1. Discovering Your SHAPE for Ministry
WOL Mid-Year Leadership Conference 2007
Ken Huber

2. Seminar Objectives
Discover how God made you and why He made you that way.
Determine what ministries best fit how God made you.
Get involved in ministry that fulfills your God-given purpose.
Increase your excitement about and satisfaction with life and ministry.

3. Why Is This So Important?
Ministry Glorifies God and Builds Up the Church

4. 1 Peter 4:11 (NIV)
If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

5. Ephesians 4:11-13 (NIV)
11 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

6. Matthew 22:37-40 (NIV)
37 Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

7. Why Is This So Important?
Ministry Glorifies God and Builds Up the Church
God Uniquely Created us and is Preparing us for a specific purpose

8. Psalm 139:13-16 (NIV)
13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, 16 your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

9. Jeremiah 1:5 (NIV)
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."

10. Ephesians 2:8-10 (NIV)
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-- and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

11. John 10:10 (NIV)
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

12. Matthew 16:24-25 (NIV)
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.

13. What Is My SHAPE? SHAPE is an Assessment tool
S for Spiritual Gifts
H for Heart
A for Abilities
P for Personality
E for Experience
Each component of our SHAPE Points Toward our purpose

14. What Is My SHAPE? They all Work Together to accomplish our purpose
Accomplishing God’s universal Will requires All of us
Each person must Work Together with everyone else

15. Checking Your HEARTBEAT
Have a Heart For God
Natural Man

16. 1 Corinthians 2:9-14 (NIV)
9 However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him" but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

17. 1 Corinthians 2:9-14 (NIV)
12 We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. 14 The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

18. Checking Your HEARTBEAT
Have a Heart For God
Natural Man
Carnal Man

19. 1 Corinthians 3:1-4 (NIV)
1 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly-- mere infants in Christ. 2 I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3 You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men? 4 For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere men?

20. Checking Your HEARTBEAT
Have a Heart For God
Natural Man
Carnal Man
Spiritual Man

21. 1 Corinthians 2:15-16 (NIV)
15 The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment: 16 "For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.

22. Checking Your HEARTBEAT
Have a Heart For God
Natural Man
Carnal Man
Spiritual Man
Spiritual Leader

23. 2 Timothy 2:2 (NIV)
And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.

24. Checking Your HEARTBEAT
Have a Heart For God
Natural Man
Carnal Man
Spiritual Man
Spiritual Leader
Have a Heart to Serve God in some Specific way
Examples
Questions to Consider

25. Identifying Your SPIRITUAL GIFTS

26. Exodus 31:1-6 (NIV)
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 "See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts-- 4 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 5 to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of craftsmanship. 6 Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I have given skill to all the craftsmen to make everything I have commanded you:

27. Romans 12:6-8 (NIV)
6 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. 7 If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; 8 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.

28. 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 (NIV)
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.

29. 1 Corinthians 12:28-30 (NIV)
28 And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?

30. Ephesians 4:11 (NIV)
It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

31. 1 Peter 4:9-11 (NIV)
9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. 11 If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

32. Identifying Your SPIRITUAL GIFTS
Everyone has at least One
Don’t have the Same ones or the same Level
All WORK TOGETHER
Can’t do Without anyone’s gifts
Given for Benefit of Others
Context of Loving Relationships

33. Identifying Your SPIRITUAL GIFTS
Remarks concerning Sign gifts
Apparently do not Currently Operate
Lack of Historical Evidence
Current Usage doesn’t match Scripture
Certain aspects may Continue to Operate
Will Operate Again

34. Understanding Your PERSONALITY
Director
Paul
Ehud
Joshua
Deborah
Influencer
Peter
Samson
Jacob
Abigail
Steady Relator
John
Barak
Abraham
Mary
Cautious Thinker
Thomas
Gideon
Moses
Ruth & Esther

35. Evaluating ABILITIES and EXPERIENCES
Abilities may be Inherited or Acquired

36. 1 Samuel 16:18 (NIV)
One of the servants answered, "I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a brave man and a warrior. He speaks well and is a fine-looking man. And the LORD is with him."

37. 1 Samuel 17:33-37 (NIV)
33 Saul replied, "You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a boy, and he has been a fighting man from his youth." 34 But David said to Saul, "Your servant has been keeping his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, 35 I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it.

38. 1 Samuel 17:33-37 (NIV)
36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. 37 The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you."

39. Acts 15:37-38 (NIV)
37 Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, 38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work.

40. Colossians 4:10 (NIV)
My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you his greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas. (You have received instructions about him; if he comes to you, welcome him.)

41. Evaluating ABILITIES and EXPERIENCES
Abilities may be Inherited or Acquired
Experience always Develops ability

42. Romans 8:28 (NIV)
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

43. Hebrews 12:4-11 (NIV)
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 6 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."

44. Hebrews 12:4-11 (NIV)
7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? 8 If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live!

45. Hebrews 12:4-11 (NIV)
10 Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

46. Evaluating ABILITIES and EXPERIENCES
Abilities may be Inherited or Acquired
Experience always Develops ability
Abilities are Given from God

47. Psalm 139:13-14 (NIV)
13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

48. Matthew 25:14-15 (NIV)
14 "Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. 15 To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.

49. Evaluating ABILITIES and EXPERIENCES
Abilities may be Inherited or Acquired
Experience always Develops ability
Abilities are Given from God
Experiences are Directed by God

50. Genesis 50:19-21 (NIV)
19 But Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God? 20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. 21 So then, don't be afraid. I will provide for you and your children." And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.

51. Proverbs 16:9, 33 (NIV) 9 In his heart a man plans his course,
but the LORD determines his steps.
33 The lot is cast into the lap,
but its every decision is from the LORD.

52. Proverbs 21:1 (NIV) 1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD;
he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases.

53. Evaluating ABILITIES and EXPERIENCES
Abilities may be Inherited or Acquired
Experience always Develops ability
Abilities are Given from God
Experiences are Directed by God
Abilities are to be Used for God

54. 1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

55. Matthew 25:14-30 (NIV)
14 "Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. 15 To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. 16 The man who had received the five talents went at once and put his money to work and gained five more. 17 So also, the one with the two talents gained two more. 18 But the man who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.

56. Matthew 25:14-30 (NIV)
19 "After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. 20 The man who had received the five talents brought the other five. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.' 21 "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!' 22 "The man with the two talents also came. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with two talents; see, I have gained two more.'

57. Matthew 25:14-30 (NIV)
23 "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!' 24 "Then the man who had received the one talent came. 'Master,' he said, 'I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.' 26 "His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?

58. Matthew 25:14-30 (NIV)
27 Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. 28 "'Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents. 29 For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. 30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

59. Evaluating ABILITIES and EXPERIENCES
Abilities may be Inherited or Acquired
Experience always Develops ability
Abilities are Given from God
Experiences are Directed by God
Abilities are to be Used for God
Examples
Joseph
Moses
Peter
Paul