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         (Dad:) You can't always look back and think you have to do things exactly the way I did them. It's a new day. Sure, you can look back and draw on lessons from the past. But the most important thing is to hear fresh from God every day, to see what He wants you to do. This goes for how to handle the kids, and for your interactions with the young people, too. In some ways, your kids and your young people today have different pressures on them than you did.
         These kids have been brought up in the nurture and the admonition of the Lord all their lives. They've been born and bred and raised on the Word their entire lives. So in many ways, you can't always necessarily handle them the exact same way that I handled you. It's a whole different ballgame. That's why no matter what, you've gotta do like I always taught you: For God's sake, follow God! Hear from Him fresh every day, and ask Him what to do.



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