Fathers Day is a great day to evaluate the influence we’ve had on our children. Since I was only able to cover the first three principles below in my Sunday Morning message, I’ve listed the remaining seven for you to review. The principles below will help you stay focused on the most important areas of influence and will also apply to any relationship where you have influence.
1. Teach your child to honor and respect God with your conversations and decisions.
Psalm 111:10 (NASB) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever.
Deut 6:5-7 (NASB) “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 “These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.
7 “You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
2. Show your child how approachable God is by including him in your prayer times.
James 1:5 (NASB) But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him
Psalm 145:18 (NASB) The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth.
James 4:8 (NASB) Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
3. Teach your child about God’s grace and forgiveness by refusing to base your acceptance of him on performance.
Ephesians 2:4-10 (NASB) 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
Romans 5:8 (NASB) But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
4. Help your child know the difference between a religion and a relationship by introducing your child to Jesus and talking about what He is like.
Jer 9:23-24 (NASB) Thus says the LORD, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; 24 but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
5. Protect your child by clearly identifying and consistently enforcing age-appropriate boundaries in his life.
Prov 29:15 (NASB) The rod and reproof give wisdom, But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.
Prov 14:16 (NASB) “A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is arrogant and careless.”
Ps 119:11 (NASB) Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You.
Heb 12:11 (NASB) All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
6. Build a reservoir of truth that your child can always tap into by helping him to establish daily habits of Scripture reading, studying, and memorization.
Col 3:16 (NASB) Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Josh 1:8 (NASB) “This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success.
7. Teach your child how to lead someone to Jesus by your example.
Proverbs 11:30 (NASB) The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.
8. Encourage your child to walk by faith by sharing your personal stories of your faith walk.
2 Cor 5:7 (NASB) for we walk by faith, not by sight
Matt 19:26 (NASB) And looking at them Jesus said to them, “With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Heb 11:6 (NASB) “And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.”
9. Teach your child the laws of sowing and reaping.
Gal 6:7-9 (NASB) Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.
Heb 9:27 (NASB) And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,
10. Teach your child how to select friends.
Prov 13:20 (NASB) He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
2 Tim 2:22 (NASB) Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Eccl 4:9-10 (NASB) Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.
Time For An Update 
Great follow up to the Sunday service. Thanks Mike.