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God asks us to love Him and to love our neighbour. But how do we love God? Rosemary shares how we can love God when we are filled with His goodness.
Rosemary and Emma chat about the depth of God’s love. When we raise our eyes to look to His love then we gain a new perspective on our how to face the challenges that come our way.
God has granted us total forgiveness out of His love and mercy for us. God’s love is so powerful. It restores us, heals us and comforts us. In this Heartbeat Rosemary reminds us to chase after the love of God.
The Holy Spirit gives us the grace and power to step into what He asks of us. Rosemary and Emma chat about how we figure out what God is asking of us so that we can then take that empowered step.
We can be confident that the Holy Spirit will empower us to make a change and to walk in a certain direction. In this Heartbeat Emma shares how we need to listen, prayer and discern what the Holy Spirit is saying so that we can make the change.
When we tune into the Holy Spirit then we can be guided by God in our lives. Rosemary and Emma chat about how we can fine tune our hearing into what the Holy Spirit is saying to us.
The gift of the Holy Spirit can transform us but sometimes we can find it hard to hear. In this Heartbeat Emma shares about ways that we can tune into the Holy Spirit.
God wants to be close to us all the time. Emma and Rosemary chat about our response to God. Are we allowing God to close to us? We have the choice to allow God in or we can choose to reject Him.
In this Heartbeat Emma reminds us of the close relationship that God wants to have with us. He is not a distant God. He wants to interact with us, to guide us and ultimately love us.
Have you ever heard of Joyness? Well, Rosemary and Emma chat about the joyness that we can each have when we are in God’s presence. What are the times in your life when you are in His presence?
Emma and Rosemary chat about the connection we have with others in our Christian community when we decide to step out and share our faith.
We each have a responsibility to encourage each other in our faith. When we have people in our communities going through a hard time we can all remind them about who God is and how God provides. In this Heartbeat Emma challenges us to take on this responsibility.
Emma and Rosemary chat about how being part of a Christian community can help us to seek God more, it can grow our faith and it’s a place where we can ask others to pray for us.
We have all had experience of different kinds of communities. In this Heartbeat Emma tells us about the value of being in a Christian community and how it can lead us to holiness.
Can you see the goodness of God? Emma and Rosemary chat about how we can sometimes miss God’s mercy because our own hearts are hardened. They remind us that God’s mercy is unending.
Do we have the right picture of God? In this Heartbeat Rosemary shares how we can sometimes have the wrong idea about who God is. We are reminded about the mercy of God and how He extends His mercy to each one of us.
All the different names of God reveal to us who God is and what His nature is. Emma and Rosemary chat about these names and how one of the names revealed to us is God the Father. Knowing that God is our Father means that we can identify as daughters of God.
There are so many ways to describe God. The names of God tell us more about who God is. In this Heartbeat Rosemary shares how the names of God reveal His heart.
The grandeur of God is so amazing, so beyond our imagining and this God wants to have a relationship with us. Emma and Rosemary chat about how the grandeur of God can come and work in our lives.
Have you ever thought about God holding the world in the palm of his hand? Wow! God is so beyond our thinking. In this Heartbeat Rosemary shares about the grandeur of God.
Abiding in Christ is an intentional thing where we are aware of His presence in us all the time. Emma and Rosemary chat about the different ways that we can be intentional in abiding in Christ.
To abide in Christ is a continuation of Christ’s presence in our lives wherever we go. In this Heartbeat Emma shares about how we can abide in Christ and what it means for our lives.
When we live lives of mercy then we are on our way to living lives of holiness. Emma and Brigette chat about being people of mercy and following God’s example of the loving mercy that He shows to us.
God calls each one of us to be holy. In this Heartbeat Emma shares that to be holy is to be a person of mercy. We should be merciful to others just as our heavenly Father is merciful to us.
Do we desire God? Emma and Rosemary chat about the heart attitude we should have to chase after God rather than His gifts.
The Holy Spirit is freely given to us. This is a gift from God. In this week’s Heartbeat Rosemary challenges us to ask the question whether we chase the gifts or the Giver?
Emma and Rosemary chat about how much God values carers and the caring role. To care is to show great love to others. To care is to be Christ to others.
God values those who care. He says when we care for the least in our world then we are showing love to Him as we love others. Rosemary reminds us of the importance of Carers and just how valuable they are.
Emma and Rosemary chat about praying passionately for others. They remind us that from our own relationship with God we can pray for those we love.
In this Heartbeat Rosemary encourages us to pray for others by showing us how Jesus passionately prayed for His disciples.
Emma and Rosemary chat about the strength we receive when we depend on God. They remind us that God will provide what we need when we need it.
