Holy Ghost Will Guide Us in Major and Minor Things

Additionally and expansively, the Holy Ghost will show us "all things what [we] should do," including both major and minor things (2 Nephi 32:5). This gift is so practical, for "we are of God. . . . Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error" (1 John 4:6). How often in life do we need help to detect the "spirit of error," which might otherwise carry the day, as well as to receive verification and direction? "And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things" (Moroni 10:5). The Holy Ghost can give us such guidance: "The spirit of truth . . . will guide you in all truth" (John 16:13). [The Promise of Discipleship, p. 97]

Holy Ghost Will Help Us in the Gray Areas

He can thus help us both in the defining moments as well as in what might be called life's gray zones of choices. Our decisions, after all, are not such contests as the choice between whether we will rob a bank or hold family home evening. At times we must choose among good options, "A1" and "A2." But we need help in order to attend to the "weightier matters" and do the things of "most worth" (Matthew 23:23; D&C 15:6; 16:4, 6; 2 Nephi 9:51). [The Promise of Discipleship, p. 97]