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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!

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
Looking
Church
Perfect
Moment
Moments
Joined
Doe
Exist
Even
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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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Don't let regrets about the past or worries about the future rob you of your enjoyment of the present.
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Don't be afraid of pressure. Pressure is what transforms a lump of coal into a diamond.
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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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What unites the church is infinitely more important than what divides us.
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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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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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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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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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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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Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.
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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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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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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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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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Anyone can stay true to your face, it's the people who stay true behind your back that really count.
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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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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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