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's Peace For Your Anxiety | 5 Minutes with Jesus | November 6, 2025
- We are all
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- Guaranteed moments in this life when the winds of adversity
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- Rise, when our boat seems way too small for so vast an ocean,
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- And where we can't build water fast enough to stay afloat.
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- We gaze into the fearsome storm that rages all around us
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- And realize we can't navigate this on our own.
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- In such moments, what can save a child of god?
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- What will bring peace?
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- Peace comes when we remember whom to call
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- And where to look.
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- One of my favorite scriptures
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- Is found in paul's letter to the church in philippi.
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- In philippians four verse six, he writes this.
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- Don't worry about anything.
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- Instead, pray about everything.
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- Tell god what you need and thank him for all he has done.
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- Then you'll experience god's peace which exceeds
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- Anything we can understand.
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- His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in
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- Christ jesus.
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- I think i have underlined that text in every bible
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- I've ever owned.
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- There's such a promise in it.
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- Peace of heart and mind.
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- How do we live in that?
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- I am not a natural athlete.
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- Or to be more accurate. i'm not any kind of athlete.
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- And that became uncomfortably
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- Clear the first time i went skiing with my family.
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- Although christian was only ten, he took to it immediately.
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- I, however, spent the first two days on the bunny
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- Slopes and i would have happily stayed there the whole week
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- If my pesky
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- Instructor had insisted that i was ready to move up.
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- Now, i had imagined that the ski lift would be like
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- An elevator, like it would stop and the door would open,
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- And i'd have a good, i don't know,
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- Ten minutes to get on, but not even close.
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- It was a continuously moving row of seats that didn't stop.
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- The lift barely slowed down and had to shuffle
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- Like a geriatric wiener dog to line up and then sit down.
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- All i could hear in the background was my son
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- Calling up.
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- Mom, don't look down.
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- Well, peter could have used that same advice.
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- Matthew, chapter 14 tells us about a truly terrifying moment
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- For the disciples
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- When they looked up from their wind buffeted boat
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- And the dark of night to see a figure gliding
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- Across the water toward them.
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- Well, i thought it was a ghost.
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- Scripture tells us they cried out in fear.
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- Jesus quickly identified himself.
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- The disciples were not seeing a ghost
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- And let them know they were safe.
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- But when peter heard this, he made a remarkable request.
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- Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you
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- On the water, jesus simply responded.
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- Come.
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- Peter gingerly stepped over the side of the boat
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- And lowered his foot to the raging sea, and it held firm.
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- Then you look toward jesus and step by wondrous step
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- Began making his way toward the savior.
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- If only peter had kept his eyes on jesus.
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- Instead, the fierce wind caught his attention,
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- And as his gaze shifted from jesus to the tempests
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- That raged around him, peter began sinking.
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- And in his terror he cried out for jesus to save him.
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- And jesus immediately reached out his hand
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- And took hold of him.
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- We are all
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- Guaranteed moments in this life when the winds of adversity
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- Rise, when our boat seems way too small for so vast an ocean,
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- And where we can't build water fast enough to stay afloat.
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- We gaze into the fearsome storm that rages all around us
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- And realize we can't navigate this on our own.
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- In such moments, what can save a child of god?
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- What will bring peace?
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- Peace comes when we remember
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- Whom to call and where to look.
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- If you find a storm raging in your life today,
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- If your thoughts are churning with anxiety,
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- Bring them to jesus.
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- Write them down.
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- Name them if it helps and then
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- Keep your eyes on jesus.
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- Let's pray.
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- Lord, thank you that you are our peace.
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- I want to pray right now, lord,
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- For anyone who is experiencing any kind of storm,
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- A storm outside their life, or a storm inside their life.
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- Lord, help us to keep our gaze fixed on you
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- No matter what's going on around us.
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- Because you are our peace in jesus name.
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- Amen.
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