A Note From
Gladewater Church of the Nazarene
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Sunday, November 16, 2025 | "O come, let us worship and bow down... before the Lord our Maker." (Psalm 95:6)
Sunday School @ 9:30 am | Worship Service @ 10:30 am | Prayer @ 5:30 pm
Announcements/Reminders
- TODAY - Church Board Meeting @ 2:30 pm
- Nov. 22 - Soup Kitchen & Clothes Closet
- Weekly Reading for 11/17 - 11/23 Revelation 10-22
Sermon Notes for 11/16/2025
TITLE: Love Good, Hate Evil
SCRIPTURE: Amos 1 and 5
Seek good, hate evil, and let justice and righteousness flow from us!
Who is Amos?
- A shepherd from Tekoa
- Later called to prophesy to the northern kingdom
God Roars (Amos 1:1-2)
- The earth responds to God’s roar
- The pastures and rivers dry out
- God’s roar serves as a wake-up call for Israel
The Cracked Foundation of Worship (Amos 5:21-23)
- Israel was religiously busy
- God hated and rejected their worship
- “Religious ritual is the absence of just and righteous treatment of others is disgusting to God.”
The Call to Return to God (Amos 5:14-15)
- “Seek good… hate evil… love good…”
- Love the things that bring life, hate the things that cause death.
- Repentance is a turning away from evil and allowing God to show you the life and love He offers.
The River that Will Not Run Dry (Amos 5:24)
- “Let justice roll down…”
- Let justice and righteousness flow like life-giving, life-sustaining forces! May they run freely and abundantly out of our community of faith!
Centuries later, another prophet cries out - one that prepared the way for the ONE who brings about true justice and righteousness, through love!