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Don’t Delay me . . . I’ve got a Destination!

Karen M. Pina — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:00:25 +0000

And my language and my message were not set forth in persuasive (enticing and plausible) words of wisdom, but they were in demonstration of the [Holy] Spirit and power [^[a proof by the Spirit and power of God, operating on me and stirring in the minds of my hearers the most holy emotions and thus persuading them], – 1 Corinthians 2:4 AMP

Ministers who are hearer but not doers, talkers but not walkers are sent to delay you. Their assignment is to get you a “hoping” and a “wishing” that you’ll get to manifest the glory of Yahweh (God). They lure you in with powerfully perceived “new revelation” and hidden mysteries in the word of Yahweh (God). When you stick around long enough, you’ll surely see that they are empty clouds. Their own lives reflect it. They are in debt and truly they aren’t prepared in the natural to walk in the glory. They have unmade areas in their life that through rebellion and sin have barred the door shut. Said with more clarity, they have shut Yahshua (the Door) out of certain areas of their life by unsurrendering them to Him fully. They play with Him and the spirits and strongholds they erected through their unyieldness are playing with them. They aren’t walking in 1 Corinthians 12:3.

Today, I’m calling you out from among them in to your destination (or destiny as some say). Your destination is to manifest His power in your life. Who is trying to supernaturally delay you? . . . ask ABBA today! Once you have your answer, cut them off because you can’t be delayed. The earth is groaning for the manifestation of the sons of Yahweh. Those assigned your hands are waiting to be set free. Will you prolong or shorten their oppression? That all depends on whether you’ll allow yourself to be delayed or not. For me . . . I can’t be delayed; the glory is waiting. My confession, with action today, is “Don’t delay me . . . I’ve got a destination!”

With true and fruitful glory,

Prophetess Karen M. Pina

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Provoking & Defying Glory – Part II

Karen M. Pina — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:00:11 +0000

Yesterday we laid the foundation of this lesson by exposing the deeds and actions of professing ministers who deceive themselves and others into believing Yahweh’s glory is with them. The Isaiah passage of scripture tells us that the righteous will eat the fruit of their deeds. The glorious fruit of the righteous can be eaten in its entirety. They become a habitation of His glory. The food and the fruit they dispense fulfill the spiritual hunger of those who are hungering and thirsting after glorious manifestations and results.

The Lord stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples and His people. – Isaiah 3:13 AMP

The day where your actions and speech are being judged is here and woe to the wicked for what their hands and mouth have done. Woe to the proud and arrogant who have flaunted their sins before Yahweh’s eyes and provoked His glory. He is standing at attention and every leader that is causing others to err and tripping them up on this path shall behold His glory, but not in the way they tout. For He has entered into glorious judgment with them. Let’s not ever forget the judgment attribute of His glory.

10 Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

11 Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with them, for what their hands have done shall be done to them. – Isaiah 3:10-11 AMP

With fresh glory on me,

Prophetess Karen M. Pina

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Secure Glory

Karen M. Pina — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:00:49 +0000

Elohim (God) is so secure in who He is that He is allowing Satan to do what he does (steal, kill, and destroy) until His appointed time to live eternally in the lake of fire. In this we see and identify another making mark for us, and the mark is security. Here is how He worked this facet of His glory in me.

As you know, I’m His prophet and He tells me to do and say things to others. He prompts me to pray for others and He leads me to write prayers and send them to others. Well, I’m sure you can imagine that everybody isn’t jumping up and down, grateful, or receptive to the things He has me share. For a season, this caused me to really doubt I was hearing from Him, and Satan played with me mentally by contesting the words of God flowing through me. He did this for many years, and finally God did a couple of things with and through me that brought me great freedom and security. The first is that what He said came to pass swiftly. This reassured me, “Yes, Karen you heard Me and now you see Me!” The second is through this my faith began to increase and my relationship with Him deepened. Third as our relationship deepened, the concern for others receptivity (i.e., I receive that or I don’t receive this), acknowledgment of the word, and even a response that they received the word (e.g., the word physically or electronically reached them) began to dissipate. He began to minister to me about how He healed 10 lepers and only one came back grateful, receptive, and appreciative. So if this is true of Yeshua, who is always our example, then it will be true of me.

