Every Morning
What are mornings like for you? Even if you are not a "morning" person, I want to tell you how to look forward to mornings! Most people I...
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Mark Bordeaux
- Jun 8
- 5 min
Your Best Credentials
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you? 2 You...
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Mark Bordeaux
- May 31
- 4 min
Counting What Counts
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ (Phil. 3:7 ESV) 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the...
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Mark Bordeaux
- May 18
- 5 min
Are You Listening?
Jesus said, "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me" (Jn 10:27). Yesterday evening, I drove through Starbucks and...
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Mark Bordeaux
- May 12
- 6 min
A Strange Silence
What does it take to silence you? Four years after the fall of the Soviet Union, I found myself at a Baptist church in Siberia preparing...
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Mark Bordeaux
- Apr 30
- 4 min
The View is Worth the Climb
When Jesus saw His ministry drawing huge crowds, He climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to Him, the committed, climbed with...
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Mark Bordeaux
- Apr 23
- 5 min
Someone is Speaking for You
While living in Memphis, I had the pleasure of meeting a guy whose smile lit up the room. He’s the kind of person that always leaves you...
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Mark Bordeaux
- Apr 12
- 4 min
A Four-legged "Angel"?
Many years ago, I was arriving home late one evening after working the second shift at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville. As I...
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Mark Bordeaux
- Apr 9
- 4 min
Is That Really What It is All About?
I smile when I hear people say, “And that’s what it’s all about!” A man catches a foul ball at a baseball game and gives it to a child. A...
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Mark Bordeaux
- Apr 3
- 2 min
Overlooking What is Priceless
Have you ever overlooked the priceless? While attending a conference in Orlando years ago, I joined other attendees as we walked to a...
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Mark Bordeaux
- Mar 27
- 4 min
Is That Friend Request From a Friend?
Is that really who you think it is? It has been said, "Imitation is the highest form of flattery," but when someone uses your name to...
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Mark Bordeaux
- Mar 24
- 4 min
Watch the Clock!
College basketball has reached the end of the regular season and March Madness is well underway. Teams are battling to win in hopes of...
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Mark Bordeaux
- Mar 16
- 3 min
Have Hope-God Has Plans!
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future....
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Mark Bordeaux
- Mar 8
- 3 min
A Living Hope
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the...
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Mark Bordeaux
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Hopeful or Hopeless?
What seems hopeless to you? What should we do in a seemingly "hopeless" situation? Ultimately, only the Lord can offer living hope!
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Mark Bordeaux
- Apr 15, 2019
- 4 min
A lot can happen in a week
Ever feel like quitting? Ever think you can not go another day? We all have. Yes, even Christ-followers. Disappointment is one of the...
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Mark Bordeaux
- Mar 27, 2019
- 8 min
"This is a disciple!"
Author James Clear quotes from David Maraniss' book, When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, He took nothing for granted. He...
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Mark Bordeaux
- Mar 23, 2019
- 4 min
No tie? No problem.
The number one reason churches grow by people coming to Christ–as opposed to coming from another church–is if “the church attracts and...
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Mark Bordeaux
- Mar 6, 2019
- 4 min
"Welcome Home" or "Welcome to the Jungle"?
“An island can be dreadful for someone from outside. Everything is complete, and everyone has his obstinate, sure and self-sufficient...
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