Exemplary
1 Timothy 4:12 ESV
Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
The Apostle Paul hasn't just rattled off a list of nice things. We can't have one without the others. It's not enough to be a good speaker for example if we're impure.
Our conduct is to be honourable and full of integrity. We aren't to have any skeletons in the closet. We can't use youth as an excuse if we're lacking in any of these areas.
We're to be defined by love. We're to love God and one another. If we do so, we will be perfect.
We need faith in God. We don't love perfectly. So we need him to forgive us through Christ crucified.
'Dear Abba God, please give us the qualities we need to be exemplary. In Jesus' name we pray, amen'.
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