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
0.23UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.06UNLIKELY
Fear
0.18UNLIKELY
Joy
0.16UNLIKELY
Sadness
0.53LIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.38UNLIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.32UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.85LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.95LIKELY
Extraversion
0.07UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.94LIKELY
Emotional Range
0.86LIKELY

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
We *began **teaching* on the *subject** of* *answered prayer.**
*I want to *pick up where we left off* last time.
*In Luke*, we *get* the *impression* that *there is a correct** **and* there is an *incorrect** **way to pray*.
But there is *one **very important** point* that we all need to know about and that is that *there is more than one type of prayer.*
*I.
**The **Christian walk** is **likened** to a **battle* (*warfare*).
*A.
*(*2 Cor 10:4*) says, *“(For the weapons of our warfare {are} not carnal, but mighty through god to the pulling down of strong holds;)”*
*1.   *It's *God's army** **against Satan.*
*a.   *We know that *God** is **going to win** this **warfare*, but *we* are the *battle ground*.
*b.   **In* a time of *war* *you need* to have *a **defense** **and** an **offense*.
*B.
**Eph 6:11–17*
*1.   *Here *we see* some of *our defense*, *our protection*, and it is *through the armor of God*, *but* in that *same passage* of scripture it *gives* us some *insight* *into our **offensive weapons*.
*a.   *The *Sword of the Spirit* *can be used** as* a *defensive* weapon *and* an *offensive* weapon.
*2.   *The *next weapon** **listed* is *basically* an *offensive* weapon, a *weapon to* use in attack *against the enemy*.
*V 18*
*a.   *Notice that he says “*all prayer*” there is *more than just one type of prayer*.
*(1) *If your going to have a *good offense*, *you have to have more than just one plan of attack*, more that just *one kind of prayer*.
*(2) *In (*james 5*) it *tells us* that *if we pray right* our *prayers* are going to *accomplish much*.
*II.
*The *1st type of prayer* that *I want to cover* is probable the most common, and that *is the prayer of **/petition/*.
We *started with that last time* but I just want to go on with it a little more.
*A.
**1st* *we said* that *decisiveness *is *very important*.
*1.   *James says in (*James** 1:6‑8*) * “*But let him ask in faith, *nothing wavering.
*For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
(7) For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
(8) A double minded man {is} unstable in all his ways.”
*a.   *We've got to *be asking as specific as possible*.
*Know* *what* it is that *you want from the Lord*.
*B.
**2nd* *we said* *find scriptures* *that promise* the *answer* and meditate on it.
*1.   **You* can *only get* an *answer to* your *prayers when you pray* in line *with the will of God*.
*2.   *The *Word of God is the will of God*.
*3.   *(*JOS 1:8*) Says, “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”
(KJV)
*4.   *When you *find the promise and meditate* *on it you will find good success*.
*5.   *Our *whole purpose in praying* is to *have success*.
*C.
**3rd* We have to *ask*, but to be more *specific*, *ask the Father in the name of Jesus*.
*1.   *In *(JOH 16:23)* Jesus said, “And in that day ye shall ask me nothing.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give {it} you.”
*D.
**4th and 5th* go hand in hand and that is *Faith and refuse to doubt*.
We'll come back to that *later*.
*E.  **#6** Give God the PRAISE*
*1.   **(PHIL 4:6)* Says,  “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication *with thanksgiving* let your requests be made known unto God.”
*a.   **The part that I wanted you to see* out of that verse is the part that says, “*By prayer with thanksgiving*.”
*b.   **When* you're *making* a *request* to God, *do it with thanksgiving*.
*Thank Him* *before* you ever *see it*.
*III.
**Lets get back* *to* the area of praying in *faith*.
*A.
**MATT.
21:22*
*1.   *In *(MARK 11:24)* it* *says, *“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive {them}, and ye shall have {them}.”*
(KJV)
*2.   **We* are *always petitioning*, or *asking God to do something* for us, and *that is scriptural*, *He* just *told us in MATT*.
“*ask in prayer, believing*.”
*B.
*The *prayer of petition must be a prayer of faith*.
*1.   *The *prayer of petition*, also, is *basically for your desires*, *your needs*, *and your problems*.
*2.   *It is *your praying*, *you are the one doing the praying*, *not someone praying for you or with you*.
*a.   *Now there is *nothing wrong with someone praying for you,* but that's *not the prayer of petition*.
*b.   *It also *not* the prayer of *agreement*.
*3.   *In (*MARK 11:24*), Putting it a little bit in *paraphrase*, but *keeping* the *idea* that it was *intended*, it says, “When you pray, you believe that you receive {them}, and if you do that, you shall have {them}.”
(KJV)
*a.   *God is concerned about our needs and wants to meet them for us.
*b.   *In the O.T. God promised His people more than just spiritual blessings.
*c.   *He also promised them that they would prosper financially and materially.
*d.   *He told them that He would take sickness away from their midst (*EXO 23:25*) and He also said that He would give them long life.
*e.   *He told them that if they would keep His commandments, they would eat the good of the land.
*4.   *God is just as interested in His people today as He was then.
*a.   *He's concerned about everything that touches our lives.
*b.   *(*3JO 1:2*) says, “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
*C.
**MAT 7:11*
*1.   *We must *realize* that it is *God's will that our needs* ‑ *spiritual, mental, physical, and material‑ be met.*
*IV.
*Now the *2nd type* of *prayer* that I want to cover is the *prayer of CONSECRATION*.
*A.
**LUKE 22:41‑42*  *Notice* that Jesus said, “*If thou be willing*.”
*1.   **Some* people *think* that *they should conclude every prayer with those words*.
(If it be thy will)
*2.   **They claim* that *this* is the *way* that *Jesus prayed*.
*a.   *If you've studied this out then you will find that *this* is the *only time* that *Jesus prayed that way*.
*b.   **When Jesus prayed at Lazarus tomb*, He *didn't say* “*If it be thy will*.”
*c.   *He said, in (*JOH 11:41*), “Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.” (KJV)
*(1) *Look with me over to *1JOHN 5:14–15*
*(2) *According to this Verse, *how do you know that God heard you*?       *If you pray according to His will*.
*(3) **How did Jesus know that God heard Him* when He was praying at Lazarus tomb?
*(4) *What we can see from the Word *He must have prayed according to God's will*.
*d.   *He then *commanded Lazarus to come forth*.
*B.
*When Jesus was praying for Lazarus to come forth, *He was praying to change something*.
*1.   **You don't put an “if” in this type of prayer.*
*a.   *Listen to the *Phillips translation* of (*1JOHN 5:14–15*) *(The verse we just read from the KJV.) *  We have such confidence in Him that we are certain that He hears every request that is made in accord with His own plan.
(15) And since we know that He invariably gives His attention to our prayers, whatever they are, we can be quite sure that *what we have asked for is already ours*.
*2.   *We need to *claim the promises of God*.
*a.   *“What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive {them}, and ye shall have {them}.”
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9