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INTRO
We all have hurts, habits and hang ups.
Nobody just sails through life.
We all have problems.
We all have hurts.
You have some hidden wounds.
You have some emotional scars that nobody else sees but they're there and they hurt.
I have also learned that one of the major causes of those hurts is rejection.
We all face it at different times in life.
We feel rejection from parents, peers, partners, friends, kids…
Some of you remember hurtful things some said to you years ago… and it still hurts today.
today we want to see how God’s Grace heals the hidden wounds of our lives.
That sounds good, but how do I deal with the fact that it still hurts?
How Does God Heal a Broken Heart?
God heals a broken heart by changing the way we think.
We have to change the way we see God, the way we see pain, and how we see ourselves.
If you want to change your life, if you want to get well, get over hurt, you've got to change the way you think.
If you see yourself as a loser… you will act like a loser.
(victim, un-creative, failure, success, strong, …)
There is a correlation between our beliefs and our behaviors.
The Bible says that our beliefs will determine our behavior.
IOW the way we think determines the way we act.
Here’s the problem we all have with this fact.
A lot of what we belief is wrong.
We picked all types of beliefs growing up and too many are still believing those things.
Beliefs like, you will never amount to anything… you will never be as good as your… or you will never change.
You believed what some people said to you and you still believe it.
ILL - Wide Screen TV’s originally made everyone look wider than they were.
God never lies about what he says about you… he always tells the truth.
Five things that God says about you because of his GRACE
1.
I am acceptable.
All of us want to be accepted.
We spend most of our lives trying to be accepted by different groups in different situations.
The desire to be accepted influences the way you dress, speak, act and even th color of your hair.
(kids in youth group with the green hair… they didn’t want to be like eveyone else, but all their heads were green
I became the best Tuba player in GA because I saw the favor the band director gave towards the tuba section so I switched to that instrument.
You remember some of those things you did as a kid… someone dared you and you did it.
Why?
You wanted to be accepted.
Some people think that if they could be perfect then everyone would like them.
Jesus was perfect and they killed him.
Paul teaches us that God’s grace gives us acceptance.
Notice there is no condition on His acceptance.
He didn’t say you were accepted because you memorized the old and new testaments.
etc
When you accepted Jesus into your life, you crossed a line into God’s family and he accepts you.
You were chosen… priests of the King… God’s very own...
God chose you.
As kids, we all wanted to be chose to whatever team there was.
You did not want to be the last one chosen.
God has chosen you! when you understand that, you will feel better about yourself.
You may have grown up in a home where you could not do anything right.
You had a parent you just could not please.
If you made a C, they wanted a B. If you made a B, they wanted an A. No matter what you did, it was never good enough.
Some of you are still trying to gain your parent’s approval… they might be gone, but you are still trying.
You are thinking that you will prove them wrong… they are still controlling you.
That’s their problem not yours.
People don’t have the capacity to accept unconditionally like God does.
There are 7 billion people in this world and it’s ok for two or three of them not to like you.
Everyone might a abandon you, but not God...
God says You are accepted but there’s more…
2. I am valuable.
You are worth something.
Have you ever thought about that?
You have great value… because of God’s grace.
How do you judge the value of something?
Who owns it and what someone will pay for it.
Ownership determines the Value of something.
Something owned by a someone famous is worth more than something owned by me.
God puts you in His family.
All of a sudden you now belong to God.
Everyone is created by God but everyone does not belong to God.
Only those who belong to God are those who choose to say, "God put me in Your family" because of my faith in Christ.
That’s value.
How much was paid for something determines the value of something.
The greatest ransom ever paid was when Jesus Christ paid for your sins and you were bought with a price and God exchanged His own son for you.
God said, "You are valuable enough that I will give My own Son to die for you."
That's how valuable you are.
3. I am lovable.
That one sure feels good when you've had a broken heart.
When you've been rejected you don't feel too lovable.
When somebody has rejected you -- a girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/wife/parent/whatever -- you don't feel lovable, you feel like a loser.
"Nobody loves me!
I'm not worth anything!
I'm not loved by anybody."
You're wrong.
There are two characteristics that make God’s love different from Human Love.
God’s Love is consistent.
God doesn’t change his mind.
He is not fickle.
He doesn’t love you today and kick you to the curb tomorrow.
God’s love is unconditional.
No matter how hard we try, we cannot love unconditionally like God does.
Human love often has strings… I love you when… if…
God says I love you period.
He loves you when you mess up… when you miss out on your QT...
God says, in Christ, I am acceptable, I am valuable, and I am lovable.
Even when I don't feel very lovely, He still loves me.
His love is consistent.
4. I am forgivable.
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