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If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.

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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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Greener
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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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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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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 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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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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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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Kindness is better and can be more powerful than force. Kind words may unlock an iron door.
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The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience.
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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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Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.
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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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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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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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Churches are not museums that display perfect people. They are hospitals where the wounded, hurt, injured and broken find healing.
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Sometimes God teaches us how to solve our problems. Sometimes God teaches us how to face our problems
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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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What unites the church is infinitely more important than what divides us.
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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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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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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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