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Churches are not museums that display perfect people. They are hospitals where the wounded, hurt, injured and broken find healing.

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
Hurt
Injured
Church
Churches
Perfect
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Wounded
People
Hospitals
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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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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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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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Anyone can stay true to your face, it's the people who stay true behind your back that really count.
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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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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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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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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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Appreciate those who love you. Serve those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Thank those who help you.
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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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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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What unites the church is infinitely more important than what divides us.
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If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.
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The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience.
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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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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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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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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 words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
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