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.
Closed captions
Show Timecode
| Sheila Walsh: Your Worth Matters | 5 Minutes with Jesus | November 14, 2025
- We're all wounded in one way or another.
- 00:00:00.023 --> 00:00:02.459
- But what god offers us, is his grace.
- 00:00:02.459 --> 00:00:05.595
- Most of us don't feel as if we measure up, as if we're enough.
- 00:00:05.595 --> 00:00:09.799
- Grace says we don't need to be.
- 00:00:09.799 --> 00:00:12.335
- God's strength is perfect when we are not.
- 00:00:12.335 --> 00:00:18.942
- You ever feel as if you just don't quite measure up this
- 00:00:20.043 --> 00:00:22.745
- If you're not enough?
- 00:00:22.745 --> 00:00:23.913
- Well, god's word talks about that.
- 00:00:23.913 --> 00:00:27.117
- But paul writes a second letter to the church in corinth.
- 00:00:27.117 --> 00:00:30.286
- He talks about having a thorn in the flesh.
- 00:00:30.286 --> 00:00:33.256
- Remember?
- 00:00:33.256 --> 00:00:34.290
- Well, theologians have debated over the years
- 00:00:34.290 --> 00:00:36.626
- What that was exactly.
- 00:00:36.626 --> 00:00:37.827
- And the truth is, we don't honestly know.
- 00:00:37.827 --> 00:00:40.330
- But all we know for sure was that it really bothered paul
- 00:00:40.330 --> 00:00:43.867
- And he begged god to take it away.
- 00:00:43.867 --> 00:00:46.803
- He writes three different times.
- 00:00:46.803 --> 00:00:49.239
- I begged the lord to take it away.
- 00:00:49.239 --> 00:00:51.574
- Each time he said, my grace is all you need.
- 00:00:51.574 --> 00:00:56.112
- My power works best in weakness.
- 00:00:56.112 --> 00:00:59.449
- So now i'm glad to boast about my weaknesses,
- 00:00:59.449 --> 00:01:02.085
- So that the power of christ can work through me.
- 00:01:02.085 --> 00:01:05.855
- What is god's grace, exactly?
- 00:01:06.489 --> 00:01:09.325
- For something with me today i have my mom's bible.
- 00:01:09.325 --> 00:01:11.828
- She was given this when she was, in 1942,
- 00:01:11.828 --> 00:01:15.365
- When she was just 12 years old.
- 00:01:15.365 --> 00:01:17.467
- This is it.
- 00:01:17.467 --> 00:01:18.635
- And she wrote in the back.
- 00:01:18.635 --> 00:01:20.803
- Grace is undeserved favor.
- 00:01:20.803 --> 00:01:23.873
- It is love stooping.
- 00:01:23.873 --> 00:01:26.509
- I love that definition.
- 00:01:26.509 --> 00:01:27.911
- Grace is undeserved favor.
- 00:01:27.911 --> 00:01:30.513
- In other words, we've done nothing to earn it.
- 00:01:30.513 --> 00:01:34.083
- There's something about grace.
- 00:01:34.083 --> 00:01:35.318
- A lot of people find offensive.
- 00:01:35.318 --> 00:01:37.654
- I think that's because it has nothing to do with us.
- 00:01:37.654 --> 00:01:40.657
- And everything to do with jesus.
- 00:01:40.657 --> 00:01:43.560
- We like to think that we're approved
- 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:45.228
- Of for our good behavior.
- 00:01:45.228 --> 00:01:47.130
- But with god, we bring nothing to the table.
- 00:01:47.130 --> 00:01:50.300
- Grace is a gift.
- 00:01:50.667 --> 00:01:53.369
- When our son, christian, was a little boy,
- 00:01:53.369 --> 00:01:55.238
- He had a fascination with bumps, bruises, and cuts.
- 00:01:55.238 --> 00:01:59.275
- He was a huge
- 00:01:59.275 --> 00:02:00.543
- Fan of the first aid kit, which i kept a very well stocked.
