So it was sometime in 2017 or so that I was in my normal place sitting by my best friend.

And actually I wasn't sitting. I was standing because it was in worship.

And I had had a really normal week. I had been in God's word, full of faith,

praying, and worshiping about to go and share God's word. And it was the weirdest thing.

I promise it was the weirdest thing. It hadn't happened before, and it hadn't happened since.

But when I was about to preach, I just had this

random thought, like doubts flooded my mind and I just thought like, what if all this stuff

isn't real and crazy? No reason. Just like this, like this paralyzing fear, like what if all the stuff that I've built my whole life on

is a lie? And I've been, I had, like, I don't, you know, I have compassion for people with anxiety.

I don't have anxiety. I felt anxious and I just thought, I can't preach. I looked at the exit

and I thought, I just need to escape.

Out of nowhere, I was just flooded with doubts. So maybe some of you can relate. Perhaps for you, it wasn't just a moment of doubt, but unfortunately for some people it might

be like a season of doubt.

And for some of you, it might not have been like in a church like it was for me.

But maybe you were in a hospital room and got a diagnosis that you didn't want to hear.

Or maybe you were at a funeral and you were fighting back the tears. And you were wondering,

God, why didn't you do what I begs you in prayer to do. You're flooded with doubts. Maybe it was you

are alone in your bedroom at 2 a.m. in the morning, crying out to God, wondering if he's even

there. And you ask questions. Like, if God is good, and I really believe he is, is but if he is why do I hurt so much

or you wonder if God is so powerful and loves me why doesn't he fix what's broken in my life

and your mind races if God can anything, why doesn't he do what his word says

he can do? Why do I feel like he's not there when I need him most? If you've never had

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