SHAPE’d for Service
You are made for more! Like a puzzle, every piece has its place and God has uniquely S.H.A.P.E.d you to contribute to kingdom work. Your life has a purpose and you will never be the best version of you and experience life to the full (John 10:10) just focusing on your own life and relationship with God. God wants to use you to bring Him glory and help others know Him and grow in their relationship with God. Serving helps you avoid the trap of self-centeredness and the disconnection and disappointment it brings.
Assessing your …
S – SPIRITUAL Gifts
Take a Spiritual Gifts Inventory: http://giftstest.com/ and put the results below.
Spiritual gifts cover a wide spectrum of giftings and range from “other-worldly” abilities to seemingly quite natural giftings or callings (vocations) directed and empowered by the Holy Spirit.
H – HEART
What is your heart’s delight? What is it that excites you? What are your particular passions and interests and how can they be harnessed and directed to serve God’s kingdom purpose?
A – ABILITIES
Take the StrengthsFinders assessment here: https://high5test.com/
We all have two kinds of abilities, 1) General Abilities (eg. opening doors, carrying groceries, etc.) and 2) Specialized Abilities (ie. talents, skills, strengths). All abilities can be strengthened and are given to you as a gift from God to use in service of God’s kingdom as well as your vocation. 1Peter 4:10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.
P – PERSONALITY
Take the D.I.S.C. Personality Profile assessment here: https://discpersonalitytesting.com/free-disc-test/
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Take the Myers/Briggs personality temperament test: https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
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Take the Enneagram assessment here: https://www.yourenneagramcoach.com/
There are many different personality types. While there will be similarities, no one personality is exactly the same. Each has their particular strengths and weaknesses and these are God’s hardwiring to help us all be both a contributor to and dependent upon the life of others. Every personality must be tempered with the character of Christ.
E – EXPERIENCES
Experience is often our greatest teacher. It is referred to as life lessons from the School of Life (or School of Hard-Knocks). While not every experience comes from God, whether good or bad, of our own choice or the choice of others, or by circumstance; God wants to use them all to mature and grow us and to equip and use us to help others (Hebrews 12:7-11; James 1:2-4).