5 Minutes with Jesus is a daily devotional series for people in the midst of real life, whether facing anxiety, grief, questions of purpose, or simply needing encouragement and connection. Hosted by Sheila Walsh, each five-minute episode offers Biblical truth, honest reflections on faith and emotions, and closes with a moment of prayer.
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| Sheila Walsh: God Sees Your Pain | 5 Minutes with Jesus | November 12, 2025
- The lord hears his people when they call to him for help.
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- He rescues them from all their troubles.
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- The lord is close to the brokenhearted.
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- He rescues those.
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- His spirits are crushed.
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- When was the last time you cried out to god?
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- Have you ever come to him?
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- Broken tears with no answers?
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- I know i have.
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- One of my very favorite psalms is psalms 34.
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- The lord hear his people when they call to him for help.
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- He rescues them from all their troubles.
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- Listen to this.
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- The lord is close to the brokenhearted.
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- He rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
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- I love to find out what was happening in david's life
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- When he wrote these psalms.
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- Like how old was he then?
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- What brought him to that place he found himself in?
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- Well, david was in a devastating place
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- When he wrote psalm 34.
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- King saul was trying to kill him.
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- So david was on the run, afraid for his life.
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- You can read the whole story in first samuel chapter 21 and 22.
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- Well, david did some terrible things that day.
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- He lied to a priest, which cost the priest his life.
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- Then he ran to a place called gath.
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- Do you remember?
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- That's where goliath was from.
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- Remember him on over seven foot giant
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- That david fought and killed when he was just a shepherd boy.
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- But now he runs to hide there.
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- He tries to kind of disappear into the crowd.
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- But david had a reputation.
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- And the king's
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- Men in gath knew that david was a mighty warrior.
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- So because he was afraid of what they might do to him,
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- He pretended to be insane.
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- Well, the king would have none of it,
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- Saying we have enough crazies of our own.
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- So david had to run again.
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- And this time he ran and hid in a cave.
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- And that's where he wrote the psalm.
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- Psalm 34.
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- The lord hears his people when they call to him for help.
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- He rescues them from all their troubles.
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- The lord is close to the brokenhearted.
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- He rescues those.
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- His spirits are crushed.
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- It's devastating to be in a hard or lonely place.
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- We've all been there at one time or another.
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- You know, we cry out when a child is sick
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- Or a coworker is making life unbearable,
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- And maybe a financial mess is completely out of control.
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- Or you have a son or daughter who's in trouble.
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- I'm so grateful that david didn't try to hide
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- The many times he felt desperate, alone in the psalms,
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- When he writes about his deep distress.
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- I get that. i know you do too.
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- It's one thing if you're praying for a parking
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- Spot at the mall,
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- It's quite another when what you're feeling is overwhelming,
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- Anxious, fearful, depressed,
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- Hopeless, sad, or alone.
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- David knew that he'd made
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- Some big mistakes when he was writing psalm 34,
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- But he also knew where to take his pain.
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- David cried out to god.
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- He cried out to god when he had been wronged
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- By someone else, and he cried out to god.
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- But he was the one who caused the problem.
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- I wonder if that's
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- Why he was called a man after god's own heart.
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- It's not that he lived a perfect life, far from it.
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- But he knew who to cry out to.
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- Whatever's going on in your life right now.
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- You can cry out to god and he will hear you.
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- Let's pray.
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- Father, thank you that you invite us to
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- Come as we are and to cry out to you.
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- Thank you that we don't have to tidy ourselves up,
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- That we get to come on our best days and our worst days,
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- And you will literally love us back to life.
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- We thank you in jesus name.
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- Amen.
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