
Nordic Revival Podcast w/ Tomi Lehto
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“And behold, I will send forth upon you what My Father has promised; but remain in the city [Jerusalem] until you are clothed with power from on high.” (Luke 24:49 AMPC)
Nordic Revival Podcast w/ Tomi Lehto
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Let's go together to the first book of Moses, chapter 37. The book of Genesis, the first book of Moses, the book of the beginning, the first book of Moses, chapter 37. Smile a little in faith. Good stuff, good stuff. God has really good plans for you and he loves you. I don't say he loves you, he loves you. He loves you, he cares about you, he likes you, he has a good plan for your life. Smile more. Hallelujah. I was thinking about this. At the end of the week the Lord said tell them that I love. Sorry.
Speaker 1:If you're looking for another way to get to Finland, you can get there by bus. Trains run. Does the Finnish flag fit? Nobody knows. I think it fits. You can also fly. You can get there tomorrow and you can come back on Sunday. Sometimes you have to make certain decisions that you just get rid of it. You get rid of it.
Speaker 1:I think that here is also a person who came to the conference in January On the first day and he didn't leave. He was there for a whole week and it's quite surprising that someone comes to our events for the first time and the average length is 4 hours and 15 minutes and for eight days, so that there are 16 meetings. This is not at all normal and it can require something else, but sometimes you have to do something. You have to do something exceptional if you want to see exceptional results. That you don't expect that someone will change. But there is no change on your part. It's not even sensible.
Speaker 1:But how many found the first Moses book? It's quite easy to find. It's the first book of the Bible for you who have read the Bible before, and number 37. If you have your own Bible there, then let's follow together when we read. But Jacob lived in a land where his father had lived as a Mucan, in the land of Canaan, and this is a story from Jacob's family. When Joseph was 17 years old, he was mowing the fields with his brother. He was mowing the fields with his brother. How many are 17 years old here? There has to be someone who is 17. Let's continue. He was mowing the lawn with his brother. He was a young man in his father's wife Bilha and Silpa's son's church and he told his father what bad things he heard from them. And Israel loved Joseph. Say with me loved Joseph. He loved his son. Do you know that when Jesus went to the chastisement following the guidance that he received from the heavenly father when he went to the chast, the spirit of God came to Jesus and from heaven a voice heard this is my dear son. Do you know that you are in Christ? You are the one who is in love with him. You have become a part of the same love.
Speaker 1:Rakkauden vastaanottaja, sä oot tullut osalliseksi siitä samasta rakkaudesta Nyt kun sä oot Kristuksessa. Joosef oli sen rakkauden. Israel rakasti Joosefia enemmän kuin kaikkia muita poikkeansa, koska hän oli syntynyt hänelle vanhalla iällänsä. Ja hän teetti hänelle pitkä liepeisen, hihallisen, ihokkaan, uusi, and he made him a long, slender, slender skin. A new translation, a translation from the year 92, says that the father made Joseph a long, colorful skin. It sounds a little better than skin because we don't use that word, but it was a new translation. It translates made a long, colorful speech to Joseph. The Amplified translation, freely translated, says and he made a special, multicolored speech to him. So because he loved his son, he made a special, special colorful cloth.
Speaker 1:I think there were many different colors in that cloth. Say colorful cloth with me. Do you know that when you have become part of God's love for you, do you know that the Lord has for you a colorful cloth. What does he want to give you? But do you know, we have this time where we have to take the colorful cloth that our Heavenly Father has for us and put it on our Father in honor. He has given me the cloth, so I will keep it on me happily, hallelujah, hallelujah. I have come to challenge you this evening that you need, first of all, that you can come and take the whole heart. Hallelujah. Prepare for the cloth that the Lord has for you.
Speaker 1:Sometimes cultural things can try to stop us, but there are things that we have to put aside and start to keep the colorful cloth that the Lord has for us. Do you know that cloth also includes a smile? Yes, I don't want to start any family rites this evening, but if there has been a bit of a response to this word, because Israel loved his son, because Jacob loved his son, joseph, he made a long colorful speech to Joseph Amen, amen, luke 3, verse 21. Actually, we read it there, luke 3 and 21. Actually, it's read there Luke 3 and 21. Say it with me again Colourful cloth, colourful cloth.
Speaker 1:It's been a while since you've stopped hating the cloth the Lord has given you. Sometimes you think, well, I'm? I don't know. Is this from a tool? Amen, some models must be put into circulation once and for all.
