming Songs chart. The song marks Elevation Worship's twelfth top-five entry into the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart.Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal Music.Musicians
- Brittany Diaz – background vocals
- Chandler Moore – keyboards, lead vocals
- Chris Brown – acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Davide Mutendji – background vocals
- E. Edwards – guitar
- Elevation Worship Choir – background vocals
- Hannah Cheshire – background vocals
- Isaiah Templeton – background vocals
- Jenna Barrientes – background vocals
- Joey Signa – guitar
- Jonsal Barrientes – background vocals
- Josh Holiday – keyboards
- LJ Mitchell – organ
- Otis Williams – drums
- Scott Gardner – piano
- Shae Wooten – bass
- Tiffany Hudson – background vocals
- Tori Elliott – background vocals
- Vincent Baynard – drums
- William Oakley – percussion
Technical
- Abubaker Baker Shariff-Farr – writer
- Believe Kamba – engineer
- Bryan Soto – engineer
- Chandler Moore – producer, writer
- Chris Brown – producer
- Dustin Maxwell – engineer
- Graham King – engineer
- Ian Womack – engineer
- Jonathan Mix – recording engineer
- Jonathan Smith – producer, programmer
- Josh Holiday – producer, programmer
- Joshua Coleman – producer, writer
- Joshua Linker – engineer
- Nathan Decker – engineer
- Pat Barrett – writer
- Samuel Gibson – masterer, mixer
- Steven Furtick – producer, writer, executive producer
- William Oakley – engineer
- Zach King – engineer