GAPS stands for Gifts, Abilities , Passions and Skills. They are God-given functions many of which were planted inside you from birth and some were acquired along life’s way. Regardless of how they are attained they are vitally necessary to operate in the Kingdom and God and reach your God-given dreams and purpose.
Below you will find the four assessments needed to determine your GAPS makeup
You can complete each assessment individually at your leisure or in one sitting which would take approximately 2 hours. . In either case you should have assistance of you mentor to correctly interpret the results
GAPPS Calculation Form
You can download the GAPS Calculation Spreadsheet as a tool to determine your
Gifts, Abilities, Passions and Skills. You will also need to read the “How To” instructions or download a copy below in order to know how to use the Calculation Form
GAPPS Calculation Form Instruction
You can either read the instructions below or you can download your personal copy
below:
Instruction for Completing the GAPS Calculation Form
GIFTS
- Take information from your Gifts results file and enter it into your Gifts Score table
Ie enter the results for question one under the label “1” up through question 96
- Your totals will be displayed in the “Totals” Row.
- Each total has a corresponding Gift beneath it.
- The highest total will tell you your primary gift , and the next highest will be you secondary gift and so on , and so on.
SKILLS
- Take only the Level 5 information from your Skills results file and enter it into your Working Skills table for each Category
- Also place the corresponding Category in the category column
- Find the Top Category by counting the category with the most skills
- This is the category and the skills you are best at.
ABILITIES
- Take only the Level 3-2 information from your Abilities results file and enter it into your Abilities table.
PASSION
PRIMARY PASSION
- Make a first pass review of all 14 answers to determine a treanding theme or even a subtheme .
- For example if 3 of the answers to the questions may speak of a love for healing in various forms then you can conclude a theme of physical or medical healing as a theme.
If two other answers speak of “Cooking” food in various forms then you might derive cooking as a subtheme.
- An equal weighted score of 7.14 (100 /14) will be assigned to each answer.
- An overall score of between 50 -99 % will determine your Primary Passion.
- This simply means every answer that agrees with the theme should be scored
- A score of less then 50% will also determine your passion but with less conviction
Secondary Passion
- After scoring your primary passion questions 2,3,4, 10, 11 and 12 will be assigned 16.66 points each and should be used to determine your secondary passion.
- A score between 50 and 100% in non-Primary passion answers will determine your secondary passion.
- A score of less than 50% in non-Primary passion answers will also determine your secondary passion with less conviction
PURPOSE
According to the God inspired scriptures there are six categories to defining your purpose.
- Your purposeful, Godly Attribute
- Your Dutiful Purpose to the world
- Your Spiritual Purpose to God
- Your Special Purpose
- Your Social Purpose
- Your Sacrificial Purpose
And without operating in each of these, you can not live totally fulfilled life
Administration/Ruling
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit enables certain Christians to organize, administrate, and promote the various affairs of the local church’s ministry to direct them effectively. A local church cannot grow beyond a certain point without the ministry of these individuals. See I Corinthians 12:28 Romans 12:8, Titus 1:4-5
Apostleship
This is the spiritual gift that refers to certain men called by Christ Himself and given special power to charter the newly formed church. See Ephesians 4:11, I Corinthians 12:28 See also Acts 1:22, I Corinthians 9:1
Discernment
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit enables certain Christians to know with without a doubt whether a statement or behavior is of God, Satan, or man. See I Corinthians 12:10, Acts 5:3-6, Acts 16:16-18, I John 4:1
Evangelism
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit enables particular Christians to share the Gospel to unbelievers and burdens Christians about soul-winning. All Christians are called to witness for Christ whether they have this gift or not. See Ephesians 4:11, Acts 8:5-12, Acts 21:8, Acts 8:26-40, Matthew 28:18-20
Exhortation
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit enables certain Christians to deliver challenging and encouraging words. See Romans 12:8, Acts 11:23-24, Acts 14:21-22, Acts 15:32
Faith
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit provides Christians with great confidence to believe and expect great things from God. See I Corinthians 12:9, Romans 5:1, Romans 12:3, Hebrews 11
Giving
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit enables certain Christians to accumulate and give large amounts of their finances to the glory of God. See Romans 12:8, Acts 4:32-37, Galatians 4:15, Phillipians 4:10-18, II Corinthians 8:1-5
Healing
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit uses certain Christians to restore physical or mental health to the sick or demon possessed.
