Nicky Gumbel Quotes

I think everybody needs healing. My understanding of human beings is that we were created in the image of God but we are all fallen, and Jesus died for us so that we can be redeemed. Every Christian is in a process of healing in some way. God's original creation was good, and in some ways fallen away from that. And in every area of our life we need to be healed and restored and to become more Christ-like.

This may sound pernickety but I wouldn't describe myself as an evangelical. These are labels, which I don't think are helpful. If I was going to use any label it would be Christian, and if you push me any further I'd say I'm an Anglican - that's the family of the Church that I belong to. There's nothing wrong with any of the other labels, but if you have any of them I want them all. If you're going to say, 'I'm Catholic, liberal, evangelical...' let's have them all.

Sometimes God teaches us how to solve our problems. Sometimes God teaches us how to face our problems

Just because something isn't happening for you right now, doesn't mean it won't happen. God's timing is perfect.

You reveal your own character most clearly when you describe someone else's.

Sometimes God calms the storm. Sometimes He lets the storm rage and He calms you

The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience.

Your age doesn't define your maturity; your grades don't define your ability; and what people say about you doesn't define who you are.

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.

A happy relationship is made up of two good forgivers.

I think that when people experience something that seems to be supernatural, in some ways it cuts through the secular mindset.

I think that the gifts of the spirit are always subject to the control of the person who's exercising them. You're not forced in to doing it. Love never forces. And therefore 'the spirit of the prophet is subject to the prophet' is another way it is put. You don't suddenly find yourself taken over by a spirit and find yourself speaking tongues. You're in control, but it's a gift. You can stop and start as you please, but it's a way of communicating with God.

The most precious gift you can give someone is the gift of your time and attention.

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!

I believe that sex is for marriage, and that's regardless of whether it's homosexual or hetero sexual.

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.

Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Pray. Trust God. Enjoy life. Don't let the little things get you down.

Don't judge a person by their past. They don't necessarily live there anymore.

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.

The cross is bigger than your mistakes, bigger than your regrets, bigger than the secrets you hold. The cross stands above it all.

It is a great privilege to meet inspiring leaders from different parts of the church - Catholic, Baptist, Salvation Army, Pentecostal, Lutheran, Methodist, and so many more - and discover that what unites us is infinitely greater than what divides us.

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.

I was just praying quietly in tongues and I found that a really helpful way to pray. There are other times when I use the gift when I really feel I don't know what to pray or how to pray. I know what I feel but I just can't quite put it in to words, and I use that, I find it a helpful gift. I don't think you need to speak in tongues, I don't think all Christians do speak in tongues, nobody has to speak in tongues, nobody's forced to, but if somebody wants to I think it's a good gift.

Don't worry about your future. God knows you completely, accepts you unconditionally and loves you wholeheartedly. You can trust Him.

You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.

Just because you are struggling does NOT mean you are failing. Every great success requires some kind of struggle to get there.

Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.

Don't let regrets about the past or worries about the future rob you of your enjoyment of the present.

Personally I think people's labels are terribly unhelpful because they enable you to dismiss things.

Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.

Appreciate those who love you. Serve those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Thank those who help you.

Too often we try to use God to change our circumstance, when God is trying to use our circumstance to change us.

In your relationship with God there are also times when you want to say things and you're trying to find the words to express them. In a human relationship sometimes you struggle for words and you've got to do it, but in a relationship with God he can actually give you a language which enables you to communicate. In a relationship with God you feel things and you want to express them and you're not limited by human language. You can express what you really feel in your heart, through a language that he gives you, and that helps you to communicate with God.

Things are changed by a faith that defies obstacles and laughs at impossibilities.

A lot of problems in the world would be solved if we talked to each other instead of about each other.

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.

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.

If God answers 'Yes', He is increasing your faith. If 'Wait', He is increasing your patience. If 'No', He has something better for you.

There is a story behind every person, a reason why they are the way they are. Don't be quick to judge. Be kind and assume the best.

When things aren't working out as you wish, be patient. Stop trying to move ahead of God. His timing is perfect. Trust Him.

If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.

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.

I think God is back, I think there is a huge amount of spiritual interest in the country. And I think the bishops are supportive of it because they see people's lives being changed. They see the difference. I see people who've been in prison, whose lives have been messed up, who've been alcoholics, who've been drug addicts, set free and contributing to society.

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.

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'.

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.

We have been forgiven so much that nothing we forgive compares to the amount we have been forgiven.

Difficulties come into our lives to develop us. Every storm is a school. Every trial is a teacher. Every experience is an education.