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| Sheila Walsh: When the Road Ahead is Hard | 5 Minutes with Jesus | March 25, 2026
- Sometimes we want an answer from god.
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- Why did this happen?
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- Why would they do something like this?
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- We█re not always promised an answer.
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- But what we are promised is his presence.
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- And his presence changes everything.
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- I thought it would be a lot easier than this.
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- I'll never forget that sentence
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- From a friend of mine in london.
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- He was a very well-known pop star before his conversion
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- To christ.
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- In his early days,
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- He wore all black leather and was this very dark and edgy.
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- But suddenly he met jesus and everything changed.
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- He and i were taping a program for the bbc in england,
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- And we were sitting backstage with a cup of tea
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- Before the show began.
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- We're talking about what it's like to love and follow jesus.
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- I'll never forget the look on his face when he said,
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- I thought it would be a lot easier than this.
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- I laughed because i totally understood what he meant.
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- Sometimes we get the idea that once you give your life
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- To jesus, it's just smooth sailing all the way home.
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- But the opposite is often true.
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- We're not joining a country club or joining a battle,
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- One that jesus has already won, but is still raging around us
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- Until we see him face to face.
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- In the last long conversation that christ had
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- With his closest friends,
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- He tried to prepare them for that truth.
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- In john 15 we read.
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- If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first.
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- The world would love you as one of its own if you belong to it.
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- But you are no longer part of the world.
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- I chose you to come out of the world so it hates you.
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- You know that's hard.
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- No one wants to be hated.
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- One of our most basic instincts and needs
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- Is to be loved and accepted.
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- We want to fit in, to belong.
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- But the life that christ lived and calls us to live
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- Is often challenging and lonely.
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- So how do we deal with moments when we feel betrayed
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- Or rejected?
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- Instinctively, you know, we just want to hit back.
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- But jesus teaches us to live another way
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- To keep our eyes on him.
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- So here are just a few things i've learned on my journey
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- Thus far.
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- When i felt betrayed or rejected.
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- Number one.
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- Tell god the whole truth.
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- Come as you are.
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- Don't feel as if you have to pretend to be doing just great.
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- When you're honestly feeling you're falling apart.
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- God will never be offended by honestly.
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- I take my most honest gut level feelings to him
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- Rather than blasting someone else with them.
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- It's such a gift to be invited into the very throne room
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- Of heaven and accept christ.
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- Gift of rest.
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- I love these two verses at the end of matthew chapter 11.
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- Then jesus said, come to me, all of you who are weary
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- And carry heavy burdens, and i will give you rest.
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- Take my yoke upon you.
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- Let me teach you.
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- Because i'm humble and gentle at heart,
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- And you will find rest for your souls.
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- For my yoke is easy to bear.
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- And the burden i give you is light.
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- If what's weighing you down right now is heavy,
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- You're invited to bring that to jesus and give it to him.
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- Number two, don't be afraid to ask for help.
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- Sometimes when someone says something about us, or we hear
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- To someone else that someone has misrepresented us,
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- Every instinct within us wants to fix it.
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- Stop what's not true or are not fair.
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- I really believe in the gift of having what i call
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- A safe sister or safe brother to share with.
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- In galatians chapter six, verse two, paul writes.
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- Share each other's burdens, and in this way obey
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- The law of christ.
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- It can be easy to become bitter when we push things down
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- Into the cellar of our souls and let them fester.
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- But when we talk to a trusted friend,
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- We bring everything into the light and takes its power away.
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- And we're
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- Taught to pray for one another so that we would be healed.
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- Number three find peace in god's presence.
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- As jesus tried to prepare his friends
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- For what was about to happen to him, we read in john 14:27.
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- I'm leaving you with a gift peace of mind and heart.
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- And the peace i give is a gift the world cannot give.
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- So don't be troubled or afraid.
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- Sometimes we want an answer from god.
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- Why did this happen?
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- Why would they do something like this?
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- We█re not always promised an answer.
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- But what we are promised is his presence.
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- And his presence changes everything.
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- Let's pray.
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- Lord, i want to thank you
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- That we are promised the gift of your presence.
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- And lord, right now
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- I want to pray for anybody who's struggling.
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- Anybody who's just in a place where they think,
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- I don't understand what's going on,
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- And i don't know how i'm going to make it through this.
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- Lord, when we're striving for answers.
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- Would you gift us with the gift of your presence?
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- Because you have promised us peace when nothing in life
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- Makes sense.
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- And we thank you in jesus name.
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- Amen.
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