A Baltimore pastor praised new gospel artist Gloria Hallelujah Woods while using her lyrics in his sermon.
Rev. Melech E. M. Thomas used the uplifting lyrics of Gloria’s track “Tomorrow” in his sermon at Payne Memorial A.M.E. Church on Sunday.
“This is why I love, I love, I love good gospel music,” Pastor Thomas told his congregation.
“I love good gospel music, and there’s this new gospel artist. Some of you might know her, some of you don’t, but her name is Gloria Hallelujah Woods.”
“Some of you might know her as GloRilla,” he continued. “GloRilla has a song called ‘Tomorrow’ and she makes this statement that blesses me; she says, ‘Everyday the sun don’t shine, but that’s why I love tomorrow.’ And I’m talking to some people that life ain’t been the kindest to you, but you understand that what big mama said all the time: that weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. That every day is not good, but as long as I can make it to tomorrow, something can turn around.”
As the reverends’s sermon went viral, it caught the attention of GloRilla on social media. “PREACH!” she wrote in response to the video on Twitter/X.
GloRilla is best known for her viral hit single “F.N.F.”
The 24-year-old Memphis native turned to gospel music after becoming disenchanted with the negative image of drill rap.
Glo’s “Tomorrow” remix with Cardi B earned her first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2022.