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We are very good judges for the mistakes of others, but very good defence lawyers for our own mistakes.

Nicky Gumbel

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Nicky Gumbel
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 28
Anglican Priest
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Barrister
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Inner and Outer London
Nicholas Glyn Paul Gumbel
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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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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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Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.
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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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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 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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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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What unites the church is infinitely more important than what divides us.
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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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Anyone can stay true to your face, it's the people who stay true behind your back that really count.
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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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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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