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

Thank you Kurt Foland 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):

40%

84%

71%

65%

68%

71%

56%

59%

75%

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 enjoy sharing foundational biblical truth

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I enjoy studying and sharing what I learn

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Building people up that have a low outlook on life and themselves. Sharing Christ’s unfailing love.

[H]eart

1. Building relationships

2. Encourage others to see the hearts of the hurting

3. See my children find people to help and care about

The abused, hopeless mindset

Increased outreach excites me

Homelessness
Drug abuse/recovery
Spiritual laziness

[A]bilities

In-home appliance service and lead technician for Kansas City.

Construction, farm service, mail carrier, heavy equipment

Still learning

Biblical basics , various classes and preaching as missionary

Listening and building relationships without being judgmental

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

People Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Variety

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

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

Beaver- Organized. Beavers think that there is a right way to do everything and they want to do it exactly that way. Beaver personalities are very creative. They desire to solve everything. Desire to take their time and do it right. Beavers do not like sudden changes. They need reassurance.

Strength: High standards, order, respect
Weakness: Unrealistic expectations of self & others, too perfect.
Limitation: Seeing the optimistic side of things, expressing flexibility

[E]xperience

I was baptized when I was 10. I just knew that was what I needed to do but really didn’t understand it all. Through loses of a brother in ‘71 and dad in ‘80 I understand now how God was present to protect and guide me, but I didn’t come to a full let go and trust moment until I realized I couldn’t force my daughter to do what “I” knew was best for her. I was face-down on my living room floor just completely giving everything up to the Lord and a peace came that I never experienced before. I finally gave God control.

I have been a missionary from 2005-2014 on White Mountain Apache Reservation.

Co-minister of White Mountain Apache Christian Church

Knowing and experiencing The Holy Spirits presence in situations that otherwise I would’ve been very reluctant to get involved with.

A positive experience in the midst of tragedy was as a result of the death experience of my 19 year old brother, I have been able to use that as an opportunity to relate to and share God’s presence with others in similar tragedies or just extreme loss.

How God revealed a boldness to share Christ with others and step up in the face of dispare and potential suicidal situations. To feel the Spirits calm and help people redirect their focus away from hurting themselves.

Wow. This is a better place for the experience of losing my brother in a hunting accident. It has allowed me to share that experience of lose and knowing God was there holding on and covering me with his comfort.

The other is the lose of my dad when I was 17 to an accident in the factory where he worked. It helped me share the fact that we don’t know the time and place of our death but need to live life in For God as though we are going to be gone today.

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. To encourage people with deep experiential circumstances breakdown these issues and place them in God’s care.

4. Ron provide a place for people to just step away from life’s hopelessness anencephaly grow in the assurance of God’s strength.

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