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: What to Do When You're Worn Out | 5 Minutes with Jesus | September 24, 2025
- Jesus loves you.
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- That's the whole sentence.
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- There's no if tacked on at the end, stands alone.
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- Jesus loves you and we just as we are right now.
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- Despite the countless shades of light and dark
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- That live inside us, we are loved completely
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- By god.
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- And the message bible.
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- We read these words from jesus in matthew chapter 11.
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- Are you tired, worn out, burned out on religion?
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- Come to me.
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- Get away with me and you'll recover your life.
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- I'll show you how to take a real rest.
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- Walk with me and work with me.
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- Watch how i do it.
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- Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.
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- I won't lay anything heavy or ill fitting on you.
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- Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely
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- And lightly.
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- Do you ever feel simply worn out?
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- You know you fall into bed at the end of another day.
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- Just exhausted.
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- When is the last time you felt rested?
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- I don't mean the time you managed
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- To get to bed before midnight.
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- I mean really rested.
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- We don't live in a culture conducive to rest,
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- And even in the church, we can end
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- Up being overcommitted because we say yes too often.
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- I mean, after all, it's easier to say no
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- To attending a neighborhood party
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- Than to signing up for a bible study.
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- If something sounds spiritual, we too easily
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- Think we should line up behind everyone else and take a ticket.
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- But here's the difference.
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- Being busy for god and knowing god are two different things,
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- And often they don't fit together well.
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- One day when jesus addressed the crowd, he spoke
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- Right to their bone deep weariness.
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- 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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- He wasn't
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- Speaking about
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- The kind of tiredness you and i feel
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- At the end of a good day's work,
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- When we just want to
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- Sink into a chair and not move until christmas. no.
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- Jesus was speaking to those who were worn out, trying
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- To do the right thing to please god and earn their salvation.
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- Remember, this was before the crucifixion
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- And the resurrection.
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- So if you were a god fearing jew listening to jesus that day,
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- You still woke up every single morning
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- Under what was called the burden of the law.
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- 613 rules.
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- We know the big ten,
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- The commandments god gave moses on mount sinai,
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- But there were 603 more for the jewish people to follow.
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- Add to that
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- The reality
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- That the religious leaders of the day
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- Did nothing to ease the people's burden.
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- In fact, jesus spoke directly to that fact.
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- The teachers of the religious law and the pharisees
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- Are the official interpreters of the law of moses.
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- So practice and obey whatever they tell you,
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- But don't follow their example, for they don't practice
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- What they teach.
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- They crush people with unbearable religious demands
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- And never lift a finger to ease the burden.
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- Jesus loves you.
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- That's the whole sentence.
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- There's no if tacked on at the end, stands alone.
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- Jesus loves you and we just as we are right now.
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- Despite the countless shades of light and dark
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- That live inside us, we are loved completely by god.
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- It's hard to take it in. isn't it?
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- That kind of love doesn't exist apart from god.
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- That kind of love is hard to grasp when we're busy
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- Running from one activity to another.
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- That kind of love calls us to rest.
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- Really rest in the presence of the one who made us,
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- Who knows us, who loves us.
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- Real rest comes
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- With knowing the grace of our salvation in jesus.
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- We don't have to earn it.
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- Remember jesus cried out from the cross.
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- It is finished.
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- Bill paid in full. you are loved.
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- You are seen.
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- You are invited to find rest.
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- Real rest.
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- And his overwhelming love.
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- Let me pray for you.
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- Father, i pray right now for all who feel absolutely worn out,
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- Who are tired of trying so hard to be good enough.
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- Thank you jesus, because of your sacrifice on the cross.
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- We have been declared righteous
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- And we get to rest in you.
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- In jesus name. amen.
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