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watch Dad Jokes video
I can’t wait till my kids are old enough to embarrass with a good dad joke.
They’re so good!
Dads, I hope you’re getting a day off from the chores and yard work, I hope you’re getting a steak for dinner, and I hope you’re getting the remote all day!
You are an important part in God’s plan for your family!
Paul says in Ephesians that husbands are the leaders of the home.
The mantle of spiritual leadership for our families is placed on us!
But when it comes to parenting, praise God He didn’t leave us without help!
We have moms on our side too!
And even grandparents!
So I don’t want to talk just to dads this morning, I want to talk to everyone.
Even those of you who aren’t parents yet.
Parenting is a dangerous thing to wait to learn until you are doing it, kind of like waiting to learn how to use a parachute until you’ve jumped from a plane.
Even if you don’t ever plan on having kids, you can still hear God’s goodness and faithfulness in what we’re talking about this morning!
So I want to help you know what to talk about with your kids this morning!
You hear parents say, especially with teens, that they aren’t sure what to talk to their kids about, especially on movies and tv shows.
The dad is sitting there with his daughter, “So, any cute boys at school?”
She just looks at him disgusted and puts her earbuds in.
The Bible tells us what to talk about with our kids and that’s what we’re going to look at this morning.
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Every parent's main priority should be to raise Kingdom-minded disciples of Jesus.
The Foundation for Parenting
Parenting (and all of life) is based on who God is.
We all have truths that are foundational in our lives.
What I mean is they inform the other areas of our lives, even if they don’t seem to be related on the surface.
Last month Parker and I went to Martin to watch the Dyersburg baseball team in playoffs.
On the way back we stopped at Dairy Queen for dinner and I got Parker a cheeseburger.
I forgot to tell them what to put on it and it came with ketchup, mustard, and pickle.
I know this isn’t how Parker prefers his burgers, but I also know he’s eaten them like this before no problem.
So I tell him I messed up and I’m sorry, but his burger has mustard on it.
It was like I told him Mickey Mouse had died!
Just wailing.
“Get me another burger!
I won’t eat it!”
I apologized, but told him we weren’t stopping again.
He cranked it up.
I told him he’d be just fine eating this because he’d eaten mustard before.
It didn’t matter, he screamed more.
I told him he had to take one bite and if he didn’t like it then we’d see if we passed somewhere to get him another burger.
He took a bite and didn’t complain.
I waited a minute and called him out on it.
He started crying again.
I tried bribing him with fries and got a couple more bites down.
But he starts up again.
We are like 15 or 20 minutes in at this point.
I’ve explained that this is not the way we respond if we get something we don’t like.
Surprisingly, reason had no effect on him.
Finally, I asked him why he didn’t like mustard.
He yelled back, “you know I don’t like mustard!”
I said, “I know Parker, but why?” “Because it’s LSU colors!!!” Through tears of pride, I explained that we can have mustard even though it’s LSU colors and he finally ate his burger.
The foundational truth that in our house we wear crimson informed the color of the food that Parker was willing to consume!
Our foundational truths inform everything else.
And we have to start with verse 4.
We have one God, there are no other gods.
Parker and I have been working on the ten commandments, that’s the first one.
There is one God and He is Master and Creator of all.
He is infinitely loving, kind, merciful, gracious, powerful.
The only one worthy of our praise.
When we understand and fully believe this, the natural response is verses 5 and 6.
We love Him with every part of who we are.
We worship Him alone.
Moses repeats that word “all”.
You love him with all of you...
If I have a box of CFA chicken nuggets and I eat them all, how many are left?
How many can Kristen have?
We give God all our love.
The second command says that we shall not worship idols.
Anything we love before or worship in addition to the one true God is idolatry.
So how do we love our families, our friends, our churches, anything else if we’re commanded to give all our love to God?
Our love for these other things is an extension of our love and worship for God.
We love these people and things in a way that honors God.
I’d like to explain exactly what that looks like, but I’m still trying to figure it out.
But we love God with all we are.
And because we love Him, we love his Word.
We love it enough to know it.
We love it enough to live by it.
We love it enough to keep it on our hearts.
If our faith is in God, then we must believe Him when He tells us through Paul that his Word give us all we need to live for Him.
This all stands on the truth that there is one God who is worthy of our hearts.
So how does this foundational truth inform our parenting?
We must be aware of hidden idolatry in our lives.
While studying I came across someone who said the the passage in about laying up treasures in Heaven was one of the most important passages to inform parenting.
I didn’t understand at first, but as he explained it it made sense.
Our children are watching us.
They will see where our hearts are, what or who we are worshipping.
If it’s the most important thing for us to know, then it must be the most important thing for our children to know.
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Our children will see what is truly most important to us, sometimes with frightening clarity!
They’ll know if you’re worshiping comfort, toys, sports, work.
You may even be putting your children above God and teaching them that they are the most important thing in this world.
So honestly look at your lives.
Where are you teaching your children to store up treasures?
Is it in Heaven?
Or is it in athletics?
Or in education?
Or in a good job?
Or making a lot of money?
Or being well liked?
Or having a good husband or wife?
These are all good things, but they should be no more than means to the end of glorifying God and expanding his Kingdom.
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