Episode 146 – Seeking an Answer from God (Part 1)
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.
Episode 145 – Jesus Meets Us Where We Are (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 145 – Jesus Meets Us Where We Are (Part 1)
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.
Episode 144 – God’s Word Nourishes (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 144 – God’s Word Nourishes (Part 1)
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.
Episode 143 – Lord Have Mercy (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 143 – Lord Have Mercy (Part 1)
“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!
Episode 142 – This Day was Planned for You! (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 142 – This Day was Planned for You! (Part 1)
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!
Episode 141 – How Jesus Comes to Our Aid (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 141 – How Jesus Comes to Our Aid (Part 1)
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.
Episode 140 – Jesus is the Good Shepherd (Part 2 Our Chat)
Jesus is the gate to enter eternal life. Emma and Rosemary discuss how Jesus is the one who restores our relationship with the Father.
Episode 140 – Jesus is the Good Shepherd (Part 1)
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.
Episode 139 – Reconciliation: The Grace of Pardon (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 139 – Reconciliation : The Grace of Pardon (Part 1)
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.
Episode 138 – You Reap What You Sow (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 138 – You Reap What You Sow (Part 1)
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?
Episode 137 – Increase My Faith Lord (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 137 – Increase My Faith Lord (Part 1)
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.
Episode 136 – Lent has Begun. Are you Ready? (Part 2 – Our Chat)
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.
Episode 136 – Lent has Begun. Are you Ready? (Part 1 )
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.
Episode 135 – God Has Not Abandoned You (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 135 – God Has Not Abandoned You (Part 1)
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.
Episode 134 – God Sees Us & Comes to Our Aid (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 134 – God Sees Us & Comes to Our Aid (Part 1)
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.
Episode 133 – Coping with Stress (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 133 – Coping with Stress (Part 1)
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.
Episode 132 – Is God Inaccessible? (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 132 – Is God Inaccessible? (Part 1)
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.
Episode 131 – Encountering God (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 131 – Encountering God (Part 1)
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.
Episode 130 – Seeking after God (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 130 – Seeking after God (Part 1)
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.
Episode 129 – Boast about His Grace (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 129 – Boast about His Grace (Part 1)
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.
Episode 128 – What are Your Priorities? (Part 2 Our Chat)
Emma and Rosemary chat about some of the priorities in their lives and how they plan to focus on them this coming year.
Episode 128 – What are Your Priorities? (Part 1)
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?
Episode 127 – Jesus is Born. So what does that mean? (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 127 – Jesus is Born. So what does that mean? (Part 1)
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.
Episode 126 – Preparing for Joy! (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 126 – Preparing for Joy! (Part 1)
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.
Episode 125 – Do You Have Nothing? (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 125 – Do You Have Nothing? (Part 1)
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?
Episode 124 – A Word for the Weary (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 124 – A Word for the Weary (Part 1)
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.
Episode 123 – Being a Person of Integrity (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 123 – Being a Person of Integrity (Part 1)
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.
Episode 122 – The Power of Our Words (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 122 – The Power of Our Words (Part 1)
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.
Episode 121 – Being Refined (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 121 – Being Refined (Part 1)
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.
Episode 120 – Don’t Just Hope You’ll Go To Heaven (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 120 – Don’t Just Hope You’ll Go To Heaven (Part 1)
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.
Episode 119 – Questions We Ask Ourselves About Our Faith (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 119 – Questions We Ask Ourselves About Our Faith (Part 1)
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.
Episode 118 – Do You Rely on Your Abilities or God’s Ability? (Part 2 – Our Chat)
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.
Episode 118 – Do You Rely on Your Abilities or God’s Ability? (Part 1)
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.
Episode 117 – Seeking God through Meditation (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 117 – Seeking God through Meditation (Part 1)
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.
Episode 116 – Adoration (Part 2 Our Chat)
Emma and Rosemary chat about their experiences of adoration and how God wants to cultivate a relationship with us.
Episode 116 – Adoration (Part 1)
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.
Episode 115 – A Sacrifice of Praise (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 115 – A Sacrifice of Praise (Part 1)
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.
Episode 114 – The Promise of the Holy Spirit (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 114 – The Promise of the Holy Spirit (Part 1)
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.
Episode 113 – God Will Guide Us (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 113 – God Will Guide Us (Part 1)
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.
Episode 112 – We Are Overcomers! (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 112 – We Are Overcomers! (Part 1)
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!
Episode 111 – God’s Redeeming Grace (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 111 – God’s Redeeming Grace (Part 1)
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.
Episode 110 – You are Beautiful! (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 110 – You are Beautiful! (Part 1)
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.
Episode 109 – Trust in His Promises (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 109 – Trust in His Promises (Part 1)
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.
Episode 108 – God is Always Working (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 108 – God is Always Working (Part 1)
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.
Episode 107 – Why did I do it to myself? Take two! (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 107 – Why did I do it to myself? Take two! (Part 1)
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.
Episode 106 – Knowing What We Believe (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 106 – Knowing What We Believe (Part 1)
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.
Episode 105 – God of Abundance (Part 2 Our Chat)
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.
Episode 105 – God of Abundance (Part 1)
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.
Episode 104 – Practicing the Presence of God (Part 2 – Our Chat)
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.
Episode 104 – Practicing the Presence of God (Part 1)
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.
Episode 103 – Step Out and Act with the Holy Spirit (Part 2 – Our Chat)
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.
Episode 103 – Step Out and Act with the Holy Spirit (Part 1)
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.
Episode 102 – Live with the Power of the Holy Spirit (Part 2 – Our Chat)
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.
Episode 102 – Live with the Power of the Holy Spirit (Part 1)
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.
Episode 101 – The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Part 2 – Our Chat)
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.
Episode 101 – The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Part 1)
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.
Episode 100 – God Will Use You Where You Are (Part 2 – Our Chat)
Our chat focuses on the faithfulness of God and how He uses us for good works no matter where we are on our journey.
Episode 100 – God Will Use You Where You Are (Part 1)
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.
Episode 99 – God Delights in You! (Part 2 – Our Chat)
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.
Episode 99 – God Delights in You! (Part 1)
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.
Episode 98 – Do You Have Unanswered Prayers? (Part 2 – Our Chat)
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.
Episode 98 – Do You Have Unanswered Prayers? (Part 1)
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.
Episode 97 – Kindness Matters (Part 2 – Our Chat)
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.
Episode 97 – Kindness Matters (Part 1)
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?
Episode 96 – God’s Got This! (Part 2 – Our Chat)
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.