All right, who's ready for a confession from your pastor?

A confession?

I'll tell you very honestly, that I know Jesus, I love Jesus, I faithfully follow Jesus,

but I still battle with overwhelming feelings of anxiety.

Wish that wasn't the case.

I don't know how anxiety would hit you or not, but in this more complicated season, I find

myself often waking up around two in the morning with this massive weight of the workload,

and my mind will often luck in on all of the responsibilities and all the things that I

have to do, and I'll find myself in the middle of the night, fighting just to catch my breath,

trying to calm my spirit and overcome with very real sense of panic and anxiety.

To be clear, I do know Jesus, I love Jesus, I'm faithfully following Jesus, but even as a

pastor, I battle with very real, very deep anxiety.

Chances are there are some of you that you might be able to relate, maybe even unfortunately

more this year than ever before, because everybody knows that 2020 is the longest year in history.

It's like 17 years and one.

I don't know if you've thought forward, but I can guarantee you, 2020 is going to become

an adjective going forward, right?

People are going to say, don't you go 2020 on me?

You're acting so 2020, right?

I can just feel it coming because it's like the longest year, it's like crazy season,

everywhere you go, and it's no wonder people feel so anxious.

I mean, introduced this mysterious virus that's residing wildfire that shuts down the entire world,

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