Sermon Illustrations

Category: Nicky Gumbel

  • Pray

    When we pray, God hears more than we say, answers more than we ask, gives more than we imagine – in his own time and in his own way. They waited a long time for their prayer to be answered. If God makes you wait you are in good company. Nicky Gumbel – UK Vicar,…

  • Envy

    Be careful of envy. It is sometimes described as the ‘religious sin’. Nicky Gumbel – UK Vicar, Alpha Course (1955- )Click to Tweet

  • Strength and peace for today

    These are two things that we desperately need as we face the battles of life (internal and external). We need God’s ‘strength’ and his ‘peace’. Nicky Gumbel – UK Vicar, Alpha Course (1955- )Click to Tweet

  • Faith and sight

    The world says, ‘I need to see first, then I will believe.’ Jesus says, ‘Believe first, then you will see.’ St Augustine wrote, ‘Faith is to believe what we do not see. The reward of faith is to see what we believe.’ Nicky Gumbel – UK Vicar, Alpha Course (1955- )Click to Tweet

  • Mother Theresa

    ‘People often ask me what Mother Teresa was like,’ writes Shane Claiborne in his book Irresistible Revolution. ‘Sometimes it’s like they wonder if she glowed in the dark or had a halo. She was short, wrinkled, and precious, maybe even a little ornery, like a beautiful, wise old granny. But there is one thing I…

  • God of multiplication

    What cannot be achieved by addition, God does by multiplication. We reap what we sow, only many times more. What we give to the Lord, he multiplies. Nicky Gumbel – UK Vicar, Alpha Course (1955- )Click to Tweet

  • Origin of quiet time

    The old-fashioned expression ‘the quiet time’ (meaning time set aside to read the Bible and pray) probably has its origin in the words of Jesus in today’s New Testament passage, ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place’ (Mark 6:31). Nicky Gumbel – UK Vicar, Alpha Course (1955- )Click to Tweet

  • Go to bed

    Personally I have found the only way to get up early on a regular basis is to go to bed early on a regular basis Nicky Gumbel – UK Vicar, Alpha Course (1955- )Click to Tweet

  • Preparation

    Whatever you are going through, believe that God is preparing you and giving you an increasing authority for whatever it is that he is calling you to do. Nicky Gumbel – UK Vicar, Alpha Course (1955- )Click to Tweet

  • Gospel of Mark

    Mark is the shortest Gospel. It covers three weeks of Jesus’ actions and twenty minutes of his words. It is the liveliest Gospel; it races from event to event with an air of breathless excitement. It is the urgent announcement of the good news of Jesus Christ. Nicky Gumbel – UK Vicar, Alpha Course (1955-…