Acting on God’s Promises July 12,2026. And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel , saying ,God will surely visit you , and ye shall carry up my bones from hence -Genesis 50:25. Pieter kisses a framed picture of his elderly parents every night .It’d been many years since he was last with them.As young adult , when he became a flowers of Jesus , his family and community pressured him to give up his newfound belief .When he didn’t , his parents disowned him .”In the Bible , God promised He’d help His. children in difficult timrd , and I believed Him ,”Peter said .’Choosing to follow Him brought suffering , but He has helped me endure “. Pieter has the assurance from God that He keeps His Word ,so Pieter is able to trustingly act on God’s promises .We read in Genesis that Joseph , at the end of his life , was also confident in the promises of God .He told his brothers ,”I am about to die , But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land he promised on oath to Abraham ,Isaaac , and Jacob “(Genesis 50:24)Joseph was sure that God would keep His promise to take His people to Canaan .So he instructed the Israelites ,”You must carry my bones up from Egypt “(v25). Four hundred years later , during the exodus from Egypt ,”Moses took the bones of Joseph with Him “(Exodus 13:19)Eventually ,”Joseph&: bones , which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt ,were buried at Shechem in Canaan “(Joshua 24:32). Let’d follow Joseph’s example of faith )Hebrews 11:22)showing our faith in God’s promises by acting on them -Karen Huang. what promises of God can you act on ?What practical steps can you take ? Faithful God ,thank You for your promises .