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Have you ever noticed how stuffed you can feel with what the world offers, and yet still be dying of thirst inside? Today, Bishop Lance points to the heart of the problem: you can be so drunk on money, success, entertainment, and noise that you don’t ev
29:30•25 Jan 2026
Drunk on the World, Thirsty in the Soul: Bishop Lance on Living Water
Episode Overview
- Stop relying on money, success and pleasure to fill a spiritual thirst that only Jesus, the living water, can satisfy.
- Being truly born again changes what you see and desire; religious ceremony without new life leaves you blind to God's kingdom.
- A heart filled with God's Spirit will care for broken, wounded and addicted people instead of passing them by.
- Pray urgently and persistently for the salvation of family and loved ones, valuing their souls above comfort.
- Raise children to know Scripture, salvation and their calling in Jesus rather than focusing only on sport, brands and achievements.
“September the 2nd, 1990, I drank of a different well. It was not the wells of Jack Daniel... I drank of the well that had the living water.”
What makes a recovery story truly inspiring? Here, Bishop Lance Johnson mixes straight-talking preaching with raw testimony as he contrasts being "drunk on this world's stuff" with the deeper thirst that never seems to go away. You'll hear him unpack the story of the rich man and Lazarus and the woman at the well to show how easy it is to feel full of money, success, entertainment and religion, yet be spiritually parched.
He warns that many people sitting in church have "repeated a prayer and took a bath" but have never been born again, and says that without that change, God's kingdom simply doesn't make sense. The heart of the message lands where recovery and faith collide. Lance runs through the long list of wells he drank from — "Jack Daniels, absolute vodka... the wells of methamphetamines...
cocaine" — only to share how on 2 September 1990 he "drank of a different well" and never went back. For anyone wrestling with addiction or clinging to old habits, his story is shared as proof that "he who the Son sets free is free indeed".
He also calls out church complacency with some humour and some sting: kids can quote sports stats and luxury brands, but not the books of the Bible; believers are "good" while someone three chairs away is suicidal or facing terminal illness. Through the emotional account of his brother racing to his house and praying for his salvation, the message pushes hard on loving family enough to plead for their lives and pray until something breaks.
If you're tired of empty promises, curious about how faith ties into sobriety, or just need someone to say out loud that heaven, hell and addiction are all deadly serious, this teaching might be the jolt you were looking for. Are you still drinking from dry wells, or are you ready for living water?
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