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: The Gift of the Holy Spirit | 5 Minutes with Jesus | March 19, 2026
- When you're
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- Feeling weak and you don't even know how to pray,
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- The holy spirit is praying for you.
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- And not only that, but he also pleads for us
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- In harmony with god's own will.
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- You are not alone.
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- You've not been left to do this life by yourself.
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- But god has sent his holy spirit to be your comforter,
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- Encourager, teacher, and advocate.
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- What a powerful, powerful gift.
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- So i was raised in a small
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- Baptist church on the west coast of scotland, and growing up,
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- I don't think i would have been able to answer
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- If you had asked me, who is the holy spirit?
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- I mean, i knew that god
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- Was my father and jesus christ was my lord and savior.
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- I wasn't quite sure of what the role of the holy spirit was.
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- Well,
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- When i went to
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- Seminary in london, i joined a very charismatic church
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- And began to understand what an active role
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- The holy spirit plays in the life of a believer.
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- In fact, it's impossible to love
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- And serve god without the help of the holy spirit.
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- Beginning to understand the role and work of the holy spirit
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- Has been and continues to be life changing for me.
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- The holy spirit is a person.
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- The bible says that he is not something.
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- He is someone. he is god.
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- We know that there are three persons in the trinity
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- God the father, god the son, and god the holy spirit.
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- Now for some people that can be confusing,
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- But we're not talking about worshiping multiple gods.
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- They are 3 in 1, and the moment
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- We receive christ as savior, we receive the holy spirit.
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- There's not a person anywhere
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- Who can be a christian without the holy spirit.
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- There's not a person who can follow christ
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- Without the help of the holy spirit.
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- We see the holy spirit's presence from the very
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- First page of scripture to the last.
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- In genesis chapter one, we read in the beginning
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- God created the heavens and the earth.
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- The earth was formless and empty,
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- And darkness covered the deep waters, and the spirit of god
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- Was hovering over the surface of the waters.
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- We see his work throughout the old and new testaments
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- Right up until the final chapter of the revelation
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- Given to the apostle john.
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- The spirit and the bride say, come.
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- In this last recorded conversation
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- With his closest friends.
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- Jesus told them that
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- Although they were going to be sad that he was leaving,
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- It was a good thing, because now the father
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- Would send the holy spirit to live
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- With everyone who confesses christ as lord.
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- And john 14 verse 15, we read, if you love me,
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- Obey my commands,
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- And i will ask the father, and he will
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- Give you another advocate who will never leave you.
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- He is the holy spirit who leads into all truth.
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- The greek
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- Word used here for advocate is paraclete or paraclete
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- Was also meaning counselor or comforter and encourager.
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- Two words make up the paraclete as para
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- Meaning from close beside and kaleo meaning a call.
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- Properly a legal adviser who makes the right judgment
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- Call because he's close enough to the situation to understand.
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- Jesus goes on to say, i'm telling you these things now
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- While i'm still with you.
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- But when the father sends the advocate as my representative,
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- That is the holy spirit.
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- He will teach you everything
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- And will remind you of everything i have told you.
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- So the holy spirit is the one who leads us into truth.
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- Whenever i'm reading god's word, i always pause first
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- And ask the holy spirit to give me understanding.
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- One of the most deeply personal rules
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- Of the holy spirit is how he prays for you and i.
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- When we just can't find the words in romans chapter
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- Eight, verses 26 and 27, we read this passage
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- And the holy spirit helps us in our weaknesses.
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- For example, we don't know what god wants us to pray for,
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- But the holy spirit prays for us with groanings
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- That cannot be expressed in words.
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- And the father, who knows all hearts,
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- Knows what the spirit is saying.
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- For the spirit pleads for us believers in harmony
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- With god's own will.
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- Wow. think about that.
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- When you're feeling weak and you don't even know how to pray,
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- The holy spirit is praying for you.
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- And not only that, but he also pleads for us
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- In harmony with god's own will.
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- You are not alone.
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- You've not been left to do this life by yourself.
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- But god has sent his holy spirit to be your comforter,
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- Encourager, teacher, and advocate.
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- What a powerful, powerful gift.
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- If you are new to understanding this role,
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- I encourage you to talk to the holy spirit.
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- You can ask him for wisdom.
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- You can ask him to help you understand
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- The word of god as you read it.
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- But also, what an amazing thing to think that in those moments
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- When you have run out of words, when you have no strength left,
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- That he is praying for you on behalf of you
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- Before the father in line with god's will for your life.
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- What a remarkable gift.
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- Let's pray.
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- Father, we thank you for the gift of the holy spirit.
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- Thank you, holy spirit, that you are a comforter,
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- That you are someone who helps us understand the ways of god.
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- That you open up scripture to us.
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- But thank you to the.
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- In those days when we feel
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- We have no words left, we were too worn out.
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- That you are pleading on our behalf
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- Before the father in line with god's will.
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- What a remarkable gift.
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- Thank you in jesus name.
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- Amen.
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