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.
Nicky GumbelSometimes God teaches us how to solve our problems. Sometimes God teaches us how to face our problems
Nicky GumbelAnyone can stay true to your face, it's the people who stay true behind your back that really count.
Nicky GumbelKindness is better and can be more powerful than force. Kind words may unlock an iron door.
Nicky GumbelI 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.
Nicky Gumbel