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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.

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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Increasing
Patience
Wait
Answers
Wisdom
Waiting
Faith
Better

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Don't judge a person by their past. They don't necessarily live there anymore.
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Personally I think people's labels are terribly unhelpful because they enable you to dismiss things.
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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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If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.
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Things are changed by a faith that defies obstacles and laughs at impossibilities.
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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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Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Pray. Trust God. Enjoy life. Don't let the little things get you down.
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Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.
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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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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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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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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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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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We are very good judges for the mistakes of others, but very good defence lawyers for our own mistakes.
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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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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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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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