Regeneration

I'm reading a great book, 'The World Tilting Gospel,' by Dan Phillips.
In it he describes the word 'regeneration,' also called 'born again.' 

He asks the question, "How do we believe?" 
Phillips writes, "By a miraculous work of grace, God the Father takes pity on our
dead, lost, God-hating selves.  He breathes His life into us, bringing sight to blind
eyes, life to dead spirits, and the submission of repentant faith to hard, rebellious
hearts."

"He causes us to be born again. "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! 
According to his great mercy, He has CAUSED us to be born again to a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled,
and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith
for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time"  1 Peter 1:3-5.

God is totally sovereign in salvation.  God gives us the faith and repentance we need and
regenerates us so we can believe in Him!  "Salvation is of the Lord"  Jonah 2:9b.