Seeking and Listening to God Together

 Job 9-10; Acts 13-14 

“While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’ So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.

Acts 13:2, 3

The leadership team of the Church in Antioch made time to fast, worship the Lord, and discern God’s assignments. This is another level of Spirit-led leadership than what is normally practiced in the Church. Prayer is most often a devotional start to business meetings, or a summit day when we share with the Lord our hopes, struggles, and requests. Taking several days to fast, worship, and seek the Lord for his assignments for us requires us to enter God’s presence without an agenda. To listen well, leadership teams require the gifts of the Holy Spirit operating in the lives of their leaders. The impact of the discernment summit in Antioch was the launching of a church-planting mission strategy that was in the heart of God.

What fruitful ministry assignments does the Lord want to share with our teams if we are willing to take time together to seek him?

“Lord Jesus, we will seek your face and your will, for your glory.”