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: Rest For Your Weary Soul | 5 Minutes with Jesus | November 18, 2025
- Where do you need relief?
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- So often we feel that we don't measure up,
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- That we should be doing more, or reading our bible more,
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- Or praying more.
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- These are all great things, but they have nothing to do with
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- God's love for you right now.
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- Are you worn out?
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- Do you get to the end of another day
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- And just collapse into bed exhausted?
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- I think we all feel
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- That way at times, but jesus wants more for us.
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- He wants to give us rest.
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- Do you ever find yourself wondering what the people
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- Who heard jesus speak actually heard?
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- Was it different than what you and
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- I hear when we read the bible,
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- Particularly a passage like this?
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- Then jesus said, come to me, all of you who are weary
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- And carry heavy burdens, and i will give you rest.
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- Take my yoke upon you.
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- Let me teach you.
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- Because i'm humble and gentle at heart,
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- And you will find rest for your souls.
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- For my yoke is easy to bear.
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- And the burden i give you is light.
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- When i read that, i hear is of christ
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- Acknowledging that life can be hard.
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- And sometimes we're carrying things that are too much for us.
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- But for the people who heard them that day.
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- It was much more.
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- Every devout jew in those days woke up under
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- What was called the burden of the law.
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- We're familiar with the big ten, the ten commandments.
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- But there were actually 613 laws to follow.
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- There were 248 positive commandments, you know, things
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- To do, 365 negative commandments, things not to do.
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- Can you imagine waking up every day
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- With that kind of list, knowing that
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- If you wanted to please god, these were the rules?
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- Well, jesus looked at the crowds who were listening to him
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- And understood the burden they were under,
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- And he said his burden was light.
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- Sometimes i wonder if we've come up with our own
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- Set of rules and laws and the church, and imposed
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- A heavy burden on those who want to live for jesus.
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- I remember one summer evening in scotland
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- When i was a teenager,
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- And decided to walk down to the beach
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- Before our church's evening service.
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- So i bumped into some girls who are about my age,
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- And i asked them if they'd like to come to church with me.
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- Well, at first they were kind of reluctant.
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- They'd spent the day on the beach,
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- But i told them they would be welcome
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- When we got to the front door of our church.
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- One of the deacons told them that
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- He didn't think it was proper for girls to come to our church
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- With jeans on. so they left.
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- I was heartbroken.
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- I wonder if we still do things like that today.
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- Perhaps not so much for their clothes,
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- But with whatever else we're carrying that makes us feel
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- As if we don't measure up to everyone else's standards.
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- Jesus met people where they were.
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- He loved them where they were.
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- He didn't always
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- Leave them where they were, but he loved them through it.
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- So i wonder, wonder what burdens you're carrying today.
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- Where do you need relief?
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- So often we feel that we don't measure up,
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- That we should be doing more, or reading our bible more,
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- Or praying more.
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- These are all great things, but they have nothing
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- To do with god's love for you right now.
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- Jesus invites you to bring the heavy weights
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- That you're carrying to him, and he will walk beside you
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- And get you to lay your burden down.
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- Let's pray.
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- Lord, thank you
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- For that offer of a glorious exchange.
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- We get to bring our burdens to you, and you walk beside us.
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- Thank you that the yoke you ask us to carry is easy,
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- And the burden you give us is light.
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- So, lord,
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- Right now i pray for anyone who's carrying a heavy burden.
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- That by your grace, they will be able to lay it down
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- And walk beside you.
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- And i ask it in jesus name.
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- Amen.
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