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: Faith That Shows Up | 5 Minutes with Jesus | January 20, 2026
- We can live very aware of everything that's going on
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- And affecting us in our life, but it's an adventure.
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- If you ask the lord this year, lord,
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- Would you give me eyes to see what i would miss without you?
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- Would you give me ears to hear what's really going on in
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- Somebody's life?
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- Because sometimes,
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- Perhaps where you work and somebody comes up
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- With some kind of sharp remark and your immediate response,
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- Because you're human, is just to do the same,
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- Maybe live differently. this year.
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- Wouldn't it be great if we just paused
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- And ask the lord what's really going on?
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- Do you ever struggle to live out
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- Your faith when you're going through a hard time?
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- You know, i've discovered
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- One of the things i pray every single day in life.
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- I did it today before i came into the studio
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- Is i pray this prayer.
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- God, give me eyes to see what i would miss without you
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- And give me ears to hear
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- What's really going on in
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- Somebodies life,
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- Rather than just what might be coming out of their mouth.
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- Because
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- One of the things i come to realize is god is on the move
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- All the time.
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- Sometimes we just need to pay attention.
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- So i was
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- I can't remember who i was flying to,
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- I think i was flying to chicago and our flight was delayed
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- Again, and that was the third delay.
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- And eventually they came on and they said, we're sorry,
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- This flight is going to be canceled.
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- So, you know,
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- Just join that line over there and rebook your flight.
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- And so there was just this corporate groan,
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- You know what it's like at the airport
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- When things are canceled.
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- So i got in line and i'm behind this
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- Couple husband and wife, i assumed.
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- And in my mind i'm
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- Just thinking, oh lord, this is awful.
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- I'm not going to get in so late to chicago.
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- I'm speaking early tomorrow morning.
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- This is just terrible.
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- And i'm so caught up in what's going on with me,
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- And suddenly i become aware of the fact
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- That the couple in front of me, that the woman is crying
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- And her husband has his arm around her shoulder.
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- And so i just i kind of pause, give them a little space
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- Because i'm thinking,
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- Well, maybe what they're going through is way more significant.
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- But it was one of those god moments
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- Where the husband kind of turned around
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- And looked at me for a second, and his eyes filled with tears,
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- And i wasn't quite sure what that was about, but he patted
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- His wife on the shoulder and he said, honey,
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- Turn round and look.
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- And so his wife turned round, and when she saw me,
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- She threw her arms around me and hugged me.
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- And i still had no clue what was going on.
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- But it was just one of those things.
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- For god is on the move all the time.
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- What i discovered was this gentleman is a pastor,
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- And obviously she's a pastor's wife,
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- And they were going to such a hard time in their church,
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- And they were actually flying out
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- To spend some time with family
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- Just to get away from everything.
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- But in the car, driving to the airport,
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- The husband has said, let's just pray before we get out.
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- And they prayed, lord jesus, would you give us a sign?
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- Just give us some little sign that you see us,
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- That you understand everything we are going through.
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- Now, i didn't know that they love
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- To watch me on television and so turning around and
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- And there i was, was like a sign from god.
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- And i can't tell you how precious that was to me.
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- The three of us just standing there in line
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- With everybody else who's fed up,
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- But just thanking god for his goodness and thanking god
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- That he takes
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- Time to show us that he knows what's going on in our life.
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- But it reminded me of this passage in galatians
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- Chapter six. verse nine says this.
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- So let's not get tired of doing what is good
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- At just the right time.
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- We will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up.
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- Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do
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- Good to everyone, especially to those in the family of faith.
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- It's a different way to live.
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- You know, we can live very aware of everything that's going on
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- And affecting us in our life, but it's an adventure.
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- If you ask the lord this year, lord,
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- Would you give me eyes to see what i would miss without you?
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- Would you give me ears to hear what's really going on in
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- Somebody's life?
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- Because sometimes,
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- Perhaps where you work and somebody comes up
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- With some kind of sharp remark and your immediate response,
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- Because you're human, is just to do the same,
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- Maybe live differently. this year.
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- Wouldn't it be great if we just paused
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- And ask the lord what's really going on?
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- And i love the fact
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- That paul says, especially to those in the family of faith.
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- Some days we have less patience with our brothers and sisters
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- Because we think, well, you should know better,
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- But you don't really know what anybody is walking through.
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- Even the people who show up, maybe at your bible study
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- Every week, or in your church, or your small group or wherever,
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- And you think, well, everything's
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- Going great in their life.
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- We don't really know what is going on.
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- And i just think it'll be amazing this year
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- If you and i became like, god's secret agents like his boots
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- On the ground, that rather than being so preoccupied with
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- What's working in our life or what's not working in our life,
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- We we became those who saw with the eyes of jesus
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- And were able to bring his peace
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- And his grace and his mercy in times of trouble.
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- Let's do that together. let me pray for you.
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- Father, i want to thank you for the way that you are.
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- Always on the work, always on the move.
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- And sometimes we see it and sometimes we miss it.
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- But lord, together we want to pray this year
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- That you would really sharpen our vision,
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- That we would see those who are hurting
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- And they would hear behind someone's maybe harsh words
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- To the pain that they are carrying.
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- Lord, we would love to be your fragrance in a world
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- That has lost
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- Its its sense of who they are, of where they're going.
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- Help us to be those who point people back to jesus,
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- And we ask it so that you would get all the glory.
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- In jesus name, amen.
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