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: Overcoming Anxiety Through Prayer | 5 Minutes with Jesus | October 16, 2025
- You may be worried about your children,
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- Your finances, your studies, your health, your marriage.
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- I want to remind you today
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- God cares about every single detail of your life.
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- Nothing is too big.
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- Nothing is too small.
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- Not one thing.
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- As you tell him what you need.
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- Thank you for loving you.
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- And then receive his peace.
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- Lay your worries in his loving hands.
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- When you're anxious, pray and thank god for his peace.
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- I love this verse. i'm sure you know it.
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- Do not be anxious about anything,
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- But in every situation,
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- By prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
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- Present your requests to god and the peace of god,
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- Which transcends all understanding,
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- Will guard your hearts and your minds in christ jesus.
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- Philippians chapter four.
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- I'll never forget the day my mom told my sister
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- And my brother and i
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- That we were going to ask god for new pants for my brother.
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- He'd hit one of those growth spurts that young boys often do,
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- And needed new pants as part of a school uniform.
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- Well, my mom was a widow raising three children,
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- Three school age children,
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- And there was very little spare cash.
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- So after supper one night, she asked us to join her
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- At her favorite chair by the fire for prayer.
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- She explained that god knows everything we need
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- And wants us to bring all our requests to him.
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- She said he doesn't want us to be anxious or worry,
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- But to trust him as our heavenly father.
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- Her prayer was a simple one.
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- Father god, thank you for caring about our family.
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- Thank you for telling us to pray about everything.
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- You know steven needs new pants, so we ask you to help us.
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- We thank you in advance for always taking care of us.
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- In jesus name, amen.
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- Well, mom went back to her normal evening chores, but
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- I sat by the fire wondering if we should put the fire out.
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- Like, would god send them down the chimney?
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- Or would they be delivered in the mail?
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- This was whole new territory for me.
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- Pants from heaven.
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- Well, a couple of days later,
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- One of mom's friends from church came over for coffee,
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- And when she left, i noticed a brown paper
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- Package on the chair where she'd been sitting.
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- When mom came back into the den, she opened it.
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- And there inside were three brand new pairs of pants.
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- They were the perfect size for my brother.
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- I was amazed.
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- The greatest lesson i learned at my mother's knee
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- Was to pray about everything and then trust and wait.
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- We received god's peace about our circumstances,
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- Not when he answers our prayers in the way that we want,
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- But when we simply present our request to him
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- With thanksgiving.
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- God promises us his peace.
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- When we bring all our requests to him.
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- My mother taught me.
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- There's nothing too big or too small to talk to god about.
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- That practice of praying together
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- Became a lifelong connection with my mom.
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- Her simple faith in the goodness of god
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- And belief in the power of the
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- Word of god is a legacy that lives with me today.
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- I don't know what concerns you're facing right now.
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- You may be worried about your children,
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- Your finances, your studies, your health, your marriage.
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- I want to remind you today
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- God cares about every single detail of your life.
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- Nothing is too big.
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- Nothing is too small.
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- Not one thing.
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- As you tell him what you need.
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- Thank you for loving you.
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- And then receive his peace.
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- Lay your worries in his loving hands.
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- Let's pray.
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- Father, i pray right now for everyone listening in.
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- Lord, you know that
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- There's so many things going on in our world
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- At the moment that make people anxious.
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- But you've told us not to be anxious,
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- But to bring everything to you
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- With prayer and with thanksgiving.
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- And then you've promised us your peace.
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- So, lord, i pray your peace upon each one in jesus name.
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- Amen.
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