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Kindness is better and can be more powerful than force. Kind words may unlock an iron door.

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
Powerful
Words
Force
May
Unlock
Better
Iron
Kind
Kindness
Door
Doors

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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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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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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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Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.
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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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We are very good judges for the mistakes of others, but very good defence lawyers for our own mistakes.
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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.
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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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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 believe that sex is for marriage, and that's regardless of whether it's homosexual or hetero sexual.
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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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Sometimes God teaches us how to solve our problems. Sometimes God teaches us how to face our problems
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The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience.
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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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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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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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Success is not measured by what you do compared to what others do, it is measured by what you do with the ability God gave you.
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The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
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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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