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 Lord Watches Over You | 5 Minutes with Jesus | February 27, 2026
- The lord watches over you.
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- The lord is your shade at your right hand.
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- The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
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- The lord will keep you from all harm.
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- He will watch over your life.
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- The lord will watch over your coming and going,
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- Both now and forevermore.
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- When i was 18 years old,
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- I had the opportunity
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- To complete the very final task toward being awarded
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- What was called the duke of edinburgh's gold award.
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- This was something that the queen's husband offered.
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- It was a four year course of service to the community
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- And survival skills offered to high school
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- Students, and i had completed everything.
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- I had done my bronze award, my silver award,
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- And this was my final thing.
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- This last trip i was to camp in
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- The mountains of scotland in the middle of winter,
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- While the cairngorms, in the eastern
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- Highlands of scotland consist of five of scotland's
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- Tallest mountains, each beautiful and remote.
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- And honestly, i was excited for the trip.
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- Hoping that spot a golden eagle or snowy owl.
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- Well, it was a long hike and then the hike on the fourth
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- Day was demanding.
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- And not just because of the rain.
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- It was the wind that blew straight into my face at times.
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- Almost couldn't even see where i was going
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- Or by sunset, and managed to log in ten miles and i knew
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- I needed to find shelter from the wind to pitch my tent.
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- Once i had my tent truly anchored,
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- I tried to light a fire and tried was as far as i got.
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- The wind blew and blew
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- And at times it sounded almost like a wolf howling
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- In the mountains or sitting in the dark and cold.
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- I reminded god
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- About his promise in psalm 121.
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- Remember, lord, not slumbering or sleeping and watching over me
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- And seeing there was nothing else to do,
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- I decided i should try to evade the storm
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- By just simply turning in for an early night's rest.
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- So i pulled two sweaters over my sweatshirt.
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- And i buried deep down into my sleeping bag,
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- And i lay there as i listened to the wind blowing for a while.
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- But then eventually i did fall into a deep sleep.
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- Well, the next thing i knew,
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- I was wakened in a state of confusion,
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- And honestly, at first i couldn't remember where i was.
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- But more pressing than that, there was something heavy
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- That was leaning. sitting on my tent.
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- I could hardly breathe,
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- So i felt, under the dart
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- For my flashlight, and it turned its beam
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- Onto the roof of my small tent, and something outside
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- Was flattening the tent and leaning on me.
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- I was i was, i was terrified, so i kind of pulled my knees
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- From my sleeping bag, and i pushed away from the tent wall
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- Until i managed to get out from underneath the pressure.
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- Then i crawled out of the tent to see what on earth
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- Caused all this.
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- I almost jumped out of my skin when i came face to face
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- With a rather large scottish highland sheep
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- Who decided to camp on my tent for the night,
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- And there was no moving him.
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- So i pulled my sleeping bag out of the tent.
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- But i knew that i couldn't
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- Sleep unprotected all night
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- As a storm was raging all around me.
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- But i remember that just before i pitched my tent,
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- I'd seen a little cleft cut into the mountainside.
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- So i dragged my sleeping bag, my flashlight,
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- And my bible over there and crawled in and,
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- Believe it or not, actually fell asleep.
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- Well, when i woke up the next morning, the storm was over
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- And the sun was glistening over the purple heather.
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- I said lay at the edge, looking out.
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- I felt as if the lord was saying, good morning.
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- Look, i kept you safe all night.
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- Now look at all this beauty.
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- I don't know what kind of
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- Storm you are facing right now,
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- And it might seem as if the night is never going to end,
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- But i want to remind you of this beautiful promise
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- That we find in psalm 121.
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- I lift up my eyes to the mountains.
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- Where does my help come from?
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- My help comes from the lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
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- He will not let your foot slip.
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- He who watches over you will not slumber.
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- Indeed, he who watches over israel will neither slumber
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- Nor sleep.
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- The lord watches over you.
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- The lord is your shade at your right hand.
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- The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
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- The lord will keep you from all harm.
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- He will watch over your life.
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- The lord will watch over your coming and going,
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- Both now and forevermore.
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- It's a promise.
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- Let's pray,
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- Lord, for the promise
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- That you watch over your children.
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- What a promise.
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- Even when we are sleeping at night
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- That you are still awake.
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- Lord, i want to thank you that when we find ourselves
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- In the middle of a storm, that you are the one
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- Who speaks to storms and tells them to be still.
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- Sometimes
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- You calm the storm outside of our life.
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- Sometimes you speak to the storm inside
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- And calm us in the midst of it.
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- So lord, i ask right now for anyone listening to my voice
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- Who feels as if the night will never end.
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- Lord, will you give them the comfort of your presence,
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- The beauty of your peace
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- And the joy of knowing you in jesus name,
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- Amen.
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