Lyrics
Verse 1
You came to the world You created
Trading Your crown for a cross
You willingly died
Your innocent life paid the cost
Counting Your stature as nothing
The King of all kings came to serve
Washing my feet
Covering me with Your love
Chorus
If more of You means less of me
Take everything
Yes, all of You is all I need
Take everything
Verse 2
You are my life and my treasure
The One that I can't live without
Here at Your feet
My desires and dreams I lay down
Here at Your feet
My desires and dreams I lay down
Chorus
If more of You means less of me
Take everything
Yes, all of You is all I need
Take everything
If more of You means less of me
Take everything
Yes, all of You is all I need
Take everything
Bridge
Oh Lord, change me like only You can
Here with my heart in Your hands
Father I pray make me more like Jesus
This world is dying to know who You are
You've shown us the way to Your heart
So Father I pray make me more like Jesus
Oh Lord, change me like only You can
Here with my heart in Your hands
Father I pray make me more like Jesus
This world is dying to know who You are
You've shown us the way to Your heart
So Father I pray make me more like Jesus
More like Jesus I pray
Make me more like Jesus
Oh Lord, oh Lord
Father I pray, Father I pray
Make me more like Jesus
Chorus
If more of You means less of me
Take everything
Yes, all of You is all I need
Take everything
If more of You means less of me
Take everything
Yes, all of You is all I need
Take everything
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Meaning & Inspiration
“More Like Jesus” by Passion with Kristian Stanfill is a prayer for transformation that begins by looking at Christ. The first verse recalls the King of kings trading His crown for a cross, counting His stature as nothing, and washing feet. This echoes Philippians 2:5-8 and the scene of foot washing in John 13.
The response in the chorus is surrender: “If more of You means less of me, take everything.” The idea is close to John 3:30, “He must increase, but I must decrease.” The second verse adds that Jesus is the singer’s life and treasure, and lays desires and dreams at His feet.
The bridge makes the request direct, asking to be changed “like only You can” and made more like Jesus. It adds a wider concern that the world is dying to know who God is, and that the way to His heart has been shown. The song ties personal change to witness, recalling Romans 8:29 on being conformed to the image of the Son.
Related Scripture
- Philippians 2:5-8 Christ humbling Himself to the cross
- John 3:30 He must increase, I must decrease
- Romans 8:29 Being conformed to the image of the Son