Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 13

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Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith:

A sign you’re growing in grace: A commitment to “faith expressing itself in love” is altering your attitude & actions.

A sign you’re growing in grace: “In step with the truth of the gospel” (Gal.2:14) is how you want to live your whole life.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You give and receive better eye contact, as a means of loving well.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Names matter to you so you work to remember them & are careful what you call people.

A sign you’re growing in grace: The gospel doesn’t make it easier to sin but harder to fall back into legalism.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You offer less and less resistance to the renewing work of the Holy Spirit in your life.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You debate pneumatology less because you’re desperate for the Spirit’s work in your heart.

A sign you’re growing in grace: The gifts of the Holy Spirit aren’t a topic for debate, but a treasure to be sought.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re praying your church will grow by multiple conversions, not by disgruntled transfers.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Whether it’s a crust of bread or a crown roast, you don’t take the gift of food for granted.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re more careful than ever not to exasperate your children or be harsh with them.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Though you really want to reciprocate a cutting remark with one of your own, you don’t.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Your ability & effort to see things from other people’s perspective is steadily growing.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You expect Jesus to show up and do the things only Jesus can do.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t quote Scriptures AT people; you love people BECAUSE of the Scriptures.

A sign you’re growing in grace: For every word wasted on gossip and criticism, you speak 25 words of healing and life.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You know you probably get more criticism & credit than you deserve, so you stay humble.

A sign you’re growing in grace: When Jesus calls you back to “the love you had at first,” you know what he’s talking about.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Right now you’re thinking about who you can encourage today, as THE Day approaches.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re more passionate, but just not as rigid or reactionary as you used to be.