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

Thank you Philippa Cross 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:

65%

50%

56%

40%

21%

50%

12%

40%

90%

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 have a passion for knowledge, understanding, accuracy of facts, considering all angles of truth. I like to explore and share the breadth of God’s truth, not accept the first interpretation.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am organised by nature.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I think I just naturally encourage people who are struggling, if I can.

[H]eart

1. Exploring knowledge about God’s kingdom. Studying, discovering new things from history in which past generations have encountered God. Being part of the human race, from the beginning of time. Learning, discovering, hearing their voices through the ages, hearing God’s truth and message through the ages.

2. Taking this understanding and applying it in this day and age. Understanding and discerning ancient wisdom in today’s context.

3. Discussing and sharing these thoughts, theories. Sharing, Learning, Discussing…turning the gem with like minded seekers.

Women – I don’t relate well to men. I have no idea well. I just don’t.
Women my age, like me, with similar outlook and challenges. People who challenge me, who take my thoughts, theories, questions and discuss and philosophise with me.
Mel, Emma, Gemma… Thinkers, intelligent seekers.

I love the social justice side of things. A21 – child abuse. Things that make a real impact on social injustice, ministries that tangibly make a difference in the lives of children. The Gentle Hands ministry. The A21 ministry.
I want to write, share, teach (not in person, through writing) mobilise, work towards real tangible change.
I love to see God’s kingdom at work, really making in-roads in tackling child abuse, sex-trafficking and the like. I want to be part of a social change, bringing about social awareness and mobilising the people of my generation to stand against the evils of today.

Poverty/hunger
At-risk children
Policy/politics

[A]bilities

Writing & Research

Project manangement

Writing, research, understanding, discernment, application, explaining, contextualising, social curiosity

Intelligence

[P]ersonality

Peace Maker

Project Driven

Leader

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

Having grown up going to church with a Christian mother, I had a gentle but profound experience of Christ, or perhaps the Holy Spirit one day in church when I was about 11 or 12. I just felt the Spirit move within me, I felt my heart shatter into pieces and I felt the Spirit of God fill me physically, in a sensation of Peace and complete understanding that God was God, Jesus was his son, and the Spirit of God was alive and active, moving all around me, and in me.
I have felt that ever since, without fail, despite any struggles or doubts, I have never doubted that I experienced, or met, or encountered the living God.

Marrying Justin with God’s blessing.

God giving us Nathan, and telling Justin what to name him.
Moving to Australia

Inez giving me a Car.
The Christening of Jocelyn by Costa. Finding Moggill Uniting Church.

Addiction.

Emotionally abusive marriages.

Immigration.

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 write a book, or more than one, on God’s Kingdom and how it applies today.

4. To be part of a ministry that ends the evil of Satan where it affects Children. To blast open all the hidden work of Satan in the drug trade, child sex trafficking trade. To identify and expose evil and save children.

5. To create a kibbutz like place, large farm where children and all abused people can go and be self sufficient and recover from the damage done. A physical place that meets all needs of children and people. Concealing, healing, shelter, food, animals, care, healing love community etc.