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: How God Turns Mess Into Meaning | 5 Minutes with Jesus | December 29, 2025
- He gives power to the faint.
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- And to him who has no might.
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- He increases strength.
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- Even youths shall faint and be weary.
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- And young men shall fall exhausted.
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- But they who wait for the lord shall renew their strength.
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- They shall mount up with wings like eagles.
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- They shall run and not be weary.
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- They shall walk and not faint.
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- This is one of the most often
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- Quoted verses from the new testament.
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- It's found in romans chapter eight, verse 28.
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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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- So there were three of us speaking that weekend
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- Debbie darling, check and me, and we didn't connect
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- Before the event to compare notes.
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- But god was about to weave a powerful message
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- To all three of us girls speakers.
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- The power of christ was about to shine through our wounds.
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- Well, first my friend debbie spoke.
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- She shared her battle scars.
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- What it's like to journey through the darkness
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- When cancer invades.
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- What used to be the wide, well-lit path of life
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- And it suddenly becomes frighteningly dark tunnel.
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- Debbie said life becomes about one thing
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- Battling the dragon that had invaded your body.
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- She held nothing back, making it clear
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- That had been a rough fight.
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- But there was strength in every word she spoke.
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- Rather than diminishing her strength, debbie's
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- Personal battle with cancer had fine tuned it.
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- As i watched her on stage that night, i saw the beauty
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- That is born from brokenness is placed
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- In the hands of a master creator who has staked her life
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- On the truth
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- That god will cause all things to work together for good.
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- Not that all things are good or feel good,
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- That god has promised to bring good from everything
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- We're going through.
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- Well, darlene spoke next.
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- I knew her as a powerful worship leader.
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- You might remember she wrote the song shout to the lord.
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- It's a classic in many churches around the world.
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- Well, i've witnessed her anointing to lead us into
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- The presence of god in worship.
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- But i'd never heard her speak before.
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- It was powerful.
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- She read this passage from the book of isaiah.
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- He gives power to the faint.
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- And to him who has no might.
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- He increases strength.
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- Even youths shall faint and be weary.
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- And young men shall fall exhausted.
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- But they who wait for the lord shall renew their strength.
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- They shall mount up with wings like eagles.
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- They shall run and not be weary.
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- They shall walk and not faint.
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- I've heard many great messages on that text,
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- But there was a quiet, confident beauty in the way
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- Darlene spoke about what it means to wait for the lord.
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- She kind of made us laugh at first.
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- She stood on stage, arms folded, tapping us,
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- Waiting the way so many of us do.
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- You know, our body language spoke volumes.
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- Come on, god, hurry up.
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- The proper waiting, she said, was different.
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- She stood quietly, leaning forward in anticipation.
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- She was still expectant.
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- It was such a beautiful picture of a well loved daughter
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- Waiting for the next word from her father.
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- That would have been a compelling enough picture
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- If she'd learned on her beaches of her homeland in australia.
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- But she learned it in the dark night of her battle to,
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- As darlene brought her message to a close.
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- She invited the women in the arena
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- Who were in their own cancer battles to stand.
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- And she prayed over them.
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- It was powerful.
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- The strength that debbie and darlene shared
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- Made its way around an arena full of women.
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- Tears were shed.
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- Hope filled the room.
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- It wasn't a traditional healing service.
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- Certainly not in the way i've understood it before.
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- Somehow it felt bigger than that.
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- It was an
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- Overwhelming understood handing of the goodness of god,
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- Who promised that he will bring good
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- From every situation we walk through.
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- What did you walk in
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- Through right now?
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- I want to invite you to look for god there.
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- Look for his purpose.
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- Because i know with god
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- Nothing you are walking through is wasted.
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- Let's pray.
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- Father, i want to thank you
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- That nothing we walk through is wasted.
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- Thank you that you have promised
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- That you are working together for our good in everything.
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- Sometimes, lord,
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- We can't see it till we're much further down the line.
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- But we know that your word is true.
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- And so we rest on your promise.
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- And, lord, for those who work through difficult seasons,
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- I pray for your strength to be given to them right now.
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- That you would keep their eyes fixed on you.
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- Because you are our hope and we thank you.
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- In jesus name,
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- Amen.
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