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498. Is The Holy Ghost Always With You? by Joni Hilton, in Meridian Magazine

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This is a really thoughtful article, giving counsel on controlling our very thoughts, so we can have the Spirit of the Holy Ghost always guiding us. Is the Holy Ghost Always with You? By Joni Hilton  · September 16, 2015 What a blessing we have, when given the Gift of the Holy Ghost. Though he can inspire and enlighten anyone (which is how testimonies are gained), once we’re baptized and have been given this incredible gift by the laying on of hands, we have the most amazing promise: He can be our constant companion. Of course, as we all know, the only thing that can obstruct this phenomenal partnership is ourselves. Through disobedience and unrighteousness, we can drive him away. And many of us picture this as willfully breaking commandments and doing things that would make the Holy Ghost uncomfortable in our company—should we steal, lie, take drugs, go to a strip joint– the obvious stuff. But many of us who live life in the mainstream of the church ( servin