What should you do when your conscience warns you?

“When my conscience talks, it sounds like my mom clearing her throat,” says Ava, 8. “I know I should stop and listen.”“My conscience is like a yellow light,” says Mateo, 10. “If I speed up, I will get in trouble. If I slow down, I am safe.”God built something inside of us that warns us when we are stepping toward wrong. The apostle Paul wrote that even people who have never read the Bible still have a sense of right and wrong. He said, “for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified” (Romans 2:13).Paul also explained that people “show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them” (Romans 2:15).Your conscience is like a referee in your heart. It blows the whistle when you foul, and it gives a thumbs up when you do what is right.Mark Twain once said: “When in doubt, tell the truth.

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