SIGNS YOUR GROWING IN GRACE
Followers of Christ are people of grace. This morning we talked about GRACE for our past, grace today, and grace to come. We can get a good indication of our grasp of grace in the way that we relate to others. I first shared the following back in 2013 and it seems like they are even more relevant today. Here’s 14 signs you’re growing in grace from Pastor Scotty Smith

1. A sign you are growing in grace is that you are more disgusted with your critical spirit than offended by others’ sins.
2. A sign you’re growing in grace: When you hear the word “sanctification,” you think about Jesus & his work, not yours.
3. A sign you’re growing in grace: When speak about “the victorious Christian life” you’re referring to Jesus, not you.
4. A sign you’re growing in grace: Your spouse marvels at how much better you are at listening than early in your marriage.
5. A sign you’re growing in grace: Your neighbors are glad they are.
6. A sign you’re growing in grace: You’re increasingly less quarrelsome, sarcastic and easily offended.
7. A sign you’re growing in grace: It’s getting easier not to retaliate, get even, or even crave God’s vengeance.
8. A sign you’re growing in grace: Less cynicism about other people’s sins and more tears over your own.
9. A sign you’re growing in grace: You feel like you’re just beginning to appreciate all the riches and depth of John 3:16.
10. A sign you’re growing in grace: You can enjoy God’s gifts without reservation & share God’s gifts without hesitation.
11. A sign you’re growing in grace: Compliments don’t intoxicate you and criticism doesn’t decimate you.
12. A sign you’re growing in grace: Your theology always leads to doxology, not merely to you being more right than others.
13. A sign you’re growing in grace is that everybody notices it but you.

Chuck Swindoll said “Let’s make one resolution this year: to anchor ourselves to God’s grace.”

That sounds like a plan!

#GRACE2021