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. Keep Reading...

Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 18

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Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith:

A sign you’re growing in grace: You remain humble & grateful when God uses someone more powerfully than you in your city.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You can spot heresies quicker than ever, but you’re also less arrogant than ever.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You still get feelings of disdain, but you don’t show or speak with as much contempt.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You fully enjoy Christian liberty & you fully enjoy limiting your freedom out of love.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’ll work hard today at your MAIN work: Believing in Jesus, the sent One. Jn. 6:29  

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Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 17

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Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith:

A sign you’re growing in grace: You know that the path of righteousness will ALWAYS lead to Jesus, our perfect righteousness.

A sign you’re growing in grace: The love of Jesus is compelling you to be more generous with your time, talent & treasure.

A sign you’re growing in grace: The demands of the love of God are becoming more obvious to you… and welcomed.

Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 16

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Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith:

A sign you’re growing in grace: You exercise wisdom & care when sharing prayer requests about your spouse & children.

A sign you’re growing in grace: It doesn’t take you as long to humble yourself before your spouse and kids.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re learning the difference between worshipping God and listening to worship music.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re more likely to drink motor than to nurse a grudge or fertilize roots of bitterness.

Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 15

Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith:

A sign you’re growing in grace: You choose to risk things for Jesus rather than rust in the comfort zone of your unbelief.

A sign you’re growing in grace: When you’re dining with gospelicious friends, you enjoy the fellowship more than the food.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You provoke more people to love and good deeds than those you simply provoke.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re into “pant-theology, panting for more of the living water Jesus freely gives to all.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You worship created things much less but see God’s majesty in all of creation much more.

A sign you’re growing in grace: From celery strings to the strings of a great quartet, you find God’s glory everywhere. Keep Reading...

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. Keep Reading...

Gospel Implications, Part 3

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Continuing this great series by Scotty Smith, here is your third installment of 20 tweets on gospel implications for your gospel intake:

Gospel Implications: The Lamb HAS triumphed, the Lamb WILL triumph. Say goodbye to hopeless, fearful, selfish living.

Gospel Implications: We are “recovering legalists and Pharisees” to the extent we are actually becoming like Jesus.

Gospel Implications: There’s nothing very amazing about a grace which only makes us glad we’re not a “Fundie” anymore.

The gospel, and the gospel alone, is the power of God for the salvation of non-believers and believers alike. Open the cage! Keep Reading...

Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 11

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Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith:

A sign you’re growing in grace: There are a few people in your life who can ask you anything, and you’ll be honest.

A sign you’re growing in grace: In your hierarchy of values, validation by grit got “smoked” by justification by faith.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You know that every time the Holy Spirit makes you cry “Uncle!”, it’s so you’ll cry Abba. Keep Reading...

Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 10

Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith:

A sign you’re growing in grace: When telling your story, you end up talking about Jesus more than you.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You long for your heart to come more fully alive to the love of Jesus.

A sign you’re growing in grace: When you quote Paul, “The Son of God loved ME…”, it still astonishes & humbles you.

A sign you’re growing in grace: When the gospel wounds you, in time, it’s welcomed as a kiss from Jesus.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Spiritual disciplines are a delight, not a duty, drudgery or a drag.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You know EXACTLY what broken cisterns you’ll reach for when the living water of Jesus isn’t enough. Keep Reading...

Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 9

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Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith:

A sign you’re growing in grace: You park your conscience under God’s grace & when it drifts towards law, you yank it back.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t guilt very easily, either as victim or agent.

A sign you’re growing in grace: No matter what anyone says about you, you realize the cross is your greatest critic & cure. Keep Reading...

Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 8

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Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith:

A sign you’re growing in grace: There are things you no longer do only because of your love for Jesus.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You want to trust again more than you want to stay stuck in your hurt.

A sign you’re growing in grace: The older you get the more you remember stuff your parents actually did right. Keep Reading...

Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 7

Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith:

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t feel the need to pose and pretend as often or as much.

A sign you’re growing in grace: The main work you’ll be about the rest of your life is believing in Jesus – John 6:29.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t appeal to the sovereignty of God as an excuse for your being lazy or foolish. Keep Reading...

Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 6

A sign you’re growing in grace: You laugh with louder gufaws, & cry with hotter tears, because the gospel is at work.

A sign you’re growing in grace: The Bible reads you as much as you read the Bible.

A sign you’re growing in grace: You notice a person’s dignity before you notice their depravity.

A sign you’re growing in grace: There are fewer pages in the little book in which you keep a record of wrongs done to you.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Your cry for a changed heart is louder than your cry for relief.

A sign you’re growing in grace: The word “overcomer” in Revelation makes you think about Jesus, THE Overcomer, not you.

A sign you’re growing in grace: Repentance is becoming less something YOU do and more Someone you trust, namely, Jesus. Keep Reading...

Signs You Are Growing in Grace

There are a handful of folks on Twitter whose updates I happen to “favorite” all the time, and one of them is Scotty Smith.  About a month ago, he did a little series on “signs you’re growing in grace.”  I’ve compiled them here for your benefit.  I love how practical and earthy they are.  The gospel goes everywhere.

A sign you’re growing in grace is less bombast about not being a legalist & more humility because you “get” the gospel.

A sign you’re growing in grace is less theological arrogance & greater appreciation for diversity in the Body of Christ. Read the rest HERE