It’s Time to Thrive

Many people live their lives in survival mode. I choose to thrive and not just survive! To thrive means to grow, flourish greatly, or to increase. If HOC is going to thrive each one of us must realize that we have individual responsibility. We are responsible for what we do and do not do!

• We are at our best when we are responsible.
• We are happiest when we are responsible.
• We are in the will of God when we are responsible.

The society, the community, the family, the church is better off when we feel the weight of responsibility. It is very healthy to feel the weight of responsibility. We are responsible to:

1. To discover our gift(s)

Everyone has been gifted by God. We don’t get to determine what gift we possess but we have the awesome responsibility to discover our gift (s).

2. To develop our gift(s)

Development by its very nature is a process. It takes time to develop the skills, attitudes, and character that it take to honor God with the gift(s) and build up others in love.

3. To deploy our gift(s)

We are called by God to use whatever gift(s) that has been given us to build up his body. Serving is how we deploy our gift(s) to build up the body of Christ at HOC.

Going is calling us to take responsibility and discover, develop and deploy our gift(s) at HOC. Let me ask you this simple question. Are you taking your responsibility and doing your part. We will THRIVE as we all do our part.