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

Thank you Michael Montgomery 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:

53%

96%

87%

78%

68%

59%

53%

53%

93%

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:
The Holy Spirit presses upon me to share all He has shared with me , regarding his plans for all of humanity

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
The Holy Spirit blesses me with understanding the word of God and gives me the ability to make parables that speak clearly to others

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Through suffering many difficult trials, I feel the Holy Spirit gracing me with love and a testimony to share with others.

[H]eart

1. Singing

2. Holding my children and talking with them and sharing time with them

3. Hugging my wife

I love working with people who have an idea about God, but who aren’t sure what that all means ;Seeking people. Anyone of any age who is willing to open up their heart and mind and learn and share. I will admit, children between the ages of 5 and 20 scare me to teach, because I may talk over their heads and seem weird. I don’t know.

Excitement: people praying together and solving actual problems together.

Concerns: church drifting from scriptural accountability and hard teaching. Not disciplining or not counseling effectively or without true empathy and efforts.

Marriage/family issues
Spiritual laziness
Divorce

[A]bilities

Painting contractor. House painting. Commercial building painting

Singing

Singing. Talking.

I’m personable and passionate. Sometimes intense and other times reserved. Outgoing but shy. People tell me I talk a lot and am dramatic in my presentation of topics

[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 Beaver’, 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

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

Very brief. I was seeking God and he was revealing himself to me as much as I would allow. I was radically saved by the Holy Spirit. When Christ called to me and I fully surrendered to him, he embraced me in a spiritual encounter. I’d have to tell you my story. It was intense and still is, God being right here all the time to guide me (us) . Intense stuff

Winning a stuffed Easter bunny in 3rd grade class. Really, it gave me hope in the impossible.

Many times singing on stage and hearing the applause. I have to admit, that feels great.

Holding all of my children and rocking them to sleep

Losing my first wife and 4 kids , due to her having an affair and leaving me

Losing my second wife and 3 other kids, plus 2 step kids, due to her leaving me for an unclear reason. Still married, but seperated on her accord.

Being physically and verbally abused as a child and leaving home at age 15 to be on my own.

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. Leading a group for blended families. Dealing with divorce and seperation and marital relationship counseling services/coaching from the word of God

4. Speaking to small groups or large groups on the value of prioritizing marriage and what it means to serve God in your given role as a spouse

5. Singing to God’s people in an impactfull way. Only one or 2 songs at a time as an offering to God. g