Listening is rarely regarded as anything but an individual exercise. When it comes to the local church however, it is anything but individual. In Acts chapter 13, the local church in Antioch gathered
together corporately to worship, pray and seek God's face for direction. It is no understatement to say that what took place in that meeting changed, not only the church in Antioch, but also the world, as it served as the impetus for the spread of the gospel around the world.
It is this context that shapes our motivation as a local church...