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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

Keep It Going

I LOVE MORE AND GIVE MORE TO KEEP THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS ALIVE EVERY DAY.

Why do you suppose people seem so much kinder during the Christmas season? Even in the bumper-to-bumper traffic, there seems to be more understanding and patience. Shoppers smile in passing and there is a general atmosphere of friendliness and goodwill.

What brings this about? Could we possibly keep it alive all year? Perhaps “the magic of giving” is the key. Christmastime is the season of giving, and we cannot give without losing most of our resentments, anger, and selfishness. In giving we are focusing upon the happiness of another—and how happy this makes us!

Yes, we could keep this wonderful spirit alive throughout the year. Many do! But we must be prepared to give up condemnation, criticism, hostilities, and feelings of superiority. We must develop our qualities of patience and compassion. We must simply love more.

Let us pray for an inner nudge if the spirit of Christmas begins to slip. With God’s help, we can keep the sparkles and delight of Christmas alive 365 days a year.

I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in God’s presence. (Proverbs 8:30)

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.