How often do we feel defeated because we think we don’t have what it takes? In this Heartbeat Rosemary reminds us that our strength comes from heaven. God will give us the ability to do the things He asks us to do.
Waiting on God can be frustrating when we feel that nothing is happening. In this chat Emma and Rosemary look at waiting from a different perspective which is active and with an openness to what God wants to do.
In the waiting God forms us and refines us. In this Heartbeat Rosemary reminds us how God works in us while we wait on Him for a response to different aspects of our life.
We discover our true selves as we live life and reflect on our experiences. In our chat Emma and Brigette discuss the different ways we can learn more about who we really are in Christ.
When we are honest with ourselves about who we are then we can be honest with God. In this Heartbeat Rosemary talks about knowing our true selves.
Emma and Brigette chat about turning to God and remembering that when everything is stripped back that He remains.
We can often wonder why God allows suffering in our lives? Through this Heartbeat Rosemary reminds us that God is always with us so we do not need to fear or be dismayed.
Emma and Brigette chat about the peace that Jesus brings us and that we can be reassured that Jesus will give us this peace time and time again.
Even though we are followers of Christ we will still experience struggle in our lives. In this Heartbeat Rosemary reminds us that we need to follow Jesus example and trust that He will calm the storms.
In this chat Emma and Brigette chat about the current season of life that they are in as well as sharing about how God has worked through other times that they have been through.
In life we go through many seasons. Some are joyous, some are painful and frustrating. Rosemary encourages us to depend on God no matter which season we are in currently.
Wanting nothing would be a peaceful place to be in life. Emma and Brigette chat about how God wants to offer us this peace by being our Shepherd who guides us.
In this Heartbeat Rosemary shares a well known Psalm, ‘The Lord is My Shepherd.’ We are encouraged to allow ourselves to be guided by the Shepherd who will give us peace and goodness.
Jesus encouraged His Disciples to pray because He knew their spirit was willing but their flesh was weak. In this week’s chat Emma and Rosemary talk about the importance of prayer for our lives and how prayer prepares us for when temptation comes our way.
How often do you want to do the right thing but you fall short? In this Heartbeat Emma reminds us of the importance of prayer which helps us to overcome the trials and temptations in our lives.
Emma and Rosemary chat about how we can ask for the Holy Spirit to live in our lives so that we are bold and living as God wants us to.
There is so much that God wants to give us through the Holy Spirit that will help us to live our lives. In this Heartbeat Emma shares about how we can have the Holy Spirit living in us.
God shows us with the power of the Holy Spirit that we can live lives greater than how we can live by ourselves. Emma and Rosemary chat about how the Holy Spirit helps us to live God’s Kingdom here on Earth.
The Holy Spirit draws us into a deeper relationship with God. In this Heartbeat Emma reminds us that the Holy Spirit empowers us to live in God’s ways and with God’s strength to offer love and forgiveness.
Often fear is what stops us from stepping into God’s plan. In this Heartbeat Emma reminds us that we can trust in God who is with us and goes before us to lead us and prepare us for our future.
We need to remember God’s deep love for us. Emma and Rosemary chat this as the starting point for trusting in God through the hardships of life. They speak about having constant conversation with God throughout our day.
God is with us in everything! Rosemary encourages us to cling to God when we are in pain and struggling.
Stepping out to follow God’s plan for your life takes courage. But what happens when you don’t know what to do next? Emma and Rosemary chat about some of the ways that we can look for those next steps.
Have you ever stepped out to follow God’s plan and then become a little stuck? In this Heartbeat Emma shares about what we can do to continue to pursue what God is saying to you.
God calls us to live in His Kingdom ways but that can be hard to put into practice. Emma and Brigette chat about how we can overcome this hardship by being transformed with the Holy Spirit.
As we begin to live a new way because of Christ’s victory over death, St Paul tells us that we need to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. In this Heartbeat Emma shares about what it means to live this way.
When Jesus overcame death He opened up a new way of living for us. Emma and Brigette chat about what it means to “put on” the new self so that we can live in a new way.
When Christ rose from the dead he opened up a new way of living for us which focuses on our hearts. In this Heartbeat Emma encourages us to step into this new way of living by putting on the ‘new self.’
Emma and Brigette chat about what it means to have an intimate relationship with God and how we can build it.
God is a personal God. He wants to have an intimate relationship with us where He gets to know us and we get to know Him. In this Heartbeat Rosemary encourages us in different ways of how we can seek after God.
Emma and Rosemary chat about the New You that we can step into because of Easter Sunday. We can put off the old self and put on the new self that God has given us due to the victory of Jesus!
