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

Thank you Paul Pineda 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):

84%

90%

81%

65%

71%

96%

84%

68%

100%

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 deeply enjoy understanding many topics, especially the Bible. I experience so much joy when I understand something new that I want others to experience that too. Most importantly, I want others to be equipped with the knowledge of our Lord and savior and seek to impart their knowledge to others. Acts 17:11 is a key verse, in that we should always take what any Christian says and then search the scriptures to prove them to be true.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Prophecy isn’t simply predicting the future. It is also being able to understand the patterns that the Holy Spirit has inscribed in the Word, that through those patterns certain insights are gained that either explain a passage or gives a Christian encouragement to do something.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I think that everyone is held accountable to respond to Jesus Christ (Acts 17). That being said, there is no one way to go about sharing the gospel. There is, however, only one gospel that we can share and that cannot be minimized. This is ultimately every Christians calling, for we are all ambassadors of Christ and should be ready in season and out of season to give a defense for our faith.

[H]eart

1. Learn more about my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and how all of scripture and our physical reality center on him.

2. Spending time with my family and friends, especially if it is fellowship that helps in our edification.

3. Running is a hobby of mine that I enjoy. I love to listen to commentaries on scripture or sermons or other of sorts while I run.

I enjoy working with anyone honestly. People who have a hard time setting their positions aside for a moment to understand other positions are difficult to work with. Age group is irrelevant.

Sermon topic concern me. I strongly feel that a church should preach through the bible, even though some might see it as a bible study. The life of the church outside of services should consist of Christ followers, in some shape or form, being encouraged to either grow individually or in groups.

Spiritual laziness

[A]bilities

Military Intelligence Analyst

Industrial Security, physical security, personnel management, research and analysis, information systems management

Information and data analysis, predictive analysis,

Radar theory, IR theory, the Gospel

My ability to retain and analyze information and produce valuable intelligence that can be used in making decisions.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Leader

Team

Routine

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

Though I was born into a Christian home I hadn’t really come to know and trust in Jesus Christ’s death for my sins, burial, and resurrection until I was about 21 years old. There was no one moment when I realized that I had come to trust in Christ, but it was a gradual build up where it was one day simply feeling at peace knowing that what Christ did, he did for me.

Pillar Church of Okinawa, Okinawa, Japan, Small Group Leader and Elder Elect, 3 years

Joining the US Marine Corps.

Getting Married.

Separating from the US Marine Corps.

Losing some military members from our unit.

Being sent to Okinawa, Japan.

Being rejected by employers before exiting the Marine Corps.

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. Be a teacher and leader of Christians.

4. Be a self-sufficient business owner.

5. Bless others as much as possible.