Assessment Questions
Do You attend Life Church?
1) I have said what I felt God wanted me to say concerning a specific situation.
2) I can visualize the end result of something before I create it.
3) The long-term spiritual welfare of family, friends, and acquaintances are very important to me.
4) People seek me out when they need guidance for planning and managing tasks or implementing projects.
5) I am anxious to seek out ways to use music to express my faith.
6) I like to help leaders with 'small' tasks in order to relieve them so they can focus on their goals.
7) When tongues are spoken I feel urgency and begin praying that I may interpret.
8) When I speak out or provide leadership, people usually listen, agree, and follow my input or guidance.
9) I find joy in creating objects of lasting value.
10) My conversations with unbelievers seem naturally to include spiritual matters.
11) I am able to handle a lot of details at the same time in order to accomplish a project.
12) When I see a task that needs to be done, I feel compelled to do it without being asked.
13) I have prayed successfully for others' restorations of mental and physical health.
14) People like to bring their spiritual troubles and concerns to me because I am willing to guide and support them.
15) I can see through a phony before his phoniness is clearly evident to most other people.
16) I am sometimes surprised by the insights God gives me.
17) Others have complimented me on my musical ability.
18) I feel compelled to comfort people during sickness, difficult problems, or high anxieties.
19) During the discussion and sharing of a problem, I can share in a way that clarifies what is needed to resolve the problem.
20) I pray in the spirit as a way to communicate with God without the barriers and limitations of language.
21) I have communicated with the Holy Spirit using words that were unknown to me.
22) I have the ability to make strangers and/or guests feel at home when they are with me.
23) I enjoy making anonymous donations when sharing my financial resources with others.
24) I prefer to work behind the scenes rather than in the public eye.
25) I have seen God answer my prayers for miraculous healing.
26) I look for people, who appear to be out of place, to welcome them and make them feel at home.
27) It seems easy for me to determine if a person is telling the truth or a lie.
28) I am able to speak enthusiastically and clearly about doctrinal truth, providing comfort, guidance, warning, or encouragement.
29) I have spoken to God in a language unknown to me.
30) I can adjust my style to motivate a wide variety of people to work together toward a common goal.
31) It seems that others learn when I teach them.
32) I pray often for other people by name, sometimes even losing track of time when I do so.
33) It is a great joy to see how much I can give financially to the Lord's work.
34) One of my joys is to try to teach people to be more effective Christians.
35) Teaching others the biblical truths I have learned through Bible study is very satisfying to me.
36) I feel deep empathy for people who are suffering and translate my feelings into action.
37) I am more concerned with making a person feel comfortable and safe than I am with making an impression.
38) I have made many objects in my home.
39) I seem to quickly recognize prayer needs.
40) I like to greet, welcome and create a warm atmosphere for those who attend various functions with me.
41) I like to help people struggling with their faith by guiding them through relevant portions of the Bible, challenging them, loving them, and praying with them.
42) I enjoy training workers in the church to enlarge the Kingdom.
43) I have been used to communicate urgent and timely message from God to others.
44) I feel fulfilled when I am able to fashion, create, or perform something that helps others understand or experience God more deeply.
45) I feel comfortable making important and needed decisions.
46) Teaching a Sunday School or Bible Class sounds exciting to me.
47) People seem to view me as one who believes everything is possible.
48) I seem to know very quickly whether something is not right spiritually or morally.
49) I have believed God can accomplish the impossible and have seen it happen in a tangible way.
50) Other people consider me to be artistic.
51) I enjoy researching truth and effectively communicating it to others at their level.
52) I care deeply about those who have not received Christ and feel God can use me to reach out to them.
53) God has revealed to me people's situations or problems.
54) When someone speaks in tongues, I know immediately what it means.
55) I find that I have a knack for maintaining and repairing things.
56) In spiritual matters, I am able to distinguish quickly and accurately between truth and error.
57) I look for many different ways to effectively share my faith with my friends.
58) I have laid hands on people and watched them be healed.
59) I feel comfortable around someone speaking in tongues and want to be near them.
60) I am really handy when it comes to working with objects.
61) It is important to me that the music in worship be offered in as beautiful a way as possible.
62) I can trust in the reliability of God even when all else looks dim.
63) I seem to have a special ability to sense the mind of the Holy Spirit when needing solutions to complicated problems and/or situations.
64) More than most, I have a strong desire to see all people of other communities and countries won to the Lord.
65) I find joy in the creation of pictures, objects of beauty, or movements.
66) I feel comfortable when people drop in on me unexpectedly.
67) I am so concerned for unbelievers that I feel constantly motivated to invite people to receive Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord.
68) I believe I am able to improve someone's life with words of acceptance, comfort, cheer, and/or admonishment.
69) I adapt easily to a culture different from mine.
70) I feel and accept the pain of others and have a desire to help them.
71) I feel a bubbling up from within of words in my own language after I have heard someone speak in tongues.
