What is the effect of a father who repents?

Carlton McLeod explains in this video that when a father decides that he has not acted in accordance with Scripture he turns to God’s Word. He sees it as all-sufficient and he begins to cast his vision for his children. 

He repents in front of his children. As the young children begin to grow up, there is correction made in love. This goes on day after day. Now, generations are impacted. The hearts and minds that he and his wife are given to steward are impacted. Life becomes sweet and tender and joyful. It becomes a beacon of light to others.

Matthew 5:16 (NKJV) – “ Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”

When a father decides that he has maybe not done the things that he wanted to do or not done the things that God wanted him to do. And he turns his heart to the word of God and he says, OK, Lord, your your your your Bible, your word is sufficient. And his wife says, amen. And he begins to to cast his vision with his children, repent before his children. And he pours his heart out to his children, I want to raise you in the fear and admonition of this great and glorious God.

And as the young ones begin to come up in the fear and admonition of the Lord, and that Father and Mother are always pointing back to the Word, and as mistakes are made, there's correction, but there's love and it's all based in Scripture, and that goes on day after day after day after day. It's so similar to individual reformation, but now, generations are impacted. Now, the hearts and minds that we are given the privilege as parents to steward are impacted and that family, and we've used this word a lot recently, that family life becomes sweet and it becomes tender and it becomes a joyful happy place that becomes a beacon of light to everyone that can see it.