Driven out of himself, to the sovereign grace of God

"In a contrite spirit are found: a deep sense and clear perception of sin.… Heart-felt disquietude and sadness.… An open and free confession of sin. By reason of a sense of the greatness of his sins, he knows not whither to look or turn: but, notwithstanding, places his dependence upon the grace which God can exercise through his Son. Hence, the contrite in spirit flees from the curse of the law to the Gospel.… Thus he is driven out of himself, to the sovereign grace of God in Christ, for reconciliation, pardon, sanctification, and salvation."

Theodore Jacob Frelinghuysen

The above quote is part of a message that was a 'seed' to revival in the Great Awakening. Stoddard and Frelinghuysen were used of God in the early stages. A Dawning in the New World Then Edwards (Stoddards grandson), Whitefield and the Tennents were keys in the Awakening itself. God's Wonderful Working “Revival and prayer always go together. They are inseparably linked.” Praying Boldly The Lord also poured out His Spirit during the Civil War among the soldiers. Religious Revival in Civil War Armies

Please pray for Japan that the Spirit of God would be poured out on His church in revival and that Christ's grace would move through out this nation for God's glory and for lasting hope.