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.
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You are Never Too Old to Serve the Lord
Joshua 168x; 37x
Abraham was 75 when God first called him
Moses was 80 when God first called him
Simeon the elder who kept looking for God’s Messiah and Anna never left the temple, serving night and day with fasting and prayer
Don’t Wait to You are Old to Start Serving the Lord
Start with Honest Evaluation of Your Situation
The Lord told Joshua “You are old and advanced in years.”
Old = zaqen
Advanced in years = you have come among the days; “piled up life’s experiences” or made wise by the ups and downs of life
Focus on the Task at Hand
Much land remains to be possessed/inherited
Theology of Alottment-All tribes got something from the Lord (land; Levitical cities) Joseph’s tribe was split in two, named after his sons, and given two allocations (he suffered most and longest); Cities of Refuge ; Daughters of Zelophehad received an inheritance (otherwise easily overlooked)
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