Focus on Reproduction, Mentor's Guide, MG12

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improve their skills, but not at the expense of their encouragement and edification. Nor, however, do we want to sell them short. Strike to find the midpoint between challenge and encouragement here. Excellence is to be expected from your students, and of course, we know that students will have different abilities to do intellectual work–reading, writing, and so on. While we want to emphasize credible academic performance, we do not wish to exalt these indicators over softness of heart, readiness to obey the Word of God, and availability to serve Christ as he leads by the Spirit. Constantly monitor your own emphasis on grades, assignments and academic performance. These are important, but not all-important . Focus on the main thing: unconditional availability to Christ to obey him in our lives as he directs us.