A New Level of Prayer Part 2A New Level of Prayer Part 2
Lance Johnson Ministries
In a relationship, it’s really easy not to voice what you want and what your needs are. But your partner can’t read your mind. How will that person know what you need and desire if you don’t communicate it? This is much like prayer. In today’s mes
29:30•21 Jun 2026
A New Level of Prayer: Why Bishop Lance Johnson Says “We Got to Pray More”
Episode Overview
- Constant, persistent prayer is presented as the key to spiritual power, freedom and closeness to God.
- Prayer and fasting are described as ways to posture yourself to hear God more clearly and grow in faith.
- Spiritual complacency and offence are said to limit authority and anointing, making it harder to fulfil God-given assignments.
- Trials, conflict and “sifting” are framed as tools God uses to expose issues that block a person’s full potential.
- Honest, truth-filled relationships are encouraged, even when they cause offence, because truth is needed for real freedom.
“We want buildings to shake, but the buildings did not shake because Peter prophesied. Buildings shook because Peter prayed.”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? Bishop Lance Johnson comes at that question from a very direct angle: prayer that never lets up. Drawing on his own past of alcohol and drug addiction and a radical encounter with Jesus in 1990, he speaks to anyone who knows what it’s like to be trapped and desperate, yet hungry for real change.
In Part 2 of “A New Level of Prayer”, you’ll hear him contrast casual faith with a life that’s fully engaged in prayer. He points out that many people want miracles, power and spiritual authority, but, as he bluntly puts it, “Everybody wants power and authority, but nobody wants to pray.” Using Peter’s story, he shows how a weak prayer life leads to fighting battles “in the flesh”, hurting others, and slipping back into old patterns.
Johnson explains that prayer and fasting don’t twist God’s arm; they posture a person to hear God more clearly and grow in faith. He warns against spiritual complacency, stressing that there are “different degrees of power and wickedness among demons,” so staying stuck spiritually isn’t an option if you want real freedom and to help others find it. There’s a strong call to honesty about character flaws and hidden issues.
He reminds the audience that God loves people too much to leave them as they are and uses trials and conflict to expose what needs healing. He urges believers to tell each other the truth in love, even if it costs friendships, because “the only way to get free… is the truth.” For anyone in recovery or supporting someone through addiction, this message lands as a challenge: prayer isn’t a religious extra, it’s the lifeline.
If breakthroughs, restored families and a deeper walk with God are what you’re after, Johnson keeps circling back to one simple conclusion: “We got to pray more.” How ready are you to take your prayer life up a notch?
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