It is because of what Christ did for us on the Cross, by dying and rising from the dead, that we can now live the life He created us for. Emma shares about how you can put on the ‘New You’ this Easter Sunday!
Seeing what God has done when we look back on our lives is very powerful. Emma and Rosemary chat about the confidence we have in God when we see how He has worked in our lives. They also reflect on Jesus as the Lion and the lamb who died for us.
As we begin Holy Week with Palm Sunday, Rosemary reflects on Jesus as the Lion and the Lamb. He was the innocent one slain and also the victorious one over death.
Emma and Rosemary chat about allowing the Holy Spirit to empower us and guide us through the challenges in our lives.
Do you ever feel like the challenges in your life are insurmountable? Emma encourages us that the Holy Spirit gives us everything we need to overcome the challenges before us. Join Rosemary and the Heart Team for a word of encouragement and prayer.
Jesus is our anchor in life who helps us when life gets rocky and we feel like going off course. Rosemary reminds us that His promises never fail us.
We all resist change even though it’s something we all go through in various ways. Emma and Rosemary chat about being open to God and allowing Him to supply us with the grace we need in life.
Change is inevitable but we still don’t like it. In this week’s Heartbeat Rosemary shares about being open to change and allowing God to give us strength through it.
Emma and Rosemary chat about the ways in which we can bring an atmosphere of faith, hope and love.
We all know what it’s like when there is an awkward atmosphere in a room. In this Heartbeat Rosemary shares how we have the ability to bring a different atmosphere into our homes and workplaces through our praise to God.
The quality of our prayer cannot be judged by others. Only we can truly say whether we are being sincere with God. Emma and Rosemary chat about the questions that we can ask ourselves to look at our hearts in prayer.
Have you ever assessed the quality of your prayer? To judge the quality of our prayer it takes honest self-reflection to look at whether we are honouring God with our prayer. Emma encourages us to reflect on our prayer.
Through prayer as we surrender to God we see the power of prayer released in our lives. Emma and Rosemary chat about how we can increase our faith and trust in God through our prayer.
In this week’s Heartbeat Rosemary shares the stories of two people who relied on prayer in their lives for a change of heart and for provision. We are encouraged through faith to trust in God and to be persistent in our prayer.
Rosemary and Emma chat about the power of prayer and why we should bring our prayers boldly and humbly to God.
We often underestimate the power of our prayer. When we spend time in prayer with God we build our relationship and our trust in Him. Emma shares about the power that prayer can have in our lives.
We all want to fulfil the purpose that God has for our lives. Emma and Rosemary chat about how God reveals to us the reason for why He has placed specific desires on our hearts when we seek after Him.
The more time we spend with God, the more we see our desires match up with God’s plan for our lives. Rosemary shares that the desires placed on our heart were put there by God for a purpose.
The sign of the cross can bring real power to our prayer if we think about its meaning. Emma and Rosemary chat about the victory that we are reminded of each time we make the sign of the cross.
The sign of the cross is something that we often do without thinking. Rosemary reminds us of the power of praying the sign of the cross by focusing on its meaning.
There are so many things that can get in the way of our relationship with God. Emma and Rosemary chat about pride, anger, the difficulty to trust and the many distractions that affect our response to God’s invitation to work in our lives.
It is our surrender to God, our response to Him that allows Him to soften our hearts. In this week’s Heartbeat Rosemary asks us to reflect on our own response when we encounter God.
Emma and Rosemary chat about how God knows everything about us. He knows our past, present and future and He comes to us in our story to draw us closer to Him.
God knows our story. He knows the details and every part of our history. Rosemary reminds us that God can reach into our past to bring us healing and comfort.
When we have faith we have a different perspective on life. Emma and Rosemary chat about sharing our faith with others.
Faith comes from what we hear. In this week’s Heartbeat Rosemary encourages us to share our faith with others so that they can hear about Christ. In doing so we will build up our own faith and the faith of others.
God’s faithfulness is never ending despite the frailty of humanity. Emma and Rosemary chat about living a life where God is at the centre so that all our decisions and actions come from our relationship with God.
Is God at the centre of your life? It can be a confronting question to ask ourselves. In this week’s Heartbeat Emma shares about the frailty of humanity and the never ending faithfulness of God.
Emma and Rosemary chat about how the mystery of the Trinity causes in them a desire to know God more and be in awe of Him.
The Trinity is a mystery of our faith that can be hard to explain. Rosemary shares about the different facets of our divine three persons in one God.
We need to often remind ourselves that God wants to help us through challenges in life. Rosemary and Emma chat about how God who has defeated everything that wants to bring us down, will fight for us if we call upon Him.
