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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

“When” Thinking

TODAY I AM PERFECT IN MIND AND BODY. TODAY MY AFFAIRS ARE IN PERFECT ORDER. NOW IS THE ACCEPTABLE TIME!

How much of your life do you spend living in the past or future? Do you frequently make such expressions as, “Before I was married,” “Before the children were born,” “When I lived at home with my parents,” “ “When I was in college…” Or does your thinking point in the other direction? “When the children are grown,” “When I retire,” “When this house is paid for,” “When we can afford it…” Are statements such as these the milestones of your thinking?

Our mental and physical energy is wasted on these types of thoughts. We cannot return to the past. It is over and done with. We cannot know the future; it is not ours to control. Mistakes and problems of yesterday are lessons learned that should make our lives today better. Each day has its own peculiar problems and each has its own compensations.

Jesus gave us the incentive to live in the now, not in the past or the future. To the repentant thief on the cross His promise was, “Today you will be with me in Paradise.” Jesus told His followers: “I am the way,” “I am the resurrection,” “I am the good shepherd”—not, “I’m going to be” or “I shall prepare to be,” but “I AM.” So it should be with us. Today are we the children of God. Now is the acceptable time. Today you are perfect in mind and body. Today your affairs are in good order. These things you must believe, and what you truly believe in your heart will be manifested in your life.

I am the Good Shepherd, and I know My own, and My own know Me. (John 10:14)

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.