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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

Triumph Over Disappointments

I FACE LIFE VICTORIOUSLY AS I TRUST GOD THROUGH ALL EXPERIENCES.

How do you handle disappointment? Problems in our love life, a health challenge, the loss of a job, the death of a loved one, or an unexpected disaster can disrupt our dreams.

Some people try to deal with disappointments through alcohol or drugs. Although this may seem to temporarily lessen the anguish, the relief is short-lived and may lead to greater problems.

Others respond to the let downs of life with resentment and self-pity. These attitudes serve only to make one miserable and unpleasant to be around.

There is a better way to deal with disappointment. That is, to use it for good—through God’s help. So often we can look back at disappointment and say as did Joseph to his brothers, “You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.” Often, an apparent loss points the way to something much more wonderful than ever dreamed of.

You can triumph over disappointment. Dedicate all that you have and all that you are to God. In spite of what has happened in your outer world, know that “all things work together for good to those who love God.” As you respond in this way to God’s purposes, paths of peace and victory will open to you.

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. (Isaiah 43:19)

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.