Speaker 1:This year, we must dress up in the way the Lord has believed in us and, as I said earlier, luke 24, 49 says that stay in the city, for you are being dressed up with power of height. God has a colorful dress for you and he wants you to be honored by him, his side. Who is the one who has dressed you? So that you keep that dress on and you are fearless and you are ready to step forward, so that other people can even see it? Amen, so that other people can see it.
Speaker 1:It sometimes feels like we are professionals in hiding everything the Lord has given us. If there is a colorful cloth, then we put on it a long gray jacket. Then at home, it's just this is colorful. Then when we go home, we put on that shirt. You know, the world also needs to see what the Lord has given you that grace, that victory, that presence, that gift, all the talents that the Lord has given you. Hallelujah, don't waste it. Hallelujah, don't be sad, because I don't believe that Joseph was overconfident when he put on the clothes that his father gave him, but I believe that he put it on the colorful cloth in honor of his father.
Speaker 1:Luke 3.21 says but all nations were gathered from the respect of his father. Luke 3.21 says but all the people were gathered. Even Jesus had gathered and prayed, and so it happened that the heaven opened. Say in my ear, the heaven opened. Do you know that the heaven is open today? I say the heaven is open today. And do you know, in these last days we all need, we need that colorful cloth which the heaven is open today, and you know these are the last times when we all need that. We need that colorful cloth that the Lord has for us. And you know they are different. Their cloths are different, like people are different. Everyone in this room is a little different. The Lord has different cloths for us, but we must be able to put that cloth on God's face with respect and be brave in these times.
Speaker 1:Hallelujah, pystyä kunnioituksesta Jumalaan pistämään se puku päälle ja olemaan rohkeita näinä aikoina. Halleluja, jotkut te ootte niin varauksellisia, jotkut teistä ootte taas sellaisia niin mä oon vähän arvauduttais puhua tätä sanomaa että jos te innostutte vielä lisää että mitä tapahtuu Mut jotkut teistä, jotkut jotka katotte kotona tänään what's going on, eli, jumalan pyhä henki tässä on kysymys Jeesuksesta, jumalan pojasta, messiaasta, hän joka puki ylleen ihmismua. Hän tuli ihmisenä maan päälle, ja hän antoi meille esimerkin että miten tätä elämää pitää elää. Puettuna voimalla korkeudesta, jumalan pyhä henki laskeutui hänen päälle.
Speaker 1:Tiedätkö että, jumalalla on sulle ar, god's Holy Spirit has descended upon him? God has mercy on you for these last days. You don't have to bow to your own understanding. You don't have to bow to your education. You can bow to God's Holy Spirit and you can put on the colorful robe that the Lord has for you.
Speaker 1:Someone can be a little excited about this. Thank you for these applause and applause For this extraordinary excitement. Not just a few different colours, just colours. The Holy Spirit was cast upon him in a form of a cloud, like a cloud, and from heaven came a voice. You are my dear son. I have been thinking of you, amen.
Speaker 1:You know, love is the greatest moving force in the world. It puts us in motion, like I just talked about the importance of organizing priorities, and then, when we have been able to take it in response to His love. You know, god has that colorful dress. Some of you have already been able to take it in response, but you have just put the dress in the closet and changed it to some ordinary dress, amen. And many have put it in their own closet. The colorful speech that the Lord would like you to speak to you.
Speaker 1:Some of you may hear about these things for the first time the Acts of the Apostles in the 19th century. You don't have to turn it over. But the Apostle Paul finds a group of people, about 12 men, who do not even hear the Holy Spirit. Do you know? It is very important that the Lord can put on us what he has prepared for us, you, the men of God, the women of God, going through this land dressed in those colorful clothes and clothes. And do you know?
Speaker 1:There are a few tell your neighbor that there are a few, there are a few even in Finland who don't like it. Everyone doesn't like it. Others say that that completely wrong colored dress doesn't like it. Others say that the wrong colour of the suit doesn't suit this autumn season or spring season. I get confused with the years because they look the same, at least it feels like it in terms of temperature.
Speaker 1:But nothing is more boring than going to certain men's clothing stores in the fall. There are three colours. And then you ask is there something reddish? Well, all the reddish things are like a crushed dark red. There's nothing more red. But you know, when the Lord puts on those colorful clothes it can look to some eye that this doesn't really suit our country. That is too red, too happy, too happy. But you know the Lord is for you A colorful cloth and he wants your life so that it can be seen.
Speaker 1:The next verse in 1 Moses 37 says that the brothers noticed that their father had more of him than they had of them and they began to hate Joseph so much that they could not even speak to him. Friendly, say with me, oh, oh. Do you know the things, the situations in your life when you have to make a decision, that do you put that colorful speech in the closet and put the grey one back on or just keep the colourful cloth on? And this is not a side issue, because it is the future of our country. Finland needs you to put the colorful cloth that the Lord has on you on your head. Don't hate it, just say that I put it on me, I honor my heavenly father and if it rips, give it a rip. Say hallelujah.
