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

Thank you Angela Chew 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):

56%

81%

75%

50%

28%

84%

75%

21%

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 was a Sunday School teacher for a decade, a private tutor for 15+ years and homeschooled my child for 3+ years.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Haha…I thought should be exhortation/encouragement because many who have heard me speak or read my testimonies have been very uplifted.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am shocked and speechless. I thought I am always more effective in speaking to God’s people than pre-believers.

[H]eart

1. Sharing my testimonies as a writer and in person. Many have told me to write books and articles. I enjoy being a Christian motivational speaker and writer.

2. Helping parents with special needs kids, especially those with learning deficits.

3. Encouraging my friends with bible verses.

The more educated types who are responsive. Kids, youths and adults who are below 60. Failed miserably with a group of elderly people aged 60 to 80+ who just ignored me.

Have served in Sunday School, Small Group Ministry, ushering as well as in giving testimonies.

Marriage/family issues
Parenting
Spiritual laziness
Educational

[A]bilities

Legal and Communications Manager.

Teaching gifted or top students aged 6 to 16.

I speak and write well. No fear of public speaking. Effectively bi-lingual in English and Mandarin. Good at communicating with 1st World Christians.

Homeschooled my teenager and he scored well in his O Levels(lowest grade a B3) and IELTS(7.5) despite his psychological issues and many learning disabilities.

An engaging and inspiring writer or speaker in sharing my testimonies.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

Low Risk

Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

Leader

Solo

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

Survived a road accident at 3, had 2 special needs kids who turned out far better than they’re diagnosed, had 2 head surgeries & 1 hip replacement surgeries and in between my surgeries had to quit my job to be the primary caregiver for Dad who was bedridden and homeschool my autistic teenager. Couldn’t have done all that if I had not started praying at 3 and formally accepted Christ at 14.

Sunday School teacher at Wesley Methodist Church(WMC), Singapore from 1988 to 1998. Stopped as I nearly suffered a miscarriage.

Led small group from my home from 2008 to 2020 in WMC.

Usher in WMC from 2013 to 2017.

Was the narrator and/or emcee for church plays and large scale church events since I was a kid. Boosted my confidence and helped me to overcome stagefright from childhood.

Writing scripts for sunday school that was performed in church or even in a mall.

Was told that my 2 special needs kids would amount to nothing by healthcare professionals. By the grace of God, I prayed before every session I tutored them till they entered college. One is a government scholar in a world class uni and another is entering college in a few weeks.

Being Dad’s caregiver. He was bedridden with alzheimer’s disease and dementia so whatever I did for him was never appreciated. Had to give up a job I loved and much of my social life and ministry too. Felt as though I lost so much for nothing.

Mothering my 2 special needs kids taught me great humility, patience and to trust God with unwavering faith.

Having life threatening surgeries in the midst of caring for my bedridden dad and homeschooling my son for a milestone exam taught me to surrender and just trust in God’s grace which is sufficient for all my needs.

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. Write books & articles for God as well as be a motivational Christian speaker.

4. Set up an enrichment centre to help kids & youths to learn better and maximise their potential.

5. Set up private school to teach English in Mandarin.