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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
Believing
Breathing
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If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.
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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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Don't be afraid of pressure. Pressure is what transforms a lump of coal into a diamond.
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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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People may hurt you but God will heal you. People may humiliate you but God will honour you. People may judge you but God will justify you.
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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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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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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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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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Things are changed by a faith that defies obstacles and laughs at impossibilities.
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It is only when we understand the transcendence of God that we see how amazing his immanence is, and what a huge privilege it is to be able to enjoy God's intimate friendship.
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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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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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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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What unites the church is infinitely more important than what divides us.
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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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Sometimes God teaches us how to solve our problems. Sometimes God teaches us how to face our problems
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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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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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Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.
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