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

Thank you Heather Nicole Lowery 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:

43%

59%

81%

25%

56%

34%

34%

40%

62%

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 encouraging those around me. I love making those who feel alone welcome. I wish to befriend and encourage those deprived of friendship and encouragement.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I adore teaching kids about Jesus. Their questions about his miracles and wonderment of who He is can only be described as a blessing. They bless me every time I get to share about Christ with them.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love telling kids about God’s love for them, because it changes everything and when they realize that, accept it, and learn to live like they are Loved, the world changes according to His purpose.

[H]eart

1. Showing the love of God to Children.

2. Seeking out and befriending those who are often rejected by society.

3. Encouraging those around me.

Kids and adults. Kids meaning babies to middle schoolers.

I have a heart for kids. Especially those with difficult pasts.

Abuse/violence
At-risk children
Other – Self-worth

[A]bilities

Camp Counselor at Camp of the Hills

I’m a kid. Haven’t had a career but have had jobs. The main thing I’ve learned it that I’m a hard worker.

I’m used to working.
I work with kids
Ta-Da?

I’ve led bible studies.

I’m hard to kill.

I genuinely love to help people.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Team

50-50 Routine/Variety

Your Primary was ‘The Retriever’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Lion’, 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

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

[E]xperience

I’ve spent my life believing in God but living as though His promises weren’t true for me. I saw myself as many things
I.e. broken, sick, stupid, a mistake, impure, unworthy, depressed, a cutter, harmful, etc.
through His never ending, inexhaustuable love, I am learning I am who He says I am. Priceless, Called, a Masterpiece, made Pure, Washed Clean, and most importantly, His.

I won’t bother you with it, but at 18 I’ve done a lot of work with children and children’s ministry.

I met my “God Parents” when I was 14/15. They’ve changed my life. Taught me to look to God, and I actually don’t feel like I’m alone in my fight anymore

Through the generosity of the Godly people in my life, God called me out of my darkness, out of my self pity, and out of the lies I had been believing, and is teaching me to believe I’m made wonderfully and am a workmanship of Christ.

I have worked at a summer camp for inner-city, at risk, impoverished kids. The mission of the camp is to share with these kids the Love of Christ. They have taught me so much about not only myself, but God, who’s He is and how greatly He loves each and every one of His children.

I grew up in a very broken, angry, and fearful home.

I’ve had a unhealthy relationship with my sister that made me accept that I’m not enough to fix somebody and I can only rest in the peace that God is.

I’ve struggled with self worth, self harm, annorexia, and a few other not so great things.

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 spend daily time with God. Go deeper in my relationship with Him. Study His word.

4. Minister to those around me. Love them well, even when I’m rejected. Love people in His name. Be unafraid of rejection. Love where God has placed me.

5. See myself as God sees me so that I may love others the Wayne He doesn’t.