Month: July 2022

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The Art of Stillness

by John O’Malley

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10

Psalm 46 comforts our souls, resets our fears, and restores our confidence.

Like you, I have taken this psalm and read it to the sick, lonely, and troubled.

I read these inspired words to find the same comfort.

Perhaps in your home, you have Psalm 46:10 on a plaque as a reminder that God will always be more significant than our storms, greater than our troubles in the world, and is Sovereign over the political climate.

Have you thought about what stillness means? Have you ever thought about God’s calling and His command to stillness?

The world is noisy. The noise creates unrest.  The world’s noise brings inner discomfort, stirs our fears, and shakes our confidence.

The Psalmist delivers God’s message with inspired clarity. God calls us to stillness. Yet, what does stillness look like? I asked myself this question and made a note of these:

      • Being still sounds like silence.
      • Being still looks like rest.
      • Being still seems like doing nothing.
      • Being still feels like waiting.
      • Being still means listening more and speaking less.
      • Being still will not make sense to the world.
      • Being still will not make sense to the enemy.
      • Being still may not make sense to your spouse.
      • Being still means more thinking, less speaking.
      • Being still means more faith, less fear.
      • Being still means waiting without worry.
      • Being still means trusting without being terrified.
      • Being still means God can do it better without me.
      • Being still means God can do it bigger without me.
      • Being still means God can do it beyond without me.
      • Being still means God can do more without me.

As I ponder the art of stillness from Psalm 46 I conclude:

      1. God has a plan for my situation.
      2. God has a place for me in my situation.
      3. God has a purpose for me in my situation.
      4. God has a promise for me in my situation.
      5. God has a policy for me in my situation.

Recently, I preached at my home church a message on Psalm 46. You are welcome to watch the message below.

Your leadership in the area of stillness will affect your marriage, family, and ministry.

Yours for the harvest,
John O’Malley

If this article has been an encouragement to you, you can email Bro. O’Malley here to let him know.

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From the Memo Board: July 2022

Dates to Know

July 1 – May Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

July 1 – June Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

July 4 – The Office will be closed in celebration of Independence Day

August 1 – June Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

August 1 – July Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

April 10-13, 2023 – Family Fellowship Week at Caraway Conference Center in Asheboro, NC.

New Mileage Rate Begins July 1st

The IRS recently announced an increase in the standard mileage rate for the final six months of 2022. Beginning July 1, the rates have increased to 62.5 cents per mile for business/ministry miles. US Missionaries, please click here to download an updated MFR Template that reflects the new rate. Please continue to use the older version for the June report (due August 1) and begin using this new version starting with your July report, due September 1.

Congratulations!

Bro. Elwood Hurst recently received a Doctorate of Missiology from Tabernacle Baptist College. We believe congratulations are in order for this well deserved honor!

Learn to play the Guitar

The Brent Rochester family has a website designed to help you learn to play Gospel music and hymns on a guitar. This can be an invaluable tool on the mission field. Go to TheGospelWorkshop.com for more information.

SERVE Qualities

Our staff pauses weekly to remind ourselves of our goal of serving others, and to focus on staff and missionaries who have exemplified these qualities during the week. Our staff motto states, “We serve God’s Great Commission partners so they can focus on giving and going into all the world. (God’s partners are the Laborers, Leaders, and Givers who participate in spreading the Gospel.) We are at our best when we are Selfless, Eager, Responsible, Valuable, and Exceptional.”

Two and a half years ago, Brother O’Malley wrote a series of articles using the sentence “I Serve Others” as an acrostic. Below are the links to each of those articles. As our staff reminds ourselves weekly, we encourage you to remind yourself often of our goal as Christians – to serve others as Christ loved and served the church.

Introduction: The King’s Business 

I – Inspire

S – Selfless
E – Eager
R – Responsible
V – Valuable
E – Exceptional

O – Open
T – Tender
H – Helper
E – Edify
R – Reliable
S – Seeing

Uplift Podcast

The following recordings were recently published on uplift.wwntbm.com. You may access the site by entering the username: wwntbm and the password: gospel. We hope they will encourage your heart.

Something Worth Waiting For by Missionary Mike Ward