Atmospheric Change: Shaping the Spiritual Climate in North Dallas

Words are powerful—they shape our lives and the world around us. Every word can either lift someone up or tear them down. Jesus calls us to speak life and encouragement, never harm. His words carry unmatched strength and pure purpose. Robert Costa reveals how spoken words can change the atmosphere and inspire those who hear them.

In Isaiah 6, the prophet describes an encounter with God so powerful that it shook the very foundations of the temple. The atmosphere shifted when God’s glory filled the room. That same principle is true for us today across Collin County, Dallas County, and around the world — the atmosphere around us changes when God’s presence is invited in.

What Shapes the Atmosphere Around Us?

Things That “Stick” to Us

Scripture reminds us that sin and struggles cling to our lives. Pride, envy, greed, anger, laziness, and bad attitudes create an atmosphere heavy with negativity. But when God’s fire touches us (like the coal from the altar in Isaiah’s vision) our sins are purged, and the atmosphere shifts to one of freedom and holiness .

Words Carry Weight

Our words frame the world around us. “By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God” (Hebrews 11:3). Just as God’s Word created, our words create, communicate, and even manipulate atmospheres. Ephesians 4:29 reminds us not to use foul or abusive language, but to let our speech encourage and build up those who hear .

Two Kinds of People

• Thermometers simply reflect the atmosphere around them.

• Thermostats set the atmosphere, changing the climate wherever they go.

Which one are you in your home, workplace, or church? In Dallas and Collin Counties, our families, schools, and communities need thermostats — Believers who shift atmospheres toward peace, joy, and revival .

Your Response Shapes the Spiritual Climate

Your response to God, to people, and to life’s challenges either strengthens or weakens the spiritual atmosphere. Revolutions are birthed in conversation. Revival begins when we choose words of faith, prayer, and encouragement over complaint, gossip, and negativity .

A Call for North Cities Believers

In the North Dallas area, from McKinney to Garland, Plano to Dallas, God is calling His people to change the atmosphere. The question isn’t whether atmospheres shift — the question is whether we’ll be thermostats or thermometers.

Practical Next Steps

• Pray daily: Ask God to make you sensitive to the atmosphere you’re creating.

• Speak life: Replace criticism with encouragement.

• Shift environments: Bring worship, Scripture, and prayer into your home and workplace.

• Respond with faith: Choose trust over fear and hope over despair.

When God’s Spirit fills us, atmospheres change. And when atmospheres change, communities are transformed.