In this world we have so many rivals but not God. God has no rivals. God has no equal because He is above every name. He has declared victory over everything in life that wants to bring you down. In this week’s Heartbeat Rosemary shares how God wants to fight you and encourage you.
Having faith when confronted with certain situations in life can be hard. Emma and Rosemary chat about some of the challenges they face in having faith.
Faith is a complete confidence in God but it can be hard to feel this sure at times? In this week’s Heartbeat Rosemary shares about how we can increase our faith.
God wants to have an intimate and deeply personal relationship with us. Emma and Rosemary chat about the Bible and how God’s Word speaks to us about our lives.
The Word of God breathes life into us. In this week’s Heartbeat Rosemary reminds us that God’s Word is living and active. It illuminates our path and guides us in our lives.
Don’t live your faith alone. Do it with Jesus! In this week’s chat Emma and Rosemary share how Jesus guides us and reminds us to look to God to encourage us and help us through.
When we have times in our lives that we are lagging in our faith Rosemary encourages us to look to Jesus as the model, pioneer and perfecter of our faith. Jesus is an example of how to look to God for grace, courage and strength.
Do you ever look back on your life and see the promptings of God? Emma and Rosemary chat about the latest Heartbeat shared by Leanne Bennett. It encourages us to see the plans that God has for us and to persevere with God through challenging times.
Have you ever found yourself in a challenging spot in your life? Do you need answers as to what to do next? In this week’s Heartbeat Leanne shares her story about how her challenges have caused her to seek after God.
Do you ever feel that your bucket is empty? Rosemary and Emma chat about the story of the Woman at the well. Jesus gives her the gift of Living Water and they remind us that Jesus always meets us where we are at.
Jesus comes to us where we are. No matter how we feel that life is going, Jesus will meet us exactly where we are at. In this week’s Heartbeat Rosemary reminds us of God’s grace and love for us.
Reading God’s Word nourishes us. God fills us with everything we need in life. Emma and Rosemary share how God’s Word brings satisfaction, peace, contentment and wholeness.
God’s Word transforms our heart. Spending time in His Word prepares us for our day and it gives us a new perspective when we are frustrated, angry or anxious. In this week’s Heartbeat Rosemary reminds us that God wants to prepare us and equip us for what lies ahead.
God hears our cry when we call out to Him. Rosemary and Emma chat about the mercy that God gives to us over and over again.
“Lord have mercy!” is a phrase many of us have heard and have said. Rosemary reminds us that to know God is to know His mercy. When you cry out to God, He will be there for you!
God had a plan. He had a plan so that we could spend eternity with Him. This week Emma and Rosemary chat about Easter Sunday and the salvation plan that God has designed for us.
Easter Sunday was planned for you! From the beginning of time God had you in mind when he sent His son, Jesus, to die for you. In this week’s Heartbeat Emma wants you to know that the resurrection of Jesus Christ was planned for you!
Have you ever had Jesus come into your life but you didn’t recognise Him? Emma and Rosemary chat about those times in our lives that we don’t recognise that Jesus is with us. He is waiting, ready to help but He waits until we ask Him.
Jesus always comes to our aid when we cry out to Him. In this Heartbeat Rosemary shares how Jesus is always with us and He will give us strength and courage when we turn to Him.
Jesus is the gate to enter eternal life. Emma and Rosemary discuss how Jesus is the one who restores our relationship with the Father.
Jesus is the Good Shepherd. He is the one who will protect you and look after you. Rosemary reminds us that He gently guides us and leads us in life.
When we celebrate a Sacrament we know that God is fully present to us. Rosemary and Emma chat about the grace that God blesses us with during the sacrament of reconciliation and how God gives us the power to go out and live again.
The sacrament of reconciliation shows the Father’s love for us because He forgives us time and time again. In this week’s Heartbeat Rosemary shares about the grace that God gives us when we ask for forgiveness.
Are you sowing into your own life the fruit of the Holy Spirit that will help you to sow into others? Emma and Rosemary chat about the things that we put into our lives that will help us to reap what we sow.
In this week’s Heartbeat Rosemary shares a thought provoking message which will prompt you to ask whether you are sowing well? Who are you sowing into? Are you trusting God to grow the seeds you plant?
If God asked you to do something, would you trust in God and do it? Emma and Rosemary chat about the challenge that it is to trust and to have faith.
Do you have faith that God will act in your life? In this week’s Heartbeat Rosemary encourages us to ask God to increase our faith.
Lent allows us to reflect on our spiritual life and to look deeply at the issues of our heart. It is a time to go deeper with God. Emma and Rosemary chat about being open and surrendered to what God wants to do in you this Lent.
