Sermon Tone Analysis

Numbers 1:1-54

Living for You, Lord, is not easy.

we face determined opposition from Satan.

He keeps coming back at us, again and again.

We thank You, Lord, that we do not stand against him in our own strength.

We stand in Your strength, in the victory of our risen Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Numbers 2:1-34

Lord, we thank You for Your Word.

You have spoken to us.

You are still speaking to us.

It's Your Word that leads us on into Your future.

Help us to listen to what You are saying to us, to build our lives on Your Word, to let Your Word flow out from us, to bring blessing to many.

Numbers 3:1-51

Before we began to serve You, Lord, You were calling us to be Your servants.

Before we can serve You, we must be saved by You.

We're saved to serve.

Help us, Lord, to receive Your salvation and to give ourselves in Your service.

Your salvation always comes first - never our service!

Your salvation never stands on its own - it leads to our service!



Numbers 4:1-49

Lord, You're calling us to grow in Christ.

You're calling us to be changed - changed in our way of thinking, changed in our way of living.

You're calling us to be less self-centred - and more centred on You.

May there be less doing our own thing - and more following Jesus, less living in the weakness of the flesh - and more living in the power of the Spirit.

Numbers 5:1-31

We thank You, Lord, that Jesus, Your Son, has taken our sin upon Himself.

We thank You that He brings Your salvation to us.

With Jesus as our Saviour, we cannot remain the same as we were before we met Him.

Jesus changes us.

He makes us new.

Help us, Lord, to live in the power of this new life which Jesus gives to us.

Help us to live in His power - the power of His love.

Numbers 6:1-27

Lord, You call us to "be filled with Your Spirit" (Ephesians 5:18) - the Spirit of holiness, the Spirit of love.

You are the holy God, the loving God - our holy Father, our loving Father.

May there be, in us, the family likeness.

Help us to become more like You - more holy, more loving.

Numbers 7:1-47

Lord, You gave Your Son, Jesus - to be our Saviour.

Help us to give ourselves to You - to be Your servants.

Jesus died for us.

Help us to live for Him.

Help us never to forget His sacrifice - "Love so amazing, so divine."

May we be challenged by His sacrifice - "Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all."

Help us to respond to His sacrifice - "Love so amazing, so divine, shall have my soul, my life, my all."

Numbers 7:48-89

Lord, You speak to us.

Help us to speak to You.

You're speaking.

Are we listening?

You're listening to us.

Are we speaking to You?

Your Word to us is the call of love.

You tell us that You love us.

You're calling us to love You.

May our words (and our life) be our response to Your love - "loving Him who first loved me."

Numbers 8:1-26

We thank You, Lord, for Your Word.

It's " a lamp to our feet and a light to our path" (Psalm 119:105).

As we read Your written Word, we hear the voice of Jesus, Your living Word.

Jesus speaks to us.

He calls us out of our darkness.

He calls us into Your light.

It's the light of Your salvation.

It's the light that changes everything.

It's the light of Your love.

Numbers 9:1-23

We look back, Lord, to what You have done for us.

We look forward to all that You will do for us.

We remember our Saviour, crucified for us.

We await our Saviour, coming for us.

Fill our hearts, Lord, with thanksgiving for all that You have done for us.

In Your great love for us, You have given to us Your great salvation.

Fill our hearts with the faith that faces the future with the confidence that Your love will never fail us - You will lead us safely on to Your heavenly and eternal glory.

Numbers 10:1-36

We thank You, Lord, for Your Holy Spirit.

He works in us to bring blessing to us.

He works through us to bring blessing to others.

Without the working of Your Spirit, there can be no blessing.

May the "living waters" of Your Spirit flow in our hearts and out from our hearts to others to bring blessing to many (John 7:37-39).

Numbers 11:1-35

Lord, we have begun to follow Jesus.

Help us to keep on following Him.

Again and again, we are tempted to turn back, to return to the ways of this world.

Help us to keep on saying, "I have decided to follow Jesus - No turning back.

The world behind me, the Cross before me - No turning back.

If no-one joins me, still I will follow - No turning back."

Numbers 12:1-13:33

Lord, we need Your Word of encouragement.

Sometimes, our problems seem to be so big.

Help us to see that Your power is always greater than our problems.

When everything in us seems to be saying, "I can't", help us to hear - and speak - the Word of faith, " I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13).

Numbers 14:1-45

Sometimes, Lord, we wonder, "Is there any light at the end of the tunnel?"

Help us to hear Your answer - Yes.

There is: "I will be with you.

I will never leave you" (Joshua 1:5).

Strengthened by Your wonderful promises, help us to rise up and face the future with the confidence that comes from knowing that You are leading us on into Your glorious future: "eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 6:23).

Numbers 15:1-41

We thank You, Lord, that You are our God - the God of our salvation.