A New Resource for Those with Sexual Temptations

In previous posts, I have spoken about the acronym HHALTS, which is a way of self-monitoring that can be very helpful for those facing sexual temptations or other addiction issues. In order to make these tools available to more people, I have taken these lessons and made them available as cheaply as possible in print and e-book format from Amazon.com.

God’s word says “The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.” – Proverbs 14:8. HHALTS is a method of self-monitoring risk factors that can leave us vulnerable to sins against God, ourselves, or others. They stand for Horny, Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired, and Scared. In the book I take a look at the Biblical examples of how these factors show up in multiple examples of God’s people sinning, or even falling away entirely. Then I take a good long look at the great hopes and advice that God has to help us. First and most importantly, the Lord loved us so much in our helplessness that he sent us Jesus Christ to live the perfect life that we could not, and then Jesus died to pay for our sins and rose again that we might have eternal life. That alone would be worth many books, but looking at these risk factors, and the good advice God provides in the Bible, I take a look at how we can address these risk factors as responsible stewards of the life God’s given us. It is not a magic formula, and there is nothing to be gained adding a half-dozen extra laws when we need God’s forgiveness for our own in ability to follow the first 10 Commandments. This is a book of practical, proven advice to express our gratitude to God and our love for our neighbor in response for all that Christ has done for us.

The good news it that God, knowing our every weakness, graciously gives us his Holy Spirit, the message of the Bible, and the mercy of Christ to sustain us and provide for us in our struggles.

HHALTS and Life with Sexual Temptations is available in e-book or paperback. I’m unable to make it available for free, but I’m charging as little as possible so that the resource can be available for all.