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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.

Nicky Gumbel

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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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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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Sometimes God teaches us how to solve our problems. Sometimes God teaches us how to face our problems
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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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Kindness is better and can be more powerful than force. Kind words may unlock an iron door.
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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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Things are changed by a faith that defies obstacles and laughs at impossibilities.
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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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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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Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.
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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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What unites the church is infinitely more important than what divides us.
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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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Be thankful for every day. Learn from mistakes. Don't dwell on regrets. Forgive with love. Gain strength from every struggle.
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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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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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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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Don't judge a person by their past. They don't necessarily live there anymore.
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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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