November 9, 2026

Don’t Fear the Storm

As we begin a new week, I’d like to share the message with you that I gave at the Christian Inaugural Gala in Washington, D.C., January 2025. I knew the battle for America’s recovery wasn’t over, even though we had just won the White House and Congress. I’ve shared some of the content in previous posts, but even though it will be familiar to the faithful listeners, I believe it will encourage and inspire you.

The Rooster

“The story is told of a man named Samuel S. Scull, who settled in the Arizona desert with his family.

“One night, a fierce desert storm struck with rain, hail, and high winds. At daybreak, fearing what he might find, Samuel went out to survey their loss.

“It was devastating. The hail had beaten the garden into the ground; the house was partially unroofed; the henhouse was a pile of debris, and dead chickens were scattered about. Destruction and devastation were everywhere.

“While standing dazed, evaluating the mess and wondering about the future, Scull heard a stirring in the rubble that had once been the henhouse. A rooster was climbing out of it. The old rooster was dripping wet, bloody, and most of his feathers were blown away. But as the sun came over the eastern horizon, something stirred in his DNA. The pain, blood, bruises, and devastation no longer controlled him. He climbed until he had reached the highest board in the pile, flapped his bony wings, puffed out his chest, and proudly crowed.”(1)

Why?

It was his nature, wired into his DNA, to awaken the world and announce a new day. And no amount of devastation could overcome that nature.

And that’s when the storm lost its power to destroy Samuel Scull.

The American Spirit

It appears to me that citizens of nations take on a national DNA, and the American spirit is much like that rooster. I have a theory: God somehow took the hearts of our Founding Fathers and programmed them into the American DNA, shaping the American spirit. It seems that their love of liberty and the willingness to preserve it at all costs made its way into America’s genetic code. Perhaps God planted the heart of Patrick Henry - “Give me liberty or give me death” – into our collective DNA. Maybe the lesser-known Lewis Morris’ willingness to sacrifice for freedom’s cause found its way into our cells. Lewis was the guy who, when warned by his brother not to sign the Declaration of Independence because of the likely cost, simply said, “Damn the consequences; give me the pen.”(2)

Could that have been when the American spirit took root?

Perhaps our Creator looked down at patriot Sam Adams – instigator of the Boston Tea Party, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and “Father of the American Revolution”(3) – and told the DNA angels, “Put some of him in the American psyche. Because when times get hard, the cultural storms come, and the debris piles up – when the border is open, and the terrorists arrive; when the foundations are destroyed, and the government becomes corrupt; when decency and common sense are abandoned, and children are being mutilated – I’m going to need some patriotic Americans who will climb to the top of the devastation and boldly announce that the storm will NOT destroy us, and declare that a new day has begun.”

Patriotism

Some today would actually have us believe that patriotism is inappropriate. There are even Christians who consider it unbiblical, labeling it “Christian Nationalism” and superimposing things we don’t actually believe. But our English word “patriot” comes from the Greek word for “father,” pater.(4) Why? Because fathers reproduce themselves, passing on their nature, their beliefs, their hearts, and vision. And in the context of nations, we call this offspring “patriots.” If you don’t like patriotism, you don’t like the fathers.

Now, what must we do when a mutation occurs, creating a genetic disorder…when the generational flow from the Founding Fathers is interrupted…when the American spirit and patriotism seem to have been lost to liars, revisionists, lovers of self, globalists, godless politicians, and, though it pains me to say it, deceived or weak preachers? Well, the recovery begins with someone climbing the debris pile and shouting, “No!!! Our roots are NOT dead! And it is NOT in our nature to surrender to the storm! We will NOT give up our God-given destiny or surrender our inheritance!”

When Sam Adams was told by James Warren in 1772, three years before the revolution, that many towns and people were faltering in their willingness to face the British storm, he climbed the debris pile and said, ‘Nil desperandum’ (that’s Latin, and Adams interpreted it) “Never Despair. That is our motto. All are NOT dead, and where there is a SPARK of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it!!!”(5)

This is occurring in America today.

Here are two more quotes from “Rooster” Adams, “Father of the American Revolution,” and a pater to millions of patriots.

In 1777, things were not yet going well for Americans in the Revolutionary War. As the delegates in York considered the plausibility of achieving independence from England, Adams addressed them, stating his firm conviction: “We have appealed to heaven for the justice of our cause, and in heaven, we have placed our trust. Numerous have been the manifestations of God’s Providence in sustaining us… We shall never be abandoned by heaven while we act worthy of its aid and protection.”(6)

In 1780, at the end of the war, “Prophet” Adams spoke into our day: “If ever the time should come when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.”(7)

And here we are.

I leave you with one more quote, this one the words of a Jewish patriot and prophet named Isaiah. He spoke a Word from God, found in chapter one, verse 26, of the book that bears his name. In the Voice Translation, it reads: “I will bring back legislators who have integrity, people like your founding fathers—principled decision-makers. Then your city will be called honorable and just, a model of ethics, trustworthy, and strong.”

Friends, don’t fear the storm.(8)

Pray with me:

Father, You have placed an overcoming spirit in us. We are more than conquerors through Christ (Romans 8:37), partakers of His divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). We also have received a heritage of bravery and liberty from our Founding Fathers. We will not cower to the spiritual storm that has brought devastation to our nation and its culture. We will not fear evil, just as You instructed us.

We thank You for fathers, paters, who prophetically spoke Your divine purpose for America and others who sought You for America’s Constitution and Bill of Rights. As the offspring of these paters, we are delighted to accept their legacy, making us patriots. We boldly declare that this will not be stolen from us by lying politicians, a deceitful media, propagandizing educators, or deceived preachers. We have laid hold of Your destiny for our nation and will not surrender it.

We ask for a revival that saves millions spiritually and reforms us nationally. Infuse Kingdom ideals back into American life, and the King’s commission back into our hearts. We stand on the rubble of humanism, secularism, Marxism, wokism, and all other philosophies satan has used to form the storm, declaring that it is our nature to conquer, and welcome a new day. We ask all this in Yeshua’s name. Amen.

Our decree:

We decree that we do not fear storms; we overcome them.

Click on the link below to watch the full video.

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1. As related in Craig Brian Larson, ed., 750 Engaging Illustrations for Preachers, Teachers, and Writers (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2007), 411-412.

2. https://constitutingamerica.org/90day-dcin-lewis-morris-major-general-new-york-militia-delegate-second-continental-congress-signer-declaration-of-independence-guest-essayist-tom-hand/

3. https://www.amrevmuseum.org/read-the-revolution/the-revolutionary-samuel-adams 

4. James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 3962.

5. https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/31693.Samuel_Adams 

6. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0901/2008015005-s.html 

7. http://www.samuel-adams-heritage.com/quotes/constitution.html 

8. Portions of a speech given by Dr. Dutch Sheets at the Thrive America Foundation’s Christian Inaugural Gala 1/19/2025.