Today, I want to share with you a tool I have been sharing with men for more than three decades. I think the first time I mentioned this technique was in my book, The Final Freedom.

Get a rubber band and place it around your wrist for at least 30 days. Every time you lust, objectify, double-take, rubber neck, or have a past image hit your brain, snap the rubber band. Remember the dog; we are spanking your brain when it is going down the wrong direction.

This negative reinforcement can shut down as much as eighty percent of your lust life and reduce the power of your landmines within a month. If you bleed, just switch the arm you’re wearing it on (just kidding). Once you place the rubber band on your wrist, you will be amazed at how much time your brain is actually going the wrong way.

Some men have found it helpful to quote a Scripture after they snap the rubber band. This is like showing the dog where to urinate. The Scripture can be one of your liking, and after you snap the band you quote the Scripture out loud, or in your head.

Here are some examples of Scriptures that have been utilized in healing their brain.

• 1 Timothy 5:2—(Treat) older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

• Romans 6:1—What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?

• Philippians 4:8—Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

• Romans 12:1-2—Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Stay tuned for Part Three of The Brain Series!