Nordic Revival Podcast w/ Tomi Lehto

Supernatural working of the Holy Spirit

• Tomi Lehto

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The supernatural realm isn't reserved for biblical times but should be our everyday reality as believers who carry the same resurrection power that raised Christ from the dead.

• Living a Christian life without experiencing miracles has become the norm for many believers
• The coin in the fish's mouth demonstrates God's supernatural ways of solving problems
• We set the atmosphere for miracles with our words, attitudes, and expectations
• Believers need to pursue supernatural living in every area – business, family, workplace
• Four keys to supernatural breakthrough: Word immersion, praying in the Spirit, thanksgiving/praise, and holiness
• God doesn't have a caste system – supernatural experiences are available to all believers
• Finland and other nations will become known for supernatural demonstrations of God's power

Let's believe for supernatural things this week as the resurrection power of Christ works through us to impact those in our spheres of influence.


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I want you to just turn in your Bibles to Matthew, chapter 17,. And I'll just take a moment to Matthew 17 and verse 24. We're celebrating the great price that Christ paid for us and then the resurrection and Lord's called us in the supernatural life. Matthew 17 24 says on their arrival in Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and asked him doesn't your teacher pay the temple tax? Yes, he does, peter replied. Then he went into the house, but before he had a chance to speak, jesus asked him what do you think, peter? Do kings tax their own people or the people they have conquered? Tax their own people or the people they have conquered? Notice, jesus asked them before he even had a chance to ask. You know, we're living in a supernatural realm church and one thing that really troubles me, because I feel like people get gloriously saved by the resurrection power of Christ and then they go back to natural life Filling out forms for Gila or just doing natural plans. Oh, we couldn't do that. That seems like impossible.

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Jesus knew what Peter was thinking about and he answered his question before he even asked the question. And Peter said well, the citizen. Peter said they taxed the people they have conquered and Peter. And then, well then, jesus said the citizens are free. However, we don't want to offend them. So go down to the lake and throw in a line, open the mouth of the first fish you catch and you will find a large silver coin. Take it and pay the tax, for both of us Say amen. How many of you have ever been fishing? Come on, somebody ever been fishing? Come on, somebody's been fishing. How many of you have ever seen a fish? How many of you saw a coin in the mouth of the fish when you went fishing? If you raised your hand, I think you put the coin there. You say pastor, what do you mean? I mean that you know, I've been fishing many times in different places and I've never, ever, seen a coin in a fish's mouth. That's not normal, that's supernatural. Say with me, that's supernatural. The Lord's calling us, as His church, to step into the realm, to live in the life of supernatural. You know, the new birth is supernatural. People coming to Christ and getting new life that's supernatural. People coming to Christ and getting new life that's supernatural. Bible says that he takes out the stony heart, puts in a heart of flesh. He puts his spirit on the inside of us? That's supernatural. The resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ? That's supernatural. The disciples, who were broken by grief when they saw their master on the cross and die and buried, but then three days later they gave their life to share this message in the nations. What happened? They saw the resurrected Lord and noticed that the life that they stepped into was actually extremely supernatural.

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And we're living in a time right now when commonly I'm talking about not here because you guys are some Holy Ghost people, but generally in our nation if you believe in anything supernatural, you are ridiculed. If you say God speaks to you, people are like, yeah, I'm sure he does, but the reality is God's still the God of signs and wonders and miracles. He's still the God who leads us, guides us, and he still speaks. He just guides us and he still speaks. If you go through the Bible, you see and God spoke. And God spoke. And God spoke. And Bible says in Romans 8 and 14. That those that are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. Jesus spoke, that he is the good shepherd and those that belong to him follow his voice. He still speaks, he still reveals things, he still fills people with the Holy Spirit. He still does miracles and it's like it's almost like Finnish believers in general have become professionals in living a Christian life without any miracles, without the whole realm of supernatural. I see supernatural making a comeback in the church.

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Now some of you come from a nation it two choices you either see a miracle or you're dead. There was no other choice. You called on the name of the lord help and you knew if god doesn't answer to you, then your story is finished. But sometimes we have so many options. We can go to the hospital, we can apply for some help from the social services. We have all these, what we call in Finland, safety nets that we can turn to. So very few people are in that desperate of a situation that they actually must have a miracle by the pressure that's around them. But I'm here to tell you that the whole Bible is a supernatural book. Our God is a supernatural God and we, as His people, are being called to live in the realm of supernatural. Only thing you have to do is just press into the Word of God, immerse yourself into His presence, get filled with the Holy Ghost and then begin to see that, hey, god's got a better way to live than just to go by the natural. And Finland will see that we have a great and a mighty God who still performs miracles, hallelujah, amen.

