The real reason I started talking about listening is that I wanted to relate it to prayer. So, if you haven't already read what I said about listening, take a peek at that before continuing with this post.
I recently read Hearing God by Dallas Willard. It's an excellent book aimed to help individuals develop a conversational relationship with God. Anyway, Willard discusses a lot of cool stuff. Some of this stuff I'm talking about is from my own head, but most of it is from him.
A conversation consists of at least two people talking with each other. Therefore, a conversational relationship with God would consist of both talking and listening on the part of the prayer. Well, when's the last time you spent anywhere near the amount of time you spend asking God for things / talking to God about things listening to what He has to say in reply? Not much? Yeah, same here.
I don't have much else to say on the subject other than to consider spending some time listening to what God has to say to you. You must realize that this normally won't come as something you'll hear or see, but rather something that will be on your heart or in your mind. You can pray that God helps you to develop this. It's a big trial and error process, so don't worry if it doesn't seem to be doing much. Patience and perseverance are your friends. Also, if you're really interested, take a look at that book. It's well worth the read.
God bless. :)