Over time I began to see and experience secure glory in me. Knowing that He is pleased with my obedience and responds to it became more important than man’s response or lack thereof. Has the mark of secure glory been formed in your as it was in Yeshua and me? It can . . . let’s pray.

Elohim (God) bring me to the place that I’m 100% free from man’s response no matter how they respond (e.g., positively, negatively, neutrally, or at all). Increase my relationship with You so much so that I can feel, discern, and revel in how pleased you are by my unmovable faith and obedience. Set me free and birth security in me.

For those who have come into a measure of secure glory, I pray He will increase your steadfastness and devotion to Him, and as He does so, I pray that you find yourself in the next level of secure glory that you need at this time in your life and ministry. He’s doing it now . . . secure glory, secure glory is the portion of those who have been set free and advanced today through the ministry of this post.

I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust! – Psalm 91:2 AMP

For additional support and ministry on this topic: See Psalm 122:7, Isaiah 54:17, 2 Corinthians 1:22

Embracing secure glory,

Prophetess Karen M. Pina

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Release the Worry, Embrace the Glory

Karen M. Pina — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:00:46 +0000

When you are actively involved in ministry, there is always something to do and I do mean always. You have to constantly resist the temptation to become so busy that you are no longer ministering to Elohim (God) in prayer, communion, fellowship, and worship. The other temptation that you must resist is the temptation to worry that everything that needs to get done won’t get done. This is a trick of the enemy to keep you caught up toiling, spinning, running, and wishing for more time. Do you know how much precious God given energy you waste worrying about not having enough time to complete God’s work. If it’s His work, He knows how much time you need to get it done. And if you didn’t have such time, He wouldn’t have charged you to do it. So today, release the worry and embrace the glory. If the release was successful, lightness should be present in your midst right now, not only that, but propelling you forward with new strength and a new resolve to rest in Him versus strive to get things done on human terms. His glory is here to aid and assist us in completing the work He’s assigned our hands. Stop fighting and warring against it and embrace it wholeheartedly. Repeat after Holy Spirit through me, “I rest in the fact there is enough time for me to do everything You’ve called me to do.”

31 Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, What are we going to have to eat? or, What are we going to have to drink? or, What are we going to have to wear?

32 For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all.

33 But seek aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.

34 So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble. – Matthew 6:31-34 AMP

Embracing glory,

Prophetess Karen M. Pina

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Forgiving Glory

Karen M. Pina — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:00:02 +0000

I have never seen such an unforgiving people as those in the professing church. They hold grudges and keep detailed accounts and records of all the wrong done to them in ministry. I know you’ve seen this too. Talk about false glory, huh? Where is the forgiving glory spoken of in Matthew 18:23-35?

We are to freely forgive our brothers and sisters from our heart when they sin against us. I need to make two clarifying points here. The first is this: Your sisters and brothers are defined as those who do the will of Your Father. Don’t get mad at me, I’m telling you what Yeshua said. The second is this. The scripture in Matthew 18 didn’t say forgive your brother if they ask for it from the heart with great sincerity, repentance, and with tears in their eyes. No, the scripture doesn’t put all those vain glorious conditions on the truth of forgiving glory. Do you want Elohim (God) to remove your sins as far as the east is from the west and cast them into the sea of forgetfulness never to remembered anymore or do you want Him to torture you by keeping records, files, and detailed accounts of your wrongs? Of course you don’t. Then don’t do it to others! Who do you need to forgive today and who needs your forgiveness? You see, forgiving glory is a two-fold glory. When you forgive, your spirit and the spirit of the other person is set free to flow in true glory. I pray Ruach haKodesh (Holy Spirit) has brought before you the person(s) that you need to forgive and that needs your forgiveness. If so, okay now, let’s pray immediately:

ABBA Father, I lift up the situation with the person(s) that Holy Spirit brought to my remembrance as I read this post and I pray that Your forgiving glory will flow through me like a mighty river of fire and water. Cleansing me from all the thoughts I have toward them and that they may toward me. I thank you for this river of fire and water that is running over us and between us right now in the realm of the Spirit washing us from all unforgiveness, bitterness, seeds of discord, jealousy, envy, hatred, manipulation, agendas, game playing, and every work of the flesh that should not be named once amongst us. I thank You that the current of this powerful river has propelled us into the place where we are now free to flow in the truth of Your glory. We thank You that the accounts, records, and files have been moved by the current of this river as far as the east is from the west never to be remembered anymore by either of us or by You.

