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: Rise Above Betrayal | 5 Minutes with Jesus | April 2, 2026
- Christ loved judas right up until the end.
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- Betrayal didn't change who jesus is.
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- As we get close to the days that changed everything,
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- My prayer is that any kind of betrayal
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- Will not change our hearts either.
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- Invite christ into the pain
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- Because he understands.
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- I think one of the most difficult things
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- In life is to be betrayed by someone you trust.
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- It is hard enough
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- When it comes from someone kind of outside your circle,
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- But when it comes from a close friend, it's truly devastating.
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- I remember how it felt to walk through a season like that.
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- Several years ago, someone i loved and trusted
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- Told the other people
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- I was working with that i was a pathological liar.
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- They said that i'd made up the story
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- About my father's death by suicide to get attention,
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- And nothing like that has ever happened in my life.
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- I was absolutely blindsided.
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- I couldn't understand where this had come from or
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- Why someone i trusted would say these things.
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- And one of the things that made it even more painful
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- Was that some of the people
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- They talked to believed what they were being told.
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- I was honestly heartbroken.
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- It took some time for the truth to come out, and the questions
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- And doubts and the waiting were very hard to live with.
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- Betrayal is a tough thing to walk through,
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- And if that has happened to you, are you find yourself there
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- Right now?
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- It can leave you feeling helpless.
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- The psalm that sheltered me during
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- Those weeks was psalm 91.
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- Those who live in the shelter of the most high
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- Will find rest in the shadow of the almighty.
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- This i declare about the lord.
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- He alone is my refuge, my place of safety.
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- He is my god, and i trust him, for he will rescue you
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- From every trap and protect you from deadly disease.
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- He will cover you with his feathers.
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- He will shelter you with his wings.
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- His faithful promises are your armor and protection.
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- When you face
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- Betrayal, just know this
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- Christ understands the bitterness of that sting.
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- He was betrayed by someone that he had shared his life with.
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- One of the most powerful events that took place during
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- Holy week was when jesus washed his disciples feet,
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- Knowing that one of them was about to betray him,
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- About to leave the room and turn him over
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- To the authorities to be executed.
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- That judas had been there all along.
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- He had seen christ face to face.
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- He had looked in those eyes of love.
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- He saw the miracles.
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- He watched as people were healed.
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- He saw christ come a storm.
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- He was there when lazarus was raised from the dead.
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- But it wasn't enough to change his heart.
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- It's thought that as the beloved disciple, john was on christ's
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- Right side at the last supper, leaning on his chest
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- That judas perhaps was on the left,
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- Because he was
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- Obviously close enough so that jesus could speak to him
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- Without everyone overhearing.
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- As the time ticked on that night,
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- Now jesus was deeply troubled,
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- And he exclaimed, i tell you the truth.
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- One of you will betray me.
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- The disciples looked at each other,
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- Wondering whom he could mean.
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- The disciple jesus loved was sitting next
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- To jesus at the table.
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- Simon peter motioned to him to ask who he's talking about.
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- So that disciple leaned over to jesus and asked, lord,
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- Who is it? jesus responded.
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- It's the one to whom i give the bread.
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- I dip in the bowl.
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- And when he dipped it,
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- He gave it to judas, son of simon iscariot.
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- When judas had eaten the bread, satan entered into him.
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- Then jesus told him, hurry and do what you're going to do.
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- None of the others at the table knew what jesus meant.
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- Theologian william barclay suggests that jesus
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- Must have invited judas to take that particular place
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- That night.
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- And the customs of that day.
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- The most esteemed guest sat on the left,
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- And when bread was dipped in a bowl and offered, that
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- Too was a sign of respect and affection.
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- Christ
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- Loved judas right up until the end.
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- Betrayal didn't change who jesus is.
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- As we get close to the days that changed everything,
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- My prayer is that any kind of betrayal
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- Will not change our hearts either.
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- Invite christ into the pain
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- Because he understands.
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- Let's pray.
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- Lord i want to thank you that you understand
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- What it's like to be betrayed.
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- What it's like to have someone
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- In your life that you've poured into
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- Who then turns against you.
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- So, lord,
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- I pray right now for anyone who is struggling with that.
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- It's so easy, lord, to become bitter.
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- But you did not let betrayal change you.
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- And i pray that we will not either.
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- Thank you that we get to bring the pain to you
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- So that we can be healed in jesus name.
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- Amen.
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