Soul Food
Soul Food
Simple Prayer, Strong Connection
What if the most powerful prayer you’ll ever pray is also the shortest? We explore how simple, honest words reach God more than polished phrases, drawing on Jesus’ warning against empty repetition and the lived reality of people who pray from hard places—on the streets, in cells, at work, or behind the wheel. The heart of the message is clear: sincerity over eloquence, truth over performance, presence over perfection.
We walk through practical ways to weave prayer into a normal day without special language or settings. Think quiet breaths at your desk, a whispered “guide me” before a meeting, or “clean my mind” while the shower runs. These small, sincere prayers can anchor your focus, steady your reactions, and remind you that help is near. When words are few but the heart is open, prayer becomes a rhythm that meets you where you are and carries you through what you face.
Here on Soul Food Podcast, Motivational Mondays with Bishop Joshua. Hi there! May the Lord Jesus bless your life. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, whatever time you are watching us right now. Today this short message is about prayer. When you pray, do not try to impress God with so many, many words. Many people they say, I don't know how to pray. I hear pastors, bishops, church people pray. And as for me, I don't have like this vocabulary, Christian vocabulary to pray, to talk to God. First of all, prayer is not for Christians only or church people. They are people right now, they are living a living hell. They are in a crack house, they are uh on the streets under the bridge. But when these people they open their mouth with just a few words, they say, God help me. God, if you exist, take me out of this place. There are many people in prison. They don't go to church, they are incarcerated to aid for hours inside of a cell, and they cry out to God, and God hear them. One day our Lord Jesus Christ said these words. When you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the reathen do. Who were the reason? The reason were a group of unbelievers, non-Jewish people. They used to go to the open square, and they were very loud with many words, repeating and repeating and repeating words. But they do not even know what they were saying. Jesus said, For they think that they will be heard, for there are many words. Many words. God hears sincerity. When your heart is genuine, is sincere, is open, and you just say a few words. You can pray all day long. You don't need to be on your knees, you don't need to be inside of the church to pray. You just need to be sincere and say, God, I need you. You are driving, driving, you just say, God, help me my drive, protect me. You are there working. As you are working, you have many co-workers around you. You take that silent moment, and in spirit, without opening your mouth, you are praying to God. Even when you are showering, you can pray. I'm able to clean my body, but you can clean my soul, my mind. So there are many ways to pray. You can pray all day long. You don't need to use beautiful words, eloquent words. Try to impress God. Because the prayer God hears is the prayer from the heart. I mean the sincere prayer, the genuine prayer. He said for us to do it with all our heart, all our soul, our strength, all our might. So don't worry about many prayers, beautiful prayers, beautiful words, because God hears sincerity. May the God of the Bible bless all of you. Tomorrow again we bring another message of faith for you. God bless you. Bye bye.