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 Works All Things For Good | 5 Minutes with Jesus | October 20, 2025
- God's timing is so different than ours.
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- And i believe
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- That's where trust comes in at this stage in my life.
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- I think trust is what love looks like.
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- It's easy to say that we love god, but do we trust him?
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- In romans chapter eight, verse 28, we read,
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- And we know that god causes everything to work together
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- For the good of those who love god
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- And are called according to his purpose for them.
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- It's one of the best known scriptures ever,
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- And yet i think it's one of the most misunderstood.
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- Have you ever find
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- Yourself in a situation where scripture makes no sense?
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- You know,
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- You look at what you're facing and think, this is not good.
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- How can god be in this?
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- If you're facing loss, disappointment,
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- Heartbreak, tragedy, the natural feeling is to think,
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- How could anything good come out of this?
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- You might find yourself there right now.
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- You look at the situation you're in and think, how can god
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- Be in this situation?
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- But take a look at this.
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- Paul doesn't write that everything is good or feels
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- Good.
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- There are clearly things that happen in life
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- That are not good at all.
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- Their seasons that we walk through
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- That don't feel good in any way.
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- So what is paul saying here?
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- I think we need to read on.
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- The next verse says this.
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- For god knew his people in advance,
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- And he chose them to become like his son.
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- That's the whole point of our lives,
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- To become more like jesus.
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- If you're like me, it's often only in retrospect
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- That i can see the hand of god
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- When i'm in the middle of a situation that's painful.
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- It's very hard to see how any good could come of this.
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- That's why the word of god is life to you.
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- And me.
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- We're told in scripture
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- That god is not man, that he should lie.
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- So if god
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- Tells us something we can stick are very lifes on it.
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- I can think of so
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- Many situations in my own life where i prayed for one thing,
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- And something completely different happened,
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- And at the time had made no sense to me.
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- But looking back,
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- I can see the goodness and the faithfulness of god.
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- God's timing is so different than ours.
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- And i believe
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- That's where trust comes in at this stage in my life.
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- I think trust is what love looks like.
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- It's easy to say that we love god, but do we trust him?
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- If you find yourself in a situation right now
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- Where nothing makes sense and you're wondering where
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- God is, can you trust him?
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- God has promised that he will cause everything
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- In our lives to work together for our good,
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- According to his plan for our lives.
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- God has a plan and purpose for your life.
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- And if you're struggling to understand
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- This plan at the moment, talk to him.
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- Tell him about it.
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- Tell him everything.
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- But then rest in this promise
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- That he will bring everything together for your good.
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- He has god and he is good.
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- And he loves you. let's pray.
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- Father, i want to pray right now for anyone who's struggling
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- To feel that you're involved in their lives.
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- Lord, sometimes it seems that things suddenly
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- Take a sharp left turn we didn't see coming.
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- And we're just wondering what on earth happened.
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- And we wonder where you are.
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- And we think, lord, how could anything good come from this?
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- But lord, we don't trust what makes sense to us.
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- We trust you.
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- You have promised that from everything you will bring good.
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- So we just want to say right now to you.
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- We trust you, lord.
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- In jesus name, amen.
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