Lent has begun for another year. Are you ready? Emma encourages you to think about the ways that you can focus on your relationship with God so that you move to a deeper level in your faith this Lent.
Emma and Rosemary remind us that God is always with us. He is always helping us. He has not abandoned us and He never forgets us.
Ever feel alone? Most of us have experienced loneliness in our lives. Rosemary wants to remind you that God has not abandoned you! No matter your situation, your life circumstances, God will never abandon you.
When we are in situations that feel like there is no hope we can reach out to God who sees us and comes to our aid. Emma and Rosemary chat about the lessons we can learn from the story of the haemorrhaging woman.
Have you ever done everything you possibly could to improve a situation and it hasn’t helped? The haemorrhaging woman in the Bible knew what this felt like. This week Rosemary shares this story and we learn that God sees us and comes to our aid.
Coping with stress is different for each of us. We can’t always change our circumstances but we can learn to ask God for courage and to be with us through our challenges.
We all have stress in our lives and we all cope with it in different ways. This week Rosemary gives us some practical tips on coping with stress and she reminds us that we cope the best when we ask God to sustain us.
Emma and Rosemary share some of the ways that we can feel closer to God. They have some great tips on how to pray through the New Testament.
So often we can feel that God is unreachable and we can wonder whether God is inaccessible to us. Rosemary reminds us that God, in His love for us, sent us Jesus to tell us that He is accessible to all.
Emma and Rosemary chat about how we each have a desire to search for God. Our loving God seeks after each one of us and so we are encouraged to seek after Him with our whole heart.
God is always pursuing us. He knows our gifts, abilities, likes and dislikes so intimately that He knows what will draw us closer to Him. Rosemary shares a story of a man who encountered Christ through his own questioning and searching.
Do you put as much energy into seeking after God as you do for a lost item in your house? Emma and Rosemary chat about continually seeking after God and looking at our hearts to question whether we are being intentional in seeking Him.
God promises us that we will find Him if we seek Him. God is never far from us even if we don’t feel it. Rosemary encourages us to continue to seek after God with our whole heart.
God’s grace is overflowing and abundant. Sometimes we lose sight of that. Emma and Rosemary chat about when we recognise God’s goodness then we are able to surrender our lives to Him at a deeper level.
God’s grace is sufficient and worthy to boast about. Often we can think of the word ‘sufficient’ in human terms which doesn’t even come close to the sufficiency that God gives us. Rosemary shares how God’s grace sustains us in our lives if we surrender to Him.
Emma and Rosemary chat about some of the priorities in their lives and how they plan to focus on them this coming year.
Do you make New Year Resolutions? This year Emma encourages us to focus on priorities in our faith. When we prioritise something we make changes in our lives to make it happen. What are your priorities for this year?
Advent is a great time of year that reminds us of what life is all about. Rosemary and Emma chat about how the birth of Jesus focuses our life on the hope of the world.
Jesus is born. So what does that mean for our lives? Should we be different? Should we be living differently? Rosemary explains how the birth of Christ changes the way we live.
Preparing for all the practicalities that come with Christmas is a normal thing for many of us. There are things to do and we need to get organised. Emma and Rosemary chat about the need to also prepare our hearts for the birth of our Saviour.
Are you ready for the birth of Jesus? With only a few days before Christmas Rosemary asks us how we are preparing for the Joy of Christ.
This week we chat about the times in our lives where we feel like we don’t have anything to give to God. We are reminded that our God can use anything we give Him and He gives us hope in our circumstances.
Do you sometimes feel like you have nothing that can be used by God? Rosemary shares the story of the feeding of the 5000. It is here that Jesus used the few loaves and fishes, what seemed like nothing, to make something with abundance. Maybe you do have something?
Emma and Rosemary have a fun chat about their experience of weariness and how we are all invited to take our burdens to God who will carry them for us and who will sustain us.
Tiredness seems to be an everyday thing for many of us. Jesus knew we would feel this way and He encourages us to come to Him with our weariness.
When we are under pressure our integrity can be challenged. God calls us to be people of integrity in all circumstances. Emma and Rosemary ask themselves the question whether they are living as people of integrity.
Are you a person of integrity? Being a person of integrity comes from the heart. We are called by God to have a pure heart and it is only with the Holy Spirit living in us that we are able to achieve this.
Do you have words of grace for people? Or do you need to choose to be silent at times so that you don’t say the wrong thing? Emma and Rosemary chat about our ability with God to use self control in choosing the words that we speak.
Our words have the ability to build someone up or pull someone down. Our words are powerful! When we speak, our words give an insight into the content of our heart. Emma encourages us to ask the Holy Spirit for help in controlling our tongue.
