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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.

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
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Patient
Trying
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Trust
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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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Anyone can stay true to your face, it's the people who stay true behind your back that really count.
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