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Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.

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Nicky Gumbel
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 28
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Inner and Outer London
Nicholas Glyn Paul Gumbel
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With our own shortcomings, we are in no position to judge anyone else. The best way to forget the faults of others is to remember our own.
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A lot of problems in the world would be solved if we talked to each other instead of about each other.
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People may hurt you but God will heal you. People may humiliate you but God will honour you. People may judge you but God will justify you.
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Just because you can't see the air, doesn't mean you stop breathing. And just because you can't see God, doesn't mean you stop believing
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Sometimes God teaches us how to solve our problems. Sometimes God teaches us how to face our problems
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There are many things that were harder to discuss back in the 80's and early 90's than they are now, and this also works the opposite way for other things.
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Appreciate those who love you. Serve those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Thank those who help you.
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Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Pray. Trust God. Enjoy life. Don't let the little things get you down.
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The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience.
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Don't judge a person by their past. They don't necessarily live there anymore.
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We are very good judges for the mistakes of others, but very good defence lawyers for our own mistakes.
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Just because you are struggling does NOT mean you are failing. Every great success requires some kind of struggle to get there.
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Be thankful for every day. Learn from mistakes. Don't dwell on regrets. Forgive with love. Gain strength from every struggle.
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Personally I think people's labels are terribly unhelpful because they enable you to dismiss things.
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Anyone can stay true to your face, it's the people who stay true behind your back that really count.
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Church is not an organization you join it is a family where you belong, a home where you are loved and a hospital where you find healing.
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The strength of your faith is not measured by the absence of doubt, but by the faithfulness of your life in the face of doubt.
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If God answers 'Yes', He is increasing your faith. If 'Wait', He is increasing your patience. If 'No', He has something better for you.
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Physical heat sometimes accompanies the filling of the Spirit and people experience it in their hands or some other part of their bodies. One person described a feeling of 'glowing all over'. Another said she experienced 'liquid heat'. Still another described 'burning in my arms when I was not hot'.
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I think that when people experience something that seems to be supernatural, in some ways it cuts through the secular mindset.
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