Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 19

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Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith:

A sign you’re growing in grace: When someone finds and eats the cookie you thought you hid well, you don’t pout, much.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t use theological language “clubishly”- either to beat or exclude people.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Because it matters so much to your Father, you care for widows and orphans. James 1:27

A sign you’re growing in grace: Theological gamesmanship has given over to kingdom statesmanship. You wash more feet.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Having a good heart means much more than sounding real smart. Humility is trumping hubris.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t confuse being free from legalism with being joyful in serving Jesus.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You know how to rejoice in the hope of justice without gloating over an enemy’s fall.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t hope in hope, you hope in Jesus, so you hope well beyond what you can see.

A sign you’re growing in grace: The laughter of heaven is growing louder and louder right now – Psalm 2

A sign you’re growing in grace: Providential orderings trump conspiracy theories hands down. It’s no longer a contest.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re grateful for the “intermediate state” but ecstatic about the new heaven/new earth.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Because Jesus is making his enemies his footstool, you’re a warrior of mercy & justice.

A sign you’re growing in grace: BECAUSE of God’s sovereign grace, you’re praying by name for conversions of lost friends.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re living less by your agenda and more by gospel credenza.

A sign you’re growing in grace: OTHERS tell you they see signs of grace in your life. You’re not a self-fruit inspector.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t associate sanctification with a better you, but with a bigger Christ.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You pray with holy lust & expectancy for revival to come to your heart & church.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You realize, by nature, you’re allergic to grace & that the only antidote is more grace.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re moving from navel-gazing introspection to a kingdom-seeing preoccupation.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You know the difference between persecution and being mocked because you were obnoxious.