Heart Catholic Women

Our thoughts are an area of our lives where no one knows except us. God of course knows! Are you thinking thoughts that are honorable and lovely? This week Emma and Rosemary chat about the power of our thoughts and how they can affect our attitude, our behaviour and even our physical body. Let’s allow our thoughts to be life giving! 

Our thoughts are powerful. They can affect our mood, our behaviour and even our physical selves. In this Heartbeat Emma teaches us how God wants us to think. During Lent this week take some time reflect on how you think. 

How often has your speech get you into trouble? As we launch into Lent Emma and Rosemary chat about our speech. Does our speech reflect the kind of person that God wants us to be? Or does our speech let us down? The words that we use say something about our hearts. What does your speech say about your heart? 

This week our focus is on the area of speech. How do you speak? Do you gossip or criticize? In this Heartbeat Rosemary encourages us to think about our speech and allow the Holy Spirit to guide you in the ways that you may need to change. 

Lent is an opportunity to prepare the way for God to come into our lives in a new way this Easter. Emma and Rosemary chat about an everyday approach to Lent where we make small daily changes little by little.

Lent is a time to prepare our hearts for Easter. It’s an opportunity to recognise those areas of our lives where we fall short and don’t live up to who God wants us to be. It’s an opportunity to change direction, to re-commit and to go deeper with God. In this Heartbeat Rosemary encourages us to prepare the way for the Lord to live in our hearts.

There are times in our lives where we feel challenged to grow, to try something new and to pursue something “more” in our lives. Emma and Rosemary chat about the grace that God gives us when we take on these challenges. 

When we feel like we need to do something new in life it can be common to doubt our ability. In this Heartbeat Emma shares about the grace that God gives us to grow when we take the step to follow God’s direction. 

God’s grace is always sufficient for everything we need. Emma and Rosemary chat about the grace that God gives us for the challenges in life that we can’t overcome in our own strength. 

Have you ever had a situation in life that seems impossible? In this Heartbeat Emma shares about the grace that God gives us to do the impossible.

Continuing to bring our prayers before God is what Jesus asks of us. Emma and Rosemary chat about persisting in our prayers and they remind us that God’s timing is perfect. 

Praying with persistence can be tiring, especially when it feels like our prayers are not answered. In this Heartbeat Emma encourages to keep praying because it shows our faithfulness and unwavering trust in God. 

When we pray with a humble heart then we recognise that we need God. Emma and Rosemary chat about how a prayer with humility allows us to be open to God transforming our hearts to be more like Him.

Praying with humility is an honest prayer. It’s a prayer that acknowledges our weakness and sinfulness. In this Heartbeat Emma encourages us to pray with a humble heart. 

Praying with thanksgiving helps us to praise God for who He is. Emma and Rosemary chat about coming to God with thanksgiving when he answers our prayers. 

When we pray we can pray with thanksgiving. In this Heartbeat Emma reminds us that this kind of prayer reminds us of God’s goodness and faithfulness.  

It can be so easy to say prayers and not have our hearts in it. With this chat Emma and Rosemary talk about praying with intention.  

As we begin the year Rosemary encourages us to start with prayer. In this Heartbeat we focus on some of the traditional prayers of the Church and we look at how we can pray through them with heart.

Jesus gives us a different peace to the world. Emma and Rosemary chat about the peace that Jesus gives us is a peace that lasts. It brings us contentment and joy. We pray that you would all experience this peace and joy this Christmas. Wishing you all a blessed Christmas and wonderful new year! 

Jesus gives us a peace that is beyond our understanding. It is a deep inner peace. In this Heartbeat Emma reminds us that Jesus wants to give this leave to each one of us. 

When the wise men visited Jesus they came prepared with gifts. In this Heartbeat Rosemary asks us what gift could we prepare to give to Jesus this Christmas

Jesus was a gift to us. In this chat Emma and Rosemary ask the question – What is my gift to Jesus? For some of us it could be an initial Yes and for others maybe it is a deeper surrender. No matter where we are in life we can all give something to God. 

Knowing that Jesus is the hope of the world how do we live with hope? In this chat Emma and Rosemary talk about the abounding hope that Christ gives us and how we are all qualified to receive hope. 

God has a hope and a good plan for our future. In this season of Advent Rosemary reminds us of the hope that God has blessed us with in His son, Jesus. 

Do you have a giving heart? This week Emma and Rosemary chat about the kind of heart that God wants us to have is not only a generous heart but also a giving heart of mercy, kindness and forgiveness. 

God gave to us and He wants us to have a giving heart towards others. Do you have a giving heart? As we begin Advent Rosemary encourages us to have a giving heart just like Christ. 

