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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
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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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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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Appreciate those who love you. Serve those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Thank those who help you.
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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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The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
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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 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 think that when people experience something that seems to be supernatural, in some ways it cuts through the secular mindset.
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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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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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Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.
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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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We are very good judges for the mistakes of others, but very good defence lawyers for our own mistakes.
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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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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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