Daylight Meditations

No longer are we enslaved to rebellion or rejected for our mistakes and sins. Our debt has been paid and we are free. God has declared justice has been served on our behalf. To live now, is to believe and accept we can go on and step into life and light. We are free to become all we were intended to be. In God's eyes we are now just and righteous people. How grateful we should be. How amazing it is to be handed keys to the kingdom, because God simply loves us so much!

Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to learn more about our retreats, and online courses. If you are encouraged by this podcast, please consider supporting us: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VF2A36M8RWHY6&source=url

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Nancy Holland, and Adam Maddock

As you listen to today's meditation, do so with the knowledge that you are an overcomer, one who can call on God for strength, Whose peace is ours for the asking and this peace guards our minds and refreshes our spirits. Let these words remind you that the kingdom of God is within you. 

Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to learn more about our retreats, and online courses. If you are encouraged by this podcast, please consider supporting us: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VF2A36M8RWHY6&source=url

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Adam Maddock, and Phil Reaser

Jesus held no distinction between people. His friends were not determined by their wealth or interests. He accepted people as they were, giving them dignity and hope. Most of us know 'who we are'. We're aware of our inability to live to expectations and find ourselves disappointed within and with others. Jesus understood the struggles and respected and loved in a way that made people feel worthy again. Might we be a friend that way to someone today?

Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to learn more about our retreats, and online courses. If you are encouraged by this podcast, please consider supporting us: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VF2A36M8RWHY6&source=url

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Nancy Holland, and Adam Maddock

Paul calls us saints. We are encouraged to clothe ourselves with compassion and kindness, to pray without stopping, to be faithful in prayer, to wait for the Lord. Our definition of saints is of one who is perfect, who endures hardship well, who is patient and who is courageous in the face of desperate trials. We look at the outward man, but God sees the inward person. We are now 'in Christ' who was indeed a saint, one who stood in front of us, took our trials and bore our sorrows. In this amazing position, God sees us as the same, as saints who endure. May we stand tall in this honor, of being called God's children. 

Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to learn more about our retreats, and online courses. If you are encouraged by this podcast, please consider supporting us: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VF2A36M8RWHY6&source=url

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Adam Maddock, and Phil Reaser

We never grow tired of belonging, of being someone's child. The greatest honor is to be God's child, one who 'looks like' his or her father, one who knows they can go home and enjoy the truth of belonging. Only when we know our Father is near by can we relax and enjoy our place of rest. Let this time of listening, remind you that you are home, no matter where you are.

Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to learn more about our retreats, and online courses. If you are encouraged by this podcast, please consider supporting us: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VF2A36M8RWHY6&source=url

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Nancy Holland, and Adam Maddock

Jesus said, "everyone who loves the truth will receive my words." We know that God's word is alive and we also know that words have life or death in them. As you hear this meditation, consider Jesus' words. Do we love truth? Are we unwavering in our seeking truth, listening to truth, in order to live with fidelity and freedom every day?

Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to learn more about our retreats, and online courses. If you are encouraged by this podcast, please consider supporting us: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VF2A36M8RWHY6&source=url

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Nancy Holland, and Adam Maddock

There is only one voice that speaks on our behalf. It is God Himself, who took our judgement and set us free. He is the only who has the right to condemn us but He never will. He took our sin, our guilt on Himself. He will not come back and tell us how wrong we are, no - He wraps us up in goodness and holds us close to His heart continually.

Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to learn more about our retreats, and online courses. If you are encouraged by this podcast, please consider supporting us: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VF2A36M8RWHY6&source=url

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Adam Maddock, and Phil Reaser

In any relationship, the key to the relationship is communication. There are two important aspects to our communication with God - worship and prayer. Worship is often expressed in music, but worship is much more than being able to play an instrument or sing a song. True worship happens in our hearts. It is posture of recognition that the One who has our attention, also has our commitment to serve and honor Him.  

Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to learn more about our retreats, and online courses. If you are encouraged by this podcast, please consider supporting us: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VF2A36M8RWHY6&source=url

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Nancy Holland, and Adam Maddock

Jesus knew who He was, which gave Him the confidence to live humbly as one who could serve others and not feel slighted, or overlooked. He modeled humility because He believed in His identity and knew God loved Him. God reminds us to "be content with who you are', for in this we will be aligned with God's intent for why we're here. 

Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to learn more about our retreats, and online courses. If you are encouraged by this podcast, please consider supporting us: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VF2A36M8RWHY6&source=url

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Adam Maddock, and Phil Reaser

There may be times in our lives when work feels mundane, where efforts fall short and  we question our purpose. If we are God's child, we have a destiny that may never 'look' exciting or exotic. Yet, God has ordered our steps and written a plan that if we align and choose to follow is of eternal value - to Him and for us. As one translation says, "we have become His poetry" fulfilling the destiny designed specifically for us!

Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to learn more about our retreats, and online courses. If you are encouraged by this podcast, please consider supporting us: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VF2A36M8RWHY6&source=url

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Nancy Holland, and Adam Maddock