Gifts & Personality

So Monday and Tuesday we spent learning about spiritual gifts, and the rest of the week is going to be spent on personailties.

I took a test on spiritual gifts. The test was a series of statements, and I rate the statement from 0 to 3. 0 is it never happens, three is it happens all the time.

For example, "I like to bargain with vendors to try and get the best price." Zero. I just pay what they ask.

Depending on how you answer these, it tells you what your spritual gifts are. (Note, mine's not bargaining.)

Here are the scores I got.

People Abilities: (Scores from 0-9)

I'm good at:
9 Coaching/Teaching
9 Showing Compassion
9 Emphathising
9 Including
9 Writing
8 Advising
8 Helping/Serving
8 Valuing Individuals
8 Nurturing
8 Relating

I'm medium at:
7 Motivating
6 Negotiating
6 Overseeing
5 Convincing/Persuading

I'm bad at:
4 Commanding/Taking Charge
4 Networking
4 Public Speaking
0 Bargaining

Mental Abilities

I'm good at:
9 Analyzing
9 Structuring/Organizing
9 Being Responsible
8 Calculating
8 Focusing
8 Memorizing
8 Planning/Strategizing
8 Visionary Thinking

I'm medium at:
7 Problem Solving
6 Achieving/Doing
6 Deliberating
5 Adapting
5 Contextualizing
5 Imagining/Thinking
5 Learning
5 Researching

I'm bad at:
4 Deciding
4 Improving
4 Initiating/Pioneering
4 Synthesizing

Physical Abilities

I'm good at:
9 Playing Sports
8 Precision Work/Dexterity
8 Entertaining

I'm medium at:
7 Building
7 Cooking/Baking
7 Repairing
6 Dancing :-0
6 Using one of the senses
5 Decorating
5 Playing music/Singing

I'm bad at:
4 Drawing/Painting
4 Photography
4 Sculpting
3 Acting/Drama
3 Operating Machinery
3 Using Modern Technology (??)
0 Working with Animals (haha)

Spiritual Gifts

I'm good at:
9 Serving
9 Mercy
8 Faith
8 Encouraging

I'm medium at:
7 Pastor
7 Missionary
6 Teaching
6 Leadership
6 Evangelism
5 Administration
5 Giving
5 Intercession

I'm bad at:
4 Prophecy
3 Wisdom
3 Knowledge
3 Healing
3 Discerning of Spirits
3 Apostleship
2 Miracles
0 Tongues
0 Interpretation of tongues


Mostly I knew these already, and I should mention that maybe I was hard on myself in some areas and easy on myself in others, which means that some of these should be higher and some of these should be lower. :)

Then today we did personalities. there are CORE ones and opposing traits.

Controlling/Supportive
Outgoing/Introspective
Relaxed/Urgent
Exacting/Generalizing

I'm Supportive, Introspective, Relaxed, and Exacting, but you probably knew that already. :)

At the end of class we took a quick test to see which of the CORE traits was the most dominant, and mine was Relaxed. If I want to see a full report, it'll cost $40.

I like studying personality. It's fun to see what everyone's results are.