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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

That’s Life!

THE SPIRIT OF GOD HAS MADE ME, AND THE BREATH OF THE ALMIGHTY GIVES ME LIFE. I RELEASE OLD LIMITING BELIEFS AND WALK IN THE NEWNESS OF LIFE.

“Well, that’s life!” This is a phrase often employed in situations in which there has been failure or loss of some kind. What a limiting statement this is!

True, our life experiences include ups and downs, but why do we single out the disappointments and sigh with quiet desperation, “That’s just the way life is”? Do not build a false belief about life by careless use of a common phrase. Why not use the word life with all the respect and love and praise that you have for God?

When you see robins in the spring, say, “That’s life!” When fragile blades of grass burst through a tiny crack in the sidewalk, say, “That’s life!” When you receive unexpected good news, say, “That’s life!” When you see a child or a puppy or a flower or a garden, say, “That’s life!”

The more you look for evidence of life, the more you will see, and the more you will be conscious of that Life within you. There is only One Life, and that is God. Everything that has life is an expression of God. Seek a higher understanding of what life really is, and stir up this Gift of Life within you.

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. (Job 33:4)

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.