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		<title>Important Notice!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Life Journal blog has been replaced by the NEW Pinelake L3 Journal blog. You will no longer receive the daily pastor journal entries by email. 
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		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2010/01/07/important-notice/</link>
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		<title>A member of the family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. &#82;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#108;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#32;&#50;&#49;&#58;&#55;
Observation:
Every year at this time people compile lists, typically top 10 lists of various categories. There are also stories of special people from the year. These are stories of people with special gifts and stories of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/31/a-member-of-the-family/</link>
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		<title>Time to celebrate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
And they sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb saying, &#8220;Great and marvelous are Your works, O Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Your ways, King of the nations! &#8220;Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy; For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/30/time-to-celebrate/</link>
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		<title>Shout it out loud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people; and he said with a loud voice, &#8220;Fear God, and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/29/shout-it-out-loud/</link>
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		<title>I’d like to teach the world to sing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
&#34;After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands.&#34; &#82;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#108;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#32;&#55;&#58;&#57;
Observation:
The picture painted by this verse is a great image of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/28/i%e2%80%99d-like-to-teach-the-world-to-sing/</link>
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		<title>First Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
&#8220;But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.&#8221; &#82;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#108;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#32;&#50;&#58;&#52;
Observation:
The church at Ephesus was a busy church; verses 2 &#38; 3 talk about their deeds, perseverance and endurance. They were busy doing good, but it appears they had forgotten why they were doing it. The church was doing lots of things [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/27/first-love/</link>
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		<title>How do I say, “I love you”?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:&#160;
&#8220;And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.&#8221; 2 John 6 
Observation:&#160;
What is love?&#160;In this scripture the answer seems to be to live in a way that we are keeping the commands of God. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/26/how-do-i-say-%e2%80%9ci-love-you%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>The Gift of Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:&#160;
&#8220;We love, because He first loved us.&#8221; &#49;&#32;&#74;&#111;&#104;&#110;&#32;&#52;&#58;&#49;&#57;
Observation:&#160;
I love the simplicity of this verse. Its so cut and dry; so to the point. The reason we love is because God loved us to begin with. He is the author of love &#8211; the inventor of the idea of love. It all started with him. His [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/25/the-gift-of-love/</link>
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		<title>What if there was never any privacy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
&#8220;And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written.&#8221; &#74;&#111;&#104;&#110;&#32;&#50;&#49;&#58;&#50;&#53;
Observation:&#160;
So after writing all of this down John ends his gospel with this verse. Hyperbole aside, it is very obvious that there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/24/what-if-there-was-never-any-privacy/</link>
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		<title>I want it all and I want it now!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
&#34;I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.&#8221; &#74;&#111;&#104;&#110;&#32;&#49;&#54;&#58;&#49;&#50;
Observation:
It never ceases to amaze me at how impatient we all tend to be, especially when it comes to the important things in life like our relationship with God. I remember so many times that I have wanted to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/23/i-want-it-all-and-i-want-it-now/</link>
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		<title>Throwing the baby out with the bath water</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
&#34;But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also; because&#160;on account of him&#160;many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.&#34; &#74;&#111;&#104;&#110;&#32;&#49;&#50;&#58;&#49;&#48;
Observation:
Poor Lazarus&#8230;The leader of his house of worship wants to kill him because Jesus raised him from the dead. (OK, seriously why would he think that was a good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/22/throwing-the-baby-out-with-the-bath-water/</link>
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		<title>Its my party and I’ll cry if I want to.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
&#8220;Jesus wept.&#8221; &#74;&#111;&#104;&#110;&#32;&#49;&#49;&#58;&#51;&#53;
Observation:
This verse, the shortest one in the Bible, has always been intriguing to me.&#160;Why would Jesus weep?&#160;I mean he knew that he was going to raise Lazarus from the dead, right? Then why get all weepy? Why let that emotion come into play?&#160;I&#8217;m not sure of all the answers to all of these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/21/its-my-party-and-i%e2%80%99ll-cry-if-i-want-to/</link>
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		<title>Water, water everywhere and not a desire to drink.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
&#8220;Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, &#34;If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.&#8221; John7:37
Observation:
The thing I love about this verse is the picture it paints of quenched thirst. I remember times when I have been really thirsty and then I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/20/water-water-everywhere-and-not-a-desire-to-drink/</link>
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		<title>Self feeder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
&#8220;They said to the woman, &#8216;We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.&#8217;&#8221; &#74;&#111;&#104;&#110;&#32;&#52;&#58;&#52;&#50;
Observation:
The interaction between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well is a wonderful source of rich teaching. However, this line [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/18/self-feeder/</link>
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		<title>Honestly Speaking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
&#8220;If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.&#8221; &#49;&#32;&#74;&#111;&#104;&#110;&#32;&#49;&#58;&#56;
Observation:
John couldn&#8217;t have been more blunt in his letter to first century Christians. If I live in a state of perpetual sin, the light of God is not in me. If I live in darkness, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/17/honestly-speaking/</link>
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		<title>The Trouble with Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
&#8220;Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.&#8221; &#49;&#32;&#80;&#101;&#116;&#101;&#114;&#32;&#52;&#58;&#56;
Observation:
Peter wrote to a scattered and broken church this letter of hope, encouragement, and exhortation. The people were facing trials and persecution and desperately needed this God-inspired letter. Peter tells the church to embrace the persecution and pursue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/16/the-trouble-with-love/</link>
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		<title>The Watershed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
&#8220;But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.&#8221; &#74;&#97;&#109;&#101;&#115;&#32;&#49;&#58;&#50;&#50;
Observation:
James explicitly states here in the opening of his letter that there is a difference between hearing the truth and acting on the truth. He writes that hearing the word is much like looking in a mirror. When I look into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/15/the-watershed/</link>
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		<title>The City to Come</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
&#8220;For we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come.&#8221; &#72;&#101;&#98;&#114;&#101;&#119;&#115;&#32;&#49;&#51;&#58;&#49;&#52;
Observation:
Two things jump out in this passage for me this morning. First, the writer of Hebrews speaks of the city to come as a certain reality. There is no &#8220;if&#8221; in the verse. There is not even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/14/the-city-to-come/</link>
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		<title>Moving Toward Maturity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
&#34;Therefore, leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on toward maturity&#8230;&#34; &#72;&#101;&#98;&#114;&#101;&#119;&#115;&#32;&#54;&#58;&#49;
Observation:
The author has pointed out in the previous chapter that his readers ought to be mature enough in their faith to teach the truths of Jesus to others. But this is not the case. Instead, the author says that they are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/12/moving-toward-maturity/</link>
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		<title>True encouragement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
&#8220;But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called &#8220;Today,&#8221; so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.&#8221;&#160;&#72;&#101;&#98;&#114;&#101;&#119;&#115;&#32;&#51;&#58;&#49;&#51;
Observation:
The readers of this letter are being cautioned against falling away from their confession of faith in Christ. The author is telling them to be on guard against [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pinelake.org/blogs/lifejournal/2009/12/11/true-encouragement/</link>
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