Life can be a struggle at times and it can be difficult to see where God is in it. Emma and Rosemary chat about how God can refine us and transform our hearts through our struggles.
To become the beautiful person God wants us to be we need to go through a refining process. This refinement and purification of our hearts often happens through the struggles we have in life. Rosemary reminds us that God has placed a beauty within us that He wants to make perfect. He is with us through it all.
If we are truly following Christ then we know that we have an eternal destiny. Emma and Rosemary chat about the story of the Good Samaritan and what it is to follow Christ in our lives.
We can’t go to heaven on someone else’s faith. We need to have our own personal relationship with God that we continue to work on. Rosemary encourages us to continue to pursue this relationship.
We can often believe the ‘big things’ that occur in the Bible but we don’t believe that God will do the personal things that we need in our lives. Emma and Rosemary chat about some of the questions we ask ourselves about our faith and how God wants to come to us individually and personally.
Does my life really change when I have Jesus in my life? Do you ever ask yourself that question? God wants to have a personal relationship with us and He wants to interact in our everyday lives. In this Heartbeat Rosemary reminds us that we can have an encounter with God that is very personal to us.
It can be difficult to strike a balance between using our abilities and relying on God. Emma and Rosemary chat about surrendering our hearts to God and allowing Him to give us the abilities we need.
Do you rely on your abilities or God? We are each given different abilities so it can be easy to rely on ourselves instead of trusting in God. Rosemary encourages us to seek a personal relationship with God that will help us to rely on Him.
Meditation can take perseverance but St Padre Pio encourages us to start with small steps. Our chat focuses on this encouragement to include meditation in our lives.
When we seek God through meditation He draws us closer to Him. He begins to reveal to us areas of our lives that can be surrendered more to Him. Rosemary shares with us her experience of meditation.
Emma and Rosemary chat about their experiences of adoration and how God wants to cultivate a relationship with us.
Adoration turns our focus from ourselves to God. When we sit before our God, face to face, then we begin to surrender our lives to Him at a deeper level.
God’s grace is unlimited and endless. He gives to us constantly and we don’t always see it. It’s because of His goodness that we can offer to Him praise even in times that we are struggling. Emma and Rosemary share about what it means to offer a sacrifice of praise.
Do you praise God even when you’re going through hard times? It’s not easy to do. Rosemary shares with us about offering a sacrifice of praise to God even in times of difficulty.
We so often forget that through the Holy Spirit we have access to the power of the living God! Emma and Rosemary chat about the promise that Jesus made to send us the Holy Spirit so that we would not be alone and so that we would be able to live with a supernatural power.
Jesus promised that He would send us the Holy Spirit to guide us, comfort us and strengthen us. Do we know this promise? Do we recognise the Holy Spirit working in our lives? Rosemary reminds us of this gift that Jesus left us.
We can be assured that God will guide us in our lives. Rosemary and Emma chat about the continual need to trust in God and His ways so that we can see the guidance He offers us.
God will guide us in our lives when we trust in Him. Emma shares from the book of Proverbs that encourages us to acknowledge God in everything that we do.
Temptation is common to everyone. Emma and Rosemary chat about the faithfulness of God and how He helps us to overcome temptation in our lives.
Have you ever been tempted? You are not alone here… We have all been tempted in some way. It can be difficult to resist temptation but we know that God has promised us victory. Emma reminds us that with God we are all overcomers!
All of God’s promises are available to us but we need to accept them and then decide to walk in a particular way. Emma and Rosemary chat about the ongoing acceptance that we need to make in order to continue to accept the redeeming grace that God offers us.
God’s redeeming grace is available to everyone. Rosemary reminds us of this promise. She also encourages us that in order to receive God’s grace we need to choose to accept it.
Beauty takes on a new perspective with God. Our chat focuses on finding this new perspective by growing our inner beauty with the use of our gifts and abilities.
We are each fearfully and wonderfully made by God. He has made us beautiful! When we come to know that God has placed beauty within us then we begin to see God’s beauty all around us.
Our chat this week is all about trusting in God. We are reminded that God invites us to come to Him no matter what. We can trust that God will always accept us lovingly for who we are.
Do we trust the God we praise? Do we trust in His promises? Rosemary reminds us that we can trust that God has an everlasting promise for us and that He will protect us, provide for us and come through for us.
We can see God directing our path and guiding us in our lives when we look back on where we’ve come from. Rosemary and Emma encourage us to reflect on our lives so that we can see the evidence of God working.
God is always working in our lives. Often when we look back on our life we can see the hand of God at work setting things up for our future. Rosemary reminds us that the Holy Spirit is always working out a purpose for our lives.
