Hearing from God and

Walking in the Comfort of

the Holy Spirit

by Creflo A. Dollar Jr.

Editorial services provided by:

David Holland

Cover design by:

Personal Retouch - Marcus and Elizabeth Macon

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are

from the King James Version of the Bible.

Scripture quotations identified as NIV are from the New

International Version of the Bible.

ISBN: 0-9634781-9-2

Copyright ©1994

Creflo A. Dollar Jr.

All Rights Reserved

Contents

Part 1 Hearing from God............................... .........5

Part 2 The Comfort of the Holy Spirit................. .19

Books by Creflo A. Dollar Jr........ .......................25

Part 1

Hearing from God

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Trouble. Hard, unforgiving, strength-

testing trouble. Like it or not, it’s an inevitable

part of every life—including yours. Rich,

poor, black, white... we all experience trouble

at various times. In fact, Jesus himself

guaranteed it! “In the world ye shall have

tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have

overcome the world.” (John 16:33)

Yes, all Christians experience trouble, but

have you ever noticed that some people seem

to always come through it smelling like a

rose? Have you ever wondered how some

believers can walk through tough times with

calm assurance and smiles on their faces? Or

why some always seem to experience

miraculous deliverance while the rest take it

on the chin?

I have news for you. These people aren’t

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specially favored by God. They don’t enjoy

any special privileges. They have the same

Word to which you have access. They have

the same Holy Spirit that dwells within you.

The difference is—they’ve discovered the

secret of hearing from God and walking in the

comfort of the Holy Spirit.

These believers have the key to coming

through trouble in peace, power and praise.

And you can have it too. That’s what this little

book is all about.

Hearing from Heaven

Even though we live in a world full of

turmoil and tribulation, God has made it

possible for you to hear his voice of direction.

And being able to hear from heaven is

absolutely critical if you are going to know

how to respond to trouble.

Why is hearing God’s voice so important?

Because it allows you to get God’s

perspective of your situation. In a time of

crisis, there is simply no way you are going to

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know what to do if all you have is your own

outlook on the situation.

A good illustration is a traffic jam in a

large city. From street level it is impossible to

know what the traffic flow is like around the

next corner, not to mention ten miles up the

road. That’s why many radio stations provide

airborne traffic reports from helicopters.

From his vantage point high above the

city, a traffic reporter can warn you of

accidents and tie-ups long before you ever get

there. Even better, he can recommend an

alternative route that will guide you around

the really bad spots.

The same is true where God and you are

concerned. When you are in the middle of a

trying situation, there is no way you are going

to have all the facts you need to make good

decisions. God, on the other hand, sees the

whole picture from beginning to end. Best of

all, He wants to give you the wisdom and

insight you need to get out of the

circumstance and come out a winner.

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But just as it is impossible to obtain a

traffic report unless you have your radio tuned

to the right station, so it is impossible to get

God’s perspective unless you know how to

hear from heaven!

Child of God, tuning into heaven is the

answer to whatever trouble you are facing

today. Time and time again, scripture links

together the concepts of deliverance from

trouble and hearing God’s instructions.

Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt

preserve me from trouble;... I will instruct

thee and teach thee in the way which thou

shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

(Psalm 32:7, 8)

Seeing your problems from God’s vantage

point puts them in their proper perspective.

Many Christians have the dangerous tendency

to magnify their problems. If you’re filled

with worry and anxiety, it’s because you have

big problems and a small God.

It’s very easy to magnify your problems

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when all you’ve got is your own perspective.

But when you get God’s viewpoint on your

situation, suddenly your problems seem very

small. Suddenly you have a very big God and

some tiny, insignificant problems!

“But, Pastor Dollar! I don’t know how to

hear the voice of God!”

Don’t despair. In the next few pages we’ll

look at two surefire methods for hearing from

heaven. But, first you must know about the

one thing that will stop you from hearing

God’s voice every time.

Get the Sin Out

Nothing will close your ears to the voice

of God’s Spirit faster and more completely

than the presence of sin in your life. That may

be the last thing you want to hear right now,

but it’s the truth just the same.

Why does sin destroy your ability to hear

from heaven? Because it destroys your

confidence toward God.

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Beloved, if our heart condemn us not,

then have we confidence toward God. (1

John 3:21)

When you have unconfessed sin in your

life, your heart condemns you. Take note—

it’s not God that condemns you. “There is

therefore now no condemnation to them which

are in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 8:1) Rather,

your heart, the inner soulish part of you,

shrinks back from approaching God.

When your heart condemns you because

of the presence of sin in your life, you end up

depending on someone else to do your praying

for you. You'll look for “welfare solutions” to

your trouble—the kind that don’t require you

to make any effort of your own.

Christians in this condition will sit

through dozens of counseling sessions.

They’ll call friends at all hours of the day and

night asking for prayer. They’ll do everything

except the one thing that will restore them to

fellowship with their Heavenly Father. That

is, calling the sin “sin,” confessing it and

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getting it out of their lives.

