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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

Change

LORD, I GIVE THANKS FOR THE FAITH THAT FREES ME FROM ALL FEAR OF CHANGE. I AM READY TO MOVE WITH THE PROGRESSIVE ACTIVITY OF LIFE.

If you are contemplating a change, or a change seems to be thrust upon you, remember, “When one door closes, God always opens another.” There is no need for emotional and physical distress. God will always be with us.

Sometimes we hold on to a way of life that is no longer right for us, a way of life we have outgrown. We may be afraid of new ideas, experiences, people, and places. Yet change is the law of growth, and growth is the law of life.

When we let our life flow in the direction God takes us—and we stay ready for our next good—something better, more meaningful, more interesting, more challenging, and more rewarding awaits us.

When change brings separation from a loved one, we may experience loneliness or sadness. Let us trust that God is all-knowing and everywhere-present, meeting the needs of each person in the right and perfect way. New horizons are opening for all concerned. Know that change is God’s way of moving each of us into greater good.

Expand your faith in God, and release all fear of change.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11)

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.