- 00:02:00.543 --> 00:02:04.047
- But one day christian
- 00:02:04.047 --> 00:02:05.348
- Was skateboarding down the path in our backyard,
- 00:02:05.348 --> 00:02:07.750
- And i was cleaning the barbecue grill
- 00:02:07.750 --> 00:02:09.852
- When i heard him cry out
- 00:02:09.852 --> 00:02:10.887
- And turned to see him face down on the path.
- 00:02:10.887 --> 00:02:13.423
- I rushed over and i said, are you okay?
- 00:02:13.423 --> 00:02:16.226
- I don't know, he said, i think several things might be broken.
- 00:02:16.226 --> 00:02:19.829
- He's a tad dramatic.
- 00:02:19.829 --> 00:02:21.598
- I'll clean them up.
- 00:02:21.598 --> 00:02:22.665
- And the only remaining
- 00:02:22.665 --> 00:02:23.900
- Sign of the tragedy was a small cut on his right knee. so
- 00:02:23.900 --> 00:02:27.670
- I got out the antiseptic wash, some ointment and a bandage.
- 00:02:27.670 --> 00:02:31.307
- It's going to need more, mom, he said.
- 00:02:31.307 --> 00:02:33.576
- What's going to need?
- 00:02:33.576 --> 00:02:34.410
- I asked.
- 00:02:34.410 --> 00:02:35.478
- He pulled a large crape bandage out of the box.
- 00:02:35.478 --> 00:02:38.147
- We can start here.
- 00:02:38.581 --> 00:02:40.283
- By the time we were finished,
- 00:02:40.283 --> 00:02:41.818
- He looked like an egyptian mummy.
- 00:02:41.818 --> 00:02:44.254
- When barry came home a few hours later, he was horrified
- 00:02:44.254 --> 00:02:47.056
- To see his son so encased in yards and yards of bandages.
- 00:02:47.056 --> 00:02:50.727
- What happened? he asked.
- 00:02:51.227 --> 00:02:52.762
- It's been a rough day, dad, christian replied,
- 00:02:53.696 --> 00:02:55.732
- With all the testosterone of a marine on leave.
- 00:02:55.732 --> 00:02:59.035
- But i'm going to make it.
- 00:02:59.035 --> 00:03:00.870
- He gets a little cut, honestly, i whispered,
- 00:03:00.870 --> 00:03:04.207
- Christian, why do you have all that stuff on a little cut?
- 00:03:04.207 --> 00:03:07.310
- Barry asked. and this is what he said.
- 00:03:07.310 --> 00:03:09.779
- Dad, if you were hurt and you wanted to get well,
- 00:03:09.779 --> 00:03:14.117
- Wouldn't you take all the help you could get?
- 00:03:14.117 --> 00:03:17.320
- I think it's the same with grace.
- 00:03:17.320 --> 00:03:19.122
- We're all wounded in one way or another.
- 00:03:19.122 --> 00:03:21.557
- But what god offers us is, is a grace.
- 00:03:21.557 --> 00:03:24.694
- Most of us don't feel as if we measure up, as if we're enough.
- 00:03:24.694 --> 00:03:28.898
- Grace says we don't need to be.
- 00:03:28.898 --> 00:03:31.434
- God's strength is perfect when we are not.
- 00:03:31.434 --> 00:03:34.837
- Let's pray.
- 00:03:35.171 --> 00:03:36.939
- I don't want to thank you so much for your grace,
- 00:03:36.939 --> 00:03:40.209
- For your undeserved favor.
- 00:03:40.209 --> 00:03:42.812
- But the way that your love stooped down to pick us up.
- 00:03:42.812 --> 00:03:46.816
- And, lord, thank you that we get to come as we are,
- 00:03:46.816 --> 00:03:49.118
- That we don't have to pretend to have it together,
- 00:03:49.118 --> 00:03:51.621
- And that your strength is made perfect.
- 00:03:51.621 --> 00:03:54.791
- When we feel at our weakest.
- 00:03:54.791 --> 00:03:56.826
- We thank you in jesus name.
- 00:03:56.826 --> 00:03:59.796
- Amen.
- 00:03:59.796 --> 00:03:59.796
