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A Glorious Call

Karen M. Pina — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:00:28 +0000

We call a mentoring time out today and focus on those who may have googled a phrase and ended up here and don’t know glory personified in the person of Yahshua (Jesus). We issue a call to glory today. You are an eternal being. Do you know where you’ll spend eternity when you die? It is appointed to all men to die. We are all sinners. Don’t be offended or click away because of that statement. If you’ve ever told a lie, stole, or cheated, that’s sin. We all have done these types of things (and in some instances worse). The good news is that Yahshua died as the perfect sacrifice to atone our sin and redeem us from the curse of death. There is an eternal separation from Yahweh, the Creator, and that is hell. Everyone wants to go to heaven when asked, but don’t have a clue how to they are going to arrive there. I’m giving you the key today. There is only one way to get there and that is to go through door named Yahshua (Jesus). There is only way to Father Yahweh (God), and it is through His son, Yahshua (Jesus).

Have you decided to allow Yahshua (Jesus) to remove your sins, reconcile you back to Yahweh (God), and receive the gift of eternal life with Him? Don’t stop here; I want to pray with you to ensure you have officially met Him! Reach out to me here. I long to pray with you.

20 For no person will be justified (made righteous, acquitted, and judged acceptable) in His sight by observing the works prescribed by the Law. For [the real function of] the Law is to make men recognize and be conscious of sin [not mere perception, but an acquaintance with sin which works toward repentance, faith, and holy character].

21 But now the righteousness of God has been revealed independently and altogether apart from the Law, although actually it is attested by the Law and the Prophets,

22 Namely, the righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance on Jesus Christ (the Messiah). [And it is meant] for all who believe. For there is no distinction,

23 Since all have sinned and are falling short of the honor and glory [b]which God bestows and receives.

24 [All] are justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His grace (His unmerited favor and mercy), through the redemption which is [provided] in Christ Jesus, - Romans 3:20-24 AMP

For the wages which sin pays is death, but the [bountiful] free gift of God is eternal life through (in union with) Jesus Christ our Lord. – Romans 6:23 AMP

If this confusing to you, read about a man who Yahshua helped what it all means? I await your call.

Saved by glory,

Prophetess Karen M. Pina

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A Glorious Land

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

6 On that day I lifted up My hand and swore to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, [a land] which is an ornament and a glory to all lands.

7 Then said I to them, Let every man cast away the abominable things on which he feasts his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.

The land that flows with milk and honey is a land free from defilement and idols.

>>>>– A glorious land honors Yahweh’s (God’s) name
>>>>– A glorious land is an obedient land
>>>>– A glorious land forsakes all other gods
>>>>– A glorious land is a land that is separated and consecrated for Yahweh’s use

A land with these attributes shines brightly with Yahweh’s glory. This used to be true of the USA, but it isn’t anymore. We have turned to the god of sex, religion, fame, perversion, success, etc. Can it be said of you that you are Yahweh’s ornament and a glorious land?

With honorable 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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Provoking & Defying Glory

Karen M. Pina — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:00:55 +0000

⁸For Jerusalem is ruined and Judah is fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of His glory and defy His glorious presence.

⁹Their respecting of persons and showing of partiality witnesses against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil [as a reward upon themselves].

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

¹¹Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with them, for what their hands have done shall be done to them. - Isaiah 3:8-11 AMP

There are professing ministers of the gospel who deceive themselves and others about Yahweh’s glorious presence abiding and dwelling and moving amongst them. As the scriptures shows their actions (and speech) are against Yahweh. Of course, it’s not the actions and speech that we see that matters, but what Yahweh sees with His eyes, and what He sees them doing and saying is provoking His glory and defying His glory, not reverencing, but irritating His glory. So, then how could His glory be dwelling, abiding, and moving in their midst?

Embracing glory,

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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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

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

Ascending – Part II

Karen M. Pina — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:00:19 +0000

So all of us, with faces unveiled, see as in a mirror the glory of the Lord; and we are being changed into his very image, from one degree of glory to the next, by ADONAI the Spirit.” – 2 Corinthians 3:18 CJB

In yesterday’s post, I mentored you to take a look at the things you’ve haven’t obeyed to get clear about what’s stopping you from ascending into the glory. We must come closer to His glory each and every day by coming closer to Him. Our obedience is like a diving board or a springboard into the rivers of glory. The more we obey, the deeper, higher, and wider we go in Him. It’s time to ascend . . . daily. We can go from glory to glory daily. There is nothing stopping us except us! It’s a conscious choice to allow Him to work both the will and the do in us. Your obedience to God makes you unstoppable, impenetrable, and Satan proof. No enemy can reach you when you live a life of one obedient act to the next. The way the enemy trips us up, without even trying, is through our disobedience. He knows the power of rebelling and disobeying firsthand. He knows the road it leads us to, and therefore, he can put His feet upon the table, drink lemonade, and watch us like a good movie that He already knows the ending to.

On the other hand, when we consistently obey, we release the power, glory, resources, and 100% complete backing of all of heaven and the heavenly hosts. Now, what foe can withstand this? No one foe can. Isn’t that what the word tells us? Stop thinking something outside of you is stopping you and start looking at how time and time again stop gaps are being set up in the realm of the spirit through your very own disobedience. An obedient minister of God is a glorious minister of God. Your steps of obedience are interconnected. You see, when God tells you to do a thing it is connected to other things unfolding and manifesting in your life and ministry. If you fail to take the first step of obedience, you miss out on all the steps that are connected to where God desires to bring you. What I’m teaching you, mentee is that disobedience has a rippling effect and by the way so does disobedience. I charge you and admonish you to obey and ascend. Let’s pray:

Lord, thank you for making me 100% obedient 100% of the time through these posts on ascending that I may set the work you’ve assigned my hands on a path of ascending into your glory. I am an obedient servant of the Most High Elohim (God). It is through Yeshua’s name we pray. Amen.

From faith to faith,

Prophetess Karen M. Pina

Ascending

Karen M. Pina — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:00:52 +0000

“So all of us, with faces unveiled, see as in a mirror the glory of the Lord; and we are being changed into his very image, from one degree of glory to the next, by ADONAI the Spirit.” – 2 Corinthians 3:18 CJB

Mentee, there is only one way to ascend into the glory of God and that’s to obey. It’s your obedience and my obedience that cause us to ascend into glorious places that God desires to take us. So if it looks like things are stagnant, ask what am I not obeying, God? When He gives you the answer, do it. It’s so easy to make excuses over time for why we either can’t, don’t, or just won’t do what He commanded us to do. We say things like, “He knows where I am right now” and “He sees everything I’m going through.” While this is true, it doesn’t make you or I exempt from our obedience to the things He’s told us to do. Are you ascending or descending? Always check your obedience levels for the answer. Today, I am ascending.

From faith to faith,

Prophetess Karen M. Pina