Becoming His Vessel Podcast
Episodes
340 episodes
Feel unseen or stuck in an old situation? Let God put a new song in you!
Are you wondering if anyone sees you or anyone cares? "Do I even have a purpose?" It's time to stop, see, speak, and to begin to sing a new song. Let Jo encourage you from Psalm 119:37, as well as from the examples of Moses and the Samaritan wo...
Transformed Tuesday with Brittney Bussey
In the middle of life as a wife and mom of four, Brittney breaks away for a moment with Jo to talk about the circumstances of life and especially those storms that can be difficult as we grapple with our faith and trust in God. Brittney shares ...
What Is God After?
From what we know in Genesis, we know that God looked out into the void and spoke Creation into existence. But, why? What was/is God after? Jo explains to us why God created us and how this answers the questions of restlessness, anxiousness, un...
Jo and Sydney: The Roots & Routines of Family Discipleship
We recognize that spiritual depth in the Christian home does not come from the grand, theatrical gestures. So, Jo and Sydney explore what life practically looks like when we remain in Christ -- keeping your family rooted in truth, ensuring that...
From Wounded to Whole: Healing Through Fellowship
Looking around, our nation needs healing. And God wants to heal us -- as individuals and as a nation. The pathway to healing is through fellowship. (And we're not talking about a potluck.) This week, Jo answers how that healing takes place and ...
Your Response to Frustration: Stolen Joy or Guarded Grace
How do you handle frustrating moments or frustrating people that steal your joy? And in the middle of that frustration, do you respond in a way that is honoring to God? In this podcast, Jo provides three practical steps to overcoming frustratin...
Transformed Tuesday with Colleen Viter
This week, we want to learn as we listen in to Colleen's testimony -- how she has seen God through her family, praying (with God's Word) for her family, and turned them into an opportunity for joy, for the glory of God.
Are You Hearing or Listening to God? with guest Tracey Wilson
Jesus Himself says: He who has ears to hear, let him hear. We don't want to just hear with our ears but hear with our hearts and be ready to obey. Jo and Tracey unpack the path of recognizing God's voice and responding in faith.
Jo and Sydney: Are You Abiding in Christ?
As we begin this new school year, Jo and Sydney start the conversation on calendars and stewarding our time. But, what is at the foundation? Our covenant, love relationship with the Lord. Before we talk about calendars, family, or marriage, are...
Need Hope? Pray the Word of God to Walk Through Hard Times
God wants us to walk and live a life everyday that exalts Him, looks to Him, leans on Him. Listen in this week to learn how to do that, even when there's heaviness around us.
Transformed Tuesday with Mattie Claire Jones
As Christian parents, we no longer have the pleasure to just sit and let time pass us by. We have to get active, intentional about the teaching and living by example. Mattie Claire Jones gives her testimony of how her parents were very intentio...
It's Dark, Turn On the Light
"I keep hearing everywhere I go that things are getting dark. Why is that? Partly because we, as Christians, are turning out the light. We're failing to turn on the light when we go from place to place. It's up to us to be the light, for others...
Jo and Sydney: Remember Whose You Are with Tiffany Lyght
Jo talks with Tiffany about setting guardrails and boundaries for our children and teens so that we can raise them in the knowledge of the Lord using Proverbs 4:23 as our directive: Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring t...
Five Ways to Restore Your Joy
Have you lost your joy? You've tried everything, but you can't seem to do it. What do we do? How can we, along with King David in Psalm 51, ask God to restore the joy of our salvation? Jo gives us five ways to restore our joy and also five thin...
Are You a Blessing to God?
This week, we are preparing to celebrate our Independence Day! 250 years! I want us to think about what might be on God's mind -- how He birthed this nation long ago, how we can remember the purpose of this nation, and how we can bless Him with...
Transformed Tuesday with Sabrenia Sanders
Jo sits down with Sabrenia Sanders for this week's podcast to share her testimony and answer the question: What was the most life-changing event that caused you to be all-in for God? And don't forget to keep an eye on upcoming disci...
What is this Teen Takeover Mess?
"Recently, I've been astounded to see this mass thing happening throughout our nation," Jo states with passion and compassion. We need to open our eyes and see what is really happening. Pray through the principles in this week's podcast. Then, ...
Jo and Sydney: Tiffany Lyght joins Jo on Guarding the Christian Family
God wants us, in each family, to achieve a certain purpose. This week, Jo and Tiffany talk about how -- in boundaries, saying no, saying no to busyness, and connecting heart to heart -- our families can be victorious in bringing honor and glory...
Do you have a promise from God?
You may be standing on a promise, waiting for God to fulfill that promise and you become hopeless or doubting in the midst of it. However, Jo explains how to receive a promise from God and what to do while waiting for it to be fulfilled so that...
Transformed Tuesday with Sara Denney
"Sara, I've watched how God has gripped your heart, how you have fallen more in love with Him, been obedient to the Word, and taken that Word to order your home." Jo encouraged Sara Denney to share how God has ordered the disciplines she alread...
"See, I'm doing a new thing!" -- Jo & special guest Tracey Wilson
Jo has invited Tracey to share a message that God revealed to her in preparation for the Montgomery Prayer Breakfast. As Jo has said, "Pay attention to what is going on in the physical because it can often be a sign of what's going on in the sp...
Jo and Sydney: Continuing as Sheep, This Summer
Jo and Sydney pick up where they left off from their last conversation -- followers of Christ as sheep that need the Good Shepherd. Join them as they walk through the Psalms, continuing to picture our identity as sheep and discuss how we follow...
You Have Been Given A Gift
Legally, a gift is (1) intended to be given, (2) delivered, and (3) the recipient must accept it. Gifts, like our freedoms, are not meant to be only written down as historical record by our Founding Fathers or past leadership. As Jo encourages ...
Transformed Tuesday with Tiffany Lyght
You don't want to miss Dr. Tiffany Lyght's testimony as shares with Jo about how her parents laid the foundation of faith early in her life and the strength it has brought to her throughout life.
Something to Praise God About & Be Involved!
Jo explains the reason for celebration: Our recent Alabama Legislature has passed three main acts in protecting some of our God-given rights. But, "it will be null and naught unless we implement what they have legislated." Let's begin praying n...