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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

Rule Your Own Spirit

I TAKE CONTROL OVER MY OWN SPIRIT NOW.

Do you rule your spirit? Or do you allow negative moods to exert control over you?

A mood is a comprehensive term for a state of mind in which one emotion predominates, pulling thoughts and experiences along with it. You can thus see what destruction a negative mood can generate.

“Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls,” says the ancient writer of Proverbs. In those days, it was essential that cities be surrounded by walls for protection from invaders. Without walls the cities were susceptible to enemies.

You are protected when you rule your own spirit. Without keeping your spirit in hand, you will be susceptible to negativity from all sources. You will become an attracting power for destructive mental and emotional invaders.

You can rule your spirit.

1. Start your day making the determination to be master of your thoughts, emotions, actions, and reactions.
2. Face directly the things that bother you and deal with them.
3. Refuse to dwell on the negative actions or words of others.
4. Look at life from a greater perspective.
5. Keep your mind stayed on the presence of God.

Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls. (Proverbs 25:28)

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.