Pray the Word with David Platt as a resource from Radical.net.

First of all, with the chapter 4, verse 12, let no one despise you for your youth,

but set the believers an example and speech and conduct and love and faith and purity.

What a powerful exhortation. And I want to speak this word, particularly over those of you

listening right now, who would be considered youth. And I know that's kind of relative,

and so do you know, okay, I'm a child, I'm a teenager, I'm a college student. I think I count

as young adult, well, young, and then you start to think, well, at what point are you not youth

anymore? And I'm not trying to get into that discussion, but just think, are you in a position

where you are younger from other people around you that you have an opportunity to influence?

And I use that language intentionally because clearly according to 1 Timothy 412,

God has called you to influence those who are older than you are, to not despise youth,

but to set believers an example in your youth and listen to these categories in speech and how

you talk and what you say and conduct and what you do and love and the care and compassion,

selfless, sacrificial love you show to others in faith. I just think about my children and the

level of their faith when they hear something from God's word, they believe it and say, okay,

if that's the case, then they start asking all kinds of questions because they believe God's word,

set an example in faith and in purity amidst onslaught all around you from spiritual forces

of evil who do not want you to be pure in all kinds of temptations in this world to not be

pure, to not just be pure, but set an example for other brothers and sisters in Christ who are

older than you when it comes to purity. Oh, I just want to pray these things over you,

but before I do, I want to encourage you to ask God for his help to set an example in your life

in all these ways to not despise your youth, but to realize God has called you to be an example to

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