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 Promise of Peace | 5 Minutes with Jesus | December 10, 2025
- Peace may seem elusive in our world.
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- But it's not.
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- It's found in jesus.
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- If you have never known christ's peace,
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- There's never been a better time to receive it than right now.
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- You simply admit you're a sinner in need of a savior
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- And thank him for his sacrifice for you.
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- It's a divine do over
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- A new beginning, washed whiter
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- Than snow.
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- Living in texas, we see very little snow.
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- But in 2010 we got eight inches on one night.
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- I remember it seemed unusually bright
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- In the bedroom that morning.
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- As i opened the shutters, i saw the most perfect sight
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- A sparkling wonderland.
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- Everything is covered in snow, the trees, the lawns and roofs.
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- There were no cars on the road,
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- Just a peaceful, undisturbed blanket of white.
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- I woke barry and christian and i pulled on my boots
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- And a will beanie and ran outside in my pajamas
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- Like two little white visions
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- That we had at that time followed me
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- And immediately disappeared into this big snow in our backyard
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- And occurred to me.
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- The snow was almost as deep
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- As they were tall, but they loved it.
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- They bounced around the yard as if they were rabbits,
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- Barking at the
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- Top of their little lungs, chasing each other in circles.
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- Soon, some of our neighbors came out
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- To see what all the noise was about.
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- In no time at all.
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- There were children and dogs and sleds everywhere.
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- Even the lady who lived across the lake
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- And rarely came out of our house
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- Unless i was to tell the children to be quiet. was there.
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- I waved at her and she waved back.
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- For a moment in time.
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- Everything was new.
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- It was a beautiful gift.
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- That evening i sat out on the balcony on our second floor.
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- They looked out
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- Over our backyard and the circle of homes around the lake,
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- And i watched streetlights
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- Reflected in the snow, making it sparkle like diamonds.
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- There were different sizes of homes around the lake.
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- Some had beautifully manicured yards.
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- Others, like ours, did not.
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- But for that day, everything looked the same.
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- They were all covered by a blanket of white.
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- It was such a peaceful sight.
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- It looked like a do over.
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- A fresh start.
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- I think we all longed for that.
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- Time to time.
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- A clean sheet, a new beginning.
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- When we make a foolish decision.
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- Or when we deliberately sin.
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- We wish we could
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- Turn the clock back and change what we did or said.
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- But we can't.
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- Often the worst choices began, and simple steps
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- Just a little step off our path might not even be something
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- We've done, rather something we should have done and didn't.
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- Well, that's what happened to king david.
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- We read in the spring of the year
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- When kings normally go up to war.
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- David sent joab and the israelite army
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- To fight the ammonites
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- As a powerful implication in that one verse.
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- Kings normally go to war,
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- But for whatever reason david did not.
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- He stayed home.
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- He was not with his men.
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- And that was when he looked out of his bedroom window
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- And saw bathsheba bathing on a rooftop.
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- Perhaps she thought she was safe to do that.
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- As all the men
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- Her husband, uriah included, were all fighting in battle.
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- Well, from that one
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- Observation came a string of devastating events.
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- David had bathsheba brought to him.
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- He slept with her and she became pregnant.
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- When he realized that he was in trouble, david sent
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- Uriah back to the battle with strict and instructions
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- He was to be placed on the front line.
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- We'd almost certainly be killed.
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- And he was.
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- And so david married bathsheba, and she gave birth.
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- But the baby died.
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- Do you think that if david had been able
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- To see the consequences of his first casual observation
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- And the death and destruction it caused,
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- He would have gone ahead?
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- I don't think so.
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- I mean, that's just how the enemy works.
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- Sin can look so enticing, even innocent
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- At first, until we're in so deep.
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- There seems to be no way at.
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- Until david was confronted by nathan the prophet.
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- A year later, he got away with what he'd done.
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- Uriah was dead, and the path was clear.
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- But something was desperately wrong inside king david.
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- He wrote.
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- Have mercy on me, o god, because of your unfailing love,
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- Because of
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- Your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.
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- Wash me clean from my guilt.
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- Purify me from my sin.
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- For i recognize my rebellion.
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- It haunts me day and night.
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- Against you and you alone have i sinned.
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- I have done what is evil in your sight.
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- Well, david may have
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- Had a clear path externally, but he had no peace.
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- Christ's peace is one of our greatest gifts.
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- As believers,
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- We can be walking through the most difficult experience.
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- But when we have peace with god, we're able to keep walking.
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- David knew that even though he had sinned against uriah,
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- Even though he had sinned with bathsheba,
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- He knew that the reason he had no peace at all
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- Was because he'd sinned against god.
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- Purify me for my sins, and i will be clean.
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- Wash me, and i will be whiter than snow.
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- One of the greatest gifts of this season
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- Is the promise of peace.
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- That was the angel's message.
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- Remember peace on earth to those with whom god is pleased.
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- Peace may seem elusive in our world, but it's not.
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- It's found in jesus.
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- If you have never known christ's peace,
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- There's never been a better time to receive it.
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- And right now,
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- You simply
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- Admit you're a sinner in need of a savior
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- And thank him for his sacrifice for you.
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- It's a divine do over a new beginning,
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- Washed whiter than snow.
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- It's pretty.
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- Lord jesus, we want to thank you.
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- You came as our savior
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- And lord. if.
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- If there's anyone watching who has never met you face to face,
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- Who's never come to place, have been in relationship with you.
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- I lead them now in a simple prayer.
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- Dear jesus,
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- I know i am a sinner,
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- I know i deserve punishment.
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- I believe that you are the son of god.
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- I believe that you came, you died, and you rose again.
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- And i want to give my life to you.
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- I want to live for you.
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- I want to follow you for the rest of my days.
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- Thank you for loving me in jesus name.
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- Amen.
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