Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
This automated analysis scores the text on the likely presence of emotional, language, and social tones. There are no right or wrong scores; this is just an indication of tones readers or listeners may pick up from the text.
A score of 0.5 or higher indicates the tone is likely present.
Emotion Tone
Anger
0.17UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.11UNLIKELY
Fear
0.13UNLIKELY
Joy
0.54LIKELY
Sadness
0.24UNLIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.3UNLIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.31UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.72LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.83LIKELY
Extraversion
0.09UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.95LIKELY
Emotional Range
0.66LIKELY
Tone of specific sentences
Tones
Emotion
Language
Social Tendencies
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
*Luke 1:* *26 *In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, *27 *to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David.
The virgin’s name was *Mary*.
*28 *The angel went to her and said, *“Greetings, you who are highly favored!*
The Lord is with you.” *29 *Mary was greatly *troubled* at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
*30 *But the angel said to her, “Do not be *afraid*, Mary, you have found favor with God.
*31 *You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.
*32 *He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.
The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, *33 *and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.”
*34 *“*How will this be,*” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
*35 *The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
*36 *Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month.
*37 *For nothing is impossible with God.” *38 *“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered.
“May it be to me as you have said.”
Then the angel left her.
* *Greetings, you who are highly favored!*
* *I’ve got good news for you…*
* Normally people don’t get troubled and afraid when someone comes and say this.
* Mary was greatly
* Troubled at his words.
* Afraid
* You will be with Child (I am a virgin)
* He will be a boy (How do you determine the sex before pregnancy)
* His name will be Jesus ( Not normal to do this) */Luke 1:61/* objection that he was named after someone in the family)
* He will be great and be called son of the most high (Blasphemy)
* God will give him the throne of David (The highest ruler)
* He will rule forever (Just plain impossible)
* *
* *How will this be?
Good question!*
* *
#. *The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you*
* Miracles are birthed by the Holy Spirit
* What God starts he will take care of, lead and finish.
* Yes but…Did he start it by the Holy Spirit?
#. *Many times God will be doing the same things in other places*
* It can give you security so that you can confirm that it is God.
#. *Nothing is impossible with God*
* Nothing!
WITH GOD!
The Lord is with you!
*Now let’s look at God’s faith, Yes God’s faith*
* *
* *God had faith in a Mary.*
* God is willing to trust people.
* What if Mary would have aborted Jesus!
* What if Joseph would have gone crazy and done something radical.
* If our faith is going to work we will have to trust people
* Yes but people… If we are in something that God started then, nothing to worry about.
If God is for us, who can be against us?....*/Romans 8:31/*
* People could abort my plans.
* People can go crazy and hinder my plans…
* *God had faith to enter the earth as a Baby*.
* God is not afraid to start small
* There are many firsts that have to be experienced.
First steps.
* We don’t always have what we will need when we begin
* God has patience (For thirty years Jesus grew)
* If our faith is going to work we must be willing to start small, start at the beginning.
* Be willing to take baby steps and experience firsts.
* Brave enough to start before we have everything
* Patient enough to continue when it takes a long time.
* *God had faith that no matter what happened around Jesus it didn’t have to affect the final outcome.*
* The environment can’t stop God
* Did the birth of Jesus make everyone around nicer? * More Godly?
* The works of the devil diminish?
* The world hasn’t changed since you became a Christian either.
* It hasn’t opened its arm just because New Beginning began.
* The world is also not running into the church and becoming Holier because I became a Christian and God is with me.
* The devil has left town as far as I see.
* “*I am the Lord’s servant*,” …….
answered.
*“May it be to me as you have said*.”
* I am the Lord’s servant
* Are we? Really?
* What do servants do?
Everything the Master says.
* I came into the Masters house and now I am angry at him because he doesn’t serve me!
Ha!
* Say it!
I am the Lord’ servant!
* Humble yourself – death to pride
* May it be to me, as you have said!
* Whatever you say, that is the way it will be.
*1 Peter 5: 5b *…..“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
*6 **Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand*, that he may lift you up in due time.
* This is the position of his miracles.
* Humble *yourself*, for your miracle.
God won’t do it.
* Humble yourself *that he may lift you up*.
Let’s learn from God and Mary this Christmas season.
Humble yourself and receive the Savior.
Humble yourself and receive new life.
Humble yourself and receive your miracle.
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9