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

Thank you Sarah Green 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%

46%

62%

28%

59%

28%

6%

65%

31%

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 doing behind the scenes tasks as I do not like to be in the spotlight but I like to be a part of serving others.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have had a hard road in life and didn’t receive the encouragement that I longed for. So I am sensitive with encouraging others when they need encouragement.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Because I have had a lot of emotional and physical pain in my life, I am hyper aware of hurt in others lives and want to help them.

[H]eart

1. Doing, designing, or making/cooking something that brings others joy.

2. Caring for and loving on children individually.

3. Being able to encourage someone when they are hurting or discouraged.

I like to work best one on one with children. I also enjoy chatting with the elderly.

No idea

Parenting
Health/fitness
Other – Hospitality

[A]bilities

I am a part time ESL teacher. I teach English to children in China online.

I have been a nanny and babysitter for many years.

I have a natural ability with interacting with children.

I used to teach a class on how to make kombucha.

No idea

[P]ersonality

Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

Follower

Routine

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 grew up in a strong legalistic atmosphere and made a profession of faith when I was a young child. I was convinced for almost 30 years that I was saved. In June 2018, we left legalism and started attending new church. In July 2019, I had some past deep scars resurface. I had a counseling session in August 2019 with my pastor and his wife. My pastor asked me a specific question, which caused me to reflect back on my childhood salvation experience. This began a 10 day quest of searching intently for answers, trying to figure out if I was a believer or not. The morning of August 29th, I read some of the book “Leaving Legalism”. She mentioned the song “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us” and the line, “It was my sin that held Him there.” I bristled up at that thought. I didn’t believe that I was THAT bad that MY sin was what held Him there. I expected God to be pleased with me for following some man-made rules of what a Christian should “look” like. Then I read Ephesians 2:8-9. I had believed that verse all my life, but the Lord opened my eyes to its truth. Two other verses that stood out to me were Romans 9:16 and Romans 11:6. After I thought over those verses, I told the Lord that I accepted His free gift alone to get me into heaven and that my works were worthless to get me His pleasure.

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. Have several children of our own

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