You can’t walk around with your heart

condemning you and expect to have any

sensitivity to the voice of God. It simply

won’t work that way. You must judge

yourself because no one else can do it for you.

Ask the Holy Spirit to examine your heart

with the searchlight of God’s Word. Then be

ready and determined to get rid of any

uncleanness that is exposed.

God wants us to live holy lives. Why? Is it

because He wants to throw His weight around

and take away all your fun? No! It’s because

he wants to bless you exceeding abundantly

beyond all you could ask or think! (Ephesians

3:20)

Sin will destroy you but God wants to

bless you. However, God can’t bless a dirty

vessel. Getting the sin out is the first step

toward enjoying the blessing of hearing from

God. And, oh, is it a blessing!

Just one word from God can save your

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life. Just one word from God can make you

rich. Just one word can make all the difference

in the world for you. His words bring

salvation. His words bring protection. They

bring deliverance, safety, soundness and

healing.

Don’t you realize that everything God has

ever done, He has done through His Word?

That is why He wants you to be able to hear

from Him. He speaks in order to tell you

exactly how to experience the abundant life.

Two Channels of Communication

“Alright, Pastor Dollar, you’ve convinced

me. I’ve dealt with the unconfessed sin in my

life, but I still don’t know how to hear God.”

There are basically two ways in which

God speaks to His children. The first and most

common way is through His written Word.

All scripture is given by inspiration

of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for

reproof, for correction, for instruction in

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righteousness: (II Timothy 3:16)

God’s Word is always profitable to you. It

contains His will and His ways. It is far more

than just words on paper. It is a manifestation

of the very life and power of God himself.

According to Hebrews 4:12 it is actually a

living force!

For the word of God is living and

active. Sharper than any double-edged

sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul

and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges

the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

(NIV)

Do you need to know the will of God

concerning a certain matter? Go to His Word.

God’s Word is His will. His will is His Word.

Do you need the wisdom of Heaven when

faced with a big decision? Get your Bible.

You’ll have the very wisdom on Almighty

God at your fingertips.

God’s Word will always produce. It never

fails.

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So shall my word be that goeth forth

out of my mouth: it shall not return unto

me void, but it shall accomplish that

which I please, and it shall prosper in the

thing whereto I sent it. (Isaiah 55:11)

The effectiveness of God’s Word is not

the problem. Our tendency to turn to our

emotions in a time of trouble rather than

turning to the Word, is the problem. Still, God

has yet another way in which to communicate

with us.

The Inner Voice of God’s Spirit

From time to time I’ll hear a Christian

who is facing some type of decision or test

express the desire to be visited by an angel. “I

just wish God would send an angel down here

and tell me what to do,” they say.

Well, I’d like to see an angel just as much

as the next guy, but I’ve learned that when it

comes to getting direction and guidance from

Heaven, we believers have a much better deal.

We’ve been given the Spirit of God himself to

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dwell on the inside of us 24 hours a day, 365

days a year!

Think about it. Which would you rather

have, a visit from an angel with a message

once or twice a year, or the Holy Spirit of God

communing with you every minute of every

day? That’s precisely what we have. The

problem is, very few of us take advantage of

this wonderful resource.

The Holy Spirit has been provided to be

your constant companion and comfort.

And I will pray the Father, and he

shall give you another Comforter, that he

may abide with you for ever; (John

14:16)

At work, at home, awake or asleep, the

Holy Spirit is there on the inside of you ready

to communicate the will of God to your spirit.

When you need to know the truth about a

situation, the Spirit is there to lead you to it.

It’s His job.

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth,

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is come, he will guide you into all truth:

for he shall not speak of himself; but

whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he

speak: and he will shew you things to

come. (John 16:13)

Did you see that? “He will guide you into

all truth....” When you meet someone who is

trying to deceive you, the Spirit is there to

show you the truth. When you are faced with

two different options and you don’t know

what to do, He will guide you to the truth.

God is no respecter of persons. It doesn’t

matter how much education you’ve received...

It doesn’t matter how much money you have...

It doesn’t matter where you’ve come from...

He will open all the vast resources of heaven’s

wisdom if you’re His child.

Sometimes, when I’m dealing with a

particular circumstance, the Spirit of God

speaks to me in the midnight hour. He says,

“Son, there is something wrong with that

situation. Wake up and get My Word out.”

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When the Spirit speaks to you like that,

don’t just roll over and go back to sleep.

When the Creator of the universe wants to talk

to you, get up! Say, “Lord, what do you want

to say to me?” If you don’t hear anything,

start praying. Pray in the Holy Spirit. Allow

Him to pray through you. Praying in the Spirit

will begin to pull the wisdom and counsel of

God from your spirit. Then you can begin to

get an understanding of it in your mind.

The Spirit also speaks through what has

been called, “the inward witness.” This refers

to an inner prompting or impression through

which you just “know” what God wants you

to do. Hearing God in this way simply

involves following the course of action which

carries a “peace” with it.

God wants to speak to you. He’ll do it,

first and foremost through His written Word.

