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: God Cares About Your Pain | 5 Minutes with Jesus | November 3, 2025
- Whatever is going on in your life right now.
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- Jesus knows and he cares.
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- Bring your pain to him.
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- Life can be really tough,
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- But i know this god is faithful.
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- In john chapter 11, verse 32, we read this.
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- When mary arrived and saw jesus,
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- She fell at his feet and said, lord,
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- If only you'd been here, my brother would not have died.
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- One of the greatest challenges to our faith is holding
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- These two things to be true at the same time.
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- Number one, god is all powerful.
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- Number two, god is love.
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- These two things can't both be true.
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- She said, tears pouring down our face.
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- I just finished speaking and stepped off the platform.
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- When this young woman stepped into my path.
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- You're going to have to pick one.
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- She said to me.
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- She seemed angry, but i could see the pain etched
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- Into her face. that wasn't anger.
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- It was profound grief.
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- We found a quiet place at the back of the church and sat down.
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- I listened to her story, and her story was heartbreaking.
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- She explained that she had buried
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- Her daughter after a long battle with cancer.
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- We prayed.
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- We begged.
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- She said,
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- If god is powerful enough to heal her
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- And loving enough to want to.
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- Why would he let this happen?
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- Honestly, that's one of the
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- Toughest things we'll ever have to face in life.
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- When we've prayed and prayed for something that really matters
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- And god doesn't answer our prayer
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- In any way that makes sense to us.
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- Have you ever asked a question like that?
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- Why would a good god let someone suffer
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- When he could step in and stop the pain?
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- Theologians, pastors, counselors, and fellow believers
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- Have battled with this question throughout the centuries.
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- There is no easy answer.
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- There are no words big enough to carry that kind of weight.
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- When mary saw jesus, she knew one thing for sure.
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- If jesus had come when he first heard that
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- Her brother lazarus sick, he wouldn't have died.
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- Think about this. she'd seen
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- Jesus perform miracles for people he'd just met.
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- And this wasn't a stranger.
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- It was lazarus, his dear friend.
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- Well, john records that jesus was deeply moved.
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- The original greek word is rich with meaning.
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- It means to groan, even to snort with anger.
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- We remember that well-known verse
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- From this passage of scripture that says, jesus wept.
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- But there was a lot more going on here.
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- This was never how life was supposed to be.
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- And christ felt the pain and the agony of mary
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- And martha and the questions of a devastated mother
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- Sitting at the back of a church asking why
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- He feels your pain to
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- Whatever is going on in your life right now.
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- Jesus knows and he cares.
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- Bring your pain to him.
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- Let me pray for you.
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- Father, i pray right now for anyone who is hurting,
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- Who is filled with the question of why, lord,
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- You could have done this and you didn't.
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- If you love me, if you're powerful, why?
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- Lord, we know your people have asked
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- That through the centuries,
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- And there's never been an answer that fits.
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- But what we do know is you are a god who understands suffering.
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- That you are a god who hears our prayers.
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- That you're a god who is close to the brokenhearted.
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- So i pray that right now, lord, for anyone who is in pain,
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- That they would feel the peace of your presence in jesus name.
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- Amen.
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