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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

Substitution

I GIVE THANKS FOR THE POWER TO TAKE CONTROL OF MY THOUGHTS.

Have you heard of the mental law of substitution? When an unhappy idea comes to mind, replace it with a good thought.

If concern about lack and limitation enters your mind, exchange it for the thought that God is your unlimited source of good. When false ideas of illness and disease appear, instead of dwelling upon them, give thanks that God’s life is now being expressed in and through your body. Should thoughts of resentment or hate come to mind, dispel them with the truth that God is within the other person and within you—and where God is present, only love will be expressed.

These are but a few examples of areas in which the law of substitution can be applied. Practice this principle in your daily life, because taking control of your thoughts is the key to your destiny.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth. (Colossians 3:2)

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.