http://lizrios.com My thoughts on Life, Love, Leadership and Everything In Between Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:17:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today I felt like telling you: RECOGNIZE YOUR AWESOME SELF. Every week for 10 weeks at a time, I teach a class in my church called STN 301: Discover Greatness and I'm really passionate about it because I feel that people need to be told that this world might not recognize ... http://lizrios.com/2012/01/24/1298/ Every day in the AM, I read two devotionals. The one that I'd like to share with you today is called "The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge" by Tony Dungy and Nathan Whitaker. I was given this book to review by Tyndale House Publishers. I'm not a sports person so ... http://lizrios.com/2012/01/24/do-you-want-to-live-the-uncommon-life/ Each new year is a gift from God , and this year 2012 which will be a spectacular year, would not delay the blessings will come upon you. A year is like a jewel that has 365 beautiful gemstones. All valuable jewel needs to be kept, stored and enjoyed in the ... http://lizrios.com/2012/01/02/hello-2012-lessons-for-the-new-year/ So here we are. One day away from the beginning of a new year. 2012. I love what a new year represents. It represents a chance to try again. To begin anew. To get a fresh start. For some it will simply mean flipping the calendar page. No expectations. No ... http://lizrios.com/2011/12/30/life-lessons-of-2011/ Oh, if we could only remember who God IS! - A. W. Tozer There is exactly 11 days left to 2011. How was it for you? I'm sure you had the moments of great jubilation and I'm also sure you had those "let me curl up into the fetal position because ... http://lizrios.com/2011/12/21/do-you-remember-who-god-is/ In my morning devotional today reading from my new Transformation Study Bible I was lead to the story of Abraham in Genesis, specifically Gen 18:2 and Gen 22. In this story we read about this man who trusted God so much he left everything he knew, the place of comfort ... http://lizrios.com/2011/11/15/are-you-three-days-from-nowhere/ One of the greatest things people of God get to do is "ministry" or service unto God. But this very same thing  has a way of giving us spiritual A.D.D. and we can't seem to sit still and just be silent before the Lord and LISTEN. Most of the time ... http://lizrios.com/2011/10/31/spiritual-add/ For most of my grown life I’ve been known (or gossiped about) for being a sort of rebel. Not because I have caused any problems but mostly because I have always used my mind to make my own decisions regardless of if I had to stand alone or my friends ... http://lizrios.com/2011/10/13/stop-sitting-on-the-fence/   Yeah I'm on my soapbox again. Been thinking alot lately about words.  About a year ago I read a book by Robert Morris, the pastor who wrote the Blessed Life, a book my church was studying last month. The book I read was The Power of Your Words: How God ... http://lizrios.com/2011/10/12/words-matter/ A friend of mine is having a party soon and she asked me if I was going. I asked her, who did you invite? Yeap, I'm that careful about who I spend my time with. As a pastor, I have to go to events and I'm around people who I ... http://lizrios.com/2011/10/11/choose-your-friends-wisely/