When he was younger, I gave him one of my old microphones, and it became one of his favorite toys. He went all over the house with that microphone just preaching. And he loves suits. He thinks suits are for preaching only.
He would come over to our house in a suit to play. I would say, "Mark James, why do you have your suit on?" "In case we preach, Pa Pa," he'd say. Every once in a while I would take him with me on meetings, and he'd want to help me preach.
So one morning after a meeting we had in Tulsa, we went to the airport very early to catch a flight back to Dallas/Fort Worth. As we were going through security, Mark James said, "Pa Pa, I'm hungry." So we stopped at this little snack bar. There was one table left, and so we sat down.
There just seemed to be a real nice atmosphere that particular morning. I had him sit down, and I went up to the counter. The lady at the counter watched our television program and said hello to me, and I got some orange juice and a muffin for him.
Well in a little while, two men came walking down the hall telling a dirty joke - very, very loudly. They were speaking the most foul language I'd ever heard in my life. Eventually, everybody at the snack bar turned their heads to look at these guys. They didn't have respect for anybody. They came right up to the snack bar, sat down at a table right next to us and continued telling their dirty joke. And my grandson could hear everything they were saying.
It made me mad. I mean, I almost forgot who I was and what I was, and I wanted to slap them both real good and then pray for their healing.
These two men totally changed the atmosphere in that airport with their filth. I thought, "Now wait a minute. It was nice here before these two "jerks" showed up. We've got just as much right to enjoy our breakfast here in a peaceful atmosphere." And I came to a solution.
I just said real loud, "Mark James, are you going to help Pa Pa preach tonight when we get to Ft. Worth?"
He said, "I am."
I said, "Have you got your sermon ready?"
He said, "I do."
I said, "Well, I'd like to hear a sample of it."
He did not have any reservations whatsoever. He just thinks you ought to preach everywhere. He got out of his chair, got in front of the table, looked at everybody in the snack bar and hit the table with his fist. Then he said real loud, "People, you need Jesus in your heart and you need to be filled with the Holy Ghost!"
You could see the shock on those two guys' faces. Their mouths flew wide open and they got up and walked off just as fast as they could. Then Mark James said, "Say amen, somebody." (He loves that line from Kenneth Copeland.) And people started clapping for the little guy. A three-year-old changed the atmosphere in the airport with his words.
Now if he can do that in an airport, then you can do it in your house.
You can change the atmosphere in your life with your words. The Bible says that through faith and understanding God framed the worlds. You frame your own world with the words that you speak. My world is charged with faith, with life, with health, with prosperity, with victory and with success. Why? I do this because I charge the air with them.
We're in this world, but we're not of this world. We can frame our world with the words of God coming out of our mouth, and God confirming them with signs following. Do you need restoration happening in your life? Well then, begin declaring it and give God an opportunity to do it!
Husbands, you are the priest and the prophet of your home. You ought to be the family cheerleader. Get them up in the morning and say, "All right family. We are fed up with the devil stealing from us. He has stolen from us for the last time so in the name of Jesus, let's all begin our cheer for the day. Jesus said be of good cheer, so here's a good cheer. R-E-S-T-O-R-E! What am I spelling? Restore! Restore! Restore!" Amen.
If your marriage needs restoration, charge the air with faith-filled words in your home. If your body needs healing, declare restoration. Start changing the atmosphere in your home with the words that you speak.
Excerpt permission granted by Jerry Savelle Ministries International