Proverbs 27:1

No te jactes de mañana;  porque no sabes lo que puede traer un día.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
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1 Peter 1:3

Bendito sea el Dios y Padre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, que de acuerdo con su abundante misericordia nos ha vuelto a engendrar a una esperanza viva por la resurrección de Jesucristo de entre los muertos.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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Your land must not be sold on a permanent basis, because you do not own it; it belongs to God, and you are like foreigners who are allowed to make use of it.

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: LEVITICUS 25:23
TODAY'S READING:
Restoration of Property
23Your land must not be sold on a permanent basis, because you do not own it; it belongs to God, and you are like foreigners who are allowed to make use of it.
24When land is sold, the right of the original owner to buy it back must be recognized.25If any of you Israelites become poor and are forced to sell your land, your closest relative is to buy it back.26If you have no relative to buy it back, you may later become prosperous and have enough to buy it back yourself.27In that case you must pay to the one who bought it a sum that will make up for the years remaining until the next Year of Restoration, when you would in any event recover your land.28But if you do not have enough money to buy the land back, it remains under the control of the one who bought it until the next Year of Restoration. In that year it will be returned to its original owner.
29If you sell a house in a walled city, you have the right to buy it back during the first full year from the date of sale.30But if you do not buy it back within the year, you lose the right of repurchase, and the house becomes the permanent property of the purchasers and their descendants; it will not be returned in the Year of Restoration.31But houses in unwalled villages are to be treated like fields; the original owner has the right to buy them back, and they are to be returned in the Year of Restoration.32However, Levites have the right to buy back at any time their property in the cities assigned to them.33If a house in one of these cities is sold by a Levite and is not bought back, it must be returned in the Year of Restoration, because the houses which the Levites own in their cities are their permanent property among the people of Israel.34But the pasture land around the Levite cities shall never be sold; it is their property forever.
Loans to the Poor
35 If any Israelites living near you become poor and cannot support themselves, you must provide for them as you would for a hired worker, so that they can continue to live near you.36Do not charge Israelites any interest, but obey God and let them live near you.37 Do not make them pay interest on the money you lend them, and do not make a profit on the food you sell them.38This is the command of the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt in order to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
How were the laws of ancient Israel set up to help those who were poor or those who had become poor?
REFLECT:
How are the poor cared for in your community? Does your community of faith play a role?
#PRAY
Holy God, I am your servant. May I honor you today by sharing your love and helping someone in need. In your holy name, I pray. Amen.

Proverbs 29:25

El temor del hombre trae una trampa; pero el que ponga su confianza en el SEÑOR estará a salvo.
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
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When you enter the land that the LORD is giving you, you shall honor the LORD by not cultivating the land every seventh year.

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: LEVITICUS 25:2B
TODAY'S READING:
The Seventh Year
(Deuteronomy 15.1-11)
1 The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai and commanded him2to give the following regulations to the people of Israel. When you enter the land that the Lord is giving you, you shall honor the Lord by not cultivating the land every seventh year.3You shall plant your fields, prune your vineyards, and gather your crops for six years.4But the seventh year is to be a year of complete rest for the land, a year dedicated to the Lord. Do not plant your fields or prune your vineyards.5Do not even harvest the grain that grows by itself without being planted, and do not gather the grapes from your unpruned vines; it is a year of complete rest for the land.6Although the land has not been cultivated during that year, it will provide food for you, your slaves, your hired men, the foreigners living with you,7your domestic animals, and the wild animals in your fields. Everything that it produces may be eaten.
The Year of Restoration
8Count seven times seven years, a total of forty-nine years.9Then, on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement, send someone to blow a trumpet throughout the whole land.10In this way you shall set the fiftieth year apart and proclaim freedom to all the inhabitants of the land. During this year all property that has been sold shall be restored to the original owner or the descendants, and any who have been sold as slaves shall return to their families.11You shall not plant your fields or harvest the grain that grows by itself or gather the grapes in your unpruned vineyards.12The whole year shall be sacred for you; you shall eat only what the fields produce of themselves.
13In this year all property that has been sold shall be restored to its original owner.14So when you sell land to an Israelite or buy land, do not deal unfairly.15The price is to be set according to the number of years the land can produce crops before the next Year of Restoration.16If there are many years, the price shall be higher, but if there are only a few years, the price shall be lower, because what is being sold is the number of crops the land can produce.17Do not cheat an Israelite, but obey the Lord your God.
The Problem of the Seventh Year
18Obey all the Lord's laws and commands, so that you may live in safety in the land.19The land will produce its crops, and you will have all you want to eat and will live in safety.
20But someone may ask what there will be to eat during the seventh year, when no fields are planted and no crops gathered.21The Lord will bless the land in the sixth year so that it will produce enough food for two years.22When you plant your fields in the eighth year, you will still be eating what you harvested during the sixth year, and you will have enough to eat until the crops you plant that year are harvested.
REFLECT:
The year of rest (seventh year) was intended to help the soil regain some of the nutrients lost in the previous growing seasons. Is it important that this practice be followed today? What does the LORD promise (verses 18-22)? Envision what life would be like today if all nations observed the Year of Restoration (also known as a Jubilee year). What would be the benefits? Are there obstacles that prevent this from taking place?
#PRAY:
Creator God, teach me to be a good steward of the earth. The whole earth belongs to you, and I praise you for your wondrous creation. Amen.

God spoke, and these were his words: “I am the LORD your God. … Worship no god but me.”

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: EXODUS 20:1, 2A, 3
TODAY'S READING:
The Ten Commandments
(Deuteronomy 5.1-21)
1God spoke, and these were his words:2“I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt, where you were slaves.
3“Worship no god but me.
4 “Do not make for yourselves images of anything in heaven or on earth or in the water under the earth.5 Do not bow down to any idol or worship it, because I am the Lord your God and I tolerate no rivals. I bring punishment on those who hate me and on their descendants down to the third and fourth generation.6But I show my love to thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my laws.
7 “Do not use my name for evil purposes, for I, the Lord your God, will punish anyone who misuses my name.
8 “Observe the Sabbath and keep it holy.9 You have six days in which to do your work,10but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to me. On that day no one is to work—neither you, your children, your slaves, your animals, nor the foreigners who live in your country.11 In six days I, the Lord, made the earth, the sky, the seas, and everything in them, but on the seventh day I rested. That is why I, the Lord, blessed the Sabbath and made it holy.
12 “Respect your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you.
13 “Do not commit murder.
14 “Do not commit adultery.
15 “Do not steal.
16 “Do not accuse anyone falsely.
17 “Do not desire another man's house; do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns.”
REFLECT:
The Ten Commandments are based on an ancient form of treaty between a ruler and his people. In such a treaty, the ruler identifies himself and refers to acts done on behalf of the people. Then the ruler gives laws that the people are to live by in order to keep their part of the treaty. Reread verses 1-17. Identify how the aspects of such a treaty are reflected in the Ten Commandments.
#PRAY
Sovereign God, you have rescued me from bondage to sin. Teach me to obey your commandments and to live each day in a way that honors you. You are my God and I worship you alone. Amen.

Matthew 5:11-12

Bendito seas, cuando los hombres te denigren, te persigan y digan todo tipo de maldad contra ti falsamente, por mi bien.  Alégrate, y alégrate mucho: porque grande es tu recompensa en el cielo; porque así persiguieron a los profetas que te precedieron.
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
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