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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

The Nearness of God

THE NEARNESS OF GOD IS MY GOOD.

God never leaves us, not even for an instant, although we have the choice to step away from God in our thoughts and feelings.

When we focus on the seeming power of disease, lack, or limitation, we are leaving the conscious awareness of God’s presence. When we are afraid or anxious about conditions, we are blocking the flow of Divine Love that would guide us into safety if we only asked. When we act selfishly, we are forgetting that God created each of us and can provide for every need.

Each time we leave God in our thoughts or deeds, we leave our good. God is always with us, but we must be aware of the divine presence in order to experience perfect good, peace, and harmony. Isn’t it wonderful to know that we can turn to God in the wink of an eye? As Tennyson wrote, “Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands or feet.”

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good. (Psalm 73:28)

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.