August Speaking Gigs

Here’s what I have booked for August:

Friday, August 7th: Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP). I’ll be doing a morning and afternoon seminar.

Sunday, August 9th: Christ Commission Fellowship, Cavite.  Youth Service: 10:00 a.m.

Saturday, August 15th: Bukas Loob sa Diyos (BLD) Covenant Community, AFP-PNP District.  This event will be held in the Multi Purpose Hall of Camp Crame, Quezon City, 10:30 a.m.

Hotel Rooms and Hand Grenades

The Dreaded Hotel Room

As many of you know, I’ve been collecting and reading stories for my second book. There’s a foolish move I’ve seen mentioned several times: checking into a hotel room with the boyfriend/girlfriend. It always goes something like this:

“We checked into a hotel room. We weren’t planning for anything to happen, but . . . ”

Wait a minute. Let’s think about this. You checked into a room and got horizontal with someone you were wildly attracted to . . . and you didn’t think anything bad would happen? Am I missing something?

What Part of “Run” Don’t You Understand?

How does God instruct us to deal with sexual temptation? It’s pretty clear:

Run from sexual sin!
-1st Corinthians 6:18

Run from anything that stimulates youthful lusts.
2nd Timothy 2:22

There you have it: Run! Get away! Flee!

I often compare sexual temptation to hand grenades. Once the pin is pulled, you have two choices: 1. Get far away. 2. Get destroyed. No one would take a couple of steps away and assume he’s safe.

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If we want to win the battle for sexual purity, we have to do it God’s way. This means avoiding tempting situations—not walking straight into them.