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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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Nicky Gumbel
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 28
Anglican Priest
Author
Barrister
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Nicholas Glyn Paul Gumbel
Breathing
Air
Stop
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Mean
Believe
Believing

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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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Things are changed by a faith that defies obstacles and laughs at impossibilities.
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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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Kindness is better and can be more powerful than force. Kind words may unlock an iron door.
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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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What unites the church is infinitely more important than what divides us.
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Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.
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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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Anyone can stay true to your face, it's the people who stay true behind your back that really count.
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Don't judge a person by their past. They don't necessarily live there anymore.
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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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The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
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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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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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If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.
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Personally I think people's labels are terribly unhelpful because they enable you to dismiss things.
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Life is short. Make the most of it. Put God first. Love deeply. Forgive quickly. Laugh a lot. Find and live out your purpose.
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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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Churches are not museums that display perfect people. They are hospitals where the wounded, hurt, injured and broken 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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