S.H.A.P.E. Course
Finding and Fulfilling Your Unique Purpose for Life

Based on S.H.A.P.E. Finding and Fulfilling Your Unique Purpose for Life by Erik Rees (Zondervan, 2006), with the SHAPE concept developed by Rick Warren. This course guides you through twelve lessons designed to help you discover who God made you to be and what he has planned for you to do.

Guiding Verse: "For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago." (Ephesians 2:10, NLT)

Part 1: Uncovering Your S.H.A.P.E.

Discovering each of the five elements of your God-given design.

# Lesson Focus
01 Masterpiece Understanding your unique design as God's masterpiece
02 Spiritual Gifts Unwrapping the 20 God-given special abilities
03 Heart Discovering your true passions and emotional heartbeat
04 Abilities Identifying what you naturally excel at
05 Personality Embracing how God wired you to navigate life
06 Experiences Finding purpose in your positive and painful past

Part 2: Unlocking Your Life

Removing roadblocks, adopting a servant heart, and building your support team.

# Lesson Focus
07 Letting Go Surrendering worries, wounds, wrongs, weaknesses, and wishes to God
08 Other-Centered Living the servant life through the Good Samaritan model
09 Better Together Building your S.H.A.P.E. Training Team for support and growth

Part 3: Unleashing Your S.H.A.P.E. for Life

Grasping your Kingdom Purpose, investing in others, and sustaining lifelong faithfulness.

# Lesson Focus
10 Kingdom Purpose Grasping your unique assignment through the GRASP process
11 Pass It On Investing your life in those you love and lead
12 Full Potential Establishing lifelong habits for finishing faithful and fulfilled

Reference Documents

Quick Start

If you are new to the course, begin with Lesson 1: Masterpiece. Each lesson builds on the previous one, so work through them in order. Allow about 15-20 minutes per lesson.

If you have already completed some lessons, pick up where you left off. Use the S.H.A.P.E. Profile Summary to capture your findings as you go.

S.H.A.P.E. Course -- Based on S.H.A.P.E. Finding and Fulfilling Your Unique Purpose for Life by Erik Rees (Zondervan, 2006). SHAPE concept developed by Rick Warren.