On Sunday, January 22, 2023, VLC gathered in person which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Today, Pastor Stuart Nice continued our series, “A Deeper Walk with Jesus,” exploring the temptations of Jesus and inviting us to examine our environment. Is it conducive to faith in the midst of temptation? We are also reminded that the devil strives to undermine our faith and lead us to a place of idolatry where our focus drifts away from the Lord. Lastly, the devil likes to use questions to challenge our faith. The fact that we experience questioning is not an indication of our faith but an invitation to engage with Jesus concerning our situation.

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.”
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
Luke 4:1-4 (NIV)