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Count Your Blessings
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Jun 15, 2026 updated
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Johnson Oatman's hymn 'Count Your Blessings' encourages believers to focus on God's goodness rather than life's troubles. The song urges listeners to recall specific blessings, promising that gratitude will lift discouragement and doubt. It acknowledges burdens and comparisons with others but points to Christ's spiritual riches and heavenly reward. The repeated refrain emphasizes naming blessings one by one, leading to surprise at God's faithfulness. The hymn offers comfort and perspective, reminding that God is sovereign over all conflicts and provides angelic help to the end.
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When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord has done
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
Count your blessings, see what God has done!
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
Count your many blessings, see what God has done
And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.
Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly,
And you will keep singing as the days go by.
When you look at others with their lands and gold,
Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold;
Count your many blessings wealth can never buy,
Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.
So, amid the conflict whether great or small,
Do not be discouraged, God is over all;
Count your many blessings, angels will attend,
Help and comfort give you to your journey?s end.