We ask you to forgive us, oh Lord for dwelling in the place of unforgiveness as long as we did and for your grace and mercy that did not spit us out of your mouth and wash us ashore. Thank You, thank You. Thank You that there is no more hurt and pain that comes up or when we think of them. We thank you that there are no more word curses in our mouth concerning them. The work You’ve done is thorough, and we receive your forgiving glory. Help us to live this way each and every day of our lives being quick to forgive and slow to anger and offense like You. Thank You for Your cleanliness, holiness, and forgiveness and righteousness.

Responding to forgiving glory,

Prophetess Karen M. Pina

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False Glory – Part II

Karen M. Pina — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:00:02 +0000

We continue to pull back the covers on false glory. Have you read or listened to something a minister wrote or spoke and immediately afterward or during the message/writing you start feeling like, “Are they talking about me?” or you think, “Hmm . . . that feels like a dig aimed t me to kick me down a couple of notches in my Godly confidence.” If so, what you are discerning (perhaps unknowingly) is a characteristic of false glory. This characteristic can be found in the below scripture:

We have renounced disgraceful ways (secret thoughts, feelings, desires and underhandedness, the methods and arts that men hide through shame); we refuse to deal craftily (to practice trickery and cunning) or to adulterate or handle dishonestly the Word of God, but we state the truth openly (clearly and candidly). And so we commend ourselves in the sight and presence of God to every man’s conscience. – 2 Corinthians 4:2 AMP

When you handle the Word of God deceitfully or craftily, the Word is mixed with an ulterior motive, another agenda, manipulation, witchcraft (defined as an attempt to bend or twist the will of another via cunning mental stratagem). You see, truth is coming forth as it’s the Word which is true glory, but the spirit behind the Word is false glory. It’s the antithesis of John 4:24; worship in Spirit and Truth. Our spirit must be pure, holy as His Word emanates from us or else all we are releasing is a false glory that entangles others in more bondage versus set them free. I pray this characteristic of false glory be far from you, mentee as you go forth to do His work. I also pray that this post exercised your spiritual senses (e.g., discernment – Hebrews 5:14) even the more as we must start calling false glory, false glory and not backing up off or down to what we are seeing and discerning.

Responding to true glory,

Prophetess Karen M. Pina

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P.S. – Another classic example of this is using the pulpit to address something that should have Matthew 18:15-17 applied to the matter.

False Glory

Karen M. Pina — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:00:52 +0000

We’ve (Hashem, Ruach HaKodesh, and Yeshua) spent close to a year mentoring in the glory of God. By now, you should recognize it, be intimately acquainted with it, be living in it, and clearly distinguish the fruit of it. This is so important as you embark on all He’s assigned you’re hands. There is a false glory that exists in the church world and many are afraid to call it what it is. They skate around it, tell others to not judge less they be judged, to love like God, etc. I can fully recognize a false vessel and false glory by their fruit. Check out what they are doing versus what they are saying! Do the two match up . . . is there spiritual agreement? Either it is or it isn’t. The answer is yes or no here, mentee. Stop shrinking back on the belief and teaching you’ve learned here. Elohim (God) is no respecter of persons. Either it is a good tree bringing forth good, holy fruit or it isn’t. Let’s pray:

Father, awaken the spiritual senses of Your mentees and cause them to fully recognize and confront (by the Spirit) the false glory in their midst. We’ve learned that whenever You arise in Your people, the false arises simultaneously. May our spiritual eyes be fully opened so that we will not be seduced, deceived, tripped up, taken off course, or manipulated. Make us strong, set our faces like flint, and keep our feet pointed on the straight and narrow road of true glory. It is through Yeshua’s name we pray and it is so in heaven and on the earth.

¹⁵Beware of false prophets, who come to you dressed as sheep, but inside they are devouring wolves.

