This is the third in a 3 part series on De-Escalation Training – Managing Conflict. It is based on the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) document “Guiding Principles of Use of Force” March 2016. The document has 30 guiding principles. It is meant to guide criminal justice in how to deal with situations that involve mental health, substance abuse or other infirmities, not involving a firearm. Part 1 was about a Tactical Pause. Part 2 was about a Duty to Intervene. This part is on the Sanctity of Life.

Police responses are examined but the bible is full of places, intersections of intervention. And the bible gives us plenty of examples of life being precious. It is a non-political view on how you can apply the sanctity of life in your daily walk. And God does take a position on the sanctity of life…..it is salvation.

This is the second in a 3 part series on De-Escalation Training – Managing Conflict. It is based on the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) document “Guiding Principles of Use of Force” March 2016. The document has 30 guiding principles. It is meant to guide criminal justice in how to deal with situations that involve mental health, substance abuse or other infirmities, not involving a firearm. Part 1 was about a Tactical Pause. This one about a Duty to Intervene.

Police responses are examined but the bible is full of places, intersections of intervention. And the bible gives us plenty of examples where we can intervene. We have a duty to intervene, because if we don’t intervene, Satan will!

This is the second in a 3 part series on De-Escalation Training – Managing Conflict. It is based on the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) document “Guiding Principles of Use of Force” March 2016. The document has 30 guiding principles. It is meant to guide criminal justice in how to deal with situations that involve mental health, substance abuse or other infirmities, not involving a firearm. Part 1 was about a Tactical Pause. This one about a Duty to Intervene.

Police responses are examined but the bible is full of places, intersections of intervention. And the bible gives us plenty of examples where we can intervene. We have a duty to intervene, because if we don’t intervene, Satan will!

Have you ever heard of De-escalation? It is a term used routinely in mental health and policing. The premise is that situations that are full of emotion and even danger where people are experiencing a crisis moment, can be managed through de-escalation techniques. These crisis moments can be caused by drugs, alcohol or mental illness or emotional disorders. De-escalation techniques can help handle these situations. It is also used when people in these situations have a weapon other than a firearm.

Crisis moments, emotional situations, anger are things that we all deal with, either with those we love, ourselves or those around us. The bible has some techniques to deal with these moments and how Christians should react.

Have you ever heard of De-escalation? It is a term used routinely in mental health and policing. The premise is that situations that are full of emotion and even danger where people are experiencing a crisis moment, can be managed through de-escalation techniques. These crisis moments can be caused by drugs, alcohol or mental illness or emotional disorders. De-escalation techniques can help handle these situations. It is also used when people in these situations have a weapon other than a firearm.

Crisis moments, emotional situations, anger are things that we all deal with, either with those we love, ourselves or those around us. The bible has some techniques to deal with these moments and how Christians should react.

The people of Israel left captivity in Egypt headed to Canaan, the Promised Land. They did not know what they were going to eat. Each day God provided them manna, or bread from heaven (Exodus 16: 15) and quail, to save them from starvation or to save them. It was the same thing meal after meal, year after year. This was done for the 40 year period they were in the desert. But, once they crossed into the Promised Land, they had a new menu, a new diet. It was to eat from the fruit of the land, the land God told them they would inherit. A land flowing with milk and honey. A prosperous land. It was then that the manna stopped.

God may stop the manna in your life to lead you to a more abundant blessing. A new menu, a new diet. As we leave behind our old life and enter into a closer relationship with God, he has better food for us, a different diet that not only sustains us but saves us. This message will help you move into your blessings.

The people of Israel left captivity in Egypt headed to Canaan, the Promised Land. They did not know what they were going to eat. Each day God provided them manna, or bread from heaven (Exodus 16: 15) and quail, to save them from starvation or to save them. It was the same thing meal after meal, year after year. This was done for the 40 year period they were in the desert. But, once they crossed into the Promised Land, they had a new menu, a new diet. It was to eat from the fruit of the land, the land God told them they would inherit. A land flowing with milk and honey. A prosperous land. It was then that the manna stopped.

God may stop the manna in your life to lead you to a more abundant blessing. A new menu, a new diet. As we leave behind our old life and enter into a closer relationship with God, he has better food for us, a different diet that not only sustains us but saves us. This message will help you move into your blessings.

This is a story about a man and his tent, but more specifically what is in his tent. Tents were used by this group of people to travel and get into the Promised Land. They had been traveling from Egypt where they were in captivity for 40 years. Under the leadership of Joshua, the people of Israel had just crossed the Jordan and conquered the walled city of Jericho. They were moving to Ai where they were defeated. The reason they were defeated, is that a man in the Israel camp hid something in his tent against God’s specific instructions. His tent was where he lived and he had to move on into the Promised Land further and further and get closer and closer to God’s providence that was ahead.

What was in his tent was a hindrance to God and the people of Israel. See how disobedience in a tent can hinder a move of God.

This is a story about a man and his tent, but more specifically what is in his tent. Tents were used by this group of people to travel and get into the Promised Land. They had been traveling from Egypt where they were in captivity for 40 years. Under the leadership of Joshua, the people of Israel had just crossed the Jordan and conquered the walled city of Jericho. They were moving to Ai where they were defeated. The reason they were defeated, is that a man in the Israel camp hid something in his tent against God’s specific instructions. His tent was where he lived and he had to move on into the Promised Land further and further and get closer and closer to God’s providence that was ahead.

What was in his tent was a hindrance to God and the people of Israel. See how disobedience in a tent can hinder a move of God.

Father God is personally, emotionally, and even sacrificially involved with us.