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: Walking Slowly with Jesus | 5 Minutes with Jesus | January 12, 2026
- Reconsider god's gift of sabbath.
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- You may feel like you'll be endlessly behind
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- If you take this time away from your responsibilities.
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- But i promise you that a recharging
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- Takes place when you observe the sabbath.
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- Recharging.
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- That simply doesn't happen any other way.
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- God gave you the gift of the sabbath
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- Because he loves you. go.
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- The psalms are full of promises of the life
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- We can enjoy when we spend time with god.
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- In psalm 62.
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- This is what david wrote.
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- Yes, my soul finds rest in god.
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- My hope comes from him.
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- Truly, he is my rock and my salvation.
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- He is my fortress.
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- I will not be shaken.
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- My salvation and my honor depend on god.
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- He is my mighty rock, my refuge.
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- Trust in him at all times.
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- You people, pour out your hearts to him.
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- For god is our refuge.
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- Just wondering if you're needing a refuge today.
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- Do you ever feel that if you're asked to do
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- One more thing, you will physically combust?
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- You know, i've had those moments.
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- I recently read an article about the exhausted
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- American workforce and mentioned a young working mother
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- Who was stretched
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- So thin that she always entered the cook time on the microwave.
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- 11112, 2 to 2 or 3 to 3
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- Instead of 100200300.
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- She believes that hitting the same key repeatedly
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- Saved her time.
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- That is, a woman stretched too thin and she isn't alone.
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- I hope you don't feel that pressed for time,
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- But even if you don't, you're
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- Probably still overworked and deeply tired.
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- What if i could just give you a day off?
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- Not just from work,
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- But also from the burdens of
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- Your soul, the to do lists and the shoot ups.
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- What if i said that as a bonus, you had permission to shut out
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- All the voices that are screaming at you, to buy
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- More, to do more, to be more?
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- The only thing for you to do on this day would be to rest
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- In god's presence and hear from him how much he loves you.
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- You would spend
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- Quiet time with him, worship him, and get outside.
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- You would spend quality time with your family and friends
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- Now, maybe share a great meal together and linger at the table
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- At the end of this beautiful day of recharging.
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- You would find your strength
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- And courage would be renewed for the week ahead.
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- Sounds like a dream, doesn't it?
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- But it isn't a dream.
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- It's called the sabbath.
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- As a culture, we've gotten away from observing the sabbath.
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- Maybe it was because
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- Some of us grew up under a legalistic observation of it.
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- I understand.
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- I'm certainly not suggesting legalism.
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- God never meant for the sabbath to be a burden,
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- But we miss something when we completely dismiss it.
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- Without this special time set apart to be with god
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- And hear from him, our hearts grow dry and weary.
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- One jewish theologian said it beautifully.
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- Six days a week we wrestle with the world,
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- Wringing profits from the earth.
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- On the sabbath, we especially care for the seed of eternity.
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- It's planted in the soul.
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- Reconsider god's gift of sabbath.
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- You may feel like you'll be endlessly behind
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- If you take this time away from your responsibilities.
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- But i promise you that a recharging
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- Takes place when you observe the sabbath.
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- Recharging.
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- That simply doesn't happen any other way. god
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- Gave you the gift of the sabbath because he loves you.
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- None of us knows.
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- For a new year will bring the joys,
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- Surprises, sorrows.
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- But god does.
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- And when we spend quiet time with him, he prepares
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- Us and gives us strength and peace for the days ahead.
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- Sabbath truly is a gift.
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- I think it's time to receive and open that gift.
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- Let's pray.
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- Father, thank you for the pattern
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- That you have set out for us in your word.
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- The six days you created the earth and all that's in it.
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- And on the seventh, you rested.
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- Lord, in our culture, it's so easy to get caught up in
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- Just going and going. going.
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- But i pray this year, lord,
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- That you would teach us how to slow down.
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- How to genuinely take a sabbath.
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- To enjoy resting in you
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- So that we are refreshed and ready for whatever lies ahead.
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- And we ask it in jesus name. amen.
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