Give God Your Ministry Part 1Give God Your Ministry Part 1
Lance Johnson Ministries
Have you experienced the closeness of truly knowing Jesus? It’s in that quiet, hidden place that we encounter His love in a way that changes everything. Today, Bishop Lance invites us to fall deeply in love with the One who pulls us from brokenness and
29:30•2 Mar 2025
Giving God Your Ministry: Bishop Lance Johnson on Real Faith After Addiction
Episode Overview
- Deep intimacy with Jesus grows in the secret place, especially for those coming out of addiction and brokenness.
- Rigid plans, patterns and copied methods can limit what God wants to do in a person’s life, town and church.
- God anoints people, not buildings, positions or denominational structures, so personal obedience matters more than titles.
- Real ministry is everyday life that looks like Jesus – healing, freedom and sharing the gospel – not just programmes inside church walls.
- Trying to imitate other successful ministries can lead to spiritual burnout; instead, seek God’s unique blueprint for your own calling.
“If he could love me enough to bring me out of my brokenness and bring me out of dysfunction and bring me out of all of the stuff that he brought me out of, then he deserved my worship. He deserved my submission. He deserved my heart.”
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This message from Bishop Lance Johnson speaks straight to anyone who's come out of addiction or deep brokenness and is now wondering what genuine, wholehearted faith is supposed to look like. Bishop Lance shares candidly about his past with drugs, alcohol and a lifestyle that left him unwanted by denominations and mentors.
With no church pedigree, he says he simply learned to "get in the secret place and to fall in love with Jesus" – the One who pulled him out of dysfunction and gave him a new life. That raw honesty will resonate with anyone who's felt written off or "too far gone". He challenges church leaders and everyday believers alike to stop copying religious patterns and chasing numbers, and instead give God their ministry and identity.
Lance admits he once hired consultants, built programmes, gave away cars and TVs, and did everything "successful" churches were doing, only to realise, "that's not who God called Lance Johnson to be." His call now is simple: build people, not institutions, and raise them to look like Jesus rather than a brand of church.
Drawing on the story of Naaman in 2 Kings 5, he warns how easy it is to demand that God move in familiar ways, then get angry when He doesn’t fit into our box. For anyone in recovery who’s tempted to copy someone else’s journey or cling to rigid expectations, this hits home.
You’ll hear a strong plea to make space for God to work uniquely in your life, your town and your church, and to swap religious performance for real intimacy with Christ. If you’re tired of patterns that feel empty and ready for a faith as personal and transforming as your sobriety journey, why not ask yourself: what would it look like to give God your ministry – and your whole heart – today?
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