Life In Leicester
I enjoyed being with Covenant Life church in Leicester this Sunday - this is one of the congregations of the church, the other being in Melton Mowbray, which I will be visiting in a few weeks time. They are a great bunch of people and it was good to see that they are growing, witnessing people being saved and healed recently; and they have great plans for a healing crusade to all the outlying small towns and villages. Covenant Life Church is led by Bryan Shutt who is also an apostle who works alongside Keri Jones and Noralv Askeland as apostolic leaders to a family of ministries and churches which for practical purposes goes under the name ‘Ministries Withour Borders’ but whcih cannot be reduced to just an organisation!
I know that many of my readers will know and appreciate these men but for those who don’t, follow the links to find out more about us. Bryan is a terrific guy with a real heart for the truth of covenant - not just as a theology but worked out practically in real, committed relationship and church life. He is a great friend and brother in Christ, with a real heart and gift for the restoring and rebuilding of churches and individuals. It is an honour to work with such men.
I brought a word to them from 1 Samuel 10 where Saul had gone out one day to find the donkeys that had escaped from his father’s fields, but had ended up having an encounter with a man of God that totally changed everything; he was changed into a different person, released in prophetic gift and anointed to be Israel’s first king. Although his story ends badly, at this point there was an amazing and real work of the Spirit on him. I encouraged the people to stop being so concerned about the donkeys, - the cares of this life, the demands that often seem to be running away from us, the pressures and the problems - and realise that God wants to break in on us and show us that he has a greater destiny for us than being donkey chasers!
Forget about the donkeys; you are called to be kings!