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: Give Your Anxiety to Jesus | 5 Minutes with Jesus | October 30, 2025
- I'm not an anxious person by
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- Nature, but in the past few months
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- I found it creeping into my life.
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- The world seems to be in such a mess.
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- Gun violence, political hatred.
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- Devastating wars.
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- Robbing the innocent of their lives.
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- I've read story
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- After story of people walking away from their faith.
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- And that breaks my heart.
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- I was at an event recently
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- And the pastor asked how many struggled with anxiety.
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- Almost the whole church raised their hands.
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- What does god's word say about that?
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- In first peter chapter five, he writes, cast
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- All your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
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- I love that
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- There are two kinds of care expressed in this one text.
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- There's everything that we're worried about and anxious about.
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- And then there's immeasurable care offered by god, our father.
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- He cares about everything.
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- Everything that's troubling you right now in your life.
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- I used to think we should only pray about,
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- You know, the big things, significant events in life.
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- I don't live that way anymore.
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- I believe there's nothing that's impacting your life right now.
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- That god doesn't care about welcoming us to bring it to him.
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- Here peter is quoting from the greek version
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- Of the old testament from psalm 55, verse 22, where it says,
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- Cast your cares on the lord, and he will sustain you.
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- He will never let the righteous be shaken.
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- The greek word for “cast” in this text is “epiriptó.”
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- It carries the picture of literally picking
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- Something up and tossing it in a particular direction.
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- That's the invitation from god.
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- Pick up everything that you're worried or concerned about
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- And toss it to jesus.
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- If it helps, you might also want to write
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- A list of everything
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- You're concerned about and present it to the lord.
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- I'm not an anxious person by nature,
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- But in the past few months i found it
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- Creeping into my life.
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- The world seems to be in such a mess.
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- Gun violence, political hatred.
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- Devastating wars.
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- Robbing the innocent of their lives.
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- I've read story
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- After story of people walking away from their faith.
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- And that breaks my heart.
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- So i decided to take god literally at his word.
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- I sat down at a breakfast table with a yellow pad and a pen,
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- And i wrote down everything that i felt anxious about.
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- It's quite a list.
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- At the bottom i wrote.
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- I'm casting all my anxiety on you because you care for me.
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- I love the word picture that
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- One of my favorite pastors from long ago, siddle baxter,
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- Gives us in his book, awake my heart.
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- This is what he wrote over and against all our own
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- Anxious care is our savior's never failing affectionate care.
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- No, this. you are loved.
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- You are seen and you are carried.
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- Let me pray for you.
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- Father, i want to pray right now for all of those
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- Who are plagued with anxiety.
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- You know, it's such a disease of our time.
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- But you've told us, lord, to cast all our cares on you.
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- So, lord, we're going to do that.
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- We're going to bring every single thing
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- That we're anxious, are worried about into your presence.
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- Literally cast them onto
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- You and leave them there because you love us.
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- Thank you for your care for us in jesus name.
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- Amen.
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