Hey friends and welcome to the happy hour with Jamie Ivy podcasts.

I'm your host Jamie and I'm so glad you're here.

Each week on this show, I invite a friend to join me and we chat about the big things

in life, the little things in life and everything in between.

Hey friends and welcome to the happy hour.

This is episode 523 and I have a really, really great guest back on the show.

Max Lucato is back on the happy hour.

He was on again in September of 2021.

So basically a year ago and I did tell Max that he can come back every year if he wants

to because I just enjoy having him on the show so much.

Max has a book that released a couple weeks ago called Help Is Here, Finding Fresh Strength

and Purpose in the Power of the Holy Spirit.

And today, him and I talk about how everyone's pretty weary right now.

I don't think I need to tell anyone that we are weary and feeling worn out in life.

I know that there has been added stress from what our country and world has gone through

in the past two years.

But just on top of that, people just feel weary and maybe you feel weary today.

If it's you, you're going to be so encouraged by the words that Max brings to the show today.

We talk a lot about the Trinity and we talk about Holy Spirit and how we have access

to so much through the Holy Spirit and yet oftentimes we try to do things on our own.

I tell a story at the end of this show about being super anxious about something.

And if you've been around here for a while, you've heard me say, like, I can tend to lean

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