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My name is Pastor Tony Catron I graduate from K.S.U. with a degree in electronic/electrical engineering. While doing that I became a Junior Deacon and also a musician in my dad's ministry in Cleveland, Ohio. Years later, my career took me to Michigan where I worked as a Electrical/Electronic Engineer. While in Michigan I became a Minister, then later went to Seminary training at Birmingham Bible Institute and became an Elder at a large Pentecostal church in Michigan called LLCC. I was called to the ministry by God. So I headed up an outreach ministry based on the End Times, dealing with restoration in people lives. Then my dad called me back to Ohio to help him Pastor his church. During that time, God changed my outreach ministry, turning it into a full-time restoration ministry. He gave me the name Ark of Covenant Ministries and the rest is history.

What are the Key Elements in Subjugation?

Force leads to Violence & abuse. Beguilement leads to subterfuge, meaning an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.

Force

You can’t force someone to do something. For instance, when rearing children, if they don’t want to eat their food, you don’t force them. You find a way to help them help themselves so that they will find pleasure in eating. Forcing the child is a form of abuse. Yelling and fussing at others is another example. When something can’t come to a resolution with calm conversation, its thought that raising ones voice might persuade the other party to see their way. However, this is a form of abuse. Forcing religious doctrine is another form or control.

Violence

Violence is behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. This can go for mental abuse as well.

Matthew 25:52

Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

James 4:1-3

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Abuse

Use something to a bad effect or for a bad purpose; misuse. There are many different types of abuse: teen, child, elderly, adult, woman, male, sexual, animal, and celebrity abuses. Many who are abused have a distorted image of what love and authority truly are.

1 Corinthians 6:10-20

15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. 16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Beguile

Pharmaceuticals give you promises with a twist; they influence you with trickery. Pharmaceuticals give you medicines that mask symptoms, with commercials that evoke an emotionally jarring response in an effort to get the viewer to use the drug, while downplaying the side effects of the drug. Money drives this world. Also, Church ministries get you to worship God without commitment to Him. Many do all the sins in the world that they want and worship Satan, but then they want to come to God to get healed. Social media tries to define who you are by giving you messages that shape your position in the society around you.

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While in a Storm, What Side of the Storm Are You On

When was the last time you were in a storm that was filled with pain and your mind had no focus? A time when confusion had a better grip on you then you had on yourself. Some of us don’t even realize when we are in a storm and to what degree. For there are different types of storms and different intensities of storms. 2 Corinthians 4:8-12 says: 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

There are 4 types of storms that can occur in life that people and children are dealing with on a regular basis.

  1. The Soft Storm: this where small things such as negative words and situational events start to accumulate.
  2. The Nagging Intensity Storm: arguments arrive and miss spoken words are said.
  3. The Tempest Storm: verbal aggression and sometimes a fisticuffs.
  4. The Super-storm: fighting, shooting, stabbings, even leading to death physically and spiritually.

In most storms in our lives, we tend to ignore signs of the storm brewing, to the point where we shrug it off as though it didn’t matter. With words like, “it didn’t bother me,” or “it was a small thing,” or “things like that don’t even phase me,” we ignore the sings. These words or phrases of denial will sometimes come back to haunt you. Meanwhile, the soft storm is slowly building, and if it goes unchecked to long, it will lead to a tempest. But while its building, things in your life are slowly breaking down, and through it all, it’s begun to effect your natural health and your soul.

You become vexed and bound, and after that stress, anxiety, anger, and depression comes, all the symptoms of self-destruction set in. But before the Child God gets that far, he or she will start having dreams, which I refer to as warning, active dreams. Most of the time when a Child of the living God has a dream, the Lord is trying to get them to quickly stop moving and listen. Doing so will restore your life.


James 4:1-8 reads, 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not,
because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

In my conclusion, Isaiah said in chapter 26:3-5, 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: 5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high;
the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground;
he bringeth it even to the dust.

In Jesus name, Amen.

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Week of March 29

The Prayer

Lord I praise you,


Thank you for being present and deliberate in how you love me. Thank you, Lord, for my life, I will wait on you. I trust that you know what is best for me. You know my heart. You hear my cries. Help me to come into a full understanding of all the ways you care for me. For you alone know what is lacking in my life; the areas in which barrenness is persisting. Guide me in your grace showing the way I must go. Your mercies, revealing the thoughts and actions that lead me away from your will.
Strengthen me Oh Lord; for my need for you is Great.
Protect me from my selfish desires
Open my eyes to see where I need to have more patience.
Mold me Lord to be more like you.

In Jesus Name
Amen

The Scriptures

Psalm 40:1-2


I WAITED patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

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How Much Faith Do You Have Left, After Spending It on Yourself and Man?

Do you at times feel that you have put too much time and energy into people, places or things in your life? Those things or people succeed in draining you, so much so that as soon as you try to recover, something else comes along and the draining starts all over again. Or maybe you put your trust in someone, and they didn’t live up to their word or your expectations. It might be a job which took you for granted. Just think of how this was all due to you putting your faith in people or things. We should all know that in this world today, and it’s sad to say, but putting your hope and faith in people or things leaves you with pain and disappointment toward people and even yourself. It even sometimes leads to internal scaring, and disenchantment with your fellow human being and possibly with your own life.

Psalms 146:3 says, “Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.” We are always trying to have things that we shouldn’t have. We ask the Lord for it and we don’t look for God to bless us with what He knows is for the best. Even Christians in the Bible have done the same thing. Take a look at James 4:1-10, “1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith
in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto
the humble. 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.”

The Bible also says to lean not to your own understanding. Most of the problems we experience in life are due to us trying to lead ourselves. I call it self inflicted wounding, in which you try to put the blame on someone else, in an effort to make yourself feel a false sense of control of your life. As the children of the Lord Jesus Christ, we must live in the world, but let the world see us as the model of the way Christ wants us to live in this cruel world. You are the light of this world when you have the Holy Ghost inside of you.

1 John 2:15-18 says, “15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.”

I’ll also leave with with these last two scriptures:

1 John 5:13-15
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that yemay know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have
the petitions that we desired of him.

Romans 15:13
13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

It is So in Jesus name!

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Who is Subjugation Geared Toward?

Lovers of this World 2 Timothy 3:1-14 – those who want to maximize their own pleasures through means readily available and attainable by their surroundings.

Self-centered Individuals Ecclesiastes 2:1-16 – Everything is about the advancement of self. No one who’s self-centered is ever happy. When you reach the point where no one looks at you or talks to you anymore, you get hurt.

Untapped Young Minds – One who hasn’t been breached by the idea of subjugation; One who lives in isolation, is sheltered from or has not been exposed to society so as not to know things that are common to society.

The Downtrodden & Poor 1 Corinthians 13:11- A vulnerable group of people who don’t have the basic necessities of everyday life such as shelter, food, or clothing, who can be taken advantage of due to their social status, who have the potential of being exploited.

Uneducated – Limited in obtaining a profession that could assist in making your way of living more comfortable, convenient or otherwise aid in helping rise above what is socially standard.