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And you, as a believer, you are the one who sets the atmosphere in your life. Now, we set the atmosphere in this room by praise and worship, by the word, by prayer, by this room, by praise and worship, by the word, by prayer, by testimonies of what God has done, we set the atmosphere. But you, in your life, you set the atmosphere. So you have to set an atmosphere in your life, in your home, in your family, in your personal life, in your business, in your workplace, that you expect miracles, you expect the power of God to move, you expect the hand of God to show up, you expect something to happen this coming week. Something is going to happen. Oh yes, oh yes.

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The Bible says that all things are possible with God. Jesus said fear, not only believe. With men it's impossible, but with God nothing is impossible. God doesn't want this realm to be something that maybe once in a lifetime you'll experience something. But he wants us to step into this realm because we have a great work to do and he is a big God. But there is a responsibility that we have as his children to live in that realm. But we set the atmosphere.

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Israelites did that in numbers 13 and 14. Joshua and Caleb said we can take the land. The 10 others said we can't do it. With your words, you can create an atmosphere in your home, either positive or negative. That is going to be a realm and an atmosphere where God can freely move. A realm and an atmosphere where God can freely move. Make a decision. I'm not going to complain, I'm not going to whine, but in my heart there's a joyful expectation and the word of God is in my heart and on my lips and I'm going to see the hand of the Lord.

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Can you say hallelujah, hallelujah? God is all powerful, he knows everything and he's always present. Only thing that we need to do, and what he's expecting us to do, is just to step in to that realm of faith and expect some great things to happen and earnestly desire, pursue after the spiritual gifts that God has given to us, those spiritual endowments that he wants us to walk in. Can you say amen, hallelujah, hallelujah, amen in? Can you say man, hallelujah, amen?

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It's time to live supernatural life, and this is not just for the preachers. This is for those that have a job, this is for those that have a family. You know that 2025, you need to live a supernatural life, just as a father or a mother. You need to be connected to heaven, just if you have a family. Amen, amen. You need it if you're in the business, if you're in politics, whatever it is that you do.

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God's called us to live In the realm of the supernatural, and this is a great time of the year because there's no greater display of God's supernatural power that on that morning when he raised Jesus from the dead. And that same power that raised Christ from the dead, according to Romans 8, dwells in us as believers Say amen. So how can miracles not happen? Of course miracles are going to happen, for his power lives in us. Make a choice today In my life. I'm going to cultivate and create an atmosphere where great things are going to take place. There's going to be a joyful expectation, there's going to be faith in my heart. Can you say amen, amen, amen In music, in worship, miracles In your workplace.

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There's people there who need miracles. Let's believe this week for miracles for your co-workers, for your clients, customers, people that you come in contact every day, people who deliver things to your business, that you can shake their hand, pray for them. You can see. Lord will show you that people will need miracles even this coming week and, by the hand of God, their hearts will turn to God. When they see God's power Can you say hallelujah, and supernatural will be the new normal in the church in Finland, that even from other nations people will come.

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We heard about what God is doing in Finland. We just have to come and see you cross the border, people that the border agent asks why did you come to Finland? I've come to see the God of miracles. Hallelujah, god of miracles, hallelujah, hey, hallelujah, hallelujah. He's a God of miracles. Big things in your ministry, in your business, in your family. Somebody's getting a hold of this. This morning It'll be like a dream, like the song says. Our mouth will be filled with laughter and people will say in Finland, god has done great things for them. You know what that means. When people don't, who don't even believe in God, say God has done great things for them, that means that there is some undeniable proofs, like there were in the book of Acts, chapter 1., that are being displayed Just like the apostles, with great power, power. They gave witness of the resurrection of jesus. So it will be in finland in these final days that god's people with great power will be witnesses of the resurrection, because that resurrection power is in work in you and that power is coming through you.

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Can you say hallelujah? You say hallelujah, you say well, how do I step into this? Number one you have to get into the word of God, meditate on the word of God. Many people are just discouraged because of what they've seen and what they've experienced. But God's word is God speaking to you? God's word is truth John 17, 17. God's Word is God speaking to you. God's Word is truth John 17 17. God's Word is the reality. When you immerse yourself and meditate on God's Word, your view begins to change and you begin to see like God sees. Can you say man?

