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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

Rise Above

THE SPIRIT OF ALL-KNOWING WISDOM IS GUIDING ME NOW.

Most of us are sensitive to some degree to the criticism of others. Some are so sensitive that another person can wither all incentive and cause deep feelings of inadequacy and inferiority. We do not have to live at the mercy of others. We can rise above all condemnation and critical attitudes—and we must, if we are to function as the free spiritual beings that we truly are.

We need only answer to God. We need only listen to God. If we are involved in any kind of service which affects another, we can be sure that as God works through us, we will be fair and true to all. As we turn often to our inner Guide, we cannot fail in our responsibilities to others. As long as we do the thing that God guides us to do, we need never be concerned over the final outcome.

Yes, it takes courage to listen to God in quietness rather than to the outer clamor of the world. It takes strength to do that which God tells us to do rather than doing the bidding of co-workers, family, and friends. It takes faith in God—and in ourselves as expressions of God—to carry on in the face of adversity. But we can do it through the Christ Spirit within. As we do, great will be our reward! Only as we follow our true path of Light will we be able to walk through life unafraid and undaunted—confident, at peace, and filled with joy.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. (Acts 5:29)

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.