Karina Allen

This is to you Jesus followers who are also in ministry from your big sister who has seen a lot, read a lot, heard a lot and experienced a lot. I don’t believe people surrender to a calling with impure motives. They may not know what they’re getting themselves into but it’s not the kind of thing most people imagine at that point making them rich or powerful and able to manipulate and exploit and perform. But Satan uses every possible scheme to lead us “astray from [our] sincere and pure devotion to Christ.” (2 Cor 11:3) I can’t say this strongly enough. Be relentless in your protection of your own relationship with Jesus. Let no one—and I do mean no one—get between you and Jesus. This is not only for your benefit. It is for theirs. Do not let your own time of prayer and Bible reading turn into preparation for messages. If you do not have regular times of prayer and Bible reading, Saint, you are already cooperating with the enemy’s scheme to lead you astray. Return to the spiritual disciplines. Nothing replaces them and you are not the exception. Do not let what you are pouring out exceed what you have invited Jesus to pour in. In the powerful words of the apostle Paul, “having begun in the Spirit, will we now finish in the flesh??” Do not hand over your prayer life to intercessors. Let your thorn in the flesh which you no doubt have and I certainly have continue to pop the balloon of an inflated ego. That’s what it’s for. Serve with humility. One word. Jesus. Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus. This ONE is all that will matter at the end of the day. At the end of our lives. Every single one of us has the capacity to lose our way and exploit the work and the gifts God has given us to make a show of our flesh. We are quick to talk about people who fall into scandalous sins but there is something much more sinister that can go on for years and everyone see it in us…but us. There is simply falling away from sincere devotion and somewhere along the way replacing our first love. We can do this, Saints. But we will not do it by accident.

I long for people to know Jesus. I want to say so often, if you only knew. If you just knew. And, yes, what he’d do for you. Yes, yes, of course! The gracing, saving, redeeming, cleansing, restoring, healing, transforming, gifting and on and on, beyond our imaginings. But more than that, to know who Jesus is. To grasp the truth of his preeminence. To understand that there is no one like him. No one who loves like him. No one who stays like him. No one who is holy like him. Righteous and just. And GOOD. He is so good. No one who is compassionate and merciful like him. No one who knows what he knows. And forgives what he forgives. Jesus is a stand-alone. I long for those who do not yet know him like this to know him well enough that you may be astonished by people who represent him poorly or inadequately but you do not confuse them/us with Jesus. He will prove true when everyone else proves a liar. I’m moved every time I get to the part of Philippians 3 where Paul states his entire aim in life and death: “I want to know Christ!” This is what I want. This is what I long for in my living and my dying. This is my longing this morning for both of us, my sister. For both of us, my brother. Oh, that we would know the true Christ. He is the one and only.

@courtneypaigec3 @incourage Thank you for reading!!!

When we yield to the leading of the Holy Spirit, His love overflows. @karina268 incourage.me/?p=253816 @incourage

@onthewaybg @incourage Thank you for reading!!!

If your season feels endlessly long and hard, He is right there with you. @karina268 incourage.me/?p=254743 @incourage

@PriscillaBettis @onthewaybg @incourage Thank you for reading!!!

@PriscillaBettis @onthewaybg @incourage Amen!

@505Cali2 Whoa!!!🤯

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@Ashleyhays2089 Wow!!!

We never went to the moon because we can’t. The moon is a light- not a planet. Genesis 1:16- God made two great lights-the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. The moon, therefore, gives off its own light. It does not reflect off the sun: Mark 13:24-But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give HER LIGHT. Satan has lied to us about everything to keep everyone from God.

We are the generation that will see Jesus return. Matthew 24 gives us the parable of the fig tree. Jesus tells us that it is the generation that sees the fig tree bloom that will see His return… …and the fig tree bloomed in 1948. We are in the last few years (if that imo) of that generation. It is no coincidence that everything is playing out exactly how the Word told us it would. Keep your lamps lit family, we are going home soon 🙌🏻 What an exciting time to be alive ❤️

As the world gets crazier, remember the one and ONLY anchor in this storm- Jesus Christ. Lord, help us to keep our eyes focused on nothing but you as we watch the enemy become more active during these last days. We thank you for being our strength, our protector, and our rock. You are the beginning and the end, and we lean into you as this world fades away. We eagerly await your return Lord. We’re ready when you are. Amen.

@drpatrick @RandPaul 💯💯💯

Please please watch this. I could not have said this better. @RandPaul is a doctor, I’m a surgeon. Both of us and 68,000 doctors are saying can’t we just follow the science and go where it takes us? This is all RFK Jr is saying. So 68k doctors can’t all be wrong in supporting his confirmation. The Republican Party and President Trump @realDonaldTrump, through the advocacy of RFK on behalf of children, have now captured the attention and votes from Moms who care for their children. This is an opportunity for our Senate leaders to understand that confirming RFK Jr @RobertKennedyJr could transform the outcomes of healthcare in the nation. It is unacceptable that we spend more money than the rest of the world in healthcare and yet have one of the lowest longevity rates. It is unacceptable that Europe will not buy the food from our farmers in America because of pesticide contamination. This is an opportunity to demonstrate that common sense prevails.

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We are adopted into the family of God. We are accepted in the Beloved. Our inheritance is redemption through Christ's blood. @karina268 incourage.me/?p=249716 @incourage

Woman from Kentucky prays a tornado away from her home and doesn’t stop until its gone. Those who think prayer is meaningless should take note of what praying by faith in Jesus name looks like. #JesusIsLord #Weather #prayerworks

I know a lot of people who aren’t the biggest fans of Trump’s “personality” but would climb over broken glass to vote for him in November. You’re not voting for a best friend. You’re voting for the best policies for you, your family, and your country.

@AbbyJohnson 💯💯💯💯

Now Is the Time to Fight for Thankfulness by @karina268 via @incourage incourage.me/2024/07/now-is… #Bible #authenticity #encouragement