God’s Plan for Your Life Part 3

God’s Plan for Your Life Part 3

What drives someone to seek a life without alcohol? Bishop Lance Johnson’s message, “God’s Plan for Your Life Part 3,” leans hard into that question by tracing how unseen attitudes and unaddressed sin can sabotage a person’s destiny. Drawing from his own background of addiction and struggle, Lance speaks to people who feel stuck in cycles of blame, hurt and spiritual defeat.

He calls out the “victim mentality” that says, “Always somebody done me wrong… It’s always somebody’s fault,” and challenges you to consider whether leaving hard situations too quickly has cost you growth that God intended. You’ll hear him urge, “Maybe you should have stayed your place and let God finish what he started you instead of running because there was a sign of war.” Using the stories of Judas and Peter, the episode contrasts two very different responses to remorse.

Judas hides ongoing greed behind religious words and eventually “aborted his destiny” for thirty pieces of silver. Peter fails too, but chooses to face Jesus again and answer, “Do you love me?” even when his shame is exposed in front of others. That tension will speak strongly to anyone who’s wrestled with relapse, anger or church hurt.

Lance also digs into how sin, bitterness and undealt-with anger can open “a place of habitation” to the enemy, describing how a seed becomes a root and then a stronghold when it’s ignored. He insists that the Holy Spirit is given not just for spiritual gifts but to change a person “from glory to glory,” and he pushes back against soft approaches to sin that leave people trapped.

The tone is direct, challenging and aimed at those who want God to use their lives but feel constantly pulled back by old habits or emotional wounds. By the end, you’re left weighing a simple but heavy choice: will you run from the fight, or let God deal with your roots and step back into your assignment? Where might you need to stay, stand, and let God finish what he started?