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

Thank you Misty Grade 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:

87%

96%

93%

78%

81%

81%

87%

75%

81%

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 feel I have the gift of evangelism because I am comfortable speaking to people, passionate about sharing the message of Christ with others, and sharing how Christ has changed me, my life.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I believe I have the gift of exhortation/encouragement because I feel drawn to people who are struggling. I listen to people and try to lift them up through various avenues, I continue to follow up with them and urge them towards positive attitudes.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I feel I have the gift of administration because I have been successful with leading people in past endeavors. I am very organized, able to listen to others perspectives and make decisions based on all the facts. I also believe in working alongside others toward a common goal, humbling yourself and serving those who are in jobs under your supervision. I have experience in organizing events, groups of people, and leading people.

[H]eart

1. Serving my family and seeing them grow in Christ

2. Learning

3. Helping other people

I love working with other women, in all walks of life. I also enjoy working with youth age kids and people who are in need.

Women’s ministries are something that excites me. Marriage and family issues, Helping veterans, homeless, victims of human trafficking, children who have aged out of foster care, women seeking abortion.

Homelessness
Marriage/family issues
Poverty/hunger

[A]bilities

Stay at home mother

I have worked in healthcare as a Certified Nurses Assistant. I have administrative assistant experience. I have worked in a college as a supplemental educator. I have worked with children and adults with physical and mental disabilities.

Organization

Psychology, multiple issues facing women today

I can empathize with people

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Leader

50-50 Routine/Variety

Your Primary was ‘The Retriever’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Lion’, 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

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

[E]xperience

I came to a point in my life where everything had fallen apart. I was diagnosed with a debilitating disease, was abandoned by my husband, caring for two small children, had just lost a parent, was pretty much homeless, and was having thoughts of suicide. I had grown up in church and had always felt safe there. I had just moved to a new town and was trapped in an abusive relationship. I looked for the nearest church and decided to attend one Sunday. The people there welcomed me in, especially one woman, now one of my dearest friends. She invited me to her house, watched my children during finals in college, and kept me under her wing. When I struggled she somehow knew, she would tell me how she was awakened to pray for me on multiple occasions, usually when I was tempted to do something wrong. I realized that she cared about me, so much that she woke in the middle of the night to pray for me, that Jesus cared that much about me to wake her up, or have her call, or invite me over. That instead of having a relationship based on what she could get out of me, like so many before, she wanted to give. Jesus wanted to give of himself. I wanted a relationship with a loving God like that. So I gave my life to the one who gave his life for me.

Children’s Church 2 years , Women’s ministry leader 1 year
Clear Lake Open Bible Clear Lake, Iowa,

Going to a women’s conference and hearing a speaker that talked about sharing my story instead of hiding it

Being able to reconcile my relationship with my biological mother and sharing a love for Christ

Becoming a mother, living for someone other than myself, and learning what a blessing it is to serve, to love

Being abandoned by my first husband

the struggle of being a single mom

enduring mental, physical, and sexual abuse

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. To speak, lead and encourage woman/girls on a large scale

4. To run a homeless shelter with a social service office to help them obtain skills and finances to become a valuable contributor to society and receive the help they need

5. Open and orphanage for displaced children to offer education, safety, and love or To open a transition home for children who cycle out of the system but have never had a solid foundation or loving family, to help them become who God has called them to be and make them feel accepted and loved in a world that rejects them