Daylight Meditations

Kindness and goodness, grace and love – they’re all related and they all weave a wonderful tapestry of unending blessing for all who live with these virtues at the forefront of their lives. Kindness changes the atmosphere. It turns back anger and it transforms every heart it touches. Wrap kindness around your heart today.  Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  ...

What is important to you today? What do you value? Does it consume your attention, is it the center of your life? Today’s meditation reminds us what a life with Christ is and should be. We are instructed to use our faith so Christ’s life can be released within us, so that His love rests in us and on us, becoming our center and source for living. Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO Nor...

The truth of being free in Christ is explained in today’s meditation. It is sometimes hard for us to comprehend the reality of this as we tend to interpret freedom with movement and choices. The Scriptures speak of us being rescued from ‘the tyrannical rule of darkness’, and this rescue releases us from the chains of sin. Might we consider that this too, has freed us to move – to stretch high and...

We are challenged throughout the Scriptures to be generous. We are encouraged to live from a heart that is not afraid of loss but is willing to love with an extravagance that cannot be quenched. Only in that way, will we experience the extravagant love that God has already given to us. Let us not be timid but bold in giving to others. Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America....

There are many definitions of love in the Scriptures. All are facets of the same precious essence of God Himself. Whether we define it as selflessness, compassion or the joyful honesty between friends, it is the cord that binds us to each other and to God - all at the same time.  Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to learn mo...

Faith is hoping for what we can't see. It is knowing God hears us. It is taking ahold of HIs hand, listening to His whispers of encouragement and letting Him know of our fears, loves and hopes. Let faith in Him, guide your prayers today as you listen.  Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to learn more about our retreats, and o...

Such amazing truths about death! Without God's love and gift of dying for us, we would never see life as He intended for us to see nor experience the life He died to give to us. The author of Hebrews says it clearly, "By embracing death Jesus sets free those who live their entire lives in bondage to the tormenting dread of death." Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America. &nb...

Talking with God is our privilege, an honor that we often overlook. To be with Him, to have His attention is a priceless giftHe pours into us life and love as we take time to be in His presence. Let today's scriptures remind you of these truths.  Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to learn more about our retreats, and online...

One of the definitions for 'glory' is: magnificence or great beauty. Such is the description of God, and yet it falls short. We don't have words to describe the majesty, the immense beauty of God Almighty. Perhaps the Passion Translation of the Bible offers us a fresh glimpse of how we might view our Beloved Father" ..."may the glory of your name be the center on which our lives turn." Indeed. Day...

There are days when we pour out our heart to God, when our pain is great and we need to know, really know that there is someone greater who listens and cares, who can do something for us. Let today's meditation remind you of our personal, most loving God, who cares about every details of your life. He is with you in it - every moment.  Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North Am...

May our prayers today be for true justice - where there is no color line, no judgement of another's value based on their beliefs or religion, no disrespect of another's position in life. May we embrace God's values and see through His eyes, that we may love others as we love ourselves.  Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to l...

We want God to hear us. He wants us to hear Him as well. Great conversations come from respecting and listening to each other. Loving God and being loved by Him is our experience, developed in trust and honesty. The Psalmist opens his heart, and is open to hearing God's heart for him as well. May we also spend time with God this way today. Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North Ame...

God's concern for how we treat each other is clear: look after orphans and widows, defend the rights of the poor and needy. He invites us to join Him in caring for and about others in ways that can change lives and bring justice. Father, would you open our eyes to the injustice in our towns, in our neighborhoods? Would you give us the courage to speak up and speak out that people would be free ind...

As you listen today, let these words focus your attention on God, maker of the universe who is also comforts  and heals our broken hearts. May these moments of reflection bring you to a place of peace, knowing you are heard and noticed.  Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to learn more about our retreats, and online cour...

Scripture tells us: Don’t repay evil for evil. Share in others’ sorrows. Do what is just and right. Might living with and in humility help us form the attitude of not seeking our own good, but another’s? To be like Jesus, is to take these words seriously, choose to love, choose to forgive, choose to do the right thing – every time. Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America. &n...

Paul reminds the Philippians (and us!) to not fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray; encouraging us to let Jesus be the center of our life. He will also displace our worry, our fears and our doubts. When we choose to rejoice, and trust Him, He gives us a sense of belonging, of wholeness. Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to le...

Psalms 89:14 (NIV) says, “Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.” God’s justice is based on truth. Our hearts envy and stubbornly hold onto ‘our rights’. This divides our hearts and prevents us from grasping the truth that God’s love for all of us is the same and is deeper than we know. Should we not also let His love deepen ours for anoth...

As you listen to this series, Conversations with God, consider the greatest value of your best conversations. Were they not a time of getting to know someone? Did your heart find comfort in realizing someone wanted to you about you? that you in turn, were delighted to share in another’s life? Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to...

Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! ( Amos 5:24 ). God’s words ring clear throughout the Scriptures – do right, defend the oppressed, give to the poor. Justice and right-living go hand-in-hand.  Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to learn more about our retreats, and online courses. Co...

In the midst of anything, the gospel can either change us or change the situation. The key is to continue to focus on the gospel, the good news.  God assures us He works everything for our good and according to his purpose. And what is His purpose? To bring us into the likeness of His Son. Jesus has been victorious over all things! So, if God is for us, who can be against us? God’s love never...

Today's meditation is inspired by phrases within the liturgy of the Mass and used in several of the sacramental denominations.  Beethoven’s “Mass in C Major, Opus 86” includes the words beautifully sung in Latin.  The meditation’s words are paraphrased but prayerfully only add, to the actual words of the liturgy’s reverence, awe, and wonder for our Lord. As you listen today,  take i...

It is God's desire to dwell with us. Jesus, the Son of God, bridged the gulf between heaven and earth. It is the Spirit of God that sustaiins us, a gift from God that He is with us here and that we will be with Him in heaven when we die. We are not alone here and we will always be cared for by God, wherever we are. He is with us and we are with Him, even though we don’t yet see it all fully. Dayli...

This morning’s meditation is taken from the song, “O Breathe on Me, O Breath of God” by Edwin Hatch (1835-1889).  We are told in Genesis it was the breath of God that brought life to Adam.  God’s breath is present still, bringing, us life today. Ponder each verse as we meditate, in gratitude, what springs to life from the breath of God. Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO No...

We may not always understand the totality of Jesus power, a divine and perfect source for all that produces effective living: faith, goodness, self-control and love. To forget these qualities are ours is to forget we are now clean from our past sins and made fit for kingdom living now.  Daylight Meditations is a daily podcast from CFO North America.  Please visit CFONorthAmerica.org to l...

Father, give us the courage we need to speak, to articulate hope and a future to those who doubt, who despair of help. Would you  let us see what You see - those hearts that cry for hope, who wonder if there's any chance for change in their lives? Would you soften our hearts toward others and accept Your love that even we spurn when we're rebellious of Your direction and guidance? Grant us th...