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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.

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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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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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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Don't let regrets about the past or worries about the future rob you of your enjoyment of the present.
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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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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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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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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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