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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
Anglican Priest
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Inner and Outer London
Nicholas Glyn Paul Gumbel
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Don't judge a person by their past. They don't necessarily live there anymore.
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Don't let regrets about the past or worries about the future rob you of your enjoyment of the present.
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If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.
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Personally I think people's labels are terribly unhelpful because they enable you to dismiss things.
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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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Kindness is better and can be more powerful than force. Kind words may unlock an iron door.
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Difficulties come into our lives to develop us. Every storm is a school. Every trial is a teacher. Every experience is an education.
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Too often we try to use God to change our circumstance, when God is trying to use our circumstance to change us.
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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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We are very good judges for the mistakes of others, but very good defence lawyers for our own mistakes.
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Things are changed by a faith that defies obstacles and laughs at impossibilities.
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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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Prayer for the city is important. For every city in the world, the city should be prayed for. Particularly for London, it is a strategic city for the UK as well as the world, therefore the future of London is significant to the UK, and also the rest of the world.
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I think 75% of the population of Great Britain are probably still de-churched. It's the younger end, the 25%, the merging generation, who have no church background at all.
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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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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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The cross is bigger than your mistakes, bigger than your regrets, bigger than the secrets you hold. The cross stands above it all.
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The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience.
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The reason why people give up so fast is because they tend to look at how far they still have to go, instead of how far they have come.
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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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