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Success is not measured by what you do compared to what others do, it is measured by what you do with the ability God gave you.

Nicky Gumbel

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Nicky Gumbel
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 28
Anglican Priest
Author
Barrister
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Nicholas Glyn Paul Gumbel
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Others
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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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Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.
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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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Sometimes God teaches us how to solve our problems. Sometimes God teaches us how to face our problems
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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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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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What unites the church is infinitely more important than what divides us.
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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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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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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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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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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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Personally I think people's labels are terribly unhelpful because they enable you to dismiss things.
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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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We are very good judges for the mistakes of others, but very good defence lawyers for our own mistakes.
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Probably one of the strongest movements of the Holy Spirit is in the Roman Catholic Church, so there's not a huge theological difference between the official teaching of the Catholic Church and the Anglican Church.
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I had a battle going on in my head: shall I just enjoy my life and then convert on my deathbed? But I felt I couldn't do that - it was now or never - so I took a step of faith and became a Christian.
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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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