Happy 4th of July. Read this if you truly want a great America.

The way to release greatness in America isn’t the way we are being told. The Bible’s way to heal a country and raise it to greatness is quite different than the political way. It’s based on two letters — “if.” That “if” hangs on the behavior of the people who claim to be lovers of God.

For a country to experience genuine greatness the people in that country who identify themselves with God have to do 4 things: 1) humble themselves, 2) pray, 3) seek direct, intimate, heart-to-heart connection with God, and 4) turn away from their “wicked ways” such as self-righteousness, arrogance, and all their sins including those that they think they are hiding from people. (2 Chronicles 7:14) If the people who say they are God’s people refuse to do those 4 things, nothing else will make their country great.

Are you personally ready to begin doing all of those things throughout each day? If not, perhaps we should stop talking about greatness.