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
0.11UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.09UNLIKELY
Fear
0.08UNLIKELY
Joy
0.66LIKELY
Sadness
0.51LIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.65LIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.36UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.85LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.9LIKELY
Extraversion
0.23UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.52LIKELY
Emotional Range
0.7LIKELY
Tone of specific sentences
Tones
Emotion
Language
Social Tendencies
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
Loss - detriment, liability
An intentional act of laying aside
Involves two step, this week we are looking at the 1st.
The first step is a decision to not allow anything to compete with Christ.
There are things that we have to be willing to let go of in order to be used and usable by God.
Paul demonstrated for us, and described for us, what God led him to set aside for the purpose of Godliness
There is another component to loss that must be considered.
It is not just what you have obtained that you are trusting in, but also what you have been pursuing.
Pursuing Christ means necessarily not pursuing other things
Seven Losses for One Gain
Abilities
Natural or learned skills are not a substitute for a heart yielded to God.
Many people today try to serve God in their ability instead of their surrender.
Your abilities will never be sufficient to the mission that God has called you to.
Religion
Allegiance to a set of ideas or principals can be valuable but it can also become an idol.
The exercise of our devotion is not the end goal it is the tool that God uses to mold us.
You cannot trust in religious activities to gain God’s favor.
Nationality
We are blessed to live in the United States.
She is not perfect but for over 200 years, the principles upon which she was founded have served her citizens well and provided for an environment in which the Gospel has been freely preached.
We must be careful to realize that the Gospel has not been so powerful because of America but that America has been so powerful because of the propagation of the Gospel.
The value of the nation lies not in the natural resources, the inspired founding documents or even in the generic goodness in many of her people.
There will be millions and millions of Americans in hell.
Status
Many of us have lots of friends.
Our social circle is very important to us.
Others have reached a place of high esteem in their professions and find joy in the prestige that comes with positions.
More than anything, our status must serve as a platform from which the Gospel can be spread further rather than a perch upon which we rest.
Accomplishments
When our sense of value comes from the things we have done or the things we possess we are off the mark.
Striving to do well and being diligent in your efforts in life is an important tool to point others to the grace of God that allows you to reach those milestones.
Living to achieve or possess, is an empty existence that has placed your ambition ahead of God’s will.
Passion
Passion can be very easily misplaced.
Later today in the Superdome in New Orleans, tens of thousands of Saints fans will be cheering on their team with a passion the Church can only dream of.
Hitler’s followers were passionate, the 9/11 hijackers were passionate, many people in our world today are passionate following what they believe to be a worthy goal.
Be certain that you run your race with passion but only in the proper direction.
Self-Righteousness
Some people are very impressed with themselves.
They would give you a hand but they are too busy patting themselves on the back.
If he sum total of your knowledge, goodness and virtue were gasoline it wouldn’t get an ant’s go-cart around a Cheerio twice.
What is God telling you that you need to set aside for His glory?
Explain the paper on the tables up front.
Put nothing ahead of God today.
Choose Him and Him only and count everything else as loss.
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9