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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

Power of Thought

I GIVE THANKS FOR MY GOD-GIVEN ABILITY TO THINK. I SHOW MY APPRECIATION FOR THIS GIFT BY USING IT.

Human beings are distinguished in the natural world by one power—the power of thought. Everything springs from thought. Clear thinking comes before any other aspect of achievement.

Knowledge is of little value unless we can use it. This is where thinking comes in. The habit of analyzing what we know, the ability to look beyond the surface to the vital essentials, brings forth great possibilities.

Most tasks that do not require thought can be done by a machine. In order to rise above the level of a machine, we must think. In so doing, we produce useful, valuable ideas that can be followed by the next step—action.

Take time to think. Give systematic, clear, serious, dedicated thought to the problems in your life. You will soon see how to logically rise above them.

Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts. (Proverbs 4:23)

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.