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

Thank you Louis Guzman 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):

68%

53%

62%

59%

56%

37%

43%

68%

50%

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 work in an office environment, have done so for 9 years, and it’s where I have excelled.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I do enjoy helping people. With things that have happened in my past, specifically with my mother and her previous years of addiction, it has given me a different perspective on life and on peoples everyday struggles.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I’ve been known to be a leader on all my sports teams and in the work environment. My father has the same qualities and has always been my role model, so it’s something that has been instilled in me.

[H]eart

1. Exercise and health

2. Helping elevate people around me

3. Being the best husband, father, son, brother, and friend that I can be.

I’m more comfortable with young adults/adults (15-25), but also enjoy working with kids from 5-10

None that I can think of at the moment.

Drug abuse/recovery
Marriage/family issues
Financial stewardship

[A]bilities

Business Process Analyst

Not a job, but I have experience in a sports and team environment.

An efficient and logical thinking mind, as well as being able to listen well to people when communicating.

N/A

My ability to listen to people.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

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 Retriever’, 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

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

[E]xperience

I met my wife over 11 years ago, and my father in-law is a pastor in Long Island. Anytime I was in Long Island I went to his church, and that’s where I got to learn about Christianity and the Christian faith. He also baptized me before my wedding.

N/A

Watching my mom go from a drug addict to now a servant of God, and how god restored her life

While playing sports, being a leader and team captain had a major positive impact on my life.

The overall love and support that I’ve experienced growing up in my household. It has shaped me as a husband and father.

Watching my mom go from a drug addict to now a servant of God, and how god restored her life

After my mom got locked up (before God changed her life), my brother bounced around from family members house to house. It caused a lot of relationship issues in him, and he suffered a lot of bullying. Since my mom got clean and became a serving of God, she has been able to help him work through a lot of those issues and has done so through god and church.

Can’t think of a third one at this time.

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. Making sure that we raise our son as a Christian, for him to know and understand what it means to be a Christian, and pray that he chooses to be involved in the church as he gets older.

4. To join a LIFE group and use my gifts the way God intended them to be used.

5. To someday go on a missionary trip.