¹⁶You will fully recognize them by their fruits. Do people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

¹⁷Even so, every healthy (sound) tree bears good fruit [worthy of admiration], but the sickly (decaying, worthless) tree bears bad (worthless) fruit.

¹⁸A good (healthy) tree cannot bear bad (worthless) fruit, nor can a bad (diseased) tree bear excellent fruit [worthy of admiration].

¹⁹Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

²⁰Therefore, you will fully know them by their fruits. – Matthew 7:15-20 AMP

Responding to true glory,

Prophetess Karen M. Pina

Down Time

Karen M. Pina — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:00:27 +0000

And he said to Him, These things, all taken together, I will give You, if You will prostrate Yourself before me and do homage and worship me. – Matthew 4:9 AMP

When most of us hear the phrase down time, we think of a time to wind down, relax, and simply doing nothing. Well, this is The Making mentoring blog and therefore, this blog is all about making you into a more accurate reflection of His glory. What better way to accomplish than to have some “down time.” The down time He’s speaking of through me has nothing to do with winding down, relaxing, and doing nothing. The down time He’s requiring of all of us is the time when we fall down on our face before Him to seek Him and to press in for more revelation, sanctification, holiness, wisdom, truth, and love. So many of us have taken Satan up on his “down time offer” because of what he offers us. When is the last time you took Yahweh up on his offer, worshiped him, and had some real “down time?”

Captivated by glory,

Prophetess Karen M. Pina

From Zero to Glory in 10 Seconds Flat

Karen M. Pina — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:00:04 +0000

Come close to God, and he will come close to you. – James 4:8 CJB

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. – Psalm 91:1 KJV

I see so many ministers revving up to the pinnacle or highest height in the Spirit. They do this by speaking tongues, shouting, jumping up and down, hooping, quoting scriptures, preaching, etc. As ministers of the gospel, our relationship with God should be a continuous closeness that enables us to simply start conversing with Him and find ourselves at the highest height in 10 seconds flat. What’s all the spiritual calisthenics about? Either you are in a close relationship with Him or you aren’t.

As I often tell you, mentee it ‘s about living in the glory not putting it on, taking it off, or needing to rev up to it. Now, there’s nothing wrong with any of the things I mentioned at the beginning of this post, if that’s what He’s instructing you to do at that moment. I do and have them all (except hoop and preach. There’s no power in this for me.) as He leads. This is the important lesson I want you to take away today. We can get to the glory in 10 seconds flat. We can find ourselves in the Most Holy place in 10 seconds flat by doing what He tells us do, no more, no less. Everything else is in vain.

Captivated by glory,

Prophetess Karen M. Pina

What do you know?

Karen M. Pina — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:00:39 +0000

But [the time is coming when] the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. – Habakkuk 2:14 AMP

Many of us hear this scripture and Joel 2:28 and we jump to the conclusion that the masses – everyone – is going to walk in His glory (e.g., His presence, Spirit). This post comes to bust up this myth. The truth is just because I’m filled with the knowledge of the glory doesn’t mean I’m experiencing the blessing of dwelling in His glory. If you read the old covenant, you’ll notice this statement, “. . . and then you will know that I am the Lord.” Okay, now when Elohim (God) says this, it is because He’s demonstrated His glory (defined as His character, nature, and power) through judgment. He humbled the people and demonstrated His power by allowing their enemies or a plague to overtake them (see Ezekiel 15). Now, you see that’s not the kind of “knowledge” we think of when we quote our scripture reference today. Is it? So, we don’t know what we think we know. His thoughts and ways are higher than ours. So, the next time you or someone else you know gets ready to jump up and down in excitement over this scripture ask yourself, “What do I know?”

Who can know the mind of God except the Spirit of God? So don’t repeat things inspired from man’s soul (e.g., intellect, reasoning, opinion, or thoughts). We need to ask Ruach Hakodesh (Holy Spirit), “What is God’s mind on this, that, or a particular scripture?” The best learning posture for the revelation of Kingdom secrets is to discard all you think you know and come like a little child who absorbs all the teacher teaches with eyes and ears wide open and attentive. Our posture should be: “I don’t know anything; teach me, Lord!”

Captivated by glory,

Prophetess Karen M. Pina