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

Thank you Heather Lowe 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):

6%

100%

93%

68%

78%

75%

37%

71%

78%

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:
Jesus has helped me to understand recently that I must share my story with others – the story of how he saved me (again), and how God wants all of his children to be saved through following Christ our Lord.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I enjoy motivating others, especially when it comes to helping them understand and implement practical steps towards achieving what they believe to be their purpose in life.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I believe in showing mercy for others because God has shown tremendous mercy for me…do unto others as you would have others do unto you 🙂

[H]eart

1. Spend time with family and friends

2. Read

3. Walk and pray around my lake

Perfectionists, people-pleasers, un-believers, bereaved

Interested in bible studies, sewing with Pat

Homelessness
Poverty/hunger
Abuse/violence
At-risk children

[A]bilities

Benefit Administrator/Pension Analyst

Customer Service, Life Coaching

I am a great listener, I’m good at inspiring others and spotting potential/strengths, I can remain calm under stressful situations, I can crochet blankets, beanies, and gloves.

I have held small online classes for values and energy assessments.

My bible

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

Follower

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

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

I was saved on Easter Sunday, 1994 at a small Pentecostal church in Rome, GA named Silver Creek Church of God. I was 9 years old. It was a very special moment, for me because I loved Jesus so much, and as I was being led in prayer by the lead Pastor (Brother Williams), a bright ray of sunlight came through the stained-glass windows right over my head and back – this was very significant to me because it had been raining outside that morning. I lost my faith when I was 16 and my life literally fell apart for the next 10 years. I finally woke up after I had a devastating relationship with someone who was very destructive. I began following Jesus without realizing it about 7 years ago, but it wasn’t until November 7, 2018, that I re-committed my life to Jesus. After I prayed to Him and decided that it was Jesus that had been guiding me all those years, God sent a double-rainbow to show me that he had forgiven me.

I always admired motivational speakers when they would come to speak to us in middle school. When I was in the 7th grade, we had a motivational speaker come, and I was so enthralled with his story, that I kept asking him very personal questions in front of the entire school. My teachers thought this was very rude and they pulled me out of the assembly. The next day, one of my teachers (Mrs. Little) pulled me out of class and asked me to write a 5-7 minute speech and deliver it the next night for a public speaking competition. I was very excited that she asked me to do it! I went home, wrote the speech, and delivered it the next night. I was so nervous because there were around 10 others kids there. I won 1st place and went to the district level, and came in 2nd – it was televised. The other teachers wanted to hear me speak, so I delivered my speech in front of the entire school. Then, I got invited to speak at the Coosa Country Club, Berry College, and others places. I went on to compete in several other public speaking competitions in middle school – winning first place most often, appearing on the local news. Then, as I entered high school, I joined FBLA and competed all 4 years in public speaking – receiving state and national recognitions for public speaking. When I became a life coach, it was all too fitting because I felt that God that been prepping me for this role all my life.

I have always loved acting. I participated in the one-act play of my high school for all 4 years. My senior year, I received the role as Kate the Shrew and we had such a great cast that year. We went to perform at the district level. They only award 1 Best Actor and Best Actress award. I received the award for Best Actress out of 9,000 actresses.

I was a mentor all throughout middle school and high school. One of the best parts of being a school mentor was watching two or more students who couldn’t get along, walk down the hallway smiling and laughing together after we all sat down to talk about the problem and they figured out a solution together.

My brother’s suicide – It has helped me to have tremendous compassion for the loved one’s of a suicide. It has also helped fuel a desire in me to help those who are lost by telling them about Jesus.

My sister going to prison and her lifestyle choices – Has helped me to have compassion again for people who are lost and this is why it is imperative for me to share the restoring power of Jesus.

Having a destructive affair – This has helped me understand the value of setting boundaries in relationships and having core relational values in Christ throughout a marriage.

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. counsel/mentor others according to their purpose/spiritual gifts

4. go on a mission trip – see Israel

5. play the french horn in my church