S.H.A.P.E. Assessment Results

Thank you Brooks Harris for taking the SHAPE Assessment. We encourage you to meet with a Church Leader that you respect, to go over your results, so that they can help you discover a place to serve in the church and/or community, and also to help you fine-tune your 5 Main Focuses/Priorities listed at the bottom of this email under the ‘Wrapping it up’ section. May God Bless You!

[S]piritual Gifts

Here is how your spiritual gifts scored:

71%

84%

81%

90%

53%

90%

71%

40%

93%

To see descriptions on the Spiritual Gifts and how you can use them to further Christ’s Kingdom on earth, visit this link.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Feedback from years of teaching. The joy of diggin in. It is something I do whenever I have the chance and feel compelled to study all the time.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
It is a singular joy to give. Especially anonymously. I am concerned for laying up treasures in Heaven. I cannot understand why God has given me so much materially and I want to use it to His glory over my pleasure, though I still seem to not deny myself anything. I struggle with being affluent.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I seem to have a pretty intense sense of justice and a sharp sense of discernment for what is Biblical and true. I tend to identify and talk about the ‘gorilla in the room.’

[H]eart

1. Developing friendships/ relationships.

2. Meeting needs through giving.

3. Solving problems / leading the charge / keeping things on target.

In the past, high schoolers, though I enjoy college and young adults.

Community…getting folks together and into the life of Christ. Teaching and clarifying The Word, especially as it is lived out and moving among a group or body.

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Drug abuse/recovery
Alcoholism
Marriage/family issues
Parenting
Financial stewardship
Compulsive behavior
Spiritual laziness
Divorce

[A]bilities

Investment Advisor

Mental Health,
Non Profit development, organization, implementation
Banking
Real Estate
Education
Politics

Writing effectively
Public speaking
Delegation
Facilitating / SWAT analysis

Budgeting / Financial Literacy
Lots of Bible themes; Church History, Reformation, Election, Stewardship, etc
Cultural Criticism

I am sincere.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

High Risk

Challenger

Project Driven

Leader

Variety

Your Primary was ‘The Lion’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Otter’, and here are the descriptions of your Personalities, and how they can be used for God

Lion- This personality likes to lead. The lion is good at making decisions and is very goal-oriented. They enjoy challenges, difficult assignments, and opportunity for advancement. Because lions are thinking of the goal, they can step on people to reach it. Lions can be very aggressive and competitive. Lions must learn not to be too bossy or to take charge in other’s affairs.

Strength: Goal-oriented, strong, direct
Weakness: Argumentative, too dictatorial
Limitation: Doesn’t understand that directness can hurt others, hard time expressing grace

Otter- Otters are very social creature. Otter personalities love people. They enjoys being popular and influencing and motivating others. Otter can sometimes be hurt when people do not like them. Otter personalities usually have lots of friends, but not deep relationships. They love to goof-off. (They are notorious for messy rooms.) Otters like to hurry and finish jobs. (Jobs are not often done well.) The otter personality is like Tigger in Winnie The Pooh.

Strength: People person, open, positive
Weakness: Talks too much, too permissive
Limitation: Remembering past commitments, follow through with discipline

[E]xperience

Grew up and made a decision for Christ at an early age, then ran away in complete rebellion in my teen years until my life was bleak and dark in my adult years. Prayed God would kill me or use me, but just end this wasteland of hurt and despair. He redeemed me miraculously with a new life and new purpose. I experienced Lordship, not just salvation.

Calvary Baptist, Alexandria, taught high school seniors for 7 years or so. Preached at the Woodworth campus.

Philadelphia Baptist; taught seniors in high school. Missions trip to Brazil. Tuesday night evangelism.

Havning a men’s Bible Study group every Thursday morning for many years in Alexandria.

When The Holy Spirit really started opening up the Bible…personal study and devotional time.

Being blessed with my business that allows me time for study, prayer, service, and influence and affluence for the Kingdom.

My best friend died in a car wreck at 16 years of age. My oldest adopted brother committed suicide the next year when I was 17. My other older adopted brother committed suicide when I was 20. My parents died in a car wreck when I turned 24. I learned the fleeting nature of life. The depths of despair and finding hope in spite of great tragedy.

I went through a divorce during my 10 years in San Francisco. It taught me the price we pay for decisions made in haste from selfish motives. It showed my how easy we can deceive ourselves and ulitimately revealed how far away from God I had ventured.

I used to smoke…cigarettes and pot. It seemed to have a deep hold of me, but through God’s grace, I was delivered pretty miraculously. It mainly happened through ‘making no provision for evil.’ And God led me out. There is hope even in the struggle.

Wrapping It Up

The Challenge: Based upon your S.H.A.P.E. Assessment above (the way God wired you), If you knew you couldn’t fail … and ‘lack of money, or time’ was not an obstacle… list your Top 3 Things you would ‘Focus’ your Life on, next to #1 Loving God & #2 Loving Your Neighbor (these would be your ‘3 God-Sized Dreams’ for your life)?

1. My Relationship with GOD

2. My Relationship with Others

• Putting Your Spouse First
• Your Kids Second
• Everyone Else After those

3. Teach / Preach

4. Create Community for believers

5. Endow missions / Evangelism