Do you ever wonder what it will take to turn our nation around?

Dan Jarvis says we each need to see change begin close to home.

National turnaround doesn't happen unless you turn around.

That we can post on our blog or comment on social media or share the latest meme or be angry at the next politician

or march in the next march and none of that's going to add up to national change

unless you're willing to change and i'm willing to change

this is the revive our hearts podcast podcast for Monday, November 7th, 2016.

So what makes a nation great? Is it a strong economy? Is it military might, innovation, jobs, education? What is it?

Well, that question has come up a lot during this election year, and a lot of people have been expressing a lot of opinions.

But what does the Bible say? Not long ago, I heard several friends raving about a message that they had heard from our friend Dan Jarvis at a local church in our area.

Dan looked into God's Word to see what it has to say about what makes a nation great.

And I wanted him to share this message with our Revive Our Hearts audience.

Here in the U.S., we're getting ready to vote tomorrow in what has been a crazy, topsy, turvy election. So I thought this would be a

good time to stop and orient our minds on the truth of God's word and his plan for the nations

and to get some godly perspective on this question of what really

makes a nation great. Now, before we get to Dan, I want to let you know that later this week,

I'll be giving some perspective on the election. I'll be reminding you of some bedrock truth

that you can count on no matter who ends up in the White House. So if you're anxious about the outcome or worried about our future,

I hope you'll make sure to join us on Thursday and Friday.

Dan Jarvis works for Life Action Ministries,

which is the parent organization of Revive Our Hearts.

He's also the teaching pastor at Bary and Center Bible Church

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