Comments on: The Hall of Faith

By: Mark Altrogge

Mark Altrogge — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:29:05 +0000

Hey Ron,

Thank you for your constant encouragement. I think this is a real challenge for lots of us – myself included. I too really need to grow in seeing God’s grace others’ lives, especially my kids. Thank you for your great and humble comments.

Mark

By: Ron Reffett

Ron Reffett — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:26:44 +0000

Hey there Mark!
I’m always amazed at how the Lord uses your postings to speak into my life His glorious truth!
I so need to remember His grace towards me, especially in the times when I sin and blow it big time. My wife and I were just talking about this very thing and how it’s so easy to focus on the sin in someone’s life, (especially teenagers…God’s tool for sanctification!) and neglect the positive things that they do.
I’m so thankful that God delights to show us his mercy and chooses to overlook all of my sin because of His son, amazing to think that when our Father looks at us He sees Christ yet so often when we look at ourselves we see all of the sin and failures, I pray that God would open our eyes so that we see ourselves and others through the lens of the glorious and wonderful gospel!
Thank you again for a very timely and encouraging post, I’m thankful for you brother!
Blessings,
Ron Reffett

By: Mark Altrogge

Mark Altrogge — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:37:08 +0000

Leslie,

I so need to grow in this too.

Rachel,

You are so right about embracing weakness. I too need to embrace my weaknesses instead of being discouraged about them. Great reminder.

By: Rachel Dulaney

Rachel Dulaney — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:32:00 +0000

This is such an encouraging post. I’ve gone through a few trials over the last few weeks, and the Lord has just been teaching me, “Embrace how weak you are, because the weaker you are, the more My power is displayed in you (a la 2 Corinthians 12:9).” In the same way, the Lord asks us to cling to that grace, because that’s what He’s going to look at. In spite of huge weakness or huge failure, the Lord’s power and faith to overlook our sins is all that matters.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:55:13 +0000

How humbling! Oh that I would extend that kind of grace to others!! Thanks for this post Mark.

By: Mark Altrogge

Mark Altrogge — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:48:39 +0000

Galephico,

Isn’t grace amazing? Thanks for your comment.

By: Galephico

Galephico — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:26:13 +0000

Mark, thanks for your post.
How amazing is the way God sees me.
He focuses on the grace He gives more than all the sins I do every day …
All because of what Jesus Christ accomplished for us …
So transforming when we live with it in our every day life !