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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

Side Trips

I am not daunted by seeming delays or unexpected interruptions. my way is divinely laid out and I meet only good on my way.

How do you most often react to an unexpected interruption? Many times we are disturbed by a telephone call, a neighbor asking for help or advice, or perhaps a child needing our attention. If we are in the midst of some special project, our emotions may range from mild annoyance to open or hidden hostility toward the one who breaks our train of thought.

If we know, however, that we are traveling the road of good, these little interruptions can be looked upon as roadside rest periods or small, adventurous side trips. As long as we know that our true destination is assured, we can even learn to find enjoyment in some of the things that seem to detain us.

We cannot live alone. We are a vital part of the whole, and as we give to others so do we receive. Often we are so refreshed by our contact with others, and so uplifted if we have been of service, that we are able to go back to our own work with new insight, inspiration, and enthusiasm.

Know for sure that if you are striving to walk the way of good, then the awareness of God’s presence will sustain you. All that you meet along the way will work for your highest good.

We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps. (Proverbs 16:9)

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.