Nicky Gumbel Quotes
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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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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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Even if you are at the peak of your career, and almost everyone is on some type of ladder to success and waiting to get to the top of their profession, but even if you get there is it enough? So think of this now rather than when you get there and not have thought about it before.
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I'm a Christian. I'm committed to Jesus Christ and I want people to know about Christ, because it's the most wonderful thing. People can say, 'I'll try and give up drugs,' or 'I'll try and live a better life,' but actually, if you're trapped in that lifestyle, you need, I think, some supernatural power to get you out of it. It's not easy to get out of the kind of lifestyles those people are in where all your family are criminals and all your friends are criminals - that is not an easy break to make, and it is a hard thing for a lot of these people.
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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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I was an atheist and I came to experience a relationship with God which had a radically transforming effect on my life, on my relationships, on every aspect of my life, for the better. So, obviously I hope other people will experience that.
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Personally I think people's labels are terribly unhelpful because they enable you to dismiss things.
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Just because you can't see the air, doesn't mean you stop breathing. And just because you can't see God, doesn't mean you stop believing
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Things are changed by a faith that defies obstacles and laughs at impossibilities.
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Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words, and your faith stronger than your feelings
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We have been forgiven so much that nothing we forgive compares to the amount we have been forgiven.
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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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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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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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Don't let regrets about the past or worries about the future rob you of your enjoyment of the present.
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My position on the issue of homosexuality is no different from the position of the Anglican Church and all the major denominations around the world. I know that it's different from the secular culture in the western world, but it's no different from the teaching of the church globally. We're Christians basically.
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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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Life is so short. Grudges are a waste of time. Laugh when you can, apologise when you should, and trust God with what you cannot change.
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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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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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Life is a huge privilege and opportunity. God has trusted you with gifts and abilities, which he wants you to use.
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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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The only label I would choose for myself is Christian, but if you pushed me and you say, 'What sort of Christian are you?' I'm an Anglican.
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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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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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Appreciate those who love you. Serve those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Thank those who help you.
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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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In every generation, the world is changed by a few people, who stand for something, do not fear unpopularity and dare to make a difference.
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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 undervalue yourself. God loves you. Your worth is what you are worth to God. Jesus died for you. You are of infinite value.
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