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People sometimes will question whether it's inspiration or
whether it's my own thought.
We have to act then we find out if it's coming from me or
if it's the power of God.
So for example, you may have an occasion where you fail to
say your morning prayers.
And you, all of a sudden, hear the voice of your mother who,
when you were a small boy, would say remember to say your
morning prayers, remember to say your evening prayers.
But why would God send an angel to deliver that message
to you when the Holy Ghost can bring back to you the
recollection or the remembrance of your angel
mother reminding you to pray?
The effect is the same.
Everything that invites and entices us to do good and to
be good comes from God.
People might ask well, why not make it easy to
recognize all the time?
I would suggest that the simple answer is
because God trusts us.
He shouldn't have to dramatically shake us to get
our attention.
Those who are baptized members of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints receive, by the laying on of hands, the
gift of the Holy Ghost.
Now any person anywhere in the world can and is influenced by
the Holy Ghost, but after baptism by proper authority
one receives this ordinance of the Holy Ghost.
That gift, as it operates in our life as we seek can ask,
invites inspiration from Heaven and revelation.
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