PERSONALITY & FAMILY

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John 1:1 NLT

In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.

WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE YOU?

FACT: Your personality is based on your thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and experiences

FACT: Every personality is a gift from God

Psalm 139:14 NLT

Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.

Proverbs 27:19 NLT

As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person.

FAMILY AND EXPERIENCES

1. Relationship with your Mom

NOTE: It can lead to being compassionate and sacrificial or being controlling and self-centered

2. Relationship with your Dad

NOTE: For women, it can lead to being secure and selective or being insecure and desperate

NOTE: For men, it can lead to being respectful and honorable or being disrespectful and angry

3. Relationship with your Siblings

NOTE: Being first born, middle, youngest, or only an child all affect your personality

4. Relationship with your Shame

NOTE: Past wounds, traumas, and pains have a dramatic impact on your emotional health

PERSONALITY TYPES

NOTE: Your personality is a gift from God

NOTE: The two best personality tests are Myers-Briggs and Enneagram

1. Extraversion vs. Introversion (E or I)

MEANING: Are you an extrovert or an introvert? Do you get energized by being around people or being by yourself?

2. Sensing vs. Intuition (S or N)

MEANING: Are you practical or creative? Do you see details or the whole?

3. Thinking vs. Feeling (T or F)

MEANING: Are you logical or emotional? Do you make decisions with your head or your heart?

4. Judging vs. Perceiving (J or P)

MEANING: Are you structured or spontaneous? Do you enjoy routines or flexibility?

APPLICATION

Proverbs 27:19 NLT

As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person.

QUOTE: If you want to be helpful on the outside, you have to be healthy on the inside

TEST: Myers-Briggs Personality Test (16 Personalities)

TEST: Enneagram Test (Enneagram Institute)

TEST: Strengths Finder (Gallup)