SHAPE test - updated - City View Church

1 2 SHAPE your hands shaped me and made me. Job 10:8a For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 your SHAPE INVENTORY The believer s life is a work of divine art. God has been lovingly and knowingly crafting your life since before you were born. your history, your character, your experiences, your interests and your gifts merge to make you perfectly designed for doing God s work today. You were designed to make a difference in your circles of influence in our world. In your home, in your neighborhood, and in your workplace or school, God invites you to partner with Him in being the very presence of Christ.

2 You were truly made for such a time as this. The SHAPE inventory is a tool to help you discover how your unique makeup can be best utilized to make a difference in your world. This self*inventory is designed in 5 stages, each relating to the letters in the acrostic SHAPE : spiritual gifts, Heart, Aptitude, Personality and Experience. Five aspects of your life and experience have shaped you for effective service: spiritual Gifts The spiritual abilities God has given you to do His work Heart your interests and passions the things that draw you in Abilities Natural skills and talents that you have acquired Personality The unique DNA of your personality Experience your life story, including family, challenges and successes INSTRUCTIONS Complete each level of the 5 SHAPE portions of this workbook.

3 When you complete each stage, enter your results on page 17. Then answer the Putting It All Together summary questions at the end of that section. Online assessment sources for this evaluation The spiritual Gifts and the Personality sections of the SHAPE inventory require self*guided tests . You can find twp free, self*testing inventories online. Please note that these are tools and that, like a mirror, they reflect where you are at a given point in time. your own results are likely to reflect what is going on in your life when the test is taken and the natural changes that occur as you grow in life.

4 TEST TYPE FOCUS WEB ADDRESS spiritual Gifts Test Assesses spiritual gifts is based on the motivational gifts. The test is free and is self*tabulating. (Click on Free spiritual Gifts Analysis in the right-hand column.) Personality Profile The Typology test is based on the well*known Myers*Briggs Types often used in many schools and businesses. 3 your FIRST SHAPE spiritual GIFTS spiritual Gifts in the Bible God has made each of us unique and has given us spiritual gifts to be used in the Church for service to one another and to our world. The Bible lists three categories of supernatural gifts: Functional (or office ) Gifts Gifts of the Spirit Motivational Gifts For the purposes of our SHAPE assessment we will focus on the Motivational Gifts.

5 A description of Motivational Gifts and each of the 7 gifts in this category begins on the next page. For the SHAPE inventory, please complete the spiritual gifts test published by Team Ministry. The test is available online at (An identical hard copy version is available for those who do not have internet access. However, we recommend the internet version, as is it is self*tabulating.) For your benefit a brief sketch of the functional gifts and the gifts of the Spirit is offered below. Functional Gifts According to Ephesians 4:11 12, the five ministry offices Christ has given to the Church are apostle, prophet , evangelist, pastor and teacher.

6 These tend to be exercised in the ongoing operation of the local Church in the form of the various clergy and leadership roles of the Church . Gifts of the Spirit According to 1 Corinthians 12:7*11, there are nine spiritual gifts the Holy Spirit gives to the Church . These function in a supernatural way, relying on the immediate expression of God through the Holy Spirit. They are: Utterance Gifts Tongues The ability to speak in a language unknown to the speaker. Interpretation of Tongues The ability to interpret a message in tongues. Prophecy A timely word from God designed for edification, exhortation, and comfort.

7 Revelation Gifts Word of Wisdom A word of insight given by God for a certain situation. Word of Knowledge A factual statement revealed by God. Discerning of Spirits Ability to see into the heavenly realm. Power Gifts Faith Supernatural ability to believe God for something. Working of Miracles Supernatural implementation of a physical miracle. Gifts of Healing The ability to see God manifest a healing in a person s life. 4 Motivational Gifts Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God this is your spiritual act of worship.

8 Romans 12:1 Just as each of us has one body with many members and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ, we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man s gift is prophesying let him use it in proportion to his faith. If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.

9 Romans 12:4-8 These passages illustrate how God has uniquely made each one of us with a different core makeup. The term motivational gifts refers to how we are created to respond differently to any given situation. The person whose motivational gift is teaching, for example, is analytical, looking for ways he can communicate to others in a way that helps them better understand the situation. The person with the gift of serving, by contrast, looks for ways to resolve issues through hands*on effort, usually preferring to work behind the scenes over being an up*front person. Each of the 7 motivational gifts is defined below according to its unique strengths and weakness.

10 1. Prophecy Strengths People with the gift of Prophecy have the ability to verbalize thoughts (no loss of words). They have a burning desire to see people totally sold out to God. They are usually very bold and frank. Their talk is straight and their standards are strict, they will not compromise (John the Baptist constantly rebuked Herod for his ungodly living). They will usually exercise any of the other spiritual gifts in the same bold, frank way. People with the motivational gift of Prophecy have insight into the plan of God. They tend to be more sensitive and quicker to discern good or evil.