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Summer Mixtape

Every good mixtape has a little bit of everything—and so does this one. Across the summer we hit transformation on the street called Straight, how to forgive, passing the baton to the next generation, slowing down to go deep, God's favor in new seasons, the trap of fantasy, and trusting God when provision doesn't come the way you thought. Different tracks, one theme: God at work in real life.

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Not How I Thought

Positioned For Provision “Not How I Thought” God is faithful to His word, but He is not faithful to your plan. Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

Josh Blount
Josh Blount
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Street Called Straight

ACTS 9:10-12 STREET CALLED STRAIGHT. When the will of man (you and me) comes into alignment with the spirit of God, TRANSFORMATION is always the goal. The spirit of religion is a shift from joyful obedience in God and a transformed life, to simply doing the right things and abstaining from the wrong ones. The spirit of religion only allows for outward righteousness. It does not transform the person or the heart. Rather, it puts on a front and appearance that is no greater than skin deep. This impacts the local church by creating divisions between individuals and stealing the joy, freedom, healing, and transformation that comes through the power of God.

Josh Blount
Josh Blount
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The Realm of Fantasy

Imagination is a tool God has blessed us with. Isaiah 46:10 Imagination gives us the opportunity to see the end from the beginning and to form a vision. Imagination distorted leads us into a realm called Fantasy. Fantasy is setting your heart or your mind on something that is unrealistic, impossible, or improbable. The Realm of Fantasy is where we chase the satisfaction of life by our own means. Fantasy hinders us from experiencing the fullness of God’s goodness. What are some of the ways we get into the Realm of Fantasy? 1 - THEY ARE BETTER 2 - I AM BETTER 3 - IF I ONLY HAD 4 - CALLED BUT INACTIVE 5 - THINGS AREN’T SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY God created imagination and it has a purpose.

Josh Blount
Josh Blount
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How To Forgive

Hebrew 12:2 MSG Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. Matthew 24:10 says And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.

Josh Blount
Josh Blount
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Succession - Passing the Baton

Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NLT) Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end. This life of faith is likened to a race. Hebrews 12:1 (KJV) Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, This race is an endurance race…not a sprint! There are obstacles in a race 2 Timothy 4:7 (NKJV) I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Josh Blount
Josh Blount
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Going Deep

The Enemy Of Deep Is Fast God’s word never says hurry up. Proverbs 19:2 A person in a hurry makes mistakes. Proverbs 21:5 Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run; hurry and scurry puts you further behind. Jeremiah 2:25 Slow down. Take a deep breath. What’s the hurry? Why wear yourself out? Just what are you after anyway? Deep living requires slowing down. Mark 5:21- 34 John 11:1 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.” 4 When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death.

Josh Blount
Josh Blount
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New Season New Favor

God is a God of New 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 1 Corinthians 2:9 “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven The Favor Of God Is For The Assignments Of God God's presence over your life to accomplish God's purposes in and through your life. God’s Favor Is Not Subject To Circumstances Genesis 39:2 The LORD was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master.

Josh Blount
Josh Blount