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| Sheila Walsh: Remember Who You Are | 5 Minutes With Jesus | June 22, 2026
- You might not always feel very strong,
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- But you need to remember who you are
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- And don't allow yourself to be paralyzed by fear.
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- You are a child of the king.
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- There's a beautiful passage in c.s.
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- Lewis book, prince caspian,
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- When young lucy is standing on a bridge facing the oncoming
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- Marine army, and she's just one little girl standing there
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- With a dagger in her hand against this oncoming horde.
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- It seems impossible until you realize
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- The reason that lucy is not afraid is because
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- The mighty aslan is by her side.
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- Christ has already won the victory.
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- We stand in him.
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- We stand in his power.
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- Remember who and whose you are.
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- Several years ago,
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- I had the joy of traveling to kenya with some friends.
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- We were working with a group
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- That sets up feeding programs in schools
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- To make sure that children
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- From families who struggle to make a decent income
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- Get a good meal, an education, an opportunity
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- To choose a life of hope that they want to live.
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- At the end of our trip,
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- Our local hosts offered to take us on an all day safari
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- On the maasai mara, kenya's largest game reserve.
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- Well, i was so excited at the prospect
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- Of seeing animals in their natural environment.
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- So we set up a dozen binoculars, sunscreen and water
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- Bottles in hand.
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- Our driver told us he couldn't guarantee of animals
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- We would see, but he would do his best.
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- We drove for some time over rough roads in an open jeep,
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- And then as we turned a corner,
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- We saw zebras so close we could almost touch them.
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- The stunning black and white stripes
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- As if they've been freshly painted that morning.
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- Then giraffes.
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- So elegant with beautiful markings and such gentle faces.
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- Well, as the sun began to set, it was time to turn back
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- To the kicker up lodge where we were staying that night.
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- As we crested the hill, i spotted an impala.
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- It had become separated from the pack somehow,
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- And instead of running, it was standing still as a statue.
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- I asked the driver why it wasn't moving
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- And he pointed to the trees.
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- There he was, a magnificent lion stalking his prey.
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- He told us that the impala is much faster than the lion,
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- But it can literally become frozen in fear.
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- So even though the impala could outrun the lion,
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- It was so intimidated by the power of the lion that
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- It literally froze.
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- Something about that moment that stayed
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- With me and has impacted my life since then.
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- Sometimes as christians, we can become so obsessed
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- With the darkness and evil in the world
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- Around us that we kind of forget who we are.
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- I remember back in my touring with the band days, we had a guy
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- In our crew who blamed the devil for everything we slept in.
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- It was the devil's fault. we fell over a box.
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- It was the devil who tripped him.
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- I remember sitting with him one night at our crew dinner
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- And reading that well-known passage
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- From paul's letter to the church in ephesus.
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- In ephesians chapter six, verse ten, paul writes this
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- A final word.
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- Be strong in the lord and in his mighty power.
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- We talked about the truth that were not
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- Cult was strong in ourselves,
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- But in the lord and his mighty power.
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- We place our trust
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- In the finished work of christ on the cross.
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- When paul wrote his first letter to the church in corinth,
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- A city known for wealth and power and influence,
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- He described a different kind of kingdom.
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- This is what he said.
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- Remember, dear brothers and sisters,
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- That few of you were wise in the world's eyes or powerful
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- Or wealthy when god called you.
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- Instead, god chose the things the world considers
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- Foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise.
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- And he chose things
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- That are powerless to shame those who are powerful.
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- God chose things despised by the world.
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- Things counted as nothing at all
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- And use them to bring to nothing
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- What the world considers important.
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- You might not always feel very strong,
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- But you need to remember who you are
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- And don't allow yourself to be paralyzed by fear.
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- You are a child of the king.
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- There's a beautiful passage in c.s.
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- Lewis book, prince caspian,
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- When young lucy is standing on a bridge facing the oncoming
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- Marine army, and she's just one little girl standing there
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- With a dagger in her hand against this oncoming horde.
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- It seems impossible until you realize
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- The reason that lucy is not afraid is because
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- The mighty aslan is by her side.
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- Christ has already won the victory.
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- We stand in him.
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- We stand in his power.
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- Remember who and whose you are.
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- Let's pray.
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- Lord, thank you that even though on our own
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- We have very little to bring to the table at times.
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- But we are in you.
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- Thank you, lord, that the power rests in you,
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- And we get to rest in your finished work
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- That you didn't say.
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- I've started this work. now you guys finish it.
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- You said it is finished.
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- Lord, help us to remember.
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- For our true identity is.
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- And live in that identity.
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- In jesus name, amen.
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