{"id":259,"date":"2008-02-20T11:30:44","date_gmt":"2008-02-20T16:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=259"},"modified":"2008-03-14T22:27:14","modified_gmt":"2008-03-15T03:27:14","slug":"will-you-love-jesus-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=259","title":{"rendered":"Will you love Jesus more?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are going through a series in chapel at North Cobb Christian<\/a> called LOVE: It’s All Greek to Me. We have spent the first 3 weeks going through Philos, Eros, and Agape. It has been a great series and I have really enjoyed having different folks teach each week. It has really been a blessing to just listen and soak these past few weeks. The prevailing theme so far has been the question…After people have spent time with you, do they value Christ more?<\/p>\n

This has challenged me to remember some milestones in my life. Here are a few I mentioned to our students this morning…<\/p>\n

June 4, 1996 I graduated from White Station High School<\/a>. I walked across the stage, shook Steve Simpson’s<\/a> hand and received my diploma. I became a Christian summer before my junior year. Did the way I lived those last two years at White Station cause people to love Jesus more?<\/p>\n

December 16, 2000 I graduated from The University of Memphis<\/a>. I walked across the stage, shook Dr. Rawlins’ hand and received my diploma. Did the way I lived during my years at Memphis cause people to love Jesus more?<\/p>\n

August 28, 2005 was my last day as the Director of Student Ministries at Acworth United Methodist Church<\/a>. I served there for 5 years over the student ministry and as the worship leader for the contemporary service. Did the way I lived in front of those folks cause them to love Jesus more?<\/p>\n

I’ve been at NCCS for 3 years now. If I were to walk away tomorrow, would the people here love Jesus more because of the life I’ve lived in front of them? Do I keep that in mind with every conversation, every situation, every opportunity?<\/p>\n

John 13:34-35 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. <\/span>By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”<\/p>\n

Here are the lyrics to one of my favorite songs by Phillips, Craig, and Dean<\/a>. The song is called “Will You Love Jesus More?” If you happen to read this blog or stopped by for the first time today…hold me accountable to this.<\/p>\n

Will You Love Jesus More?
\nPhillips, Craig, and Dean<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

I feel quite sure if I did my best
\nI could maybe impress you
\nWith tender words and a harmony
\nA clever rhyme or two<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

But if all I’ve done in the time we’ve shared
\nIs turn your eyes on me
\nThen I’ve failed at what I’ve been called to do
\nThere’s someone else I want you to see<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

CHORUS<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Will you love Jesus more
\nWhen we go our different ways
\nWhen this moment is a memory
\nWill you remember His face
\nWill you look back and realize
\nYou sensed His love more than you did before
\nI’d pray for nothing less
\nThan for you to love Jesus more<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

I’d like to keep these memories
\nIn frames of gold and silver
\nAnd reminisce a year from now
\nAbout the smiles we’ve shared<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

But above all else I hope you will come
\nTo know the Father’s love
\nWhen you see the Lord face to face
\nYou’ll hear Him say “well done”<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

I’d pray for nothing less
\nThan for you to love Jesus more<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are going through a series in chapel at North Cobb Christian called LOVE: It’s All Greek to Me. We have spent the first 3 weeks going through Philos, Eros, and Agape. It has been a great series and I have really enjoyed having different folks teach each week. It has really been a blessing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}