7,880,000,000 people in the world… and you are like no other. What makes you unique? It’s your one-of-a-kind, God-given S.H.A.P.E.: Spiritual Gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality, and Experiences.
Spiritual Gifts - What special ability(s) did the Holy Spirit give you to build up the church when you became a believer?
Heart - What passions stir your heart and move you to take action?
Abilities - What skills and talents do you possess that you are good at?
Personality - What is your unique, god-given personality mix?
Experiences - How have your life experiences and challenges prepared you to help others?
Where these five areas come together you’ll find your sweet spot.
We’ve created a SHAPE Assessment Tool to help you discover your unique SHAPE.
SPIRITUAL GIFTS
A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other
1 Corinthians 12:7
A spiritual gift is a special ability, given by the Holy Spirit to every believer at their conversion, to be used to minister to others and therefore build up the Body of Christ. Spiritual gifts, like a muscle, develop, grow and strengthen the more we use them. The bible has four major lists of spiritual gifts found in Romans 12:3-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 and 27-31; Ephesians 4:11-12, and 1 Peter 4:9-11.
Every believer has at least one gift. What spiritual gifts do you have? Look through the list of spiritual gifts and their descriptions described here. Our SHAPE Assessment Tool will help you identify your spiritual gifts.
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The gift of Administration is the divine enablement to understand what makes an organization function, and the special ability to plan and execute procedures that accomplish the goals of the ministry.
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The gift of Apostleship is the divine ability to start and oversee the development of new churches or ministry structures.
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The gift of Craftsmanship is the divine enablement to creatively design and/or construct items to be used for ministry.
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The gift of Creative Communication is the divine enablement to communicate God's truth through a variety of art forms.
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The gift of Discernment (of spirits) is the divine enablement to distinguish between truth and error. It is able to discern the spirits, differentiating between good and evil, right or wrong.
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The gift of Encouragement is the divine enablement to present truth so as to strengthen, comfort, or urge to action those who are discouraged or wavering their faith.
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The gift of Intercession is the divine enablement to consistently pray on behalf of and for others, seeing frequent and specific results.
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The gift of the Word of Knowledge is the divine enablement to bring truth to the body through a revelation or biblical insight.
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The gift of Leadership is the divine enablement to cast vision, motivate, and direct people to harmoniously accomplish the purposes of God.
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The gift of Mercy is the divine enablement to cheerfully and practically help those who are suffering or in need, having compassion that is moved to action.
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The gift of Evangelism is the divine enablement to effectively communicate the gospel to unbelievers so they respond in faith and move toward discipleship.
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The gift of Faith is the divine enablement to act on God's promises with confidence and unwavering belief in God's ability to fulfill His purposes.
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The gift of Giving is the divine enablement to contribute money and resources to the work of the Lord with cheerfulness and liberality. People with this gift do not ask.
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The gift of Helps is the divine enablement to accomplish practical and necessary tasks which free up, support, and meet the needs of others.
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The gift of Hospitality is the divine enablement to care for people by providing fellowship, food, and shelter.
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The gift of Prophecy is the divine enablement to reveal the truth and proclaim it in a timely and relevant manner for understanding, correction, repentance, or edification. There may be immediate or future implications.
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The gift of Shepherding is the divine enablement to nurture, care for, and guide people toward on-going spiritual maturity and becoming like Christ.
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The gift of Teaching is the divine enablement to understand, clearly explain, and apply the Word of God, causing greater Christlikeness in the lives of listeners.
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The Gift of Wisdom is the divine enablement to effectively apply spiritual truth to meet a need in a specific situation.
HEART
Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires
PSALM 37:4
Our heart is the source of our motivations, joys, wants, and desires. Our heart stirs in us a passion to invest ourselves in people and causes - it’s why we care more about certain things than others.
What passions stir your heart? Look at the list below for people and causes that you care about. Our SHAPE Assessment Tool will give you a chance to identify your heart passions.
Children
College Students
Disabled
Elderly
Empty Nesters
Homelessness
Hospitalized
Infants
Men
Parents / Parenting
Prisoners
Single Parents
Singles
Teen Moms
Unemployed
Widowed
Women
Young Married
Youth
Poor
Abuse/Violence
Alcoholism
At-risk children
Compulsive behavior
Deafness
Disabilities
Divorce
Drug Abuse
Education
Environment
Ethics
Finances
Health / Fitness
HIV / AIDS
Injustice issues
Law / Justice system
Marriage / Family
Policy / Politics
Poverty / Hunger
Sanctity of Life
Spiritual Apathy
Immigration / Refugees
Global Missions
Evangelism / The Spiritually Lost
Church Health / Discipleship / Growth
Leadership / Organizational / Personal
Human Trafficking / Sex Trafficking
Safety / Security
Racial Reconciliation
International Issues
Mental Health / Suicide / Depression
ABILITIES
God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well.
