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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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Things are changed by a faith that defies obstacles and laughs at impossibilities.
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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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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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Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.
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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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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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Stop looking for the perfect church. It does not exist. Even if it did exist, the moment we joined it, it would no longer be perfect!
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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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Appreciate those who love you. Serve those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Thank those who help you.
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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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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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We are very good judges for the mistakes of others, but very good defence lawyers for our own mistakes.
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Churches are not museums that display perfect people. They are hospitals where the wounded, hurt, injured and broken find healing.
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It is only when we understand the transcendence of God that we see how amazing his immanence is, and what a huge privilege it is to be able to enjoy God's intimate friendship.
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When things aren't working out as you wish, be patient. Stop trying to move ahead of God. His timing is perfect. Trust Him.
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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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Personally I think people's labels are terribly unhelpful because they enable you to dismiss things.
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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 only label I would choose for myself is Christian, but if you pushed me and you say, 'What sort of Christian are you?' I'm an Anglican.
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I believe that sex is for marriage, and that's regardless of whether it's homosexual or hetero sexual.
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