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
0.16UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.12UNLIKELY
Fear
0.12UNLIKELY
Joy
0.61LIKELY
Sadness
0.51LIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.75LIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.17UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.79LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.81LIKELY
Extraversion
0.13UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.62LIKELY
Emotional Range
0.66LIKELY

Tone of specific sentences

Tones
Emotion
Anger
Disgust
Fear
Joy
Sadness
Language
Analytical
Confident
Tentative
Social Tendencies
Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Emotional Range
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
Intro
A young woman is preparing a pot roast while her friend looks on.
She cuts off both ends of the roast, prepares it and puts it in the pan.
“Why do you cut off the ends?” her friend asks.
“I don’t know”, she replies.
“My mother always did it that way and I learned how to cook it from her”.
Her friend’s question made her curious about her pot roast preparation.
During her next visit home, she asked her mother, “How do you cook a pot roast?”
Her mother proceeded to explain and added, “You cut off both ends, prepare it and put it in the pot and then in the oven”.
“Why do you cut off the ends?” the daughter asked.
Baffled, the mother offered, “That’s how my mother did it and I learned it from her!”
Her daughter’s inquiry made the mother think more about the pot roast preparation.
When she next visited her mother in the nursing home, she asked, “Mom, how do you cook a pot roast?”
The mother slowly answered, thinking between sentences.
“Well, you prepare it with spices, cut off both ends and put it in the pot”.
The mother asked, “But why do you cut off the ends?”
The grandmother’s eyes sparkled as she remembered.
“Well, the roasts were always bigger than the pot that we had back then.
I had to cut off the ends to fit it into the pot that I owned”.
How often, do we take action and don’t even think to ask, “Why do it this way?”
Some of our behaviors were learned long ago – and come out of circumstances that may no longer be relevant and belong to another place and time.
And yet, we just keep doing the same thing, over and over.
We need to stop and ask ourselves, “Why do I do this?”
Is this an anachronism; has it outlived its relevance?
Do I need to update my repertoire?
What might I do differently and perhaps more effectively if I did not feel bound to the way I “have always done it”?  Review and change is yet  another step towards going to the next level.
Leadership requires flexibility and creativity.
Change is healthy and necessary for both ourselves and in the church.
Vital leadership requires that  we  continually question our processes and behaviors and to adopt those changes that are the best fit for these times and God’s word.
Taken and edited from http://selfdefinedleadership.com/blog/?p=158
The “Norm” Verses 13-16
V13 Moses is doing all the work.
What is seen in the character of the “Man of God”?
What is seen in the character of the “Man of God”?
· As a man of God Moses was not simply a title holder but he worked tirelessly for the people of God.
can attest to the work of a minister and how it is not simply a title.
It is important work for the people of God.
It is through this work in which the man of God will receive his crown!
This great work of God is held up by the man of God.
Jethro loved Moses.
He led with a query and not a critique.
· Jethro was curious about his son in law.
· Questions are not a bad thing, especially from those who truly care.
· Note: His interests were peaked because of the proofs of God done through Moses while dealing with Pharoah.
Jethro, even though he still remained a priest of another god, now believed that Yahweh was greater than all other gods.
That was a step in the right direction.
Do your actions cause people to step towards God?
ex 18 1
Moses readily had a response to give to his father in law.
I believe this illustrates that we should already be prepared to give reasons for why we do the things we do.
Moses explains that he is a mediator between both man and God.
· Notice that this role would be kin to the role of so called pastors in today’s world.
Deciding the matters of the church and proclaiming the word from God.
Notice that this role would be kin to the role of so called pastors in today’s world who look more like dictators in their “church”.
Deciding the matters of the church and proclaiming the word from God BY THEMSELVES!
“…I make known to them the statutes and instructions of God.”
Moses makes known the statutes and instructions of God.
Statute- A law enacted by an authoritative figure.
Instructions- An outline or manual of technical procedure
· Instructions- An outline or manual of technical procedure
“If you are at work in the kingdom do YOUR best and know WHY you are doing what you are doing.”
A young woman is preparing a pot roast while her friend looks on.
She cuts off both ends of the roast, prepares it and puts it in the pan.
“Why do you cut off the ends?” her friend asks.
“I don’t know”, she replies.
“My mother always did it that way and I learned how to cook it from her”.
Her friend’s question made her curious about her pot roast preparation.
During her next visit home, she asked her mother, “How do you cook a pot roast?”
Her mother proceeded to explain and added, “You cut off both ends, prepare it and put it in the pot and then in the oven”.
“Why do you cut off the ends?” the daughter asked.
Baffled, the mother offered, “That’s how my mother did it and I learned it from her!”
Her daughter’s inquiry made the mother think more about the pot roast preparation.
When she next visited her mother in the nursing home, she asked, “Mom, how do you cook a pot roast?”
The mother slowly answered, thinking between sentences.
“Well, you prepare it with spices, cut off both ends and put it in the pot”.
The mother asked, “But why do you cut off the ends?”
The grandmother’s eyes sparkled as she remembered.
“Well, the roasts were always bigger than the pot that we had back then.
I had to cut off the ends to fit it into the pot that I owned”.
How often, do we take action and don’t even think to ask, “Why do it this way?”
Some of our behaviors were learned long ago – and come out of circumstances that may no longer be relevant and belong to another place and time.
And yet, we just keep doing the same thing, over and over.
We need to stop and ask ourselves, “Why do I do this?”
Is this an anachronism; has it outlived its relevance?
Do I need to update my repertoire?
What might I do differently and perhaps more effectively if I did not feel bound to the way I “have always done it”?  Review and change is yet  another step toward self definition.
Leadership requires flexibility and creativity.
Change is healthy and necessary for both ourselves and in our organizations.
In computers, we update our operating systems every few years (months?)!  Vital leadership requires that  we  continually question our processes and behaviors and to adopt those changes that are the best fit for these times.
Counsel From An Unlikely Counselor Verses 17-24
After first understanding what was going on then Jethro tells Moses that what he is doing is not good.
He seeks to first understand.
Do you seek the understanding of others before giving your own input?
“You will surely wear yourself out, both you and these people with you.”
to tire v. — to exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.
shrivel, i.e., to have a biological plant, or a part of a plant lose vital moisture, and so lose its natural color and shape, implying the death and decay of the object
He tells Moses, even though you have accomplished great things in the past, you need to now change.
Moses’ situation was now different.
Contiinuing on the path previous would mean a death for him and the body.
When faced with the reality of change in the body, who will you put first?
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9