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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.

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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Trust
Worry
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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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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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Don't judge a person by their past. They don't necessarily live there anymore.
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Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.
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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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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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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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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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The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience.
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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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What unites the church is infinitely more important than what divides us.
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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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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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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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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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Don't let regrets about the past or worries about the future rob you of your enjoyment of the present.
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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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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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