Advent is coming. This week Emma and Rosemary chat about the perspective that we can have to get the most out of this Advent. The perspective is remembering that we are chosen by Him! That is why Christ came into the world. He came just for you!

God has chosen you! You have an inheritance with Christ. In this Heartbeat Rosemary reminds us that God chose us! Soon we celebrate the Saviour of the world coming to us. Be encouraged and begin to prepare your hearts for this Advent season.

There are times that we are strong in our faith and there are times that we aren’t. In this chat Emma and Rosemary talk about how we can build others up when our faith is strong and how we can turn to others in the Church when we feel weak in faith. 

Do you ever feel weak in your faith? During these times we should lean on the faith of others. In this Heartbeat Rosemary encourages us to turn to those who can help take us to Jesus. 

It can be difficult to prioritise prayer when we have lots happening in life. In this chat Emma and Rosemary discuss how we can begin to put aside distraction and give our best to God. 

Do you ever get distracted in prayer? We can so easily be distracted by our busy lives that prayer doesn’t always get our best. In this Heartbeat Rosemary encourages us to do our best to be still before God.

Being a person of joy and prayer combined with a heart of gratitude is how God calls us to live. In this chat Emma and Rosemary talk about how difficult it can be to rejoice and pray when life is hard but when we do this we allow ourselves to depend on God. 

It can be difficult to live as a Christian through hardship. St Paul encourages us to rejoice, to pray and to give thanks. In this Heartbeat Emma encourages us to do the same when we are going through tough times. 

We can be assured that God will be with us every step of the way. This week Emma and Rosemary chat about God’s presence with us. No matter what, God is always with us. 

There are many times in life that we can wonder whether God is with us. In this Heartbeat Rosemary reminds us that not only is God with us but that He will also give us rest. 

In our chat this week, Emma and Rosemary talk about how we have a God who has experienced pain and loss and so we have a God who truly understands us. He is a God who deeply cares for us through everything we are going through. 

What can we learn from the shortest verse in the Bible? In this Heartbeat Rosemary shares how the words “Jesus wept” show us how deeply Christ loves us and understands us. 

It can be hard not to be consumed by anxiety. Instead we can rely on God’s strength who will bless us with peace. In this chat Emma and Rosemary talk about the deep peace that God wants to give us and the difficulty that it can be to rely on God when it feels like the world can be falling apart around us. 

Jesus gives us a peace that is beyond any peace we could ever imagine. In this Heartbeat Rosemary talks about how we can turn our thoughts to God for His strength when we get worried. 

No matter what you do in life you can always turn back to God. He will never turn you away. Emma and Rosemary chat about the times in our lives where we have recognised a wrong decision and our need for God. It can be hard to humble ourselves and return to him but we can always be assured of His love. 

God will never drive you away! There is never a time that you can’t turn back to God. In this Heartbeat Rosemary shares the story of the Prodigal Son and reminds us of the Father’s love. 

Most of us don’t like change because it can often involve hard work and we don’t know what the future holds. Emma and Rosemary chat about not needing to be worried about the future because we have God who is stable and reliable. God will be there with us throughout the change in our lives. 

We have a steadfast God who is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. This means that no matter what life throws at you God is always with you and will always be there for you! Rosemary shares about God’s steadfast love for us in this week’s episode.

When we know who we are in God we can build our life with confidence. When we know that we are chosen and we are loved by God then we can be confident in who we are. Emma and Rosemary chat about our identity in God and becoming more of who God made us to be.

How often do you reflect on who you are becoming? In this Heartbeat Emma reminds us of our identity in God, that we are chosen and we are loved. From here we can build into our lives character traits that reflect who God has made us to be

Walking by faith can be so very difficult. We can start out with enthusiasm but the struggles of life cause us to fade out. Emma and Rosemary chat about trusting in God and leaning into His victory so that we can continue to walk by faith in our lives.

There are times in life where we know what God has asked of us but the hard part is getting there. In this Heartbeat Emma shares about how we can walk by faith towards the vision that God has given us.

We can often list the number of things in our life that seem impossible but Rosemary and Emma encourage us to hold on to our hope in God. Even in nature God shows us how He is God of the impossible. God’s thinking is way above our thinking. We can be encouraged by this because with God there is hope that our impossible situations can change. 

Our God is the God of the Impossible. Rosemary encourages us that we can trust in a God who is able to do things that are beyond anything we can think or imagine!

Jesus calls us His friend and tells us that there is no greater love than to lay down your life for your friends. In this week’s Heartbeat Rosemary shares about the meaning of true friendship. This message was recorded at an afternoon tea and released for our online event – A Time with Heart. It encourages us to love our neighbours as our friends.