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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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Nicky Gumbel
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 28
Anglican Priest
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Inner and Outer London
Nicholas Glyn Paul Gumbel
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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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I believe that sex is for marriage, and that's regardless of whether it's homosexual or hetero sexual.
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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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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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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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Churches are not museums that display perfect people. They are hospitals where the wounded, hurt, injured and broken find healing.
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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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Personally I think people's labels are terribly unhelpful because they enable you to dismiss things.
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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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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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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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Don't judge a person by their past. They don't necessarily live there anymore.
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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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Kindness is better and can be more powerful than force. Kind words may unlock an iron door.
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If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.
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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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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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