Question: Is it okay to sit quietly and write down what you hear from God (journaling/listening prayer)?

Mike: not wrong in principle — sitting and praying 'Lord, show me something' is fine. The danger: how do you verify what you write is God and not your own thoughts? He tells a story about a high school student who found the Lord in everything (confirmation bias) and when Mike asked how God speaks to us, the student listed dreams, prophecy, visions, confirmation — but forgot the Bible entirely. 'That is my fear: that quiet journaling replaces reading his word.'