ROMANS 12:6
God has blessed you to do certain things well and when you do those things for the Kingdom of God everybody wins and you feel fulfilled. What are you good at? What comes naturally to you that others struggle with or have to work at? What skills have you developed over time?
Look through list of abilities below and see how many you have. Our SHAPE Assessment Tool will give you a chance to identify your abilities.
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The ability to be flexible, adjust, change, alter, or modify
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The ability to govern, run, and rule
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The ability to examine, investigate, probe, and evaluate
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The ability to construct, make, and assemble
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The ability to prepare, instruct, train, equip, and develop
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The ability to share, convey, and impart
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The ability to contend, win, and battle
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Computing - The ability to add, estimate, total, and calculate
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The ability to link together, involve, and relate
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The ability to advise, discuss, and confer
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The ability to prepare, serve, feed, and cater
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The ability to organize, match, and harmonize
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The ability to better enhance, further, and enrich
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The ability to affect, sway, shape, and change
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The ability to garden, plan, and improve
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The ability to pave the way, direct, excel, and win
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The ability to study gather, understand, improve, and expand ones self
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The ability to run, handle, and oversee
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The ability to advise, guide, and teach
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The ability to provoke, induce, and prompt
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The ability to discuss, consult, and settle
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The ability to run mechanical or technical things
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The ability to simplify, arrange, fix, classify, and coordinate
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The ability to sing, speak, dance, play an instrument, or act out
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The ability to journey, visit, and explore
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The ability to picture, imagine, envision, dream, and conceptualize
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The ability to entertain, greet, embrace, and make comfortable
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The ability to compose, create, and record
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The ability to guide, advise, support, listen, and care for
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The ability to beautify, enhance, and adorn
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The ability to draw, create, picture, and outline
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The ability to expand, grow, advance, and increase
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The ability to aim, oversee, manage, and supervise
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The ability to correct, amend, alter, and improve
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The ability to cheer, inspire, and support
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The ability to construct, design, and plan
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The ability to be the best and make my team the best, setting and attaining the highest standard
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The ability to help aid, assist, and make possible
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The ability to predict, calculate, see trends, patterns, and themes
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The ability to apply, execute, and make happen
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The ability to see things to completion and persisting at something until it is finished
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The ability to bring about something new, groundbreaking, and original
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The ability to arrange, map out, and prepare
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The ability to sell, sponsor, endorse, and showcase
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The ability to draft, enlist, hire, and engage
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The ability to fix, mend, restore, and heal
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The ability to seek, gather, examine, and study
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The ability to furnish, provide, and deliver
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The ability to help, assist, and fulfill
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The ability to collect or obtain things and getting the highest quality for the best price
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The ability to think ahead, calculate, and scheme
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The ability to interpret, decode, explain, and speak
PERSONALITY
Two people may have similar spiritual gifts and abilities, but how you use them and impact others depends on your unique God-given personality mix. Are you more introverted or extroverted? Organized or free-spirited? Competitive or Cooperative? There is no right or wrong, better or worse temperament. God wants to use you just as he made you.
Many helpful tools to discover our personality profile have been created: Myers-Briggs, DISC, Strengths-Finder, Enneagram. Our SHAPE Assessment Tool will provide you with a simple perspective.
EXPERIENCES
And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
ROMANS 8:28
Your life experiences have shaped you. Think about your experiences in Education, Work, Ministry, Family, Ministry, and Faith. Think especially about painful experiences God has helped you overcome. God often uses us to help others in similar places of great pain. Take a few moments to think about and write down some of these formative experiences. Or, our SHAPE Assessment Tool will give you a chance to process transformative experiences in your life.
TAKE THE S.H.A.P.E.
ASSESSMENT NOW
(ALLOW 20-25 MINUTES)
Use this free tool to discover your unique SHAPE and discover how God wants to use EXACTLY YOU to play an important role in his bigger story. This tool matches you to places of serving at Meadow Park that best fit your SHAPE. Let’s find your sweet spot and impact Columbus now and for all eternity!
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus,
so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
EPHESIANS 2:10
MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES AT MPC
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