FREDERICK FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

Sermons

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Grateful Living

(A series of short videos based on Psalm 23)

The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack.

He lets me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

He renews my life; He leads me along the right paths for His name’s sake.

Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff—they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord as long as I live.

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2020

November 22, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: The Heart of Thanksgiving: Luke 7:11-19
November 15, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: The Heart of Biblical Faith: Mark 12:28-34
November 8: 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Matthew 5:1-12 The Blessed Attitudes
November 1, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: "We are the Church" Revelation 7:9-17
October 25, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: "The Affirmation of Faith" Habakkuk 3:17-19 and Malachi 3:16-18
October 18, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: "The Ways of God" Zephaniah 3:14-17 and Micah 5:2-5a
October 11, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Micah 6:6-8 "What does the Lord Require?"
October 4, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: James 4:8 "Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you."
September 27, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Joel 2:21-32 "The Promise of Hope."
September 20, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Daniel 9:15-19 "Lord, Listen! Lord, Forgive! Lord, Hear and Act!"
September 13, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Ezekiel 47:1-12 "Life Giving Water"
September 6, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Ezekiel 11:14-21 "I Am Your Sanctuary"
August 30, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: "New Way, New Hope" Jeremiah 31:3-6, 7-14, and 31-34
August 23, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Jeremiah 29:4-14 "God's Best Intent"
August 16, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Jeremiah 18:1-12 "Mold Me and Make Me"
August 9, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Isaiah 58 "God's Ways are Always Best"
August 2, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Matthew 14:13-21: The Lavish Abundance of God’s Provision -or- God’s Party
July 31: 2020: A Blessing over Frederick, Maryland: A Virtual Choir
July 26, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Ecclesiastes 4:8-12 "Life Is Better With Others"
July 19, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Psalm 89 "Realizing the New"
July 12, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Job 19:25-27 "Sometimes Life Doesn't Make Sense"
Song: "I Am" by The Wall Brothers.
July 5, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Isaiah 58:6-12 "Repairer of Broken Walls"; Part 5: Message: "For Such a Time as This" (Esther 4:12-17)
June 28, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Isaiah 58:6-12 "Repairer of Broken Walls"; Part 4: Message: "The Uncomfortable Gospel" (Nehemiah 8:1-12)
June 21, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Isaiah 58:6-12 "Repairer of Broken Walls"; Part 3
June 14, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Isaiah 58:6-12 "Repairer of Broken Walls"; "Next Steps" Nehemiah 2-4. Sermon Notes (pdf file)
June 7, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: Isaiah 58:6-12 "Repairer of Broken Walls"
May 31, 2020: Worship Service Pentecost Sunday
May 24, 2020: Worship Service "May God Bless you with His Presence" Psalm 16:11
May 17, 2020: Worship Service
May 10, 2020: Worship Service "A song of Thanksgiving" 1 Chronicles 16:8-36
May 3, 2020: Worship Service "Facing the threats of life" 1 Kings chapters 17-19
April 26, 2020: Worship Service Sermon: "Ruth"
April 19, 2020: Part 1: Worship Music and Scripture Reading. Part 2: Sermon: "God is With Us". Judges chapters 6-9.
April 12, 2020: Easter Sunday worship service, "The Heart of the Christian Faith," Luke 24:1-12
April 10, 2020: Good Friday Worship Service
April 5, 2020: Worship Service, Pastor Rob Merki "Triumph of All Triumphs - the Salvation of Our Souls." Scripture for today is Revelation 5:1-14.
March 29, 2020: Worship Service, Pastor Rob Merki, "God's Promises in Perilous Times." Scripture for today: Deuteronomy 23:5, 14
March 22, 2020: Virtual Worship Service. Scripture for today: Deuteronomy 15:7-11

Other scriptures cited include:

2 Kings 6:8-22 (this is a wonderful, if not humorous and redemptive passage)
2 Timothy 1:7
2 Corinthians 9:7
Acts 2:42-47

March 15, 2020: Pastor Rob Merki - "Do not be Afraid or Discouraged" (Joshua 1:1-9) (download .mp3 file).
March 8, 2020: Pastor Rob Merki - "Choices and Inward Obedience" (Deuteronomy 30:11-20) (download .mp3 file).
February 9, 2020: Pastor Rob Merki - "Everyday Holiness" (Leviticus 19:2 and 1 Peter 1:13-16) (download .mp3 file).
February 2, 2020: Pastor Rob Merki - "Journeying Through the Word: Exodus 33 - Leviticus 14" (download .mp3 file).
January 26, 2020: Pastor Rob Merki - "Journeying Through the Word: Genesis 45 - Exodus 32" (download .mp3 file).

2019

December 29, 2019: David Kalman - "The God of New Beginnings" (download .mp3 file).
December 22, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Come and See What God Has Done: Love Incarnate, Love Divine" (Isaiah 54:10) (download .mp3 file).
December 15, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Come and See What God Has Done" (Luke 2) (download .mp3 file).
December 8, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Come and See What God Has Done: Messiah Bring Peace" (Isaiah 9:2-7) (download .mp3 file).
December 1, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Come and See What God Has Done: Part 1" (download .mp3 file).
November 10, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Outward-Focused Living: Part 5: Love in Action" (Ephesians 5:1-2) (download .mp3 file).
November 3, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Outward-Focused Living: Part 4: Seeds of Love" (Luke 8:16-18) (download .mp3 file).
October 27 sermon not available
October 20, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Outward-Focused Living: Part 2: Focused On God" (Isaiah 42) (download .mp3 file).
October 13, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Outward-Focused Living: Part 1" (Ephesians 3:14-21) (download .mp3 file).
October 6, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Tell Me the Story of Jesus" (John 1:35-46) (download .mp3 file).
September 15, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Life is Overwhelmingly Better with Jesus" (Ephesians 2:18-20; Romans 12:15; Job 19:23-27) (download .mp3 file). September 15 sermon notes (pdf file).
September 1 sermon notes (pdf file)
September 8, 2019: Guest Speaker: Rev. Gary Millburn - "This is Where the Rubber Hits the Road" (Matthew 7:12) (download .mp3 file)
September 1, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "When You Pray" (Matthew 6:5-14) (download .mp3 file)
September 1 sermon notes (pdf file).
August 25, 2019: David Kalman - "When My Thinking is Wrong" (download .mp3 file)
August 25th sermon slides (pdf file).
July 28, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "The Virtues of Jesus Alive in Us" (Galatians 5:16-24) (download .mp3 file)
Note: The King's Brass performed and led worship service on July 21. There was no sermon recorded that day.
July 14, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "The Harvest of the Spirit" (Galatians 5:16-24) (download .mp3 file)