Emma and Rosemary chat about those days that we all have where everything falls apart and where we begin to treat people in ways that we are not proud of. They remind us that God’s mercies are new every day and we can go back to Him to start again.
Do you ever have a day where everything goes wrong? The day starts out well but then one thing after another happens and it all goes downhill. Often our behaviour unravels with the day. Rosemary encourages us that we can start afresh with God because our God forgives time and time again.
Seeking out what we believe is an important aspect to deepening our faith. Emma and Rosemary chat about the need to share our beliefs with others because it helps to build up someone else’s faith.
Faith is a gift from God. Our faith grows when we listen, learn and seek God out. Rosemary encourages us to seek after the truth in Christ.
Rosemary and Emma chat about the giving nature of God to give in abundance. They are challenged by the faith of Abraham that God will provide everything we need to do His work.
God gives us abundance for every good work that He has prepared for us to do. God wants us to prosper with the fullness of life that comes from Him. It’s not necessarily wealth and riches. Rosemary reminds us that God’s abundance is given to us to succeed in the plan He has for us in life.
In trying to follow God in our lives we can get distracted by many other things. That’s why practicing the presence of God is so important because our practices help us to keep God central in our lives.
Rosemary challenges us to practice the presence of God 24/7 in our lives. 24/7! It’s certainly a challenge but we are encouraged to continue to bring ourselves back to thinking about God in every aspect of our day.
How often do we say, “Not today God”, yet we want God to work in our lives. In this chat Emma and Rosemary talk about the need for us to step out and act when we believe that the Holy Spirit is speaking to us.
So often the Holy Spirit can be speaking to us but we don’t step out and act. Emma encourages us to be bold, to step out and to trust that God will do the rest.
There is a real vibrancy in our lives when we live with the Holy Spirit active in our hearts. Emma and Rosemary chat about being expectant each day that God will show up.
How often do we live powerless, without the Holy Spirit in our lives? Many of us get stuck in our faith because we don’t ask the Holy Spirit to guide us in our day. Emma encourages us to be expectant that with the Holy Spirit we can see God at work in us and around us.
God wants us to experience the fullness of life and we can do that by using the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Emma and Rosemary chat about how we use these gifts in different seasons of our lives.
When Jesus went back to the Father He sent us the gift of the Holy Spirit. Within that gift we are given the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. The Giver keeps on giving! Rosemary unpacks these in this week’s Heartbeat.
Our chat focuses on the faithfulness of God and how He uses us for good works no matter where we are on our journey.
Never underestimate the place that you are in life. Emma encourages us that no matter where our life has led us God will use us where we are if we are open to Him.
Emma and Rosemary chat about how our loving God delights in each of us individually for who we are and how we can delight in God by having relationship with Him.
Did you know that God delights in you? He does! Rosemary reminds us that God created us out of His love and he takes delight in us with gladness.
It can hurt when our prayers go unanswered. It’s not easy to desire something that you just can’t seem to get. Emma and Rosemary chat about God’s will for our lives and putting our trust in His plan.
Have you ever prayed for something and not received what you asked for? We all have prayers that have not been answered and it can be difficult to understand why. In this Heartbeat Emma shares with us a significant unanswered prayer that encourages us to trust in God’s plan.
A kind word can encourage, show care, express love, be constructive and motivating to someone’s life. Emma and Rosemary chat about how a kind word can form us and change us.
A kind word can speak power into our lives. Rosemary shares about what a kind word does in our hearts and in our lives when someone speaks kindness to us. A kind word can remind us of who God is and what God can do. It can remind us of who God has made us. Do you speak with kind words to others?
When we listen to people share their story we can be encouraged by the work that God does in people’s lives. The truth is God wants to do that in our lives too. Emma and Rosemary chat about trusting and having confidence in God that He is looking after you.
God is always watching over us, encouraging us and looking after us. In this Heartbeat Rosemary shares the amazing story of Jon Ponder. Jon’s story reminds us all of God’s grace that He gives to each one of us in our own circumstances.
God uses some gifts of the Holy Spirit in one season of our life and then He uses different gifts in another season. Emma and Rosemary chat about the things we can do to pack our bags so that we are prepared for all the seasons that arise in our lives.
Every day we pack our bag because we want to be prepared. In life we want to be prepared for everything that comes at us. With the Holy Spirit we want to pack our life with His gifts and His fruits that will help us to respond to situations with God’s love and grace. Rosemary challenges us to ask the question: What have you packed in your bag?
When we feel stuck we need to hold on to God. Our discussion focuses on having confidence in God so that our faith can endure when trials come our way.
Do ever feel stuck? Do you ever feel like you can’t see the way forward? In this Heartbeat Rosemary reminds us that if we stay anchored to God then He will help us through all the trials we come up against.
