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Today is Bring a Friend Sunday.
How many of you are glad you have friends here?
The most important choices we make in life are
Choosing the God we worship.
This determines our abundant life, pur purpose and our eternal destiny.
Choosing the person we will marry.
If you marry the right person, life will be tough, but enjoyable.
If you marry the wrong person, it will be tragic and miserable.
Choosing the friends we make.
Friends are so important to us that we can determine our wealth by the quality of our friends.
How many of you are glad you have good friends?
godly friends?
How do we develop good and godly friendships?
Establishing good friendships requires making relationships a priority.
People matter.
If you want to have good friendships, you will spend time developing those friendships.
If you don’t do this, you will be a lonely person.
Establishing good friendships requires developing openness in relationships.
Friends might be introvert, extravert, etc, but the one thing they have in common is openness or transparency.
To have good friendships, you have to let people know you – to take of the masks…
Establishing good friendships requires having genuine affection for others.
Don’t be afraid of emotion.
Let people know you care about them.
Establishing good friendships requires sharing experiences with others.
We give you a chance to serve together, eat together, worship together… friendships are built by doing things together.
Establishing good friendships requires giving and receiving loyalty.
A good way to make friends is to show compassion to others.
Being compassionate to others helps develop friends.
IOW, when we show kindness to people, they like us and it can lead to a great friendship.
Someone said,
I went out to find a friend and could not find one anywhere.
I went out to be a friend and found friends everywhere.
I have found this to be true.
When I am a friend, I find friends.
Kindness is a godly attribute that good friends show in their lives.
Most of us have been unkind at some point in our lives… maybe too often.
Joke - Boy to his mom – “That sweater reminds me of the Wheel of Fortune… Are you saying I look like Vana White… no, you remind me of the wheel.
Unkind to short or tall people… Lady to a man, “Your so tall, I bet you play basketball… You’re so short, I bet you play miniature golf.
We need to clothe ourselves with compassion because God tells us to and people in our lives need us to.
When we do this, it lifts us to a new level in our walk with God.
A great example in the Bible is David.
When David asked this, his people probably thought he was about to finish off Saul’s family.
that’s what happened then in this area and now… But David shocked them by wanting to show kindness to Saul’s descendants.
Kindness - mercy or grace
chesed - mercy, grace, loving kindness
This refers to the grace we experience from God.
The kind Paul talked about in EPH…
David didn’t want to just be nice, he wanted to show the same grace and mercy the Lord shows.
When we are willing to show grace ands mercy to others we are being like the Lord… like Jesus.
To be compassionate towards others requires us to connect with hurting people.
Hurting people have experienced bad stuff in their lives.
Mephibosheth and his family had been through hard times.
His grandfather Saul and his dad Jonathan had been killed.
Then his uncle Ishbosheth was killed and now his grandfather’s enemy was the new king and in those days, that meant you usually died.
I’m sure many of you have had bad times in your lives.
Loss – death / divorce / job loss / illness / etc.
And if you haven’t, you know some who have.
Also, If Mephibosheth’s family had been leading the kingdom; they would not have been kind to David.
David knew that, but he still wanted to show the mercy of God to Mephibosheth.
Just like Daivd….
We should show kindness to those who probably would not show kindness to us.
Hurting people have experienced brokenness in their lives.
Mephibosheth was crippled because his nurse who was running with him dropped him.
Lot’s of people have been hurt and crippled physically, emotionally, financially or relationally by the bad choices of other people.
Some have been crippled by the choices they made themselves as well.
God says...
Hurting people have experienced emptiness in their lives.
Lo-debar - place of emptiness.
barren, … The grandson of a king was in a desolate and empty place.
We all know people like that today… or maybe we feel that way.
Billy Graham, “There are 5 things that are psychological & spiritual needs in every person & one of those is an essential emptiness in every life without Jesus Christ”
Tolstoy - “There is a God-shaped vacuum in every life that only God can fill”
There are a lot of people today that are living empty lives and are looking everywhere but the Lord to fill that emptiness.
Apart from Jesus there is not fulfillment… no peace… no joy… Jesus is the only one who can meet all the needs in our lives.
I have heard so many people say … something is missing.
It’s like a piece is missing.
When they meet Jesus, the empty place is filled up.
If you feel like there is a vacuum in your life, only Jesus can fill that.
If you are struggling with emptiness, hopelessness, strongholds… in your life, there is help and there is hope for you this morning.
We have to be more aware of the needs of people around us
I don’t know of anyone who would not benefit from or be grateful for our compassion.
To be compassionate towards others requires us to care for hurting people.
We care for other people by spending time with them.
David was proactive and sent for Mephibosheth.
We need to make the initial attempts to connect with hurting people instead of waiting for them to come to us.
Have you ever thought about where we can find hurting people?
schools, prisons, homeless, neighborhoods, playgrounds, your home… Hurting people are all over the place… all around us.
Have you ever thought about how God will help?
Teen girl praying, “Lord touch me.
I just want to feel your touch.”
At that moment she felt a light touch on her shoulder, confirming that the Lord was there for her.
After praying, she looked up & her big sister was there.
“Did you touch me?” she asked suspiciously.
“I sure did,” the big sister said.
Feeling let down, the younger sister asked, “Why did you touch me when I was praying?”
The big sister replied, “Because the Lord told me to do so.”
That’s how God does it… through other people.
That’s why it’s important for us to look for hurting people.... Jesus did.
We care for other people by encouraging them.
David was being kind to him.
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