Critics of listening prayer frequently misunderstand the way in which we apply the truths of Scripture about listening for God's voice. They take seriously the warning in Rev. 22:18-19 to not add or subtract anything from Scripture. They are rightly concerned that a person listening for God's voice will
give a higher weight to their thoughts than they give the Scripture.

I don't teach that or practice that. Those of us who practice listening prayer have a similar, high view of Scripture. Listening prayer is more about paying attention to the ways in which God may be speaking than it is about certitude about what he is saying.

Understanding that, as humans we're fallible and our perception is flawed, we pay attention to how God may be speaking and we do so with humility. We are not so much convinced of our ability to hear accurately as we are of God's desire to communicate with us and of his creativity in doing so.

We see the many ways God has spoken to man in Scripture. We read about his desire for us to seek and to share not just his logos (written) word, but his rhema (living) word, and we determine to pay attention.

When we write down in a journal what we perceive what he may have said, we don't equate that with truth articulated in the Bible. In fact, we may often be jotting down some Bible verse that we perceive may apply to our lives. We are simply trying to identify what it is that God is saying to us today.

Everyone who seeks to obey God, even if they believe he only speaks through the Bible, has to go through this step of discovering how they will modify their behavior based on their perception and interpretation of that perception. Humility in doing so is the key.