But he’ll also do it through the voice of the

Holy Spirit. Receiving this kind of

communication is absolutely vital if you are

going to successfully come out of trouble.

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Part 2

The Comfort of the Holy Spirit

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It’s one thing to be able to hear from

Heaven so you’ll know how to come out of

trouble. It’s another thing to be able to have a

complete and total peace while you’re in the

process of coming out.

If you want to be the kind of believer that

walks in quiet confidence and assurance no

matter what the circumstances, you’re going

to have to learn to walk in the comfort of the

Holy Ghost.

Then had the churches rest

throughout all Judaea and Galilee and

Samaria, and were edified; and walking

in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort

of the Holy Ghost.... (Acts 9:31)

God wants the blessing of His comfort to

cover and envelop your life. But for that to

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happen you’re going to have to start walking

in the fear of the Lord. Fear, in this case,

simply means “honor, reverence and

submission.”

To fear God is to hate evil. To fear God is

to quickly make changes in your life when

you see in the Word that adjustments need to

be made. This is the prerequisite to

experiencing the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

How does the Holy Spirit comfort us? In

many ways. One of which is by showing us all

the things that are ours in Christ Jesus.

Now we have received, not the spirit

of the world, but the spirit which is of

God; that we might know the things that

are freely given to us of God. (I

Corinthians 2:12)

Did you catch that? One of the roles of the

Spirit in your life is to show you all the things

that have been freely given to you by God.

Your Heavenly Father has given you so much

that it takes His very Spirit working on the

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inside of you for you to begin to grasp it all!

That’s true comfort.

The Spirit of God wants to reveal to you

that you don’t have to be sick. Healing is

yours in Christ Jesus. He wants to show that

you don’t have to be poor and broke all the

time. All sufficiency is yours in the Lord.

When you’re in the midst of trouble, all the

benefits of salvation are ready to be revealed

to you through the comforting work of the

Holy Spirit.

Walking in the Spirit

In the verse we just read (I Corinthians

2:12) Paul says we have been given the Holy

Spirit “... that we might know the things that

are freely given us by God.”

In the very next verse he tells us how to

receive that wonderful knowledge.

Which things also we speak, not in

the words which man’s wisdom teacheth,

but which the Holy Ghost teacheth;

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comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

(I Corinthians 2:13)

To really experience the fulness of the

comfort of the Holy Spirit, you’re going to

have to become spiritually minded. You’re

going to have to know what it means to walk

in the Spirit.

There are many things you need to know

which simply cannot be grasped with the

natural mind. Too frequently, when God

speaks to us we end up scratching our heads

asking, “Was that you Lord? Or was that me?”

There is only one reliable way to make

sure you’re hearing the voice of God. That is

to be so familiar with His Word through Bible

study and His voice through spending time

with Him, that you immediately recognize it

when it comes. You see, God’s spoken words

will never contradict His written Word. They

are always harmonious. They are always in

agreement.

When my wife calls me on the phone, I

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immediately know it’s her. How? Because

I’ve spent enough time with her to be able to

instantly recognize her voice. Likewise, you’ll

know the voice of God by spending time with

Him. There is no other way.

To truly know and understand the things

God has freely bestowed upon you takes time

and diligence applied to spiritual things. It

requires that you give attention to the things

of God so that your inner man is nurtured and

strengthened.

Then, as you hear and obey the counsel of

the Lord, you experience the comfort of the

Holy Ghost. That’s the key to receiving this

blessed comfort. Hear and obey. It’s as simple

as that.

When tough times come, you can be one

of those who comes through without a scratch.

When the storms of life come crashing in,

you’ll be the one who stands steady as a rock.

Others around you may fall. Everyone you

know may be wringing their hands and crying

“What shall we do?” But you will know

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nothing but calm assurance.

Peace of mind. Miraculous deliverance.

Supernatural wisdom and insight. All this and

much, much more belongs to the man or

woman who applies these principles and

learns the secret of hearing from God and

walking in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

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Books by Creflo A. Dollar Jr.

Capturing the Reality of Heaven and Hell

Confidence: The Missing Substance of Faith

The Divine Order of Faith: How to get from the

Problem to the Answer

Exposing the Spirit of Competitive Jealousy

The Force of Integrity

Rightness vs. Righteousness

Understanding God’s Purpose for the Anointing

If you would like more information about this ministry,

or are interested in becoming a partner, please write:

World Changers Ministries

Post Office Box 490124

College Park, Georgia 30349

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Document Outline

- Hearing from God

- Contents

- 1 Hearing from God

- Hearing from Heaven

- Get the Sin Out

- Two Channels of Communication

- The Inner Voice of God’s Spirit

- 2 The Comfort of the Holy Spirit

- Walking in the Spirit

- Books by Creflo A. Dollar Jr.

Table of Contents

1 Hearing from God...............................

2 The Comfort of the Holy Spirit.................

Books by Creflo A. Dollar Jr........

Hearing from God

Contents

Hearing from Heaven

Get the Sin Out

Two Channels of Communication

The Inner Voice of God’s Spirit

Walking in the Spirit