For those code-breakers, who read the series earlier this
year, I want to add some ideas to the breaking of the codes of sins in
families.
Number one; deal with the sin in yourself first. I wrote
this before, but it is the first stage and the first necessary step.
Two, once you are free of the code, or if you have married
into a family which needs a code broken, ask for the ability to see the sin
clearly when it rears up.
Three, do not engage in the sins of the code. For example,
if the entire family is sitting around the bar-b-que speaking negatively or
going over years of unfogiveness, do not get sucked into the vortex of these
patterns. Ask God for wisdom as to how to avoid such sin.
Four, gently point out the problem to those who may be open
to changing. For example, in one group I know, people speak ill of the dead,
even those long dead. I tried to change the subject and said, merely, “We
should not speak ill of the dead.”
The conversation stopped, thankfully, but one person may
have been upset with me for saying this.
Five, if necessary sadly, the code-breaker may have to avoid
certain situations and just pray and fast, instead of engaging in social
gatherings, or in conversations on the phone with those stuck in the codes of
sin.
See the rest of the series for more…