72) I have a desire to proclaim truth that I have received from God with authority and conviction.
73) I feel a real burden to reach out and comfort those in need.
74) I have been instrumental in leading other to believe in Christ as their Savior.
75) I have interpreted tongues in a public worship service.
76) I enjoy helping people when they are down, perplexed, or in trouble.
77) I can lead or accompany others in singing songs of praise to God and for pure enjoyment.
78) I feel that I have a special insight in selecting the best alternative in a difficult situation.
79) I am able to relate well to Christians of different cultures.
80) In a gathering of the church, I know when it is appropriate for a tongue and an interpretation.
81) I faithfully pray for others recognizing that their effectiveness and well being depend on it.
82) I can give sacrificially because I know that God will meet my needs.
83) I like to give words of encouragement to those who are discouraged.
84) I am willing to spend much time caring for and nurturing a group of people.
85) I would rather be an aid or helper to someone else instead of being the leader.
86) I feel that when I am asked to pray for others, my prayers will have tangible results.
87) I am willing to maintain a lower standard of living in order to benefit God's work.
88) I believe I have the ability to organize ideas, things, time and people for effective results.
89) I have the vision and confidence needed to provide practical direction for groups.
90) I like to give assistance to other people so they can more easily accomplish their specific work.
91) I find it easy to delegate and support people in accomplishing a project or task.
92) I have spoken in a language unknown to me and have heard another believer interpret what I have said.
93) People recognize me as one who knows how to apply knowledge to everyday life.
94) I feel God has spoken to me through the Spirit, providing direction and spiritual insight for me, and also my family or a group of believers.
95) I appreciate helping other people to bear their burdens no matter how small.
96) People tell me I am patient, caring, and a good listener.
97) I have prayed in the Spirit in private and have felt edified by the experience.
98) People tend to call me when help is needed for someone in distress.
99) I have experienced the desire to speak or sing in tongues in the midst of a group of believers to praise or worship God.
100) I am confident that even in difficult times I can accomplish great things for God.
101) I often sense a presence of good or evil in person.
102) I exhibit confident trust in God despite apparent obstacles and increase the trust of others around me.
103) It seems that many people see and follow my advice.
104) I have gained spiritual insight from Scripture concerning people or issues that make me want to speak out.
105) I enjoy being called upon to do duties or tasks in the church.
106) It is easy for me to move into a new community and make friends.
107) I have experienced an instant understanding of facts concerning people, which I did not learn by natural means.
108) People who are feeling upset seem to come to me for encouragement and comfort.
109) I feel deeply moved and respond accordingly when confronted with urgent material needs for God's work.
110) I like to do an excelled job of building and restoring things.
111) I enjoy creating things or performing creatively to express myself.
112) I can trust in the presence and power of God even when others think it foolish.
113) Praying for other people is one of my favorite spiritual experiences.
114) I am usually able to lift the spirits of others when they have problems.
115) I am usually ready, willing, and able to respond to helping people in emergencies.
116) I enjoy leading, inspiring and motivating others to involve themselves in the Lord's work.
117) Using knowledge that could not have originated in myself, I recognize situations in which God wants to work.
118) I seem to be able to lead large groups of people in decision-making processes.
119) I enjoy doing routine tasks that lead to more effective ministry by others.
120) I feel as a result of my prayers people have been restored to physical or emotional wholeness.
121) I have the ability to organize and harmonize a group to accomplish goals.
122) I feel motivated to restore persons who have wandered away from the truth or the church.
123) I enjoy performing music to glorify God.
124) I have unusual sensitivity for recognizing thoughts or impressions that are from the Holy Spirit.
125) I feel I can accurately recognize whether a teaching is from God, from Satan, or of human origin.
126) I believe God has used me in a specific way to help to cure people who were sick.
127) I enjoy establishing a close relationship with people and helping them grow spiritually.
128) Given a goal I am able to develop a detailed and efficient strategy.
129) I have suddenly known things that are needed by a person or group, though I didn't know how I came to know these things.
130) I feel deep empathy towards people from different countries.
131) I like to spend time with people in order to make them feel comfortable and cared for.
132) I often find beauty in working with ordinary objects.
133) I love to sing or play praises to God either alone or with other people.
134) I feel great satisfaction in doing even small tasks for the glory of God.
135) I see practical tasks that need to be done and do them quietly, without others noticing.
136) I have prayed specifically and personally for someone who was sick and healing occurred.
137) I find more satisfaction in quietly doing a job than finding someone else to do it.
138) I can explain the Bible's teachings to others clearly, creatively, and in a way that they have found meaningful and helpful.
139) I want to see significant things happen for God's Kingdom so I gladly give more than a tithe (% of my income) to the church.
140) I enjoy being creative when drawing, crafting, building, acting, or dancing.
141) I like to help other people even when I know I will get little in return.
142) I believe prayer works, so I like to spend time with those who also pray regularly.
143) I apply spiritual truth in my life on a day-to-day basis.