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

Thank you Rodneshia Johnson 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):

37%

96%

87%

81%

93%

84%

53%

62%

84%

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:
Jesus has given me the gift of talking to him recently. He has been telling me the plans he has for me letting go of all the control I once had and giving it all to him. The closer I have been getting to him the more I have been attacked. Whether physically or spiritually by demons and of the world. He has been teaching me patience and forgiveness. Things I struggled with for so long. I struggled with authority because of being abused mentally and physically as a child. That led to having trouble with forgiving others who wronged me as well. I have been learning so many things while talking to him, and idk it’s really hard to explain, but I have this sudden urge to tell others about how he has helped me and try to convert others to follow him as well. I have lost friends, and some family members have cast me out because I chose to follow him. But I should like to say as a person who was once broken Jesus sees me for who I am. Just a child who had to grow up fast and lost their way but was found.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have always been the person cast out. Whether it could have been because of how I looked no one tries to genuinely get to know me without posting the judgements first. I was raised by my great-grandmother, and she taught me never to judge anyone by what they looked like, how they dressed, or their physical abilities. Always show everyone respect.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love encouraging people. There are some people who suffer mental disorders or the feel of lacking. Some of it stems from childhood. I would want them to know that they are enough and deserve to be congratulated on what they do well. It’s a really good self-esteem booster.

[H]eart

1. I love doing Bible study every day, reading my Bible study book or writing down my note cards on how to be a better person through God and Jesus christ.

2. I love to pray over my family and friends.

3. I love going to school every day. It is very hard being in college but I know it is getting me closer to my dream of becoming a teacher.

I love working with kids or with people my age or even older people. I like to work with anyone who accepts me really. I am really shy at first but once I get comfortable I’m really nice and love to help others.

There’s only one thing that concerns me. I have been to churches where I got a bad, eerie feeling from where I felt something bad was going on even as a child, and usually, I was right. But this church I felt oddly comfortable attending service there even while not knowing anyone there. I can tell the church is really good. There is only one thing that I would recommend to get more followers. Even though the church has rappers and has different musical performances I would recommend some more traditional worship songs for the elder community. It would really help get more disciples in the church. The rappers and the different music genres really help people who have lost their way feel welcome and not judged.

Homelessness
Poverty/hunger
At-risk children

[A]bilities

I am currently in college studying early childhood education to become a teacher.

I worked in fast food jobs as janitorial, cooking, management. I also worked in sales and customer service.

I used to be in the church choir as I child. I unfortunately couldn’t stay because I had really bad stage fright and would freeze up when it was my turn to sing.

i have never taught a class but I am really good with kids often helping my cousins and siblings with their homework or assisting my teachers at school as a teachers aid.

my will to learn new things. I like to get advice on to becomeea wetter disciple a god ordained woman.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

50-50 Routine/Variety

Your Primary was ‘The Otter’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Retriever’, and here are the descriptions of your Personalities, and how they can be used for God

Otter- Otters are very social creature. Otter personalities love people. They enjoys being popular and influencing and motivating others. Otter can sometimes be hurt when people do not like them. Otter personalities usually have lots of friends, but not deep relationships. They love to goof-off. (They are notorious for messy rooms.) Otters like to hurry and finish jobs. (Jobs are not often done well.) The otter personality is like Tigger in Winnie The Pooh.

Strength: People person, open, positive
Weakness: Talks too much, too permissive
Limitation: Remembering past commitments, follow through with discipline

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

[E]xperience

I was raised by my great-grandmother. She kept me in the church and tried her best to get me to stay on track. There was an issue with the church, and it was corrupted, and she kept me from there.! I was really sick as a child, so I was sheltered from people very often. You can say she protected me from the world. I earned. She had a stroke when I was about 10 or 11, with half her body being paralyzed. I graduated from high school in 2020 and she died shortly after. All the pain I’ve experienced I blamed god for it. Feeling like how he had forsaken me for taking her away. I chose to not follow him anymore. Back then, I was a child and really didn’t grow up well with abuse mentally and physically. My grandma wasn’t able to take care of me and that went to my mom and some other family members. I was homeless, living from couch to couch, trying to find my place in the world. During the 3 years, I wasn’t living correctly. I was looking for people to fill the void I was missing. My grandmother is the only one who showed me unconditional love. So I chose to find it in men and thought if I could create my own family I wouldn’t be in pain anymore. I was very wrong. I was still suffering not being able to trust anyone. I had a family member who tried to get me into church, and I cast her out as well. I was listening to the wrong people on who to be and who should I be. Fast forward to now, I am 22 years old and chose to say how I want to live my life. Life isn’t about how many problems you have. Everyone has problems and trauma but you can decide how you want to live. I gave up drugs, liquor, and money. I even gave up the people who I thought loved me. I called on god to help me and that I didn’t want to do this by myself anymore. He sent me Jesus. Jesus started talking to me every day, guiding me on what to fix. It had to start with my mind. The devil still had a hold on me so Jesus said I have to be in solitude for a moment. I tried still being hard-headed and doing things my way. I started going to therapy and they put me back on medicine. The medicine helped me sleep. It helped the bad dreams go away. But it wasn’t fixing anything. I was relying on drugs again to fix my problems instead of talking to Jesus. I then chose to follow him. He told me following him wouldn’t be easy. There will be hard times and good times, but I will give you everything you ever wanted in life. But you would have to give me full control and that I am not allowed to give up. I would have to be baptized soon and can’t go back to the life I once lived before.

I can’t remember any of the church names.

Finding girl friends that want to go on this journey with me seeking Jesus christ and God

Meeting my best friend. He holds me accountable of my actions and helps me to be a better disciple and woman. Also, my brother in Christ.

Learning to give myself and others grace. No one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes.

Losing my grandmother, It taught be to cherish the ones I love while they are still alive.

Almost dying, It taught me to cherish my body and spirit.

Experiencing homelessness, abuse, losing friends/family and self hatred. Experiencing these things taught me to cherish what I have and be content. Abuse to be made stronger. Losing friends/ family to center myself around Jesus to know that I only need him. Self hatred falls into self adornment. That I need to be content with myself. God made us all perfect in our own ways. I am special and have gifts to share with others.

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 would like to possibly join the choir again if I had some help

4. I want to take a missionary trip with my best friend learning to heal ourselves

5. Make a difference in people are less fortunate. Feeding the homeless, preaching in prisons, converting others to Jesus