Emma and Rosemary chat about the desire in our hearts to be open to learning and being guided by God.
We often would like guidance in life. Rosemary shares on Psalm 25 which encourages us to seek guidance from God and to have a heart that is teachable to His ways.
Sometimes we don’t feel like overcoming the obstacles in our lives. Emma and Rosemary chat about getting to the place where we say to God ‘I know You can overcome Lord. I need you!’
We have so many “I can’t’s” in life. We need to take those to God because He can overcome any obstacle. Rosemary reminds us of God’s promises and the need to trust in Him.
The empty tomb brings hope, joy and peace. In their chat Emma and Rosemary talk about the faithfulness of God and how we can trust in His promises. Sometimes we need to remind ourselves of this.
The faithfulness of God is shown in the resurrection of Jesus from death to life. We can so easily forget God’s faithfulness when we are experiencing hard times but Rosemary reminds us in this Heartbeat how the empty tomb brings us hope.
As Jesus died on the cross He established a relationship between Mary and all of us. Emma and Rosemary chat about this gift and the depth of love that Jesus has for us.
All of Jesus’ last words were expressions of love. From the cross He gave us another gift in His Mother, Mary. This powerful message helps us to reflect on Jesus’ death and the sacrifice He gave for us.
In Jesus’ face you will see love. The power of Christ’s love for us can be experienced at a deeper level through the Stations of the Cross. In this week’s podcast Emma and Rosemary chat about how the Stations of the Cross can focus us and help us to ponder on the depth of love that God has for us.
It’s at the cross that we see Jesus’ love when He laid down His life for us. Rosemary shares how we can come to a deeper understanding of Christ’s love for us by meditating on the Stations of the Cross.
It can be difficult to admit that we are wrong but if we are to have a relationship with God then we need to recognize our weakness. Emma and Rosemary chat about the need to seek God’s forgiveness every time that we sin so that we can restore our relationship with Him.
When we seek forgiveness from God we experience restoration through God’s abundant mercy and grace. Emma reminds us of the grace offered to each of us through reconciliation.
See penance in a new light when you listen to this week’s podcast. Emma and Rosemary chat about how almsgiving, prayer and fasting can create a hunger for God that only He can fill.
God wants to see the internal changes in our heart. When we pray, fast and give alms then we show God our deep desire for change.
This week’s podcast focuses on the way Jesus treated people because it shows the heart that God has for us. Emma and Rosemary finish with a challenge to reconcile with people in our lives who we may have wronged.
When we focus on the Father’s heart and how much He loves us then we are able to trust in God at a deeper level. Rosemary reminds us that we see the Father’s heart through Jesus.
Emma and Rosemary share about some of the things that stop them from drawing closer to God in their lives. They chat about the need to be honest with God and ourselves.
What are the sticking points in your life that are stopping you from going deeper in your relationship with God? We all have them. Rosemary encourages us to face them, look at them and give them to God.
It’s easy to build up an image of God in our minds. Rosemary and Emma chat about seeking after the true image of God and allowing Him to penetrate our hearts.
Knowing who God is will help us to go deeper in our relationship with Him. Rosemary shares some of the ways that God has revealed Himself to her through her appreciation of creation, reading the bible and spending time in silence.
It is so easy to get frustrated, annoyed and disgruntled with people. Emma and Rosemary chat about the challenge that it can be to see people with eyes of love as Jesus would.
How do you think Jesus looked at people? In this Heartbeat Emma shares how Jesus would have looked at people with eyes of love and challenges us to do the same.
Sometimes we don’t see the things in our lives that stop us from recognising God in us and around us. Emma and Rosemary chat about the need to be honest with ourselves so that we can begin to make a change in order to notice what God has for us.
God wants us to see what He has in store for us but our past can colour what we see and how we view ourselves. In this Heartbeat Rosemary encourages us to open our eyes to God’s goodness.
God is working in our lives even when we don’t notice it. Emma and Rosemary chat about how God sometimes uses things on the surface of our lives to fix a deeper underlying problem.
Often we don’t notice the hand of God working in our lives but He is always watching us and caring for us.
Our discussion focuses on God’s grace and His welcoming arms that welcome us back time and time again.
Do you ever feel like you’ve fallen away from God? Do feel like you’re not living the life God wants you to? Emma reminds us that no matter what we’ve done or where we are we God’s abundant grace is always available to us.
Emma and Rosemary chat about being honest with ourselves when we face challenges so that we can learn from our past in order to become more resilient.
Rosemary shares about how we can build resilience into our lives by reflecting on how we react to the challenges we face in life.