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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

Living Life

I AM FILLED WITH THE ACTIVITY OF SPIRIT. I ENJOY AND APPRECIATE MY LIFE, AND I NOW ENDEAVOR TO LIVE IT TO THE FULLEST!

Are you an observer of life or an active enthusiastic participant? So many are lulled into a kind of false security as they sit hour after hour being entertained by television. Some try to live through the pages of a book. Others may try to find satisfaction by becoming personally involved in the affairs of a relative or close friend. This just cannot be done. We must each live our own life.

Why do some try to escape from the role of living, even though they do want to live? Perhaps it is nothing more than fear—fear of making the wrong decisions, fear of not being liked, fear of failure.

Yet when we realize that God’s Spirit within us can do all things through us, as we are willing, what is there to fear? Life is meant to be fun, joyous, and productive. We are alive with the very life of God. As we become interested in living to the fullest, we will have little time for the old methods of escape.

You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence there is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. (Psalm 16:11)

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.