90: The Transformative Power of Intentional Quietness

Have you ever found yourself overwhelmed, needing stillness and clarity? Discover how a purposeful pause can align you with divine purpose, as I, your host Lyvita Brooks, share my personal journey on why I'm taking a sabbatical in this episode of Hanging Out with Jesus Podcast.

We engage in a reflective discourse on the importance of listening to God's voice, particularly in times of transition, and how this intentional quiet time can lead to rejuvenation and a fresh perspective on life.

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Episode Transcript

Lyvita (00:02):
Welcome to Hanging Out with Jesus Podcast, where we
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notes.
Hi, I'm Aveda Brooks.
Author, teacher, founder of theMe Project Academy and your
host.
Thanks for supporting thisministry and rating and
commenting on the blog andwhatever podcast platform you

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are listening to, because thenit makes us feel more like a
conversation.
And for your newbies, welcome.
This is Episode 90.
So come walk with me where weintentionally and daily hang out
with Jesus.

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Thanks.
This is normally the time ofyear that I share with you.
To get yourself together forthe upcoming year Is that time
where you look in the past tosee what goals you completed and

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celebrate yes, celebrate andthen look to the future to see
what it is that you still needto accomplish in order to be
where God has given you thatvision of where you to be.

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But you're doing all of this,looking through it and hanging
out with Jesus as you're doingit.
Whenever you plan your upcomingyear or any meeting that you

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have, it should be with the Lord.
That's a given.
That should be a given.
Well, saint, I had theopportunity to spend time with
the Lord, and one of the thingsI'm clear on is that I need a
sabbatical.

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I need to take some time tospend time rebranding, hanging
out with Jesus' podcast and theMe Project Academy.
There's some things that theLord wants me to do with these

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two tools, and there's anothertool that he's bringing up in my
spirit that I need time toexplore.
So I'm going to take that time.
So You're going to be hearing acouple of episodes from the
past which I believe the Lord isleading me to to share with you

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.
So don't stop listening to thepodcast.
I'm coming back full force, butwhat I do, it's either going to
be February or March.
We'll see when we get there.
But when I return, I have moreclarity.

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You see, saints, we can keepgoing and going and going and
doing, and doing and doing, butif we don't take that time with
the Lord, we could be going andgoing and doing, and doing in
the wrong direction.
So when you have come to aplace in your life where there

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seems to be a whole lot oftransitioning going on, stop,
just stop.
Organize your schedule so thatyou can spend more time with the
Lord.
If that means eliminating goingplaces that you normally go,

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which fill up your time, if thatmeans that scrolling through on
your phone or on your computer,stop.
God has something to say to you.
When you are coming out of whenyou're coming out of, when you

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are immersed in changes andunfamiliar waters in your life
and grapes are being tossed atyou and just just seems like
stuff is just out of whack, stop, rearrange that schedule so you

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can spend time with the Lordand you sit down with the Lord
with pen and pad and Bible andyou say Lord, I'm here, I'm
listening, and it doesn't matterwhere you begin in the Bible,

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just, just, just flip it open.
Sorry, I got excited, I'm sorry.
Just flip it open, or or startwhere your devotional stops.
But whatever you do, just stop,Get that Bible, pen and pen and

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you sit still before the Lord.
Because, saints, I've done itbefore and I'm going to do it
again.
It's those times that God speaksso clearly, because my only
expectation is to hear from him,just to hear from him.

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He's already heard my concerns,my illness, my hurts, my pains,
my confusions.
He's already heard it.
So now you need to sit andlisten, just listen, just listen
, and I'm telling you you willbe amazed at the things he has

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to share.
So, saints, y'all take care andkeep listening to the podcast
and just continue to seek God'sface, because in him remember

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you're hidden, in Christ, so inhim you find you, you find just
who you are and just howpowerful your God is.
So let's pray.
Thank you, lord, for all you do, for all you have done and for

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all you shall do for us in thefuture.
Thank you for our Lord andSavior, jesus Christ, who gave
his life freely on the cross forus, who died and was buried,
got the keys from Hades and Haleand rose again on the third day

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.
He is now seen at the righthand view making intercessions
for us.
Lord, we know, with all the warsand the rumors of wars and all
the confusion and all the thingsthat are happening in this
world today, we can imagineJesus lacing up his sandals,

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getting ready to come get us.
We are not to fear becausewe're in Christ.
No matter the challenge, nomatter what comes our way or
what crosses our mind, we are tostand and, having done all, to

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stand some more in Christ Jesus,knowing that our beginning and
ending is with you.
Rather we're six feet above theground or we're in the arms of
Jesus.
We are with you.

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Our lives are hidden in Christ.
Thank you that we have a hopethat goes beyond the tragedies
of this world.
And thank you, lord, forblessing us to be in your
presence, to spend time with you, learning more about you,

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seeking your face, fixing oureyes on you.
Thank you, lord, because, justas that song says, fear is not
our future, sickness is not ourstory, broken heart is not our
home and death is not our ending.

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You are our future, you are ourstory, you are home and you we
will live with forever.
Thank you, lord.
Continue, dear Lord, god, tospark within us the flame to be

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hears and doers of your word.
In Jesus' name, we pray.
Amen and amen.
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notes.
So I told you to get on theairways intentionally and daily
hanging out with Jesus Shalom.