See I Corinthians 12:9, 28, 30, James 5:13-16
Helps/Serving/Ministering
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit empowers certain Christians to render practical help in both physical and spiritual matters. Serving one another, like evangelism, is a calling of all Christians, but there are some who have a special desire to serve, and receive great blessing from it. See Romans 12:7, I Corinthians 12:28, Galatians 6:1-2
Interpretation of tongues
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit gives certain Christians the ability to clarify and interpret messages uttered in an unknown language. See I Corinthians 12:10
Knowledge
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit gives certain Christians the supernatural ability to understand God’s Word and to effectively communicate it to others. See I Corinthians 12:8
Mercy
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit enables certain Christians to minister to and have compassion for those who are suffering or afflicted.
See Romans 12:8, Luke 10:30-37
Miracles
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit empowers certain Christians to perform events that are outside the realm of nature. See I Corinthians 12:28
Prophecy
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit empowers certain Christians to receive revelation of events in the future. See Romans 12:6, I Corinthians 12:10, I Corinthians 14:1-5, Ephesians 4:11, I Corinthians 14:30-33, I Peter 1:20-21
Pastor/Teaching
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit enables certain Christians to preach and teach the Word of God and to take responsibility for the spiritual welfare of a body of believers. See Ephesians 4:11, I Peter 5:1-11
Teaching
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit enables particular Christians to communicate and clarify the details and truths of God’s Word for others to learn.
See Romans 12:7, Ephesians 4:11
Tongues
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit enables a Christian to supernaturally speak a previously unknown language. See I Corinthians 12:10, I Corinthians 12:30, I Corinthians 14:4, I Corinthians 14:39, Acts 2:4, Acts 19:6
Wisdom
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit empowers particular Christians with a supernatural understanding of God’s Word and the will to apply it to life situations. See I Corinthians 12:8, James 3:13-1
Instruction for Completing the GAPS Calculation Form
GIFTS
GAPS ASSESSMENT GIFTS
ABILITY
GAPS ASSESSMENT ABILITY
PASSIONS
GAPS ASSESSMENT PASSIONS
SKILLS
GAPS ASSESSMENT SKILLS
GAPPS PURPOSE
PASSION SKILLS ASSESSMENT BOT
Step 1
Open your CHATGPT account page in another window
Step 2
Cut and paste the following Chat BOT onto your ChatGPT input line
Imagine you are a career counselor and coach and you can determine an individuals best marketable skills and passions by their answers to specific questions below is a set of ten questions. Please treat me like a client and ask me each question and wait for my response to that question before asking the next question. After the client has answered all questions, please analyze all the answers and provide the client with four marketable skills or passions ranked in descending order.
Do you understand?
Step 3
Cut and paste the following statement of questions onto your ChatGPT input line
These are the questions for above
1 What skills have I consistently excelled at throughout my career, or school regardless of my job title, role or class standing?
(Identify recurring strengths and core competencies that have consistently brought positive results.)
2 What professional or educational challenges have I overcome that others still struggle with?
(Pinpoint unique problem-solving abilities that can be transformed into a niche offering.)
3 Which tasks or projects or assignments do I find most fulfilling, energizing, or rewarding?
(Focus on activities that naturally align with your passion and expertise.)
4 What do colleagues, supervisors, classmates or clients frequently come to me for advice or assistance with?
(Pay attention to areas where you are viewed as a go-to expert.)
5 If I had to teach or mentor someone on a single topic, what would it be and why?
(Reflect on areas where your knowledge could benefit others.)
6 What types of problems do I enjoy solving, even when they require extra effort or time?
(Discover challenges you are motivated to tackle, which can become your niche.)
7 What industries, communities, or groups do I naturally gravitate toward or have a strong desire to serve?
(Align your passion with a specific audience that values your expertise.)
8 If financial success were guaranteed, what service or solution would I love to provide to others?
(Visualize your ideal contribution to create a niche that aligns passion with potential profitability.)
9 If you were asked to deliver a public presentation right now with no preparation, what topic would you confidently speak about?
10 What skills have you truly mastered through practice, dedication, or experience?
Step 4
Answer each question presented by ChatGPT and honstly and thouraghly as possible.
Step 5
Cut and paste the resulting answers from ChatGPT into a standard Word document and you are ready to Go
How do you discover your Marketable Niche
From the Results of Your GAPPS you are now ready to determine your Marketable Niche: Use the two videos to accomplish this
BOOK NICHES FOR CHRISTIAN AUTHORS _ How To Write A Book _ Make Money Online Ep.2 _ GODLYWOOD GIRL
https://youtu.be/4kx0RKh4D58?si=oQ4pgX_3aPLecznL
Choose Your Youtube Channel Niche