Care Prayer
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🗓️ 5 January 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. |
| 0:06.2 | 1 Samuel 1223. |
| 0:11.9 | Welcome to this daily encouragement from our daily bread. |
| 0:16.4 | Care Prayer was written by Dave Brannon and read by Wes Ward. First Samuel, chapter 12, verses 19 through 24. |
| 0:27.7 | The people all said to Samuel, pray to the Lord your God for your servants so that we will not die, |
| 0:35.5 | for we have added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king. |
| 0:41.4 | Do not be afraid, Samuel replied, you have done all this evil, yet do not turn away from the |
| 0:47.6 | Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they |
| 0:58.0 | rescue you because they are useless. For the sake of His great name, the Lord will not reject |
| 1:05.8 | his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own. As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord was pleased to make you his own. |
| 1:17.2 | As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you, |
| 1:21.3 | and I will teach you the way that is good and right. |
| 1:27.3 | But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully, with all your heart, |
| 1:30.8 | consider what great things he has done for you. |
| 1:37.1 | Care Prayer, written by Dave Brannon. |
| 1:43.7 | A woman was unusually nervous as she sat in the dentist's chair. Family burdens troubled her greatly, |
| 1:47.0 | and it was noticeable. Her dentist sensed her anxiety and asked her about it. Her story led him |
| 1:54.1 | to ask, can I pray for you? When the dental hygienist came into the room, she also prayed for the woman. |
| 2:01.8 | Two prayers, and one completed dentist's visit later, the woman left the office knowing that she had truly been cared for. |
| 2:11.4 | Praying for others is one of the best ways for us to show that we care because it calls on the greatest resource we know, |
| 2:19.3 | our Heavenly Father, to be actively involved in the lives of others. |
| 2:24.7 | In 1 Samuel 12, the Prophet Samuel was faced with the concerns of a very nervous group of people. |
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