Pinecrest Bible Training Center
1968-2008

John 12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone.

Beginning in 2008 the vision and bible school that God so graciously gave Wade Taylor beginning in 1968 came to an abrupt end, falling into the ground and dying.-

We now wait for God to raise up and bring forth His seed of promise in another, that the vision fail not.

Winter 1985
Who Is Your Ark?
Bernice Mercier

In Genesis Chapter 6, we see that Noah was faithful to God’s command and built an ark. He probably did not know what an “ark” was or what “rain” was, but he obeyed the Lord’s instructions step-by-step. His obedience to God ensured that the lives of his family were saved.

We, just as Noah, need to be faithful to obey the Lord. When He instructs us to pray, to intercede, to bring our loved ones before the Lord Jesus, we need to be obedient. In daily prayer, we must bring and place each member into God’s ark. The hand of God is never too small to hold within its hollow ALL and everyone we could ever bring!

The ark is Jesus Christ. By TRUSTING and ABIDING IN HIM, we shall overcome circumstances and temptations met in everyday living. When situations change or people disappoint us, we will not be overwhelmed. By being IN CHRIST (the ark of God) we shall stand firmly and be at peace.

The troubles that come into our lives can serve to help us. That seems impossible to believe! Yet it’s true. Picture yourself safely held within the ark and then picture waters of adversity descending. What happens? As the flood waters deepen, the pressure causes the ark to RISE ABOVE the surface of the water. As the ark rises, so do we! In reality, as pressures mount in our lives, we, being IN JESUS, shall rise above and overcome as well. Our families will see a valid, living, exciting Lord working His will in us and giving us strength.

The key is staying IN THE ARK (in relationship with the Father) at all costs. Then with boldness we will say, “Let the floods come, let the rains pour, for I am safe in a covenant place with my Creator.” In this way, we will overcome difficulties and rise above our troubles and circumstances, just as Noah and his family did. In knowing the Lord Jesus Christ and waking close by Him with yielded hearts, we will be prepared to face whatever is to come.

If anything other than Jesus Christ is the object of our dependence, it shall surely fail. Friends, worldly goods, neighbors or family cannot take His place, so let us face the future with confidence and stand firmly IN THE ARK, hidden IN HIM.

“He will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; He will conceal me under the cover of his tent, He will set me high upon a rock.” Psalm 27:5 (NASV)

That’s a promise!

 

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