OLI101 NOTES WEEK 7 PNP CORE VALUES.docx

OLIVARIAN101: THE MAKING OF QUALITY OLIVARIANS MIDTERM Notes WEEK 7: PNP CORE VALUES CHAPTER OBJECTIVES: After completing this chapter, you should be able to: 1. Understand the importance of PNP core values and their relation to the lives of future law enforcement officers taking BS Criminology...

OLIVARIAN101: THE MAKING OF QUALITY OLIVARIANS MIDTERM Notes WEEK 7: PNP CORE VALUES CHAPTER OBJECTIVES: After completing this chapter, you should be able to: 1. Understand the importance of PNP core values and their relation to the lives of future law enforcement officers taking BS Criminology. PRAYER: Mighty God, we thank you for sending your light into all the world to reveal that you are the Father of all, to show us that you are leading them to yourself, the good and the bad, those near you, and those far away. We thank you that through all this, your name may be acknowledged and honored. We thank you that we may live from your hand and that everyone may see your work on earth and be praised. Amen THE LIFESTYLE OF INTEGRITY (MakaDios) It is more and more difficult to live a life of integrity in the world that we live today. Integrity is doing the right things at all times and in all situations. How we decide today will surely shape the future – not only for ourselves but also for our nation. Integrity demands that we swim against the current, stand up for what is right and raise a righteous standard. It all begins with how we conduct our business affairs. Let us become people that God will bless and that our children can be proud of. 1.1. Integrity begins with the right priorities. Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. Integrity begins with the right priorities. Jesus told us that if we place God above everything in our lives, then everything will be in order. As we follow and obey Him, He will take care of us and provide for our every need. However, many place their careers, fame and wealth over everything else. In their lust for more, they compromise their integrity and character and become part of the problem. ASK: Do you believe in your heart that God will take care of your needs and provide for you? 1.2. There is no escaping the consequences of our actions. If you plant a mango seed, you will get a mango tree. If you plant an apple seed, you will get an apple tree. That is the universal truth. It is the same with our lives. If we live in integrity, we will live under the blessing of God. If we are dishonest and corrupt, we will incur his wrath. That is also the universal. ASK: What are the consequences in our organization if we violate the integrity expected of us? 1.3. We must commit everything to God. In His faithfulness, God constantly watches over us. He knows everything we do and think of. That encourages us to live godly and upright lives. Our Lord deserves nothing less than the best we can offer in our daily lives and in our other affairs. ASK: Do you believe in your heart that God sees everything you do? 1.4. We need to guard our reputation. Our reputation, the legacy we live is far more important than the material thing. You cannot put a price on the respect and honor that is bestowed upon a man who lives a life of integrity. Money is temporal, but a good name lasts beyond a lifetime. ASK: What is the reputation that you want to leave behind your children? COMPASSION (MakaTao) Love: a word so often used but a concept so hard to explain. The greatest regrets most people have in life have to do with their relationships. Living for what matters necessitates learning how to love in every sense of the word. God, who is Himself the author and source of love demonstrated true love for us through His Son, Jesus Christ. Following are three ways God demonstrated His love for us and exemplified how we are to love others. 2.1. Love Unconditionally. God loves us unconditionally even when we are at our worst. He pursued us, loving us back into a right relationship with Him. It is only when we have experienced God’s love are we truly able to love others. 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. But where there are prophecies, they will cease where there are prophecies, they will cease, where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge it will pass away. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 ASK: Looking at your classmates, is your love for them based on whether they are good to you or not? Why or why not? 2.2. Serve Sacrificially. God loves us first and exemplified the sacrificial love we are to have for one another. Serving at the expense of self, considering the needs of others over our own – these actions reflect and loving and selfless heart. This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:16-18 ASK: Share of a time when you laid down your own interest for the sake of others. How did that incident enrich your relationship with the person? 2.3. Forgive Completely. Forgiveness is a critical skill for us to develop if we are to love others. Jesus taught that our ability to love is in direct proportion to how much we understand God’s love and forgiveness in our lives. We exemplify God’s love when we choose to forgive. Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.” Matthew 18:21,22 ASK: Share a time when you have forgiven someone who has hurt you. How did you feel? How did that help you personally? SERVANT LEADERSHIP (MakaBayan) Let everyone be subject to governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. WHO IS THE SERVANT LEADER? Servant Leadership is exercising real, godly leadership, as Christ did when He used a towel, and influencing, equipping, and empowering people to accomplish God's purpose and plan. It is serving others unselfishly while influencing and empowering them to grow in a Christ-directed, purposeful direction. This was an uncommon trait in Jesus' time. Being a leader in work, or in the home for a husband, is never a force of personality; it is earning that respect because you love and care. 3.1. A servant leader seeks the glory of his master. 3.2. A servant leader joyfully serves others. 3.3. A servant leader is willing to forgo his rights for the sake of others. 3.4. A servant leader is not pre-occupied with personal recognition. 3.5. A servant leader is humble. 3.6. A servant leader is competent. CREATION CARE (Maka-Kalikasan) When we read the Bible with new eyes, we realize that care for creation is a religious issue. We discover that care for creation is not one social issue among many for which we are seeking support. In fact, it is not even a social issue at all. Rather, care for creation is foundational to what it means to be human. Humans are but one part of creation, albeit a critical part. God has created all of life, calls it good, and values it in its own right. This means that our love of creation and our care for it is a matter of faith. Some may see it only as a social or political issue, which in some sense it surely is, but in our hearts and in our motivations and in our relationship with God, we see it as a profoundly spiritual issue. God has a relationship with all of creation. We are called to care for creation. We cannot have a full and complete relationship with God apart from our relationship with creation. 4.1. Humans belong to the earth. 4.2. Creation was not formed for human being alone. 4.3. God wants all creation to thrive. 4.4. God loves creatures for own time. 4.5. Human beings were created so that they could take care of the earth, serve and preserve IT. 4.6. All life is sacramental. 4.7. All creation is called to praise god. 4.8. The kingdom of God restores all creation.