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The cross is bigger than your mistakes, bigger than your regrets, bigger than the secrets you hold. The cross stands above it all.

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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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We are very good judges for the mistakes of others, but very good defence lawyers for our own mistakes.
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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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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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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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Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.
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If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.
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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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Things are changed by a faith that defies obstacles and laughs at impossibilities.
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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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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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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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Church is not an organization you join it is a family where you belong, a home where you are loved and a hospital where you find healing.
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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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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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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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Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.
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What unites the church is infinitely more important than what divides us.
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Difficulties come into our lives to develop us. Every storm is a school. Every trial is a teacher. Every experience is an education.
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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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