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

Thank you David 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:

Administration

28%

Evangelism

81%

Exhortation/Encouragement

84%

Giving

71%

Mercy Showing

50%

Prophecy

37%

Pastoring/Shepherding

31%

Serving

62%

Teaching

68%

To see descriptions on the Spiritual Gifts and how you can use them to further Christ’s Kingdom on earth, visit this link.

#1 Gift, Exhortation/Encouragement (84%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I realize that I can’t save or fix anyone. Not my job. The best I can do is offer prayer hope, encouragement and possibly information as they walk their own walk.

#2 Gift, Evangelism (81%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love the work of Ray Comfort and would like to have training in his style of evangelism.

#3 Gift, Giving (71%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Wish I had more to give!

[H]eart

Three things I love to do that bring joy and fulfillment in my life:

1. Be with my kids and grandkids.

2. Ride motorcycles.

3. Peace, Solitude

Who I love to work with most, and the age or type of people:

Anyone 40 and up.

Church issues, ministries, or possible needs that excite or concern me the most:

Very little excites me. A number of things anger me.

*Mark the Top 3 from the list, that Trigger a Passion in You

Other – Seems to me that 1-16 have a common focal point where healing begins. A true, saving faith in Jesus Christ. Celebrate Recovery addresses all of them in a Biblical way. #17 falls into a differant category.

[A]bilities

My current vocation:

Retired

Other jobs I have experience in:

Army (tank driver, combat medic), Navy Corpsman, Corrections Officer, Sheriffs Officer, I can drive anything with tracks or wheels. If I had to I could pilot, all landings are crashes, we always hope for a controlled crash; Weapons, small arms, rockets, cannons etc.; Almost everything medical, leaning toward emergency (combat) medicine, to include records keeping; Warehousing; Food service; Verbal Judo.

Special talents/skills that I have:

Snake skinner, taught a class on it once. Motorcycles.

I have taught a class or seminar on:

Emergency medical topics and other military stuff.

I feel my most valuable personal asset is:

Staying with something till it’s done. I am not a quitter. Also my least valuable. I have stayed with companies long after they were useful in my life.

[P]ersonality

The personality traits that best fit me are:

Reserved

High Risk

Peace Maker

Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Solo

Variety

1. 1 Likes Control	2 Enthusiastic	3 Sensitive	4 Reserved
2. 4 Firm	3 Energetic	1 Non-Demanding	2 Practical
3. 3 Likes Challenge	4 Promoter	2 Enjoys Routine	1 Factual
4. 3 Problem Solver	2 Mixes Easily	1 Relational	4 Perfectionistic
5. 3 Bold	2 Fun-Loving	1 Thoughtful	4 Detailed
6. 4 Goal Driven	1 Optimistic	2 Patient	3 Inquisitive
7. 4 Strong Willed	2 Motivator	1 Good Listener	3 Accurate
8. 4 Takes Charge	3 Very Verbal	1 Loyal	2 Predictable
9. 4 Determined	2 Popular	1 Dislikes Change	3 Orderly
10. 4 Competitive	3 Group Oriented	1 Sympathetic	2 Analytical
11. 1 Purposeful	3 Inspirational	2 Nurturing	4 Precise
12. 3 Action Oriented	2 Likes Change	1 Peace Maker	4 Scheduled
38 Total	29 Total	17 Total	36 Total

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

My brief testimony of how I became a Christian

Medic with an Infantry Company. Desert warfare training at Ft. Irwin, Ca. Probably mid 1979. I was walking, checking out the area surrounding where we were camped and came across another medic vehicle from another unit. As I approached I could hear someone singing Christian songs and also playing a recorder, both poorly. I walked up to the back door and asked a very dumb question, “Hey man, is everything ok?” He assured me everything was and began witnessing to me from the book of Revelation and all the bad stuff coming. Not how it is normally done but right for me. I got scared and was shaking as he talked. Finally he asked if I wanted to get saved and I said yes. we prayed, him then me. I was sitting in the doorway in bright sunshine and he was inside, all hatches closed. I didn’t see him till after the prayer. He was a brand new private. Had lived a rough life, got saved, went to the Teen Challenge Institute in Sunbury, Pa. then joined the Army. Today he is a retired military and retired college professor living in a town in China where he goes on occasional anti government rants in the street because he has PTSD. We keep in touch.

Ministry Experience (Where I have served in the past, if applicable, including ChurchName, City/State, Position, Years Involved):

Celebrate Recovery X7 years. On the TEAM for most of those years as E or A. Lead various small groups. Broken Chains.

List 3 Positive experiences from the past that made a big impact on who you are today:

Next to coming to Christ Himself, it was the circumstances surrounding my conversion. I may or may not have already been a Christian. I was in church from age 13 onward and I had “prayed the prayer” much earlier in life but was not walking the walk after I joined the military even though I knew how and why.

Finding CR and beginning to work on my Hurts, Habits and Hang-ups that I had from my childhood onward.

Watching a Pastor and his family who do not insulate themselves from the world nor their congregation. Watching them live Christ through the heartache, tears and pain.

List 3 Negative Experiences from your past that have helped to Shape me, but also have given you great compassion for others going through similar circumstances:

A father who played favorites with his kids. The number one negative experience that led directly to the life I live now.

Four awful marriages and divorces and no reasonable answers why. Back to the first negative.

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. I don’t know. I still haven’t gotten past #2. I have spent over 40 years trying and I ave quit dreaming. Now, I am just waiting for lightning to strike.