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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

Emotional Poise

I AM QUIET WITHIN AND WITHOUT. I REST IN GOD AND ALL IS WELL.

Can you remain poised even in a trying situation?

Emotional instability is caused by the thoughts we think. If we have a fear thought, we should simply cast it out of our mind. Too often we encourage worry by thinking upon it, talking about it, mulling it over, picturing all sorts of negative possibilities. The more we indulge in this type of mental behavior, the more our emotional nature gets out of hand.

Take hold of your thought process. Refuse to dwell on what causes turbulence. Think thoughts that are harmonious, peaceful, and good, and your emotions and life will reflect the same.

To still emotions that are disturbing, take a prayer thought and dwell upon it. For example, “I am quiet within and without. I rest in God and all is well.” Speak the words to yourself. Take a deep, relaxing breath. You will feel new ease in your body and a new poise flooding your being. Nothing can disturb your nor rob you of peace and poise.

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (John 14:27)

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.