Speaker 1:In business, in service, in service. Even in politics, in the parliament, we could use a few more, slightly rougher fingers. At least Say hallelujah, matthew 50. Matthew 50 says Matthew 50 says. I'll read it again Rejoice and rejoice. I'll read it again Rejoice and rejoice. Again Rejoice and rejoice. I'll read it again from chapter 12. Rejoice and rejoice, it's just Matthew 5, 12, the beginning of the verse. Rejoice and rejoice. I'll read the beginning again Rejoice and rejoice, for your reward is in heaven. For they also praised the prophets who were before you.
Speaker 1:Do you know that the pressure is coming? And I know a little about it because we have been here in Finland for a few years. The pressure is coming because there are people who think that you should put that colorful cloth in the closet. But we have good news for you. There are people who think you should put the colorful sweater in the closet. But I have good news for you and also for those haters who are watching at home. We have just started warming up. These are the last times I haven't even started wearing the most colorful sweaters.
Speaker 1:Näinä viimeisenä aikoina, mä en ole ensin aloittanut pitämään niitä kaikista värikkäimpiä pukuja. Sano halleluja. Mä nään sut tiedätkö niissä taivaallisissa värikkäissä puvuissa, halleluja. Jotkut teistä otatte niin varovaisia, varauksellisia Sano mun kanssa nyt räiskyy Sano se. Thank you, lord.
Speaker 1:Do you know that there are different colors in your speech? There is joy, there is peace, there is laughter, there is singing, there is improvement. There is joy, there is song, there is healing, there is liberation. There are huge things. Blessing, lord, care, lord care.
Speaker 1:But you have to do a lot. Do you want to be in the poor group? You put the poor tree. You can put the poor tree on top of the blue one. You can put the gray one on top of the blue one, but then you should use a colored nail if you put the gray one on top of it. But a nice glass is also good for this evening. Hallelujah, thank you Lord. Thank you, lord. Do you know there are colors, there are colors in the Word. We need them, that they are all visible. Lord's blessing. But you have to make a choice. Are you ready To the point that someone doesn't like all those colors? The early church had to make a choice during the first century. Everyone didn't like that. They announced the rise of Christ.
Speaker 1:Finland has its own things, people's opinions, attitudes, and there's a call like come here, tomi, put on that poor jacket, calm down a little. Some have been waiting for almost 15 years for us to calm down. It's too late. Stop this fear. It happens in different ways. Sometimes it happens through people's attitudes, people's opinions. Sometimes it happens people try to make a living. Sometimes it happens law makes it happen, like it happened in the early days. Sometimes it happens through pressure. Sometimes it happens through relatives. Let's try to find someone close. Go and talk to him about something sensible. There's no sense in those yellow glasses Way too bright. Let's wait for that car that's the same colour as the glasses.
Speaker 1:I don't want to go into all kinds of examples and stories today, but these are very concrete things Because there are religious models that want to put you in the same shape if they can. But you know, when the Lord has given you a colorful shirt, then you have to put it on. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. We want all those things. Gifts of the spirit, all nine, all the fruits of the spirit.
Speaker 1:Say amen, amen, the blessing of the Lord, the brightness of God in our lives. Say amen, god's blessing, god's brightness in our lives, silent praise. Some of you are going to cry about that. The heart of the servant, the giver, the blessed. What does it look like to have a blessing that people clench their teeth when they see it. It's a biblical promise that the Lord's blessing is so great that people just tighten their teeth when they see it.
Speaker 1:But you have to decide in your heart, in your life, that you don't waste that colorful cloth that the Lord has for you. Some of you are in the music. Tell us everything. You just have to be. You have to keep it colorful. Some of you were already on the way to the clothing store this evening. Now I'm going to change it, but now I see someone making a U-turn. No, we keep colorful cloth on Because, you know, this time we live in requires it. Say hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, and we need that.
Speaker 1:God's fire can touch us. Many people aim at things that are totally different Because they have never really let the fire of God touch them. How can it be that a person can so easily give up? One thing is that they have never been able to experience the fire of God touching them in life. I have never experienced God's fire in my life. Do you know? When God's fire is made to work in us, it really makes it clear what we are here for, here on earth. God's word is made to work in us, which separates the soul and the mind and judges thoughts and minds. The word has power that differentiates, so that we can really be in God's true good plan.