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When was the last time someone let you down? The unfortunate reality of this world is that when you rely on imperfect people, you are bound to get imperfect results. But Bishop Lance is here today to remind you that there is one person that you can trust
29:30•1 Mar 2026
From Storms to Freedom: Bishop Lance Johnson on Knowing Who’s in Your Boat
Episode Overview
- Having Jesus "in your boat" is not enough; real change comes from truly knowing who he is.
- Good parenting and church attendance alone cannot protect a generation from the power of sin; children need to be introduced to the living Christ.
- No addiction—whether alcohol, drugs, pornography or emotional wounds—is stronger than what Jesus accomplished on the cross.
- Religion asks people to conform, but Jesus offers to transform hearts and break destructive patterns from the inside out.
- God intends people to live as overcomers rather than victims, using life’s storms as launchpads into a different future.
“There’s no methamphetamine greater than the power of what Jesus did on the cross.”
Get ready to be moved by real-life accounts of brokenness colliding with fierce faith. This instalment of Release the Roar features Bishop Lance Johnson sharing his raw story of addiction, anger and religion that never quite reached his heart, and how that all changed when he met "the king of kings" for himself.
You’ll hear him talk about growing up in church yet never truly knowing Jesus, praying the right prayers but still remaining "a drug addict with a $250 a day cocaine habit" and an alcoholic who lived on a fifth of liquor and a case of beer every day. He’s brutally honest about sin: from pornography and alcohol to heroin and methamphetamines, insisting there’s "no methamphetamine greater than the power of what Jesus did on the cross".
The heart of the episode sits in one big idea: it’s not enough to have Jesus "in your boat" if you don’t actually know who he is. Using Mark chapter 4, Lance contrasts storm‑tossed disciples who panic with a Jesus who sleeps through the chaos because he knows the outcome: "you’re going to the other side". That picture becomes a promise for anyone trapped in addiction, trauma, dead religion or self‑medicating pain.
He tells the story of reaching the end of himself on 2 September 1990, holding a revolver in one hand and a Bible in the other, and reading the words, "if you will lose your life for my sake, you shall find life". That moment of surrender, he says, was where real change began—when Jesus didn’t ask him to conform to religion, but to hand over his whole life so that God could transform him.
If you’re tired of feeling like a victim of your past, your cravings or your church wounds, this episode points you towards a God Lance describes as "more than enough for whatever you're faced with in life" and asks a simple but challenging question: do you know who’s really in your boat?
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