[The beginning of a list of how to pray for Japan]

¨ The sincere, polite, hard-working Japanese are too busy to give heed to the gospel and have little concept of personal sin. Pray that economic shocks, political instability and fears for the future may shake many out of complacency.

¨ There is a resurgence of a nationalistic Shintoism which is hostile to anything un-Japanese.

¨ New religions and sects have grown faster than evangelical Christianity. Pray that those involved would be set free.