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Thank you for coming to the Chaplin's Corner. If you don't have a personal relationship with God and are just checking out this page, Welcome!! Spokane Biker will present a new pastor and their words of encouragement for you on a regular basis. If you would like to find out more about the bible and our Loving Lord feel free to contact the pastor with your thoughts, feelings or concerns.
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Independent Christian Bikers of America
Pastor Ernie & Sandy Crocker
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No Greater Love
John quotes Jesus as saying, 15:12-13 “This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” Jesus friends included: Mt 11:19 “friend of publicans and sinners”; Mt 26:50 Jesus called Judas “Friend” as he was betraying Him into the hands of the executors; Lu 12:4 “And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.” Jesus considered all people His friends whether they loved Him or not. Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. No matter what we have done or will do Jesus loves us. His love is the Agape love that is choice love. This love is the result of His choice to love us and nothing we do can make Him love us more or less. God’s love is perfect love. Ephesians 5: 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it...27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. Your best friend should be your wife and she needs to know you are giving yourself for her in word and service. Practice perfect love. Being trapped in this body of dirt I will never attain this perfection but the Word tells us to strive for perfect love. Paul writes about the benefits of loving your wife. Just as Jesus provided for the church, which includes you and me, the same dedicated love for your spouse will have the same effect. He or she will seem to have no spot or wrinkle and be without blemish. I once showed the verses of Ephesians “He that loveth his wife loveth himself” to a man. He was not receptive to this concept and said he thought this seemed selfish…DAH. But this principle of love works. As Peter wrote: 1Pe 4:8 “Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.” Don’t let picky stuff bother you. And if it does run and look in the mirror! Be happy with the wife of your youth. Proverbs 5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Read on to verse 19 in the KJV. There is implied responsibility on the part of both spouses in that relationship. We need to concentrate on the relationship we have and remember what it was like when you were courting. Remember we love God’s Son because He first loved us. 1 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us. This is another principle of love. No matter what, love your spouse and that love will be returned to you. It is important to realize that what you think is not the same as your mate perceives. It is the perception of the other person that is their reality. Therefore know what they think and find ways show them your real love. 1Pe 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. Men and women are both heirs of God’s grace and eternal life…we should live accordingly.
If it is not for Jesus…It is for nothing. Chaplain Rusty February 2010
Rusty Marsh Christian Motorcyclist Association, Chaplin
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HANDY LITTLE CHART
It is easy to get discouraged when things are going bad. But we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering. Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground it just may be a smoke signal that summons the grace of God. For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves, God has a positive answer for it:
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