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Daniel 5:21 “He was also driven away from mankind, and his heart was made like that of animals, and his dwelling place was with the wild donkeys.
He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he recognized that the Most High God is ruler over the realm of mankind, and that He sets over it whomever He wishes.”
Has anyone been so lost in your own mind that you see no way out?
Been so paralyzed with anxiety and/or depression that you cannot make the simplest of decisions?
Been so lost that you were OK if God took you?
I used to read about King Nebuchadnezzer and think “man I am glad that is not me becoming unbalanced.
What must he feel like being brought so low.”
I had to only wait for my 46th year to find out.
In a 12 week period I made it to work only half the time.
I ended in the ER 5 times.
Convinced that I was dying, having a heart attack, my chest was pounding, I couldn’t breath.
Terrified.
Out of my mind.
By the time I reached the ER the only solution was Lorazepam.
The week of July 4th was probably the worse.
While on “vacation” in Breckenridge I couldn’t function at all.
The family, including in-laws, went out and about.
I couldn’t make it out of the room.
I would either be crying, shaking, or asleep from exhaustion with maybe 1 or 2 hours of clarity a day.
By the end of the week Heather, Nathan, and I ended up in the Denver VA ER.
This was early in the process of figuring out what was going on.
It was also the point where the VA determined I had a chemical imbalance.
Based on the experience of the week, the doctors figured out that I had been riding a panic wave all week long.
Today we are going to talk about:
Panic and depression
How to deal with it
How to help someone else deal with it
Triangles
Love as an action
Superheroes
Let’s pray
Our Lord, guide my words so that I speak only what You desire.
Calm my spirit Lord, You alone know the depths that I fell and the emotion that comes back talking about this subject.
The rawness of that time for my family, especially Heather, and me.
Open our hearts so that we will hear, understand, and be motivated to love with action.
Amen
Is this relevant to me???
You might be thinking “this is not going to happen to me.”
However, statistically you will have a panic attack or know someone that will.
We are going to touch on not only ideas to help yourself but how you can help someone else.
Before we go any farther let me present some definitions so we are using the same terms.
Keep in mind I am not a therapist, psychologists, or psychiatrist.
My definitions are simple and not full of medical/therapist language (for any of those out there that are forgive me):
Definitions:
Stress: worried about everyday things.
Am I going to make the deadline at work? Am I going to make it to my child's activity on time?
Anxiety: Builds on stress.
I am not going to make the deadline, what is my boss going to do?
I am going to miss the activity, what will my child think of me?
This can last for a while.
Panic: your mind now decides it is going to take you on a wild ride physically and mentally.
I’m a failure.
I cannot do anything correctly.
My boss is going to fire me.
My child hates me.
I can’t catch my breath, my chest hurts, I’m having a heart attack.
Usually panic attacks last 20 to 30 minutes.
The main difference between anxiety and panic is moving from a possibility/questions to certain/foregone conclusion that it is going to happen
A side effect are some superpowers.
One can manipulate time.
Things will slow down or speed up.
For example: The family was at the top of Hancock Tower, in Boston, on the observation deck.
A panic attack set in.
By the time we got in the elevator and down to the first floor I was in full panic.
My son goes through the revolving door.
Its been a while since he went through one.
So being a kid he does not exit and just goes around.
Now I am standing in front of the revolving door trying to get in, stutter stepping.
What I see is a door moving as fast as a blender, with my son inside going around yelling Yippee!!!!!!
I eventually gave up after what I thought was about a minute and went to a normal door.
Panic disorder: multiple panic attacks.
You are not alone...
Studies show that that each year 1 in 10 American adults have at least one panic attack and 1/3 American adults have one in their lifetime.
So there is probably more than one person in this group that experienced a panic attack, or knows someone that had a panic attack.
Panic disorder affects 2-3% of all adult Americans.
Good news and bad news for everyone here… I am one of those.
But that means there are probably 2 or 3 more in this room.
Anxiety and panic treatments are virtually identical.
Panic is just one of many subsets of anxiety.
So I am using panic to mean both for the remainder of the discussion.
Mostly because I am the one talking and I can do things like that.
Knowing that lots of people have panic attacks, does it give you comfort?
Why do you think we don’t talk about it?
The Bible teaches that life is not to be done solo.
Adam and Eve, David and Jonathan, Moses and Aaron, Naomi and Ruth, Paul and Timothy.
There is no one verse I can point that clearly says do not do life alone.
But the concept is throughout all of scripture.
Think of the Formula 1 racing.
Sorry that is the one sport I do not miss a single telecast.
The other sports are just to fill in weekends when there are no races.
For those that are curious it is the champain version of NASCAR.
The drivers are not out there by themselves.
They have a whole team working with them.
The same applies in life.
You need a person/team.
One, or more, that knows you and can tell something is “off” just by looking at or hearing you.
A person with permission to call attention when you are too wrapped up to see for yourself.
Triangle
Just like a F1 team needs a Team Prinicple, we need one.
The Team Prinicple is God.
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