
Set the Believers an Example in Speech
“Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.” (1 Tim. 4.12 ESV) As I was going through my sophomore and junior years of high school (I’m not afraid to admit), I had a real bad problem with my mouth. I didn’t have a speech impediment or a stuttering problem; instead my problem was something that I chose to do. I was a terrible cusser. Cussing is obviously not a good thing (James 3.1-12) and my cus