June 5, 2026
There are moments when a nation crosses a line and you can feel the weight of it in your spirit. In those moments, the answer is not panic. It is not collapse. It is not surrender. It is not fear dressed up as wisdom. The answer is to get closer to God, stay under His covering, and learn how to respond the way Scripture teaches us to respond.
When unrighteous laws rise, [C9, C2, C12, C22, MAID] (Look them up and see what your government is REALLY doing0 when truth is treated like hatred, and when leaders reward evil while resisting righteousness, the people of God need more than outrage. We need spiritual clarity. We need courage. We need to know how to stand. And we need to know how to speak.
The great mistake many believers make is assuming that the only faithful response to darkness is to feel bad about it. But Scripture calls us to something stronger. We are called to pray, to discern, to stand, and to decree God’s Word in agreement with His will.
Do not panic when the shaking starts
When things get darker in the culture, many people immediately ask, “What do we do now?” The first answer is simple.
Do not freak out.
If God has already warned that shaking is coming, then the shaking should not surprise us. It may grieve us. It may stir righteous anger. But it should not move us out of trust. God is not caught off guard by corrupt governments, unjust judges, or laws that oppose His ways. He sees it all, and He is still God.
God is not panicked, surprised or scratching His head because He doesn't know what to do about the wickedness in our land.
That matters because fear clouds discernment. Once fear takes over, people either become passive or reckless. Neither one is faith.
The call in an hour like this is to press into the presence of God. Stay close enough to hear Him clearly. Stay under the shadow of the Almighty. That place of intimacy is where peace returns, perspective returns, and strength & strategy returns.
Why closeness to God matters more than political panic
When pressure increases, it reveals what we trust. If our confidence is built on institutions, parties, courts, or personalities, we will be shaken with them. But if our confidence is in the Lord, then even while the world rattles, we remain anchored.
God’s presence is not a poetic idea. It is protection, guidance, and strength in real time. Scripture teaches that those who dwell under His shadow find rest there. That is not escapism. That is spiritual positioning.
And there is another reason this matters. When the glory of God falls, darkness cannot stand in that atmosphere. The solution is not merely to complain about evil. The solution is to carry His presence so fully that evil loses its hold around us.
That means praise is not optional. Worship is not a side activity. Prayer is not a weak fallback plan. These are the ways God draws His people into alignment with heaven.
How to turn Scripture into a decree
One of the most practical things believers can learn is how to take a passage of Scripture and pray it back to God as a decree. This is not about making up spiritual slogans. It is about agreeing with what God has already said.
Here is the simple pattern:
- Read the verse carefully. Ask what it actually says.
- Understand the target. Is it speaking to the wicked, the unjust, the poor, the faithful, or a nation?
- Say it as truth. Let the weight of God’s justice and holiness land on your spirit.
- Turn it into prayer. Speak it back to God in agreement with His Word.
- Decree it with faith. Not as empty repetition, but as someone standing under the authority of Christ.
For example, when Scripture warns sorrow over those who call evil good and good evil, you can pray something like this:
Father, in the name of Jesus, let Your justice come upon those who invert truth, who celebrate wickedness, and who try to condemn righteousness. Let Your Word stand over this land.
When Scripture warns unjust judges and those who make unfair laws, you can pray:
Lord, expose and overturn unrighteous rulings. Bring down injustice. Defend the innocent, protect the vulnerable, and let corrupt authority be confronted by Your truth. You, Lord said that You raise up leaders and tear them down so now according to Your own word, let Your Justice roll like a mighty river.
This is practical, biblical, and powerful.
What decree and declare actually mean
Many people hear language like “decree and declare” and either get nervous or assume it is just religious style. It is much more than style.
A decree is a formal ruling. A declaration is a statement of what is true. In spiritual terms, when believers decree and declare according to Scripture, we are not inventing truth. We are coming into agreement with the King.
And that matters because Jesus has made His people both royal and priestly. In other words, believers are not meant to live as powerless victims. We are meant to minister before God and speak in alignment with His authority.
