What is your unique mission in Christ?

1. Knowing your personal mission maximizes your impact in Christ.
2. Your unique personal mission is God-given and aligns with your identity in Christ.
3. Your unique personal mission is God-given and aligns with your identity in Christ.
4. Your unique personal mission compels sacrifice and suffering.
5. Your unique personal mission transcends jobs, seasons and tasks.

“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” -Philippians 3:12-14

Each and every person who trusts in Jesus Christ as Lord is called to serve God's purposes. Discovering our unique SHAPE is essential to fulfilling our role in the body of Christ.

S.H.A.P.E. =

Spiritual Gifts (and fivefold calling): What are your spiritual gifts and fivefold calling? How did you discover them?

Heart (Passion): What are your greatest passions?

Abilities: What are your abilities or skills?

Personality: What is your unique personality/wiring?

Experiences: What life experiences have shaped you significantly?

"But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it...So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 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. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work." -Ephesians 4:7, 11-16 NIV

Christ-Centered community is where we experience the failing love of imperfect people (including ourselves) and the unfailing love of God in Christ.

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails." -1 Corinthians 13:4-8