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Worship is SO much more than just raising our hands and singing on a Sunday Morning. Worship is fully surrendering to the Lord, Sunday through Saturday. Every single day, you have to deny yourself, deny your own wants and even needs, to obey the Lord. In
29:30•4 Jan 2026
Worship, Surrender and Real Change with Bishop Lance Johnson
Episode Overview
- Real salvation is shown by a changed life, not just an emotional altar experience or religious routine.
- Worship is daily surrender of your whole life to God, far beyond songs and raised hands on a Sunday.
- Sin and addiction become a master because they are pursued repeatedly; Jesus seeks to be master to bring life and freedom.
- Sonship is confirmed by being led by the Holy Spirit, not simply by a one-off prayer or church membership.
- Busy ministry can turn into an idol if it replaces personal worship, prayer and genuine intimacy with God.
“Worship is giving your life to God. Worship is surrendering and submitting to the will of God. Doing the will of God is worship.”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This message from Bishop Lance Johnson speaks straight to anyone wrestling with sin, addiction, or a half-hearted faith life and wondering why change never seems to stick. Drawing from Acts 13 and his own hard-won experience, Lance talks about what happens when someone is truly "born again".
He explains that real salvation isn’t just an emotional altar moment or a box you tick at church; it’s a spiritual shift where desires, perspectives and habits begin to change. If that change hasn’t happened, he challenges you to be honest enough to "go to an altar, or get on your knees, or get in a prayer closet" and seek a genuine new life.
The heart of the episode is worship, and Lance flips the usual Sunday-morning picture on its head. He insists, "Worship is giving your life to God. Worship is surrendering and submitting to the will of God. Doing the will of God is worship." Raising hands and singing are good, but he calls them an attribute of worship, not the whole thing. True worship, he says, is daily surrender of your body, mind, desires and plans as a "living sacrifice".
For anyone in recovery, his comparison between pursuing sin and pursuing God hits home. Lance points out that drugs, drink, porn, bitterness and unforgiveness didn’t just "jump" into your life; they were chased repeatedly until they became a master. In the same way, Jesus wants to be master of your life so he can bring freedom and a better future.
He also confronts the tendency to get busy in ministry while quietly drifting from God, calling ministry "the other God" when it replaces personal worship and prayer. If you’ve ever tried to fix your behaviour without letting God change your heart, this talk may feel uncomfortable—but it’s aimed at building a deeper, daily relationship with Him. Could a fresh understanding of worship be the missing piece in your recovery story?
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