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And then another thing, point number what we haven't seen too much is you have to pray in the Spirit excessively, not just a two-minute little splash I'm talking about. Take an hour, say Pastor. I've never taken an hour. Well then, take two hours. You show up on Friday. We'll pray six hours. Amen, amen, hallelujah, let's pray. Show up on Friday, we'll pray six hours. Amen, hallelujah. Let's do the Akali and or the end what TDS we've had.

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Sound or reason come out of believers and that's the only sound that should not be. Let the sound of heaven rise. Create an atmosphere where God can move. We know you're smart, you're educated, you got your degrees and that's good, but that's not gonna break you through into the realm of the supernatural. You need the things that God's given to you by His Holy Spirit. Come on church, let's pray for 30 seconds. Even now, breakthrough, miracle. Even now. Breakthroughs, miracles. Oh hallelujah, hallelujah.

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And then, thirdly, thanksgiving, praise and worship. It's one of the fastest ways into the realm of the Spirit. You just, lord, I'm thankful, I thank you, I praise you, lord, you are mighty God, you are faithful God. You are mighty God, you are faithful God, you are wonderful, you are the same today. You change not. And then you step and enter into worship, where you just say Lord, I worship you, I bow down at your feet and you realize time disappears. You're actually before the throne of God. If you're a man, step into thanksgiving, praise and worship. Come on. We need some men of God. We need some men of God. Oh, hallelujah, we need some men, amen, to lead the way, and I'm not disregarding the ladies, but sometimes I feel like men come a little behind and that should not be.

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And finally, fourth point that I have for you, for the entering into this realm of the supernatural, is holiness. Holiness means to be set apart. There's a way you used to live. You don't live that way anymore. There was a way that you used to think. You don't think that way before. Now you know. There's a way that you used to look at things't think that way before now you know. There's a way that you used to look at things. You don't look at things that way anymore. There's a way that you used to speak. You don't speak anymore and your life is consecrated for the work of God.

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Can you say hallelujah. You're set apart for the Lord, vessel for holy use. Say with me supernatural life. I'm telling you, you as a businessman, businesswoman, this week, as we break through, as we move forward, you'll see the hand of God and you'll be a sign and a wonder. There's some ministers here. You're going to go to another level in the supernatural.

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Lay hands on the saint, hallelujah. Thank you, jesus. Just lift your hands to heaven. Father, thank I. Thank you for your presence. You are unchanging and you do not make a difference between individuals, but you look at the heart. What you do for one, you want to do for all. As we come by faith in Jesus' name, I speak life to every individual, every heart, every physical body, every marriage. Let this be a great week in every marriage, in every family. Lord, I thank you in a supernatural way, lord. If there's been attacks coming against families, marriages, trying to bring division, lord, I thank you. Lord, and all the single ones, all the ones that are single. I thank you that this is going to be a supernatural week In Jesus' name.

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Come on, say hallelujah, I feel the presence of the Lord. I don't know about you, but I feel the presence of the Lord. I feel like it's raining. It's raining and if you don't feel it, you got to take the umbrella off. Don't be an umbrella Christian when the heavens rain is falling down. Amen, hallelujah, say that with me one more time.

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Say supernatural, let's believe for supernatural things, supernatural things. If we believe him for supernatural things, he told peter, just go fishing and take the coin and pay the taxes for me and for you. That's unusual, that's supernatural and that's miraculous. I don't think I could have come up with that way of paying taxes, even if I would have come up with a thousand ways. I would not have been able have come up with a thousand ways. I would not have been able to come up with that way Like go fishing, pick up, it's like what? But it's like God just likes to do things. You can think of ten ways he's going to do it. He's going to do number 11. Amen, hallelujah.

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Somebody sitting here is like bastard. This is different. I usually go to the Lutheran church. It's okay. It's okay. This is not a Lutheran church, this is a Holy Ghost church.

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But I just I want to encourage you, challenge you. God has a God, doesn't have a caste system like in some nations, where he puts people into these compartments and say you're never going to amount to anything. But these guys, they'll get everything. But it's just up to your heart that you choose to believe God's eternal word and you say, lord, I believe it and I want to step into what you have for me. Lord, you said in 1 Corinthians 12 that we should earnestly desire and go after the best gifts. Lord, I want the best things by your Holy Spirit. I want to be yielded to you and I want to be moved. I want to see the power, I want to see the revelations, I want to see the inspirations, I want to see the moving of your Spirit. Lord, you can use me, speak to me. I'll be available to bring and demonstrate your power to the world that's lost and broken and hurting and need the power and the inspiration that comes only from you. Lord, say amen.