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

Thank you Kathy Mak 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):

62%

96%

75%

78%

75%

75%

62%

56%

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 enjoy evangelizing with the incarcerated, relatives, friends, and even strangers in the supermarkets.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I enjoy the mission trips for running English Summer Camps in China. Also, I enjoy teaching youngsters about Jesus. In addition, I am facilitating the Parenting Teenagers Course in a Christian Community Centre.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I feel good when helping those who are in need, sharing what God has given me with them. For many years, my husband and I have sponsored a number of poor students so they can continue their education.

[H]eart

1. Spending quiet time with God.

2. Sharing His love with others.

3. Encouraging others.

Mature Christians who enjoy including others to work together for God’s kingdom.

Any programs and events that motivate Christians to follow Jesus day by day will excite me most. Any disunity or discrimination in church are my greatest concerns.

Marriage/family issues
Parenting
Educational

[A]bilities

Retired

Software developer, Project Lead, Music Teacher

Music / Play the piano

Parenting Teenagers, Teaching Children Sunday School

Can teach complex / difficult concepts with simple and easy to understand examples.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

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

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 born in a Christian family and could not recall a moment in my life that I did not believe in Jesus Christ. When I was 25, I truly surrendered myself to the Lord. I am always a pot of clay and He is my potter. I am willingly to let Him shape me according to His will and totally trusting Him, for He loves me and knows what the best is for me. I trust His guidance and enjoy following His way. My heart’s desire is to let the treasure, the Holy Spirit, display His work through my jar of clay to glorify Him and for His kingdom’s sake.

Pianist (since grade 4 in many churches)

Organist (78-80 Montreal Anglican Church), Choir Conductor (78-80 Montreal Anglican Church).

Children and Teens Sunday School Teacher (From 87 till 2016 Toronto Chinese United Church, Richmond Hill Christian Community Church).

Students become faithful Christians to serve the next generation and join mission trips give me lots of encouragement not to give up even facing challenges while teaching them when they were young.

The life-change of inmates witnesses that God loves even the worst sinner in the world when he / she is willing to repent.

Parents told me that the parenting course is very helpful, even during the course, their parent-children relationships have been improved. I praise the Lord for using me, a retiree, to mend broken relationships through His love.

Jealousy in church teaches me to humble myself. I need to learn from John the Baptist, “He must become greater; I must become less.” (John 3:30)

Challenging authority is tough. I learn to be patient and wait for the Lord to reveal the truth to the authority. In the mean time, I comfort those who are being hurt through my experience.

Being excluded or discriminated can be hurtful. If God closes the door, don’t need to open it forcefully; look for other opportunities to serve Him faithfully. Encourage those who are being rejected and provide opportunities for them to glorify God in whatever way pleases the Lord.

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. Let the treasure shine through my jar of clay to touch more lives for His glory.

4. Bringing God’s love to broken families.

5. Rebuild people’s confidence in God.