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 Shallow Heart | 5 Minutes with Jesus | May 12, 2026
- We're not designed to live on experiences.
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- Fun though they are.
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- We're designed to grow through daily communion with god.
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- This is not about legalism or condemnation.
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- No way more than that.
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- God wants you to flourish.
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- And he's made it clear we do that.
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- If you've fallen
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- Away from spending time every day with god, today
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- We have great day to start again.
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- And if you fall down tomorrow, start again.
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- My grandmother had a green thumb.
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- She was able to grow all sorts of plants.
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- If she was at a friend's house
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- And admired one of their plants, she would ask for a cutting.
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- She'd take it home, put it in water,
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- And as soon as the roots began to grow,
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- She would plant in her yard and it would flourish.
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- So i decided i would follow in her footsteps.
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- So one saturday, after had helped her to clean our house,
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- I asked her if she would give me a cutting from one of her
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- Beautiful plants.
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- I was very excited to take it home and knew that no time,
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- Our yard would be festooned with pink flowers.
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- How sad to say that did not happen with a couple of weeks.
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- My cutting, which i had planted in our yard
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- After the roots began to grow, had died.
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- So i asked her, why did my plant die?
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- And hers flourished.
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- And when she looked at
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- Where i planted it,
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- She told me
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- I should have buried it a bit deeper
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- To give it more moisture and nourishment.
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- I simply scraped a little hole in the earth and stuck it in
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- An expected miracle.
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- She explained to me that's not how growth works.
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- That principle seems to be true in all areas of life.
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- Do you ever wonder why some people who once seemed
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- So in love with jesus, excited
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- Of all he was doing in the world,
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- And suddenly they just seem to fall away?
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- Jesus talks about that in the parable of the sower
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- In luke eight.
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- He talks about the second seed that was scattered
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- On the ground.
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- Other seeds fell among rocks.
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- It began to grow, but the plant soon
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- Wilted and died for lack of moisture.
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- What was jesus teaching the crowd that day?
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- I think he was saying experiencing a moment
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- Is very different from the commitment of a lifetime.
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- Like, have you ever gone to a conference
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- And you leave feeling so close to the lord, so full of faith,
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- And then found a few days later that the feelings have gone
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- And god seems a million miles away.
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- Why does that happen?
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- I think it's just my little plant.
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- Initially, when it was placed in water,
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- It was able to grow roots.
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- But then, because i had buried in such shallow ground,
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- It withered and died.
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- I love, love getting to experience
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- The presence of god with others at an event.
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- I love the powerful emotions
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- Of worshiping with my church family,
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- But it's the decisions i make when sandy is over
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- That determines my growth and god.
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- If i don't make spending time with god
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- On my own, if i don't make a daily habit
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- Of studying god's word, i can't expect to grow.
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- We're not designed to live on experiences.
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- Fun though they are.
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- We're designed to grow through daily communion with god.
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- This is not about legalism or condemnation.
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- No. what are you more than that?
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- God wants you to flourish.
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- And he's made it clear how we do that.
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- If you've fallen
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- Away from spending time every day with god, today
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- We have great day to start again.
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- And if you fall down tomorrow, start again.
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- If you've never really had a relationship with
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- Jesus, it can begin today.
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- Maybe you just kind of came across this and you paused,
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- Thinking, where did you get that shirt?
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- Let me lead you in a very simple prayer.
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- If you would like to know this jesus for yourself,
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- All you have to do are pray these words.
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- Father god,
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- I know that i am a sinner
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- And i ask you to forgive me.
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- I believe jesus that you are the son of god.
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- I believe that you died and you rose again.
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- And i'm asking, you know, to come and take control of
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- My life.
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- I want to follow you for the rest of my life.
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- Thank you for your forgiveness.
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- In jesus name,
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- Amen.
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- Nick prayed that prayer.
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- Welcome to the family.
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