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

Thank you Michael Lim 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):

50%

21%

43%

53%

25%

50%

53%

53%

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:
I enjoy summarizing, relating, and applying truths and experiences to people and their situations. This process helps me grow personally, which equips me for other things I enjoy such as encouraging others.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I enjoy being a cheerful giver whenever I am able, and I try to test my faith by giving a bit more than I planned or than I am comfortable with when convicted.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I enjoy encouraging others and showing them the possibilities for life only possible with Christ. I am most comfortable doing this with people I already have a close personal relationship with, when I have an intimate knowledge of their person and life, but I usually need these relationships to come naturally, and many times this does not happen.

[H]eart

1. Walking intimately with someone else in faith

2. Smaller group with genuine passion for living out Christ and His word

3. Family time

Mature Older Christians (because their faith is so encouraging and their wisdom and counsel is so helpful), Christians in similar life stage (young professional, because I can relate in a more full way), People who have vision but listen to others

Teaching, Small Group/Relationship Building

Marriage/family issues
Parenting
Educational

[A]bilities

Product Strategy Analyst

Lecturer

Adult Sunday School individual classes as part of semester curriculum about: Holy Spirit, Spiritual Gifts, Mark, Spiritual Growth, Genesis, 2 Thessalonians
In Work: Introduction to Economics

Patience

[P]ersonality

Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

50-50 Routine/Variety

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 was led to Christ by several members of one of the AAIV small groups from the Northwestern University chapter. I was looking for friends but found both myself and much deeper relationships than I ever sought. The Lord called me very simply to believe in Him and set up a few small events with perfect timing to lead me to the moment He called me, and I believed in my sin, in God as the one true Lord, and in Jesus’ death and resurrection as a sacrifice for my sin. I unknowingly had the help of many family who had been praying for me for many years. Since then the Lord has led me faithfully through many different experiences in this world.

Evanston Bible Fellowship (Evanston, IL):
Welcome/Greeting 1.5 Years

Pittsburgh Chinese Church Oakland- Oakland International Fellowship (Pittsburgh, PA):
Worship Team (Vocals) 1 Year
Adult Sunday School Teaching 2 Years
Small Group Leader 2 Years
Event Lead Coordinator (Annual Fall Picnic) 1 Year

Friendship and Relationship with Lu Wang

Consistent Men’s Groups in College and at Church

Job Search

Relationship with a non-Christian

Going to PhD Program

Father’s illness and death

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. Begin both individual discipleship and discipleship groups

4. Prayerfully identify ministries that God leads me to give to, by whatever metric(s) He convicts me of

5. Teach Scripture