Daylight Meditations

God's mercies for us are fresh each day. He knows what we need before we realize ourselves what it is. Remember you are in His care. Tell Him how you feel and trust Him to take care of you. He is your true refuge.

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.

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Adam Maddock, and Phil Reaser

Today’s meditation is Psalm 66, verses 1-6. We often sing of God’s glory but do we take time think about what that is? His glory? The Psalmist says in the Message translation, Sing songs to the tune of his glory, set glory to the rhythms of his praise. There is a rhythm even to these words: the tune of His glory and the rhythm of His praise. He gives us the words, the praise to give back to Him. God fills our mouths with song. It bursts from our hearts and we can’t hold back from the majesty of Him. Even the earth, all that is in and on it, worships God. In Him we live and move and have our being. May we not hold back, or restrain ourselves from speaking the truth of who He is – King of the Universe.

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.

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Nancy Holland, and Adam Maddock

God's thoughts about each of us are more than the sand on the earth. Knowing these thoughts focus on His love for us, we can trust Him to take care of us. We can keep company with Him, be open with Him and know that He will never stop doing good in our lives. We can, indeed, trust Him with all that we have, all that we are, all that we have yet to experience.

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.

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Adam Maddock, and Phil Reaser

Today’s meditation is from Psalm 65, verses 9-13. These verses are so poetic! “Visit the earth! Ask her to join the dance! Paint the wheat fields… scatter rose petals down your paths…” our imaginations soar. The creativity of God and of man to dream of God’s interaction with creation in such a way is heartening. It lifts our spirit and reminds us that God is involved in the process of growth and every thing that lives on the earth. Let the earth rejoice, indeed.

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.

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Nancy Holland, and Adam Maddock

Today’s meditation is Psalm 42, verses 6-11. “May the Lord show his constant love during the day, so that I may have a song at night…” I love that phrase. When sorrow flows and we are overwhelmed by chaos, it is in the night that our fears seem to raise the questions we’ve suppressed during the day. Can we sing in the night? Can we turn the shadows of darkness into rays of hope and remember to thank God, to praise Him for His constant unfailing love? Those words, are the key – constant and un-failing. A love for us that can’t be washed away by chaos, that can’t be erased by how I feel in the moment. I will put my hope in God. Nothing and no one else.

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.

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Adam Maddock, and Phil Reaser

Today’s meditation is Psalm 65, verses 1-8. Neither day nor night has a voice yet each speaks of God and His power. The utter greatness of God is on display throughout creation – from the ocean waves pounding on the shore to the night sky bright with light from billions of years ago. As we discover more, we realize how little we know about God and how very little time we devote to getting to know Him, the one who knew us first. Who loved us before we were born. Father, forgive us our trespasses… may we slow down in order to be amazed by You. May we change course, in order to align ourselves with 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.

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Nancy Holland, and Adam Maddock

Today’s meditation is taken from Psalm 42. We have a yearning for God, for being with God. We were made this way. Sometimes, we don’t know why we’re sad but our heart knows that God will comfort us in that sadness. Our memories of joy-filled times with others, draw us to seek Jesus and remind us that hope and praise and trust are the essential ingredients for turning our minds from discouragement toward hopefulness.

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.

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Adam Maddock, and Phil Reaser

Today’s meditation is Psalm 20. This Psalm is a blessing for you. May our great God hear and answer you, keeping you safe and strengthening you in times of trouble. May He grant your heart’s desires and answer all your prayers. With these blessings, may all of us cheer when we hear of it all. Ours are stories of rescue, of redemption and of great victory. May we always boast in the name of our God who always hears and always answers.

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.

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Nancy Holland, and Adam Maddock

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In the second half of Psalm 27, we find ourselves right where we didn’t want to be – questioning if God heard us, wondering if He’s nearby. The honesty of these words tell us its OK to call out, to question where He is and to look for him.. When my heart whispered, “Seek God,” my whole being replied, “I’m seeking him!” That’s it! -- Look for Him. Stay with Him. Trust Him, and don’t quit. He is with You and He won’t leave 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.

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Adam Maddock, and Phil Reaser

Today’s meditation is Psalm 16. Listen closely to the ways the writer of this Psalm identifies God’s involvement in their life. From our inheritance to our destiny, from the privileges to the wisdom given from following God’s way we are not alone, always guided on life’s path and can live in peace and joy no matter the circumstances. God is with us, always close and always talking.

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.

Contributors: Michelle DeChant, Nancy Holland, and Adam Maddock