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This website is dedicated to the work of Rev. Joyce Kramer (1930–2022), one of America’s most prolific inspirational ministers whose influence has spread across the globe. Explore her practical teachings for living a happy, healthy, prosperous life—and check back frequently as we add new resources from the goldmine of Joyce Kramer’s spiritual writings and recordings.

Daily Blessings

Abundant Living

I give thanks for my ability to live a happy and constructive life.

A way has been provided for you to live a happy, constructive life. Life happens not to us, but through us. Our life is primarily the result of our wise or unwise mental and physical activities.

All things come forth as a result of an orderly process. When we learn to align ourselves with this orderly process, we will live a meaningful, happy life. Remind yourself often of the following four steps and practice them daily:

1. Purposeful planning. A good life is not built without a plan. Give serious thought and attention to your purpose in life and to ways you may attain that purpose.

2. Prepare prayerfully. Prayer will open your mind to inspiration, ideas, and understanding. God will provide you with insight. Prayer will enable you to draw upon God’s inexhaustible power.

3. Proceed positively. Do those things that are yours to do in a firm, positive manner. Avoid being influenced by the negativity or discouragement of others. Keep moving ahead.

4. Be persistent and enthusiastic. Spasmodic efforts count for little. Go after what you want in life with vigor and enthusiasm. Day after day, do what needs to be done in order to attain your ultimate goals. Refuse to give in to laziness, boredom, or unhappiness.

Follow these four steps, depending on God to guide you, and you will live a happy, constructive life.

And I will always guide you and satisfy you with good things. I will keep you strong and well. You will be like a garden that has plenty of water, like a spring of water that never goes dry. (Isaiah 58:11)

Radio Broadcasts

A New Year

Dial-A-Blessing Messages

The Power of Imagination

Sermons

Launch Out

Your Divine Plan

By Rev. Joyce Kramer

Transcript of a radio broadcast by Rev. Joyce Kramer, January 21, 2014.

What do you want out of life? Do you know? Few people have any real concrete picture of just what they want out of life. Consequently it seems that they live at the mercy of someone or something other than themselves. Thus we have the belief that we are the victim of things over which we have little or no control.

Each and every person is created with the ability and the power to determine his own future. Man is not at the whim of fate, luck, or chance. Neither is he created to be at the mercy of another person [ . . .]

The Joyce Kramer Ministries logo depicts a dogwood tree planted across the entrance to the church that Rev. Kramer founded in Virginia Beach. Transplanted from her brother’s property in Charlottesville, for eighteen months the tree seemed nothing more than a lifeless stick in the ground. Finally, on a Wednesday afternoon, the decision was made to dig it up, but the lawn maintenance man did not have a shovel with him. The next week, he said, he would come back and discard the dead tree. But that Sunday when Rev. Kramer arrived at church, she noticed a single leaf had appeared on the otherwise barren stick. They left the tree in place, and it grew into one of the most beautiful on the property. This flowering dogwood represents the message of Joyce Kramer Ministries: Growth is always possible; never give up.