On Sunday, January 15, 2023, VLC gathered in person which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Today, Pastor Stuart Nice continued our series, “Preparing the Way for a Deeper Walk with Jesus,” reminding us that our identity is in Christ and God is pleased that we are his children. As God’s children, we are filled with the Holy Spirit who leads us to walk in dependence on God’s presence and provision.

Stay secure in your identity in Christ:
Practice developing awareness of the Holy Spirit:
Keep learning dependence:

When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.
The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
Luke 3:21-22, 4:1-3 (NIV)