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

Thank you Cole Arnold 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 (in alphabetical order):

50%

68%

65%

84%

71%

62%

68%

71%

84%

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:
I love the joy in other’s hearts when I have the opportunity to give.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love teaching God’s Word to others who need a greater understanding of our God.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
God has showed me mercy so it is my joy to display mercy to others with even as simple as a smile

[H]eart

1. Spend quality time with the Lord in prayer, study and conversation with others.

2. Being with my wife.

3. Teaching and encouraging others.

Those who love what they are doing, and an energy driven age that allows for fun activities outside of the daily tasks of our duties.

Financial issues, especially in relation to families, young adults who need an encouraging mentor.

Marriage/family issues
Financial stewardship
At-risk children

[A]bilities

Tax accountant

Banking, Factory work, Cabinetry, Landscaping, Cost Accounting, Tutoring, food service.

I love fixing stuff, especially around the house and vehicles.

N/A

My love for encouraging others and serving.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

High Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Team

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

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

Golden Retriever- Good at making friends. Very loyal. Retriever personalities do not like big changes. They look for security. Can be very sensitive. Very caring. Has deep relationships, but usually only a couple of close friends. Wants to be loved by everyone. Looks for appreciation. Works best in a limited situation with a steady work pattern.

Strength: Accommodating, calm, affirming
Weakness: Indecisive, indifferent, unable to express emotional, too soft on other people
Limitation: Seeing the need to be more assertive, holding others accountable

[E]xperience

I became a Christian out of childlike faith when I was 9 years old when my mom told me about Jesus. Was more of just a fan, as Kyle Idleman would put it, till I was 13 when I realized the life I was living was not a life for Christ. Rededicated my life and began the road at that point of chasing after the heart of God and being involved in what He has been doing in the world around me. Been through many learning struggles, but praise God He has brought me through situations so I could be a mentor to others around me.

Lighthouse Baptist Church, Chillicothe/Ohio, 678 youth leader, 3 years

4 Oversees Evangelical Mission trips, 2 to Nicaragua and 2 to Peru

Chillicothe Baptist Church, Chillicothe/Ohio, grew as a youth and served in church productions/local service projects and different events through the church, 8-9 years served

Getting Married to the love of my life.

Having great mentors as I grew up through stages of my life, mainly in the church setting, some of them inviting me to participate in church activities and mission trips that also helped shape me.

Having 2-3 hour conversations with my mom about deep life stuff all the time growing up. She was always there for me.

Those who struggle with sexual temptations as many men go through at some stage in their lives.

A relationship where I saw what I truly wanted in my future wife and also the picture of what it looks like when God daily pursues us and we don’t pursue Him back.

The multiple arguments from my parents that sourced a lot around bad financial decisions and how I do not want that to be any family’s struggle, but to be good stewards so financial struggle is not a huge issue in families and marriages.

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. Be a Finance literacy & Bible Teacher/professor

4. Be a missionary with my family

5. Start a church somewhere