Million Little Miracles (feat. Joe L Barnes)
Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music · Old Church Basement
Overflowing gratitude that can't be contained
What do these signals mean?
- Edifying: Points the heart toward God, truth, hope, or love.
- Worth Weighing: Real good and real concern together. Test it before you take it in.
- Take Caution: Leans toward what could dull or mislead. Approach carefully.
- Consider Avoiding: Celebrates what Scripture warns against. Little here builds up.
Weighed against Scripture
“Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.”
The psalmist declares that God's wondrous deeds are too many to recount — the same posture of grateful overwhelm the song embodies throughout.
“It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”
Even in the song's grief (the death of a brother, past chains), it insists God's mercies are new every morning — exactly the logic of 'every day there's a new miracle.'
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
The opening lines — 'carried by grace,' blessings undeserved — echo Paul's point that grace is received, not earned, and that's precisely what makes it worth talking about.
This is a song of uncountable gratitude. It doesn't pretend life has been painless — it names scars, a mother's healing, a father's redemption, grief over a brother — but it refuses to let any of that be the last word. The recurring line 'I can't even count 'em all' captures something genuinely biblical: the sense that God's kindness outruns our ability to track it. It's less a theological statement and more an overflow, the kind of song that comes from someone who has actually been watching.
Entirely clean. The song names real pain (scars, a brother's death, chains) without dwelling in it, and turns each toward thankfulness.
The posture is pure gratitude and wonder directed at God. It names Jesus explicitly, credits grace as the source of all good, and expresses a genuine desire to stay aware of who God is.
Both Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music are known for congregational worship. This song is clearly built to invite communal praise and personal reflection on God's faithfulness.
When you think back over the last year, what is one thing that didn't add up in your favor unless Someone was paying attention?