Worship is my Weapon Podcast with Rita Springer

What do you do when you know God is good, but you’re still heartbroken over something He allowed?
In this episode of Worship Is My Weapon, Rita Springer gets deeply honest about the difference between being heart-sick and being brokenhearted, the wounds we learn to live around, and the places where repeated disappointment can quietly affect our trust in God.
Rita shares how God began revealing broken pieces she thought she had already moved past and the invitation to finally hand those pieces back to Him.
If you’ve been praying, waiting, grieving, or wondering why God hasn’t changed something, this conversation is an invitation to be honest with Him, lay down the burden, and rediscover His nearness in the middle of your brokenness.
00:00 Intro
01:03 Welcome to Worship Is My Weapon
03:36 Living With a Broken Heart
05:39 Does God Allow Our Hearts to Be Broken?
08:13 Staying Curious in Your Faith
09:28 Giving God the Broken Pieces
11:29 Amazing Kids
12:26 Heart Sick vs. Brokenhearted
16:11 When the Hits Keep Coming
18:43 The Enemy Attacks Our Weaknesses
20:31 Finding Strength After Brokenness
26:11 God Is Near to the Brokenhearted
30:01 Accepting God's Invitation to Draw Near
33:28 How Crisis Reveals Our Relationship With God
35:32 Breaking Cycles of Disappointment
38:14 What Are You Still Holding Onto?
41:12 Giving God the Burden of Your Brokenness
42:42 Healing vs. Remaining Sensitive to the Wound
46:18 God's Desire Is to Heal and Restore
47:41 What to Do When God Feels Silent
49:26 Are You Heart Sick or Brokenhearted?
49:57 God Is Not Offended by Your Honesty
51:51 Surrendering Without Having All the Answers
52:30 Don't Let Worry Steal Your Wonder
53:44 Letting God Repair a Broken Heart
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What happens when a genuine calling from God slowly turns into a need to be chosen?

Harvest Bashta Grapevine joins Rita Springer for an incredibly honest conversation about worship, ambition, disappointment, prophetic words, divorce, comparison and rediscovering why she fell in love with the presence of God in the first place.

Long before Harvest was a worship leader, she was a young girl praying, “God, make me a voice.” But after discovering her gift, hearing that she was “anointed,” and watching others receive the opportunities she thought God had promised her, something began to change.

In this episode, Harvest and Rita wrestle with a difficult question for every gifted believer: What if your calling was never supposed to become a platform?

They talk about the worship industry, the danger of building your identity around your gift, prophetic words that create unrealistic expectations, surviving deep personal disappointment, and finding freedom in simply being faithful where God has planted you.
00:00 Intro
01:22 Welcome & Introducing Harvest Grapevine
07:02 Growing Up in Revival & a Family on Mission
11:56 "Lord, Make Me a Voice"
15:29 Living in the Prayer Room
20:03 Marked by God vs. Chosen by God
22:40 When Worship Became About People's Approval
28:58 The Fast Rise of a Worship Career
30:50 Losing the Doorkeeper Heart
35:00 Feeling Used by Ministry
39:28 Comparison, Rejection & the Industry
46:15 Divorce, Disappointment & Rock Bottom
49:20 God Restores Identity During Sabbatical
52:16 Returning to the Prayer Room
53:48 Why Worship Leaders Are Burning Out
59:09 Prophecy, Calling & Expectations
01:05:20 "I've Reserved You for Myself"
01:11:46 The Gift Was Never the Destination
01:18:42 Releasing Music vs. Loving Jesus
01:22:47 Advice for Dreamers & Staying Faithful
01:27:57 How to Handle Prophetic Words
01:33:53 Returning to Your First Love
01:35:03 Closing Thoughts
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What does it really mean to know who you are? 

Rita Springer sits down with Doe Jones for an honest conversation about identity, purpose, race, motherhood, anxiety, and living as the person God created you to be. 

