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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

Imagination

I PICTURE MYSELF AS A successful person. I am in my true place. I accept my good now. Thank you, God.

Perhaps you are familiar with the old story, “Stone Soup,” in which hungry travelers, not being able to solicit any food from the villagers, began stirring a pot of water into which they had tossed a few small stones. They began telling of how wonderful this soup would turn out to be. Sensing that this would be some delicious magical concoction, the villagers then became eager to add their hidden vegetables.

They had a feast and took the weary travelers in. Was there really a secret magical recipe for making this soup, as the travelers claimed? Well, of course—it was imagination! For whatever can be imagined does come forth.

Are you longing for friendship? Imagine yourself enjoying the company of others. Friends will be drawn to you. Are you eager to become good at some sport? Practice it in your mind! See yourself performing successfully. To be successful, we must image ourselves as being successful. Picture yourself successfully doing that which you wish to do. Then give thanks for the wonders that will happen in your life.

Jesus said to him, “If you can? Everything is possible for the one who believes.” (Mark 9:23)

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.