Ginger Hubbard

So I might address it from the issue of self-control.

I might say, honey, are you asking for juice with self-control?

No, sweetie, you're not.

God says that we are to have self-control even with our voices.

And so what I'm going to do, because I love you so much, I want to help you get that self-control.

So what I did for that is I had this cute little kitchen timer.

You can get them on Amazon, like ladybugs and little mice and stuff like that.

They're so cute.

So we let her help pick one out to make it fun.

And I said, so what I'm going to do is I'm going to set this timer.

for two minutes, or if she was three years old, three minutes.

I would kind of go with however many minutes their age is.

So I'm going to set the timer for three minutes.

And when that timer goes off, then you can come back and ask for juice the right way with your self-controlled voice.

And so, see, I didn't preach a sermon to her.

I didn't use words that she couldn't understand.

God's word says we're to have self-control.

So I just reproved her.

in a way that she could comprehend.

And then most important, Alex, and this is an area where we a lot of times fall short, I have her come back.