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 To Keep Going | 5 Minutes with Jesus | November 19, 2025
- No matter what we are facing.
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- Christ's strength is enough.
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- Sometimes we get tired of the struggle
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- And we want to give up.
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- But i want to remind you to keep your eyes on jesus.
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- One of the verses i've underlined in
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- My bible is from paul's
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- Letter to the church in philippi as philippians 413.
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- You might know it, for
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- I can do everything through christ who gives me strength.
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- When i think of everything, i might think, you know,
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- Laundry, grocery store, school pickup, and then making dinner.
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- I'm wondering, what would your list be like
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- For paul?
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- Everything is so much more.
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- This is such a powerful statement from paul, considering
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- Where he was writing from.
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- At this point in his life, paul's a prisoner.
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- He's literally chained to a roman soldier.
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- And yet this letter, philippians
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- Is literally dripping with joy through the lens of god's love,
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- Pulses even his imprisonment as part of god's plan.
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- He writes that the soldiers know
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- Why he's there because of his love for christ.
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- He even writes other believers, rather than being discouraged
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- Or frightened by the fact that paul's in prison,
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- Are becoming bolder too,
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- And sharing the gospel with those around them.
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- I remember rabbi jason sobel saying that in the
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- Original language, the text can read,
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- Not only i can do all things
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- Through christ who gives me strength, but it can also read.
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- I can do all seasons through christ who gives me strength.
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- I don't know what season you might find yourself in
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- At the moment.
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- You may be in a season where you're
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- Dealing with health challenges.
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- Maybe in a season where you're struggling financially.
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- You may be in a season
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- Where you're worried about a son or daughter
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- Who've walked away from the faith.
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- You may simply be in a season when you're discouraged.
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- What paul is saying that he's learned over the years
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- That he's walk with jesus is that no matter what he's facing,
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- No matter the challenges
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- He has learned,
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- Christ will give him the strength for whatever it is.
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- It's easy
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- To read a verse like that,
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- And it sounds a bit like a bumper sticker,
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- But it was far from that for paul.
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- He knew that at any moment he could be released, but
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- He also knew that at any moment he could be beheaded.
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- That was heavy.
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- Persecute of the church, beginning all around.
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- But as he sat there in chains,
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- He writes to you and to me through the centuries
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- To encourage us to hold on no matter what we are facing.
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- Christ's strength is enough.
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- Sometimes we get tired of the struggle
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- And we want to give up.
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- But i want to remind you to keep your eyes on jesus.
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- I read a story about florence chadwick.
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- She was a competitive swimmer
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- Who wanted to swim from catalina island on the west coast
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- To the mainland.
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- That's over 20 miles.
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- Many have tried and failed, but she was determined.
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- She'd been in the water for hours,
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- And the fog was so thick that day
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- That eventually she said to her coach,
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- Who was in a book beside her.
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- I can't do this anymore.
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- It was only after he pulled her into the boat
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- And the fog cleared, that
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- She realized she was less than a mile to the shore.
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- She said,
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- I think if i could see the shoreline, i would have made it.
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- Whatever you are going through right now,
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- Keep your eyes on jesus and he will give you the strength
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- You need to make it all the way home.
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- Let's pray.
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- Father, thank you that you've promised us your strength
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- When we simply don't have enough of our own.
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- But we thank you for paul.
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- Thank you that even in the worst situations, he had learned
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- Who you are and passed this on through your word to us.
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- We thank you for the power of your promises.
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- In jesus name. amen.
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