Sermon Tone Analysis

ADVICE DAD NEVER GAVE YOU

Ralph Sorter

 

*   /Yesterday I knocked on your heart’s door and you let me in.

Today I knocked and you would not respond; the door was closed and locked.

I’m wondering why./*

Love is a puzzling thing, isn’t it?

Love invigorates, challenges, and yet it hurts us too.

When the door stays closed for a while, we wonder if it’s worth the risk.

Consider this:

   Love is *patient*, so I will be stay here at your heart’s door while you sort through your thoughts and emotions.

We all have bad days here and there, so I will wait…because I love you.

Love *does not act unbecomingly*, so I won’t respond in kind when you throw your feelings like stones.

I will respond with kindness and will not provoke you…because I love you.

When I’m wondering what I did that made you feel this way, I will not defensively list all the things you have done wrong, because love *does not take into account a wrong suffered*.

I will understandingly listen…because I love you.

For whatever the reason you have chosen to close the door, I will wait here on the other side, giving you the space you need.

I will not callous my heart to* seek it’s own*…because I love you.

When your love is cool towards me, yet I see you respond warmly to others, I will *not be jealous*, because that’s what loved does…and I love you.

While you are listening on the other side of the door, I will *bear* through the silence…I will *believe* our love will carry us through…I will *hope* that you will soon return to me…and I will *endure* this season of coldness…because I love you.

Is love worth the risk?

*/Pause for a moment and recall that the above one-way conversation was Jesus speaking to mankind.

/*You are the recipient of His love and He left behind letter to remind you of His love; it’s in 1 Corinthians 13.

You were worth it to Him while He waited for you to open the door.

*/A Message from HOPE’S/*

*/Marriage & Family Ministry/*

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ADVICE DAD NEVER GAVE YOU

Ralph Sorter

 

*   /Yesterday I knocked on your heart’s door and you let me in.

Today I knocked and you would not respond; the door was closed and locked.

I’m wondering why./*

Love is a puzzling thing, isn’t it?

Love invigorates, challenges, and yet it hurts us too.

When the door stays closed for a while, we wonder if it’s worth the risk.

Consider this:

   Love is *patient*, so I will be stay here at your heart’s door while you sort through your thoughts and emotions.

We all have bad days here and there, so I will wait…because I love you.

Love *does not act unbecomingly*, so I won’t respond in kind when you throw your feelings like stones.

I will respond with kindness and will not provoke you…because I love you.

When I’m wondering what I did that made you feel this way, I will not defensively list all the things you have done wrong, because love *does not take into account a wrong suffered*.

I will understandingly listen…because I love you.

For whatever the reason you have chosen to close the door, I will wait here on the other side, giving you the space you need.

I will not callous my heart to *seek it’s own*…because I love you.

When your love is cool towards me, yet I see you respond warmly to others, I will *not be jealous*, because that’s what loved does…and I love you.

While you are listening on the other side of the door, I will *bear* through the silence…I will *believe* our love will carry us through…I will *hope* that you will soon return to me…and I will *endure* this season of coldness…because I love you.

Is love worth the risk?

*/Pause for a moment and recall that the above one-way conversation was Jesus speaking to mankind./*

You are the recipient of His love and He left behind letter to remind you of His love; it’s in 1 Corinthians 13.

You were worth it to Him while He waited for you to open the door.

*/A Message from HOPE’S/*

*/Marriage & Family Ministry/*

*/ /*

ADVICE DAD NEVER GAVE YOU

Ralph Sorter

 

*   /Yesterday I knocked on your heart’s door and you let me in.

Today I knocked and you would not respond; the door was closed and locked.

I’m wondering why./*

Love is a puzzling thing, isn’t it?

Love invigorates, challenges, and yet it hurts us too.

When the door stays closed for a while, we wonder if it’s worth the risk.

Consider this:

   Love is *patient*, so I will be stay here at your heart’s door while you sort through your thoughts and emotions.

We all have bad days here and there, so I will wait…because I love you.

Love *does not act unbecomingly*, so I won’t respond in kind when you throw your feelings like stones.

I will respond with kindness and will not provoke you…because I love you.

When I’m wondering what I did that made you feel this way, I will not defensively list all the things you have done wrong, because love *does not take into account a wrong suffered*.

I will understandingly listen…because I love you.

For whatever the reason you have chosen to close the door, I will wait here on the other side, giving you the space you need.

I will not callous my heart to *seek it’s own*…because I love you.

When your love is cool towards me, yet I see you respond warmly to others, I will *not be jealous*, because that’s what loved does…and I love you.

While you are listening on the other side of the door, I will *bear* through the silence…I will *believe* our love will carry us through…I will *hope* that you will soon return to me…and I will *endure* this season of coldness…because I love you.

Is love worth the risk?

*/Pause for a moment and recall that the above one-way conversation was Jesus speaking to mankind.

/* You are the recipient of His love and He left behind letter to remind you of His love; it’s in 1 Corinthians 13.

You were worth it to Him while He waited for you to open the door.

*/A Message from HOPE’S/*

*/Marriage & Family Ministry/*