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Are you giving the
Lord credit where
He's due?
Start your day with
Him and your day
will never be the
same. Hand the
reigns over to the
Lord.  You'll never
regret it!!
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Do you ever feel like you don't know how to pray?

If you do, consider this:
The Lord simply wants a verbal connection with you.  He does not care about "how"
you communicate with Him, just that you "do" communicate with Him.
He wants to hear your requests, frustrations and joys.  He is the ultimate "Father" in
your life.  No earthly father could attempt to give the unconditional love that "Our
Father" does.
Try to be focused in your prayer time.  Start small, say five minutes.  

Generally, if you can follow this guideline, it may help you:
1.  Share your praises and gratitude with Him.  How has He met your basic needs?
2.  Lay your burdens and worries at His feet.  He more than wants to carry them for
you.  Once you lay them at His feet though, do you best to not take them back.
3.  Have faith that the Lord is working in your best interest so we need to focus any
requests that we desire to be in alignment with His will.

Be receptive to His connection with you.  The stories on the left share some of my
own personal experiences with God.  The closer you get to God, the more you'll see
His handiwork in your life.  
Are you hearing the Lord and obeying Him?

A note from Devon -
I had two experiences recently when the Lord was telling me to do
something differently than what I had planned.  When I carried
through with what I was hearing, I was truly amazed by the outcome.

The Lord is speaking to us in everyday situations even though we
sometimes wonder if He's really there.
First, I went to buy some laundry detergent last week and being very
conscientious about my budget, I decided that I could wait one more
week to make that purchase.
Well, Sunday morning, my dear elderly neighbor shared her Sunday
newspaper coupons with me.  As I went through them, there was a
coupon for $2 off my laundry detergent.  I simply smiled.
Also, that morning as I took my morning walk, my mindset was that
I'd like to really enjoy the whole day off and not go to church.  My
son was not going (he lives with his dad and they were out hunting)
and so I knew that few would notice my absence.
Well, as I was taking my morning walk I was hearing the Lord's
prompting for me to go to church anyway because somebody was
there who needed me.  As it turned out, there were three people who
did need me for different reasons.  Once again, I kind of shook my
head and realized how important it is for me to keep listening and
obeying the Lord.
Those of you who have worked with me know that I serve the Lord
through my work and that is my ultimate goal each day.  The Lord
continues to bless me each day and I am so thankful He is/was willing
to accept me, sins and all, into His loving arms and eternal kingdom.

If I may sharing this with you has touched you, please share that with
me.  I think it is so important for Christians to keep showing the
world that the Lord will prevail in all circumstances.
And what a true blessing that is!!
March Thoughts
Prayer for the Unemployed

Dear Lord Jesus Christ, You wanted all who are weary to come to You for support. Lord, I am worn out by
my inability to find wage-earning work.
Day after day, my worry and fear grows as the rejections of my applications mount. I am able and willing
to work --- but I cannot find a worthwhile job.
Please help me to obtain one soon so that I can support myself and my family
in a decent way.

However, if it is your will that I wait longer, enable me to worry less
and to be able to take advantage of the time available to get closer to You.
Let me realize that there are other ways to bring about your kingdom on earth
besides salaried work. Help me to make use of them for the time being
so that I may continue to grow as a person for your greater glory. Amen.

During the month of March,
SMA is walking through
transcripts during the
conference calls.  These are
the favorite training part of
the students. :)
Friday, March 5 2010

I am very thankful for the "grace" the Lord has blessed me with in the hectic days of work.  
I would be so lost without Him.

This week I have been approached by five different court reporters for scoping work.  So
it does appear, at least through Joyful Scoping, that the scoping work is picking up.

The large project Joyful Leads is currently coordinating is using about 17 scopists and will
run through May.  We have enough people for that project.  But anyone can sign up to go
through the screening process (use referrals or take the exam) in order to be a part of the
scoping jobs lead program for all future work requests.  

I'm enjoying slowly warmer temps in Iowa (40s today) while the sun works hard to melt
the 2 feet of snow still left on the ground.  My gardening spirit is certainly festering, lol.

New scopists, feel free to take the time to look over this website.  I do my best to provide
lots of resources for you.  And you may want to consider the Scoping Intern Program
(SIP) which began over a year ago due to the great number of graduated students who
wanted more files to practice and to have the guidance and instructor behind them showing
them their mistakes.  It has been a very successful program.

My work schedule remains hectic and I would be lost without my charts and calendar.  My
response time to emails and voice messages is within 24 hours.  I do my best to address
each as soon as it arrives.

Blessings,
Devon

SMA is in the process of
uploading the
entire scoping training
curriculum onto
an educational platform.
This will allow students to
have quick and easy access.
Check this out!!
New Just Scopists Forum
A new forum for Just Scopists
has been created and here is the
link:
http://justscopists.ning.com/?xgi=0R
TwWo0cxT6hdA
Lord, please help me to keep you in the beginning of my
day.  Help me to draw near to you.  
CAT Programs
Are you wondering which CAT program
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