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We don't always help people by doing everything for them. That type of behavior can actually contribute to their problems because it helps then never take responsibility on their own.

Joyce Meyer

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Joyce Meyer
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 4
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St. Louis
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Pauline Joyce Hutchison
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