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b'Have you ever been told that you were too young to do something? That your\\nheart was in the right place, but you were too young to do what you felt\\nGod had called you to do? The truth is, God invites all of us to follow\\nHim, no matter what age we are.\\n.\\nMary was likely a young teenager, maybe only fourteen years old, when she\\ngave birth to the Son of God, which resulted in many people glorifying and\\npraising God (Luke 1:26-38; 2:5-7, 16-21).\\n.\\nDavid was just a teenager when he killed Goliath\\u2014a giant the whole\\nIsraelite army was scared to fight. When everyone saw this, they knew that\\nthe Lord saves His people (1 Samuel 17:41-50).\\n.\\nA young Israelite girl was taken captive, and she showed concern for\\nher foreign master, Naaman, who suffered from leprosy. Naaman listened to\\nher when she told him about the prophet Elisha, so he went to Israel to see\\nhim and was miraculously cured! Then Naaman knew that the Lord was the only\\ntrue God (2 Kings 5:1-15).\\n.\\nA boy gave all the food he had to Jesus, and Jesus miraculously turned\\nthose two fish and five loaves of bread into a meal large enough to feed\\nfive thousand men, plus women and children. Then the people said that Jesus\\nmust be the One they had been waiting for (John 6:1-14).\\n.\\nYou might not think you can do what God has called you to do. Sometimes I\\nfind myself thinking that when I am just a few years older, then I can do\\nwhat God has called me to do. Well, that\\u2019s not true. God can and does use\\npeople of all ages to do amazing things. He worked through people of all\\nages in the Bible, and they did those things because of God, not in their\\nown ability. He can work through you too, just where you are, right now in\\nyour life. \\u2022 Bailey Norman\\n.\\n\\u2022 Which of these four people\\u2019s stories stuck out to you the most? How did\\nGod work through this person\\u2019s life? Consider taking some time to read the\\nBible passage that tells their story.\\n.\\nHave you ever felt like you were too young to follow God? According to\\nJesus, what does it look like to follow God? (Read Matthew 22:36-40 and\\nJohn 6:29.)\\n.\\nDon\\u2019t let anyone despise your youth, but set an example for the believers\\nin speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12\\n(CSB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\n1Tim.4.12|2Tim.1.6-2Tim.1.14'