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| Sheila Walsh: God Holds Your Broken Pieces | 5 Minutes with Jesus | February 4, 2026
- There are so many things on this earth
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- That we will not understand until we see jesus face to face.
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- But i want you to know god hears every prayer.
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- God loves you
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- Every bit as much as the person that you perceive.
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- God has shown more favor on their life.
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- It's not a lack of faith.
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- God has a plan,
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- And sometimes it's hard for us to always see that plan.
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- But i want you to rest your heart on this truth.
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- God loves you. god is with you.
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- God will walk you through every trial and sorrow.
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- Jesus said that you will have them.
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- But then he said, take heart.
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- I have overcome the world.
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- Have you ever
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- Heard of harrods department store in london?
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- It was founded in 1849
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- As a small london shop with two employees.
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- Harrods began as a vendor of fruit,
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- Vegetables, perfume and medicine.
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- Well, no more than a century and a half later,
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- Harrods continues to top lists
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- Of the most famous department stores in the entire world.
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- Well, if you've been with me in london
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- When i was a seminary student many years ago
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- And walked just a few doors down from where harrods is,
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- You would have entered the reject china shop.
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- It was a small store
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- That carried
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- The slightly imperfect items that things did not quite live
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- Up to. harrods standards.
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- I remember one day
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- Spending hours, sure, that i could find one
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- China cup that slipped through quality control.
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- You know, i would somewhere chipped some at cracks in them.
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- But then i found one that looked perfect.
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- And i remember holding up to the light
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- And i couldn't see any single flaw.
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- So i took it back to my apartment
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- And put the kettle on to make a cup of tea.
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- And i couldn't believe it.
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- As soon as the boiling water filled my teacup,
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- The china cracked from top to bottom.
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- The water's heat
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- Exposed the floor that was imperceptible to the human eye.
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- And my cup cracked under the pressure.
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- You know, in many ways, i felt the same about my life.
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- That felt about that china cup on the outside.
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- I presented a harrods standard front.
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- But when life got too hot, when the pressure's mounted,
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- I feared i would crack all the way through.
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- I was sure that in reality
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- I was the reject cup, not the perfect one.
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- That sense of not good enough ness was overwhelming.
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- Those lies of not being good enough can poison
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- And paralyze us.
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- But i love the fact that god has given us his word.
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- That is life to us.
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- Psalm 34 david wrote this i pray to the lord.
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- And he answered me.
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- He freed me from all my fears.
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- Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy.
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- No shadow of shame will darken their faces.
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- How beautiful is that?
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- This is god's antidote to shame.
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- Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy.
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- No shadow of shame will touch their faces.
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- I think shame is one of the most powerful emotions
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- That can keep us from the love and grace of god.
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- And i think it's one of the enemy's greatest weapons.
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- But here, david, our brother,
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- Gives us god's prescription to deal with it.
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- Lift your heart and your face towards
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- Your father and let him wash it away.
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- Let him love you.
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- Perhaps even better known as verse 18.
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- The lord is close to the brokenhearted.
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- He rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
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- I love that verse.
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- I love that promise.
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- I can't tell you how often
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- I've found comfort and strength in these words.
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- Sometimes if your heart is broken,
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- You might be tempted to ask, lord, where are you?
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- Do you see what's happening to me here?
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- David wants to make it crystal clear.
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- He's right beside you.
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- He is close.
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- That is the promise we might be broken,
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- But we are held close.
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- I think so much of the teaching, the past that stated.
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- If we love jesus, then everything will be victorious.
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- Every prayer answered as we want it to be.
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- Every sickness healed.
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- The moment we ask for it, the way we expect.
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- I think that's been so damaging.
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- If you embrace that teaching and then you face a
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- Heartbreaking, crushing situation, what do you do?
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- It throws a responsibility back on you.
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- What did i do wrong?
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- Don't i have enough faith?
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- I am so grateful that the word of god makes it
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- Clear that struggle and heartache are real.
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- In fact, in jesus words in john's gospel, chapter 16
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- Verse 33, remember he says, here on earth
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- You will have many trials and sorrows.
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- But take heart, because i have overcome the world.
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- It's so tempting when things don't go
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- The way that we think they should.
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- To think that somehow we failed.
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- Maybe you've.
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- Maybe you've prayed for something.
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- Perhaps you prayed for the restoration
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- Of your marriage and it still fell apart.
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- And yet you've watched a friend who prayed
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- For the restoration of their marriage.
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- And god answered that prayer.
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- And you think, lord, what did i do wrong?
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- There are so many things on this earth
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- That we will not understand until we see jesus face to face.
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- But i want you to know god hears every prayer.
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- God loves you
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- Every bit as much as the person that you perceive.
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- God has shown more favor on their life.
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- It's not a lack of faith.
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- God has a plan,
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- And sometimes it's hard for us to always see that plan.
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- But i want you to rest your heart on this truth.
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- God loves you. god is with you.
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- God will walk you through every trial and sorrow.
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- Jesus said that you will have them.
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- But then he said, take heart.
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- I have overcome the world.
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- Let's pray.
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- Lord, i want to thank you for that truth.
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- That you made it clear
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- That in this world we will face hard things.
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- But to take heart because you've overcome the world.
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- You wouldn't have said that, lord,
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- If you meant that once we'd given our lives to you,
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- It would be plain sailing.
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- You wouldn't have said that.
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- But you said you will have trials and tribulations.
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- But take heart because you've overcome.
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- So, lord, right now
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- I just want to pray for anyone who's facing a tough situation,
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- Who's thinking, lord, where are you?
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- Do you hear my prayers?
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- Do you see me?
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- Lord, i ask in the powerful name of jesus
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- That you would let them know that you are with them,
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- That you see them,
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- That you are for them, and that you are holding them tight?
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- In jesus name we ask it in your powerful name, lord.
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- Amen.
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