From the story behind "Black Boy" to why she believes God made her a Black woman on purpose, this episode is a powerful reminder that your identity is found in Christ—not in the labels the world gives you.
00:00 Intro
01:04 Welcome Doe | The Story Behind Her Name
05:39 Growing Up Between Washington & Louisiana
07:24 Discovering Her Gift for Music
10:14 Knowing She Was Called to Create
12:24 Sponsor: Amazing Kids Curriculum
13:20 Christian Artist vs Christian Who Goes to Work
18:40 Creativity, Calling & Writing with God
20:08 Identity, Purpose & Being a Black Woman
25:30 The Powerful Story Behind "Black Boy"
32:46 Creating the New Album "Shiloh"
36:08 The Weight of Writing Songs for the Church
42:35 Women, Worship & Pioneering New Paths
46:04 Bridging Generations in the Church
48:19 Mental Health, Anxiety & Learning to Thrive
55:13 Does God Trust You?
56:02 Motherhood, Grace & Depending on God
58:16 Generational Blessing & God's Faithfulness
01:00:32 The New Album "Shiloh"
01:01:43 Touring While Raising Young Children
01:05:52 Final Thoughts
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What happens when the people around you are more talented than you?

Rita sits down with longtime friend and pioneering Vineyard worship leader Cindy Rethmeier for an honest conversation about comparison, insecurity, female leadership, creativity, and learning to recognize what only you can bring.

Cindy shares what it was like helping forge a path for women in worship, why increasingly talented musicians once intimidated her, and the lesson that eventually changed everything: comparison is deadly.

They also reflect on the early Vineyard worship movement, raising up people who eventually surpass you, the pressure to “keep up” in modern worship culture, and why the microphone was never supposed to be the goal.

If you've ever wondered whether you're talented enough, gifted enough, or qualified enough to lead the people around you, this conversation is for you.
00:00 Intro
01:15 Welcome Cindy Rethmeier
02:18 The Early Vineyard Movement
06:16 How Cindy Started Leading Worship
11:20 Discovering Her Calling
13:03 Women in Worship Leadership
17:01 Leading with Confidence & Authority
19:29 Leading When Others Are More Talented
20:17 Sponsor: Amazing Kids Curriculum
20:47 Knowing Who You Are
23:09 Has Worship Leadership Changed?
25:21 Finding Your Lane
27:08 Identity Beyond Ministry
31:16 Confidence, Risk & Calling
33:33 Comparison in Worship Ministry
36:10 John Wimber's Lasting Influence
39:55 Remembering Brian Doerksen
44:36 Comparison Is Deadly
48:16 Writing Songs Without an Agenda
52:21 Songs That Still Matter
56:11 Creating Every Day
58:39 Escaping the Pressure to Keep Up
01:02:09 Success vs. Calling
01:04:09 Advice for Young Women Worship Leaders
01:07:10 The Gift of Authenticity
01:08:37 Legacy, Grandchildren & What Matters Most
01:10:26 Final Thoughts & Closing
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Steven Curtis Chapman and Mary Beth Chapman have been married for more than four decades, but they'll be the first to tell you it hasn't been a fairy tale.
In this deeply honest conversation, Steven and Mary Beth join Rita to talk about the differences that once led a counselor to say they had “no business being married,” the devastating loss of their youngest daughter, Mary Beth's “free fall of faith,” and the decision to keep choosing each other through seasons that could have torn them apart.
They also unpack what they've learned about counseling, surrender, soulmates, parenting adult children, adoption, and discovering the goodness of God in life's darkest places.
Steven and Mary Beth's new book, Still Here: Life Together on the Long Way Home, tells the story of a marriage that isn't perfect, but by the grace of God, is still here.
00:00 Intro
01:08 Meet Steven Curtis Chapman and Mary Beth Chapman
04:13 Why They Wrote "Still Here"
10:21 Why They're Still Here After 41 Years
11:45 What Makes a Marriage Last?
17:08 Sponsor: Amazing Kids Curriculum
18:04 Counseling, Therapy & the Ultimate Counselor
27:20 Learning Surrender in Marriage
31:21 What Is a Soulmate?
33:18 Growing Through Life's Hardest Seasons
35:55 Losing Their Daughter & Holding Onto Faith
39:47 "It's Worth It" — Why They Stayed
42:55 Parenting Through Pain & Letting Go
53:13 Adoption, Show Hope & Seeing the Heart of God
1:01:07 How Show Hope Has Helped Over 10,000 Children
1:05:30 Final Thoughts & Where to Find the Book
1:07:03 Marriage, Grandkids & Growing Older Together
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