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Everytime you feed the flesh, you strenghten it. This is good if you are trying to build a good habit, but detrimental if you are trying to stop a bad habit. The way to kill the flesh is to starve it to stop feeding it.

Joyce Meyer

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Joyce Meyer
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 4
Author
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Pauline Joyce Hutchison
Trying
Starve
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Feeding
Good
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Flesh
Build
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Habit
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