Sunday September 13, 2026Sunday September 13, 2026
Lance Johnson Ministries
When you need comfort as dark times come into your life, you can find it in Christ. When you need direction because you don't know what path to choose, He can guide you. In today's message, Bishop Lance is going to make it clear that there is one Comforte
29:30•13 Sept 2026
Give Him Your Life: Faith, Freedom and Breaking Addiction
Episode Overview
- Real change is linked to fully giving your life to God, rather than seeking blessings without surrender.
- Faith, not sympathy or fear, is presented as the key response to addiction, crisis and bad reports.
- Voices that spread doubt, discouragement and hopelessness should be removed from your inner circle.
- Addiction, trauma and broken relationships are described as situations where complete freedom is possible, not just partial relief.
- Moments of deep crisis are framed as decisive turning points where choosing belief can alter the outcome.
“What you need is not doubt and sympathy. You need faith. You gotta believe God for their salvation.”
What drives someone to seek a life without alcohol? Bishop Lance Johnson’s message in "Release the Roar" zeroes in on the moment when life feels shattered by addiction, broken relationships, and deep emotional wounds—and what faith can mean in that kind of crisis. Speaking from a fiery, pastor’s perspective, he talks directly to people whose lives have been torn apart by substances, betrayal, trauma, and despair.
The tone is urgent and straight-talking, with lines like, "What you need is not doubt and sympathy. You need faith. You gotta believe God for their salvation." If you’ve ever heard "once an addict, always an addict", this episode pushes back hard against that kind of hopeless thinking.
He argues that many people want miracles and blessings without truly surrendering, calling out "greasy grace" attitudes where people "want to give as little as they can give, but get as much as they can get from God." For him, the turning point is simple but demanding: "Give him your life." The episode is aimed at anyone on the edge—those still using, those fresh out of jail, couples on the brink of divorce, or people numbed by medication and therapy yet still haunted by their past.
There’s a strong push to shut out voices of doubt, fear, and religious pessimism and to cling to the belief that "he who the Son sets free is free indeed." You’ll hear repeated calls to choose faith at your lowest point, to expect total freedom rather than mere numbness, and to believe that a person can go from "high two hours ago" to being "a sign and a wonder." If you’re tired of being told you’ll always be broken, could this be the challenge—and hope—you’ve been waiting for?
Using stories from Scripture, Bishop Lance connects the idea of giving your whole life to God with the possibility of real change—right down to freedom from heroin, alcohol, bitterness, and lifelong emotional scars.
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