{"id":547302,"date":"2019-12-09T03:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T09:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.10.192\/EncouragementFromGwen\/?p=8"},"modified":"2019-12-09T03:27:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T09:27:00","slug":"more-is-not-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwenshamblinbooks.com\/?p=547302","title":{"rendered":"More Is Not Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><em>A greedy man stirs up dissension, but he who trusts in the Lord will prospe<\/em>r. Proverbs 28:25<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\">God has programmed an amazing characteristic deep inside each of us: The more you eat, the more you will want\u2026but the LESS you eat, the LESS you will want! This is true for shopping, for alcohol, for drugs, or for self-indulgent hours in the day. \u201cMore\u201d is not necessarily better, and in fact, greed feels horrible! 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