Jeremiah TiptonFounder in president of David Hernandez ministries

Pray Prayers Only God can Answer

4 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this sermon‑style monologue, the speaker urges listeners to abandon limited, self‑centered prayers and instead pray boldly, asking for things that exceed their own sense of what is reasonable, possible, or timely. He argues that praying within one’s own ability is merely wishing with personal power, whereas true prayer involves a faith‑driven exchange: the believer trades their own strength, resources, and timeline for God’s greater power, resources, and timing. Faith, he says, is the mechanism that enables this exchange, and only when one prays with faith can they receive God’s grace and answers that surpass human limits.

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God wants you to begin to pray prayers that are so big they go outside what you think is reasonable. You see, when you pray according to what you think is reasonable, when you pray according to your timeline, when you pray according to your ability, really what you're doing is you're wishing according to your power instead of praying according to his. So if you shrunk your prayers to fit your mindset, you are praying according to your ability. You might as well do it yourself. When you pray with faith, you trade your ability for his ability. You trade your power for his power. You trade your resources for his resource. You trade your timeline for his timeline. Faith is that great exchange of man's strength for God's grace, but it only comes when you pray with faith.