Welcome to Transformation Church Podcast, where we represent God to the lost and found for transformation in Christ.

We're so glad you're here and wherever you're listening from, we believe God will transform your life through today's message.

Today I get the opportunity to share a message that has been transformative for me and specifically recently,

I just got the honor and privilege to have a sabbatical this year, my first sabbatical ever.

Listen, I love our pastors for that opportunity, seven weeks away from the work that God was doing here at TC to be at home with my husband and be with friends and just by myself, a lot of a long time.

It was just so refreshing and so rejuvenating what God did during that time and this message really stems from that time that I've had with God.

During those seven weeks, I had an opportunity to not have any work, no obligations, no tasks, no real responsibilities, I ain't got no kids.

So even more so, no responsibility. Now, somebody else sabbatical look a little different, you guys have used it on home with your kids.

Anyways, I got just a lot of free time, a lot of margin to be with myself and to be with God and there are some things that he taught me during that time that at this point, I have been to, I mean, hundreds, if maybe not thousands of church services.

The holiest experience I had was in my own house during my sabbatical. Holiest experience I've ever experienced before, the holiest time, the most powerful encounter with God I've ever had was on my sabbatical.

And it wasn't no big grandiose, God came into cloud and talked to me. A lot of it was sleep. A lot of it was just going for walks.

And it was an opportunity to be with God similar to what Adam had in the Garden of Eden. A time to just be with him.

And it has changed me from the inside out and so much so that I am completely a total evangelist for what I'm about to preach today.

I am absolutely a fanatic at this point about what God did during that time, because I believe that it can change everyone else's life on the inside.

I'm going to pray and then we're going to jump right in. God, we thank you so much. Thank you for this time that we have together today, God.

Lord, we want to hear from you today. So we open up our ears. We thank you for removing any distractions, God, whatever may be taking our focus off of you and help us to hear your voice.

In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. Now, I don't want to, you know, I'm not going to play around. I want to just tell you what my title is today.

I know normally, you know, preachers have a very creative way of sharing that I don't have all of that. Matter of fact, I spend too much trying to get these bows to stay on this shirt today.

I got a whole glam squad in the back just for these dog on both sides. I'll tell you right now if Tammy Jaggers come up here and fix my bows on to their say nothing, because it took us an hour to get these bows right.

All right. Sorry, little right. Just indignation there. All right. The title for today is Be Quiet and Listen.

And you know, it's so interesting because I was telling Charles this. I was going to keep saying it like that. I was telling Charles this that I had a title in mind. I was on a walk one day and I knew this is what God wanted me to speak on this topic today.

And the title that I thought was true TC topic, I mean, title, what I was going to say is shut up and listen. That was going to be the title today because you know it TC. We like the shock and all baby. Okay.

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