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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.

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
Mistake
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Stands
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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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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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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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Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.
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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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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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Appreciate those who love you. Serve those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Thank those who help you.
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Don't judge a person by their past. They don't necessarily live there anymore.
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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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If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.
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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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The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
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Personally I think people's labels are terribly unhelpful because they enable you to dismiss things.
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Things are changed by a faith that defies obstacles and laughs at impossibilities.
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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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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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Don't be afraid of pressure. Pressure is what transforms a lump of coal into a diamond.
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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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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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