New Year, New You Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: New Year, New You ------------- Date: 12/31/1998 Keywords: "confess" "new" "petition" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: 2 Chronicles 6:36-39* 36. "When [your people] sin against you — for there is no one who does not sin — and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive to a land far away or near; 37. and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity and say, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong and acted wickedly'; 38. and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity where they were taken, and pray toward the land you gave their fathers, toward the city you have chosen and toward the temple I have built for your Name; 39. then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their pleas, and uphold their cause. And forgive your people, who have sinned against you. Questions 1. What is the gist of Solomon’s plea?   2. How could you tailor it to your situation?     Practical help In what may be one of the longest prayers in the Bible, Solomon requests God’s blessing — at great length — during the dedication of the temple. What can we learn from his petition? Like Solomon and the Israelites, we face a new beginning today. What better time is there than the start of a new year to admit “we have sinned, we have done wrong and acted wickedly”? Confess your failings to God today — including those dealing with pornography — and realize that He will “hear [your] prayer.” Then you will start your new year with a new you. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 1998 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, © copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.