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First of all, I believe that God has given us medicine to combat the destruction of sin, So when I am talking about anxiety and worry, I am not talking about clinical issues that you may have.
Although the skills we can learn from the Bible do help us along with medication.
There are real clinical issues that I think you should not be afraid to go get checked out.
I suffered for a long time from anxiety and it worked it’s way out in anger and depression.
I still worry about things.
I still get anxiety sometimes, but I can tell you that I have learned to deal with it in a healthier way.
Some of you struggle with anxiety.
Maybe it started when you were a little.
4 years old and you did not like the dark.
Maybe you were afraid that mom and dad would not come back.
Maybe some of you worried about your next meal.
Or whether or not mom or dad was in a good mood so you would not get beat on.
As you got older you worried about what you wore.
what your hair looked like.
You worried about whether miss popular or mister Jock like you.
You worried about your grades.
You worried your pimples, or your extra 5,10,15 pounds.
Whether you were too skinny, or not muscly enough.
Whether you were going to start on the High school sports team.
Maybe you worried about whether or not your friends would find out you were still a virgin.
Maybe you worried about whether or not your Mom or Dad would find out you were sleeping with your girlfriend or boyfriend.
Maybe you had anxiety over the size of you head, which was the same size in 7th grade at 4’9” and 100 lbs as it is at 5’11” 185 lbs.
Maybe you worried about being a dad when you were a Junior in High school and you had knocked up you Senior Girlfriend and it caused you to go from starting on the high school basketball team to not even playing.
Then you found out that she was not pregnant the day after you finally told your parents, and two weeks later were starting again.
Worry is a roller coaster ride and God is the straight path.
It does not stop there.
Will I get into College, Will I pass my class, my midterm, my final.
Will I have any friends.
Will i get a job, will I find a spouse, will I have Kids, Will I be able to support them.
Is my spouse going to cheat on me.
Will I ever kick this addiction.
Will anybody find out I look at porn.
Am I go to die
Some of you were like I never really worried until just now.
Thank you for that one.
I could go on and on, but what if I tell you that Worry and anxiety is just a manifestation of fear.
What if i tell you that True love drives out fear.
If we are going to address Anxiety and Worry we have to understand Love First.
Everyone of you is like really that is all you got.
I understand that Jesus Loves Me.
Jesus Love’s me ------------ this I know.
Many of you have heard that since you were little.
But do you understand the magnificence of his love.
The Perfection of his love.
The world tells us that we have to be perfect.
That we have to be the best looking, the best athlete, the smartest person, or the best at band and choir, or art and then people will love us, but the Bible tells us that Jesus loved us first.
He loved you for who you are.
He wrapped his arms around you.
He comforted you.
He was perfect so you did not have to be.
I heard a story the other day about a 30 year old woman who is struggling with anxiety when she drives to her Job.
As I was listening to her husband talk about her struggles he kept bringing up that when she is home, when she is talking to him, when she is sitting on the couch with him.
When she is with her son.
The Anxiety is manageable.
Why?
Because she feels love.
She feels secure.
So when we suffer from anxiety we are saying that we do not feel secure in Christ.
We are saying that his love is not enough.
I remember going hunting with my Dad as a Kid.
I did not worry about the license, the ammo, the fuel to get there.
I did not worry when one time their was a foot and a half of snow and we slid off the road.
I did not worry as my dad dug for hours to get us back on the road.
I knew he loved me.
I trusted that he loved me.
Now I understand that all of you did not have that growing up.
I did, yet as I aged I still worried.
I worried whether or not they would find out that I was a fake.
I worried whether or not somebody would find out about all my shameful sin.
I worried about the being ready when Jesus returned.That I did not have everything together.
I was continually focused on me.
What can I do.
The world revolved around me.
I can tell you the single greatest cure for anxiety is when the world and all the pressures that come from it are transferred to Jesus.
I had nobody to lean on but myself.
It is a lot of pressure, stress, and anxiety being your own God.
I am not saying you can get rid of the anxiety and worry.
I am saying you have Jesus through the anxiety.
It makes a big difference when you have somebody that loves you for you and molds and shapes you perfectly.
It makes a big difference when you have somebody who gives you peace, security, and comfort.
Jesus is Perfect Love!
If we are going to understand Love than we have to ask the Question.
What is Love?
How would you answer that Question.
I asked a bunch of students that Question the other day and this is what I got.
When you like someone a lot
When their flaws cancel- outish yours.
Sexuality plays a role in Love, but it is not love itself.
Love is putting your needs aside for others.
Love is caring for somebody else.
Love is like a forever warm hug
Sex
Chemistry for someone.
Love is Curiosity and Game for 2
Then I got these
Giving up your life for someone.
Love is an emotions played out in an action.
The Bible tells us in:
This Text plays out in Jesus.
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