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's Peace for Your Anxious Heart | 5 Minutes With Jesus | September 22, 2025
- No matter what's going on in
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- Your life, stop for a moment
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- And just speak his name out loud.
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- Jesus.
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- You know that he is with you and he is for you.
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- Even when the storm is raging all around you.
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- Bring your anxious heart to jesus.
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- Peace is not the absence of trouble.
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- It's the presence of christ.
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- I'm leaving you with a gift.
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- Peace of mind and heart.
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- And the peace i give.
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- Is a gift the world cannot give.
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- So don't be troubled or afraid.
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- As john chapter 14, verse 27.
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- Does that feel hard to live out that promise from jesus?
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- He promised those who love him peace of heart and mind.
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- But our lives have become just so noisy, so busy.
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- Like, take a moment right now and just listen.
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- Like, what do you hear?
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- Maybe the neighbor's lawn mower, the barking dog.
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- A few houses down. a clock ticking.
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- All the cars on the street.
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- Now pause for a moment
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- And just listen to the noise inside your heart and mind.
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- What is
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- Keeping your heart from being quiet and at peace?
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- Do you feel anxious, overwhelmed?
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- Most likely it's many things because although we
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- Long for peace, for real life intrudes.
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- It could be a call from the doctor
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- And not from the teacher about a child's behavior.
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- A lost job, a pile of bills.
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- Real life on its own does not foster internal peace.
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- And the last major conversation jesus had with his
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- Closest friends.
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- He spoke about peace, but not as we might have expected him to.
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- When i read jesus saying,
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- I've told you all this so that you may have peace.
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- My first question is all, what if i didn't look back to
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- What jesus had been saying?
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- I guess the keys to peace would be something along
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- These lines.
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- You're going to live to a ripe old age.
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- Your children will rise up and call you blessed.
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- You'll always have enough money
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- For all of your needs and most of your wants.
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- You'll hear the lord say, well done.
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- After a lifetime of faithfulness.
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- That sounds good, right?
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- But no
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- One of these things was included in the strangest peace speech
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- I've ever read.
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- When you have a moment, turn to john chapter 15 and you'll see
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- That what jesus told his closest friends was really harrowing.
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- He was telling them they'd be persecuted,
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- No longer welcome at places they used to go.
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- If you go to john chapter 16, verse two,
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- Then you'll find these devastating words.
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- You'll be expelled from the synagogues,
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- And the time is coming when those who kill
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- You will think they're doing a holy service for god.
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- So clearly, the peace that jesus spoke about
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- Is not what we think of at all.
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- He was saying to his disciples and to you and me today,
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- It's going to get rough down here, but don't worry.
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- Life is not out of control.
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- I'm still on the throne.
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- I am with you.
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- I will never leave you.
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- And i am your peace.
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- No matter what's going on in your life,
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- Stop for a moment and just speak his name out loud.
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- Jesus.
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- Jesus.
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- You know that he is with you and he is for you.
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- Even when the storm is raging all around you.
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- Bring your anxious heart to jesus.
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- Peace is not the absence of trouble.
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- It's the presence of christ.
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- I've told you all this so that you may have peace in me.
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- Here on earth, you will have many trials and sorrows.
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- But take heart, because i have overcome the world.
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- Let me pray for you.
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- Father, i pray right now
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- For everyone watching, for everyone listening.
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- That we would know how to relax and listen for your voice.
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- That in the midst of a crazy busy world.
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- You would still our anxious hearts.
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- We ask in jesus name.
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- Amen. i.
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