Sunday October 11, 2026Sunday October 11, 2026
Lance Johnson Ministries
It's through your faith in God that He can guide you and direct your steps, wherever He calls you. Faith is what God's looking for in His children. In today's message, you'll get to see with Bishop Lance how important it is to have strong faith in God. It
29:30•11 Oct 2026
Faith Bigger Than Addiction: Bishop Lance Johnson on Stepping Into Your Promised Land
Episode Overview
- Strong faith in God is presented as essential for breaking an addict mindset and walking in freedom.
- Real change requires becoming a new person rather than trying to live a new life with old patterns.
- The story of David and Goliath illustrates placing confidence in God’s character rather than personal ability.
- Scarcity thinking and unbelief can cause people to reject the very growth and provision they’ve prayed for.
- Blame, grumbling and small-mindedness are shown as obstacles that keep individuals and generations from their promised land.
“God can't give you freedom as long as you're an addict mindset.”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This message from Bishop Lance Johnson centres on one simple answer: faith in God that’s bigger than addiction, fear and past disappointments. Drawing on his own history with alcohol and drug addiction, Lance speaks to people who feel stuck in old patterns. He talks about God leading people out of “bondage, slavery, oppression, pain, bitterness” and into a promised land of freedom and purpose.
You’ll hear him challenge the idea that you can stay the same person but live a new life, stressing that “God can't give you freedom as long as you're an addict mindset.” Using the story of David and Goliath, Lance contrasts fear-filled soldiers with David’s quiet confidence in God. David refuses Saul’s armour because his trust isn’t in his own strength or strategies: “He said, the battle belongs to the Lord.
His confidence was in the character of who God was.” That same faith, Lance says, is what someone in recovery needs when facing cravings, shame or the weight of their past. There’s a powerful visual moment with Nicole carrying small and then massive clusters of grapes, showing how old, limited thinking can buckle under the scale of what God wants to give.
Lance also calls out blame, grumbling and small-mindedness as traps that keep people stuck, urging his audience to repent of unbelief and embrace a bigger view of God: “God is bigger than all of the addictions and all of the cultural problems we face.” If you’re wrestling with faith, identity and the fear of change in recovery, this message might prompt a hard but hopeful question: are you ready to let God change you so you can actually live in the freedom you’ve been praying for?
For anyone rebuilding life after addiction, it’s a vivid reminder that new freedom might feel unfamiliar, even overwhelming, but it’s still good.
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