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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/allaboutmormons/ENG_QUESANS/~4/F0o5ZDyrivo" height="1" width="1"/>El Santo Gringohttp://www.allaboutmormons.com/Questions/daughter_receiving_advice_friends_parents_ENG_8.phpAnswer: My daughter has been receiving advice from her friends and their parents. They tell...urn:uuid:17120019-6917-0000-ed31-decaeeafaede2013-04-28T06:34:51-06:00<b>Question by Anonymous:</b> My daughter has been receiving advice from her friends and their parents. They tell her to go with her gut and do what she wants to do. I try eplaining the diffrence between that feeling and the still small voice of the holy spirit. Any ideas how to explain? They come from a new age perspective. I come from a christian/inactive LDS background.<br><br><b>Answer by Pamela Bonta: </b>"Going with your gut" can actually be one way of following the still small voice... As long as it is done in the proper fashion and for the proper reason. Sometimes our 'gut' will tell us to things that are against the Lord's principles. For example, if her 'gut' is telling her that she should get a flower tattoo instead of a butterfly one, it is not of the spirit since we know that we have been cautiond against getting tattoos. But if her 'gut' is telling her 'don't get a tattoo even though all your friends are doing it', then that would be of the Spirit. <br> <br>The question that she should always ask herself when deciding whether or not to 'go with her gut feeling' is whether or not it is against the Lord. <br> <br>This article may help: <br> <br><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.lds.org/Ensign/2011/02/learning-to-hear-and-understand-the-spirit?lang=eng" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.lds.org/Ensign/2011/02/learning-to-hear-and-understand-the-spirit?lang=eng</a> <br> <br><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=6ca7a41f6cc20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&vgnextoid=e1fa5f74db46c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">This family home evening lesson</a> may have some ideas for you as well.<br><br style="clear:both"/><br> <table border=0 width=100%><tr><td><center><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.allaboutmormons.com/Questions/daughter_receiving_advice_friends_parents_ENG_8.php">See the original question</a></center></td><td><center><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.allaboutmormons.com/Questions/daughter_receiving_advice_friends_parents_ENG_8.php#answer_question">Answer this question</a></center></td> <td> <center><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.allaboutmormons.com/mormon_questions_answers.php">See all questions</a></center></td> <td> <center><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.allaboutmormons.com/Questions/daughter_receiving_advice_friends_parents_ENG_8.php#answers">See all answers to this question</a></center></td> <td> <center><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.allaboutmormons.com/ENG_addquestion.php">Ask a question</a></center></td> <td> <center><a rel="nofollow" href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=allaboutmormons%2FENG&loc=en_US">Updates by Email</a></center></td></tr></table><hr><div class="feedflare">
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