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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.

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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Transcendence
Intimate
Privilege
Amazing
Friendship
Huge
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Immanence

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Appreciate those who love you. Serve those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Thank those who help you.
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Personally I think people's labels are terribly unhelpful because they enable you to dismiss things.
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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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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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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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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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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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Probably one of the strongest movements of the Holy Spirit is in the Roman Catholic Church, so there's not a huge theological difference between the official teaching of the Catholic Church and the Anglican Church.
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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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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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I think that when people experience something that seems to be supernatural, in some ways it cuts through the secular mindset.
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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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Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.
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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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The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience.
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What unites the church is infinitely more important than what divides us.
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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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With our own shortcomings, we are in no position to judge anyone else. The best way to forget the faults of others is to remember our own.
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If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.
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Life is short. Make the most of it. Put God first. Love deeply. Forgive quickly. Laugh a lot. Find and live out your purpose.
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