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: Held by the God Who Saves | 5 Minutes with Jesus | April 29, 2026
- I often wonder
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- How many people sit in church sunday
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- After sunday, barely alive on the inside.
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- Longing for rescue.
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- Having no idea how to ask for help.
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- Our help is even available.
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- You know, i did it for years.
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- It wasn't even as if i'd
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- Done something wrong and was in trouble.
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- It was more that the trouble was in me.
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- What i discovered in my own life
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- Is that god is a rescuer.
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- So no matter what you're walking through right now.
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- Listen to these words from psalm 91.
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- The lord says, i will rescue those who love me.
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- I will protect those who trust in my name.
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- When they call on me, i will answer.
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- I will be with them in trouble.
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- I will rescue and honor them.
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- I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation.
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- If you
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- Feel a little lost right now,
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- Call out to the one who rescues.
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- I remember a very cold november night
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- As my son and i hurried back to the car
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- From the grocery store, and i felt as if it could snow,
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- Which is a sight we rarely see in texas.
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- But suddenly my son stopped.
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- Mom, can you hear that?
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- He asked.
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- I stopped and i and i listened, and at first
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- All i could hear was traffic rushing past.
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- But then i heard it.
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- It was very faint, but
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- I could hear something chirping on the ground.
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- So i asked christian, where do you think it's coming from?
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- He said, i think it's under this truck.
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- So we both got down on our hands
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- And knees and looked underneath.
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- It was hard to see at first,
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- But the only light coming from the cars driving past.
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- But then we did.
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- There was a tiny baby bird
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- Resting against one of the tires was so little.
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- Probably recently hatched.
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- Assuming it had fallen out of a nest, we looked to see
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- If we could find where it might have fallen from,
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- Or find a mother who might be looking for her baby.
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- Nothing.
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- No other bird sounds.
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- We knew we could leave them there.
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- Whenever the owner of the truck
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- Returned and backed out of this parking spot.
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- He would unwittingly run over this little bird.
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- So we decided
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- That we take him home and determine what to do from there.
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- So christian went into a store and asked
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- If we could have a small cardboard box.
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- When he returned with the perfect little box,
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- Is shown the flashlight from his phone
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- Onto the baby bird.
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- As i reached under the truck, picking him up was quite easy
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- Because he was so little
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- And a little pro+ thing seemed frozen to the spot.
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- So i placed him carefully inside the box and we drove home.
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- I set the box down by the fire den
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- And showed barry, our new little friend.
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- What are you going to do without me?
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- Asked. he must be hungry.
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- So christian
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- Did a little online research and read the results aloud.
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- Okay, mom, here's the deal.
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- He needs to be fed
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- Every 2 to 3 hours from a dropper or a syringe.
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- Scrambled eggs.
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- We can feed him runny eggs.
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- I wasn't sure that that would even work, but it did.
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- Every two hours
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- When i opened the box, there he was, mouth wide open.
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- Waiting for the next course on that evening's menu.
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- After we went to bed, i set my alarm at two hour
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- Intervals and honestly, at first i hoped you might decide
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- To sleep through the night. but no.
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- His mouth was wide open at 2 a.m.,
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- 4 a.m., 6 a.m., an 8 a.m..
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- Right on schedule.
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- We named him chirp.
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- Well, i knew we couldn't and shouldn't
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- Try to raise a baby bird.
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- Chirp needed to be with his own kind.
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- So we discovered
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- There was a wildlife sanctuary about an hour from our home.
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- So that morning, kristen and i drove to the sanctuary,
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- And what we saw inside was unforgettable.
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- This particular wildlife rescue cares only for birds.
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- All sorts of birds.
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- As we waited for someone to help us,
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- I was captivated by the variety of birds in sight.
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- Many were in large cages that mimic
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- Their natural habitat, but some are flying around
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- Freely inside the farm building that housed the sanctuary.
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- There was a white pelican, a blue and gold macaw,
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- Owls, hawks.
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- Quite a dazzling display of every kind of feathered friend.
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- Listen, a young man came over to help us.
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- I opened the box and i showed him.
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- Chirp.
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- Well, they showed us that they could care for him.
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- And when he was strong enough
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- That he could be returned to the wild.
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- I thanked him, and as i turned to leave,
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- I saw a small barn owl perched beside a hawk.
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- A sight that you wouldn't normally see in nature.
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- So i asked him, do owls and hawks usually get along?
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- Rescued ones do.
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- He said with a smile.
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- I thought about that for a long time.
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- Being rescued changes you
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- Being rescued is a deeply personal
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- Being rescued can be painful,
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- But being rescued is being held.
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- Held.
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- I often wonder how many people sit in church
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- Sunday after sunday, barely alive on the inside.
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- Longing for rescue.
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- Having no idea how to ask for help.
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- Our help is even available.
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- You know, i did it for years.
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- It wasn't even as if i'd
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- Done something wrong and was in trouble.
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- It was more that the trouble was in me.
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- What i discovered in my own life
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- Is that god is a rescuer.
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- So no matter what you're walking through right now.
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- Listen to these words from psalm 91.
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- The lord
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- Says, i will rescue those who love me.
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- I will protect those who trust in my name.
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- When they call on me, i will answer.
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- I will be with them in trouble.
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- I will rescue and honor them.
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- I will reward them with a long life
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- And give them my salvation.
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- If you feel a little lost right now,
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- Call out to the one who rescues.
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- Let me pray for you.
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- Lord, i thank you that when we were helpless
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- And hopeless and full of sin, i'm not even looking for you.
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- You came looking for us.
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- Lord, i pray right now for anyone who, in a situation
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- Where they just feel as if they don't even know
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- How to ask for help.
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- Lord, you are a redeemer and a rescuer.
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- I know that in my own life, lord, how you picked me up
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- When i was broken and held me until i was able to walk again.
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- I ask that
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- You would do that right now for anyone who is struggling,
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- And i thank you that you are the god who rescues.
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- In jesus name,
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- Amen.
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