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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
Face
Faces
Faith
Life
Faithfulness
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Absence
Strength
Doubt

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Don't judge a person by their past. They don't necessarily live there anymore.
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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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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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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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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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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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Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.
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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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Personally I think people's labels are terribly unhelpful because they enable you to dismiss things.
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