Hello and welcome again! Today, let’s learn from Joyce and Rosalind, a cancer survivor, on how to keep our lives simple and let Jesus take control completely.

When Joyce first saw a periwinkle - a purple flower with five petals - she thought, “What a plain, simple flower!”

It then occurred to her that periwinkles were never arranged in a bouquet as a gift, nor in a bridal posy or even in a funeral wreath. Perhaps the world has lost sight of the beauty of simplicity.

Now, whenever she sees a periwinkle, God is reminding her to keep life simple.

The saddest observation is that everything seems to be evident but power. There are elegant edifices, educational excellence, efficiency, and enthusiasm. These are all too obvious. But power is obviously absent in most of our religious expression. “The reality of Spirit’s power is the greatest need of our day” (Jack Taylor).