This does not mean saying whatever we want and trying to force heaven to endorse it. It means finding out what God has said and boldly echoing it into the earth.
You are not powerless
One of the great failures of dead religion is that it trains people to depend on a few leaders while never learning their own authority in Christ. But a weak church cannot stand in a strong storm.
If you belong to Jesus, you have been brought into His family. That means you are not spiritually orphaned. You are not cut off. You are not just surviving. You are part of a royal household. Scripture presents the people of God as those who carry both identity and assignment.
That identity has to be believed before it is fully walked out.
You may not feel bold yet. You may not feel authoritative yet. That is fine. Feeling usually comes after believing, not before it. Start by accepting what God says about you. Then begin to act on it. As you act on it, confidence grows.
That is true in prayer, in worship, in resisting fear, and in speaking truth when the culture says to stay silent.
How to apply this in everyday life
If you want this to become more than a stirring idea, here is a simple way to practice it daily.
1. Begin with surrender
Before addressing the nation, the culture, or corrupt leadership, come before God personally. Ask Him to search your heart. Let Him burn off compromise, fear, pride, and unbelief. Holy things are handled by yielded people.
2. Read Scripture out loud
Choose passages that deal with justice, righteousness, courage, protection, and the authority of God. Read them slowly. Read them until they get into your spirit.
3. Pray the Word back to God
Take the language of Scripture and make it your prayer as in the examples above. This keeps your intercession grounded and prevents you from drifting into emotional noise.
4. Speak with faith, not drama
Authority is not volume. It is agreement with heaven. You do not need theatrical intensity. You need confidence in God.
5. Bless ordinary people, confront wickedness spiritually
Not every frustration deserves a judgment prayer. Scripture makes distinctions. We bless our neighbors, pray for those who mistreat us, and walk in love. But when rulers institutionalize injustice and harden themselves against truth, we have every right to call for God’s righteous intervention.
6. Stay in worship
The safest place in a shaking world is in the presence of God. Worship keeps your heart tender and your mind clear. It reminds you who is actually on the throne.
What happens when fear loses its grip
The kingdom of darkness gains leverage where people come into agreement with fear. The moment fear is broken, much of that leverage disappears.
That is why courage matters so much right now.
The apostles were threatened and ordered to stop speaking in the name of Jesus. Their answer was straightforward. They would obey God rather than men. Later, when imprisoned, they worshiped in the night and God answered with power.
That pattern still speaks. If obedience to God brings resistance from man, we do not back down. We stand, we worship, and we trust God with the consequences.
Real liberty begins there. A government can issue decrees, but it cannot own the conscience of a believer who is submitted to Christ. We obey lawful authority where it aligns with righteousness. But any command that contradicts God, loses moral claim over us.
The goal is not rage. It is alignment
There is a difference between fleshly anger and righteous alignment. Flesh wants to explode. Faith wants to agree with God. The goal is not to become consumed by outrage. The goal is to become so anchored in God’s heart that your response carries His nature.
That means justice and mercy both matter. Holiness matters. Truth matters. Love matters. But love does not require us to celebrate evil or stay silent when truth is under attack.
The hour calls for believers who know how to stand in both tenderness and strength. People who worship deeply, pray boldly, speak clearly, and refuse intimidation.
Stand under the authority of Jesus Christ
If there is one practical truth to carry forward, it is this: your authority is not self-generated. It comes from being under the authority of Jesus Christ.
That is where confidence is born. Not in ego. Not in anger. Not in personality. In submission to the Lord.
When you know whose you are, and when you know what He has said, your words begin to carry different weight. You stop speaking like a victim. You stop praying like a beggar. You begin to stand like someone who has been redeemed, adopted, and commissioned.
So read the Word. Believe the Word. Pray the Word. Decree the Word. Stay close to the Shepherd. Stay under His glory. And when the earth shakes, do not let your heart shake with it. For we have been told in the Word to expect all of this.
So now we the Eklessia decree the the Word: We decree and declare according to Ps91:8 that we will now observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked and the time has come, Lord to let Your justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!
Blessings,
Howard Olsen
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