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: The King Has Come | 5 Minutes with Jesus | March 30, 2026
- I wonder how many
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- Times i've prayed, lord, save me from this situation.
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- But god's plan is far greater than i can see or understand.
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- And i wonder about your life.
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- How many times have you asked
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- The lord to get you out of a particular situation?
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- But his plans are far greater.
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- It can be very disappointing when god's plans
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- Don't line up with what makes sense to us.
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- It can honestly feel as if our lives are out of control.
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- That's when by faith, we hold onto the truth
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- That god is good and he is sovereign.
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- And there has always been a plan
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- In place.
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- One of the great
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- Privileges of my life is my friendship
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- With the man called cliff richard.
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- If you're not familiar with his name, he's a british pop star
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- Who's the third top selling artist in uk singles chart
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- History, just behind the beatles and elvis presley.
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- With over 21 million singles sold.
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- He's also a very committed christian,
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- And someone i've had the joy of opening
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- For on his gospel tours around the world.
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- If you didn't know that i sing, just ask your mum.
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- Well, i'd never forget the first time that i met him.
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- I was a totally starstruck 18 year old, and the thought
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- Of appearing on the same stage as cliff was terrifying.
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- After a rehearsals, our first event was in glasgow,
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- Scotland,
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- And cliff was greeted at the airport like a celebrity.
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- And the car was waiting to whisk him off to the hotel.
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- My band and i were in a rental van,
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- And the only problem was that the driver couldn't get
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- The bottom half of the door open at the back to let us in.
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- So with the national press still there,
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- I was hoisted up by our drummer and toppled into the back
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- Of the van.
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- Not the most auspicious arrival.
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- I still remember that day, and one of the local reporters
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- Shouting out, a hope is easy if you do get on stage.
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- Yeah me too dude. me too.
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- As we move through holy week,
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- Christ's arrival in jerusalem on a young donkey is a shock.
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- I mean, what king arrives on a young donkey?
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- But this is a beautiful picture of a whole new kingdom,
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- A whole new kingdom coming and a whole new way to live.
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- And zechariah chapter nine, we read rejoice, or
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- People of zion shout in triumph, or people of jerusalem.
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- Look, your king is coming to you.
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- He is righteous and victorious.
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- Yet he is humble.
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- Riding on a donkey.
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- Riding on a donkey's colt.
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- The prophet zechariah, over 400 years
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- Before the birth of christ,
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- Announced that this is how the king would come.
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- And in matthew's gospel we read,
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- The disciples went and did as jesus had instructed them.
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- They brought the donkey and the colt
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- And placed their cloaks on them for jesus to sit on.
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- A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road,
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- While others
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- Cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
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- The crowds that went ahead of him
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- And those followers shouted, hosanna to the son of david!
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- Blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord!
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- Hosanna in the highest heaven!
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- We now know the expression hosanna as a shout of praise.
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- But then to the crowd who gathered on the road that day,
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- There were word hosanna meant save us, save us now.
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- They expected that jesus had
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- Come to save them from the roman empire.
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- But christ's mission was far greater than that.
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- He came to save us all from our sins.
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- I wonder how many
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- Times i've prayed, lord, save me from this situation.
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- But god's plan is far greater than i can see or understand.
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- And i wonder about your life.
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- How many times have you asked
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- The lord to get you out of a particular situation?
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- But his plans are far greater.
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- It can be very disappointing when god's plans
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- Don't line up with what makes sense to us.
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- It can honestly feel as if our lives are out of control.
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- That's when by faith, we hold onto the truth
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- That god is good and he is sovereign.
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- And there has always been a plan in place.
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- Let's pray.
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- But i want to thank you
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- That your plans are good and your plans are perfect.
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- But i ask lord that you would increase our faith,
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- Because sometimes when things don't turn out
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- The way that we expect, we wonder if we've lost our way.
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- As we prepare our hearts this holy week.
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- Will you help us to remember that there has always been
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- A perfect plan in place?
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- In jesus name.
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- Amen.
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