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You know, you have to make so many decisions every day, but we need help.

So many voices calling out to us from the culture, coming up today on a new beginning.

Pastor Greg Lory urges caution in choosing which of those voices you listen to.

You know, some people turn to Google or Siri for answers to life's deepest questions.

But they read the astrology column and meanwhile here's the creator of the universe who's

given us his word and he says, I want to be your counselor.

If you follow many of the discussion threads on social media, they often follow a pattern.

A suggestion, a counter suggestion, disagreement, rude disagreement, personal attack,

intense, caustic tirade.

And we close the page, uttering something about humanity being doomed.

It's probably a good idea to get our input from a higher source.

Today on a new beginning, Pastor Greg Lory points to our wonderful counselor.

Grab your pibles and turn to Isaiah 9.6.

Isaiah 9.6 in the title of my message is what's in the name?

I told you the story before about a guy who ended up with the unfortunate last name of odd.

Imagine the harassment he had to face, the mockery, the jokes and his expense.

Going all the way back to school, oh, your last name is odd.

That's odd.

You're odd.

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