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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.

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Nicky Gumbel
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 28
Anglican Priest
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Barrister
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Inner and Outer London
Nicholas Glyn Paul Gumbel
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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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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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I believe that sex is for marriage, and that's regardless of whether it's homosexual or hetero sexual.
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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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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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Kindness is better and can be more powerful than force. Kind words may unlock an iron door.
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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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Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.
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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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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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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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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 resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience.
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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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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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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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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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If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.
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Don't judge a person by their past. They don't necessarily live there anymore.
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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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