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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
Wisdom
Waiting
Faith
Better
Increasing
Something
Patience
Wait
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Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.
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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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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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The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience.
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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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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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If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.
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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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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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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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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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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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Things are changed by a faith that defies obstacles and laughs at impossibilities.
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What unites the church is infinitely more important than what divides us.
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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 believe that sex is for marriage, and that's regardless of whether it's homosexual or hetero sexual.
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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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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 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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