Norwich Alliance Church

Norwich Alliance Church Norwich Alliance Church is a family friendly Christ-centered church with a heart for our community and our world. We love people and love God. Join us!

09/06/2026

"Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. 8 Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature" (GAL 6:7-8a NLT). Our culture has tried to convince themselves that there are no consequences for disobeying God's loving just commands. Look around you. Although we have more than 98% of the world, are we happier? Is there peace and joy on the faces you encounter in public places? It's harvest time in our country in more than one way. Addictions enslave us. Popular psychology loudly proclaims it isn't sin, will not harm us, we "just doing what is natural." God has made wonderful precious promises, and He has given us serious warnings like this one in Galatians. The rest of verse 8b promises, "But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit." Sin is easier, feels good for a time, but kills the soul and then the body. What God commands will give us life and set us free from the deadly trap of sin's addictions. Every day we choose one or the other promise.

09/05/2026

Sin is enticing, appears deceptively harmless, and is actually deadly dangerous. Do you believe this assertion of the Bible? Do the fantasies you indulge, the entertainments you seek, and the decisions you are making reflect this factual statement? Or are you playing with fire? David's actions in 2SA 11 show the terrible cycle of temptation, sin, and deadly consequences in his life. In spite of later repentance and forgiveness, the natural consequences of one night of sin were reflected in suffering, family division, and death for the rest of his life. We must "run from temptation" rather than toying with it.

08/30/2026

"His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires" (2PE 1:3-5). The hope we have in Christ is sitting on the foundation of God's precious gracious promises. God had no need to give us His commitment to bless us so richly. His intention was to allow people of faith in Him to "participate in the divine nature." The world around us is more faithless to their commitments than in the past. We hesitate to commit to anything or anyone because we know we will not keep our word. That is not true of those who "escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires." Our Savior will keep every promise He ever made (PRO 30:5). The promises we make in baptism, in communion, in marriage, and even in daily life must be kept. Our commitments made and given to God and to others must be as certain as the rising sun. Be careful what you say you will do. And be careful to do everything you promise.

08/29/2026

Can people make promises and keep them today? What happens if God enables us to keep promises we make to Him and to other people? What if we don't? Modern culture is commitment phobic. We reserve the "right" to break every promise if it feels right. God is a covenant God, a God of promises. And so are His true children. There is supernatural power in kept promises.

08/23/2026

“Who am I, O Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? (2SA 7:18). Before you worship God in His holiness and love - before you sing His praises, humble yourself. David acknowledged his humble beginnings in a pasture full of sheep with no prospects for doing or becoming anything great. He acknowledged God's sovereign hand in his life and grace at every crossroad. Then he exclaimed, "How great you are, O Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!" (22). If you don't know why you are praising God, you probably aren't. God is great, but why? Have a self-awareness from the Holy Spirit that fully admits where you would be without God's supernatural kindness in Christ. How has God saved you, protected, healed. and loved you when you were inconsistent, failing, and spiritually compromised? Your worship is more true, more real, and more pleasing to God when it comes from a heart of deep gratitude for HIs amazing grace.

08/22/2026

Christian, God attends your worship services. But if you read ISA 1, you will discover that He may or may not be pleased by what you are doing when you "worship." What are the fundamental elements that must be present in worship that please God? David's worship in the second half of this chapter are a great model for worship. If you really mean to worship God "in spirit and in truth" listen to David's worship in this chapter.

08/16/2026

” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper" (1KI 19:11-12). When do you really worship God? Is it when you have a euphoric feeling and are moved by nature or music or architecture in a beautiful sanctuary? You do not need to know God or be a Christian to have a "religious experience." Elijah did not find God in the earthquake or the tornado or the raging wildfire. He found God in the silence when He heard the "still small voice" speaking to him. King David spent weeks alone with his thoughts of God as a shepherd. Read the theology in the Psalms he wrote and sang to God on a quiet hillside under the stars. If you can't, if you don't worship God on Tuesday or Saturday alone in a quiet place as beautiful and magnificent and holy, you will not worship Him Sunday when the worship team is playing and lights are dim and people are feeling spiritual. Are you worshiping God today or seeking a spiritual experience?

08/15/2026

In order for most people to worship, there must be music, the right kind of music at the right volume. Or we need a majestic mountain view or a blue lagoon or a perfect sunny morning. Sometimes some of us require a cathedral with soaring arches and subdued lighting. But none of that is really worshiping God. It is worship, but is focused on the surroundings of the worshiper and not on the One we worship. David wanted to build a temple for God. Instead, God built a "home" in the center of His people so they could worship HIM.

08/09/2026

"I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever" (Jeremiah 32:39). Do you love and fear God? I know "perfect love casts out fear" (1JN 4:18). OK, is your love for God "perfect?" One of our modern issues is the tendency to water down real Christian faith to the point where it is so thin, it isn't faith anymore. We don't like to talk about having the "fear of the Lord" but it's real and something God puts in your heart to help you. We sin, leave the faith, settle for half-committed lives because we do not perfectly love God or fear Him. HEB 12:29 teaches, "Our God is a consuming fire." HEB 10:31 while imploring Christians to not turn away from their faith says, "“It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” We should not "market" this out of the Bible. God is full of grace and mercy, but He is also full of justice and truth. Jesus is closer to you than a brother but He is so holy the Apostle John fainted when He saw Christ's glory. People who love and fear God obey Him out of love and resist temptation. Christians who love and fear God do not walk away from Him when life gets difficult. When you worship today, worship our Holy God with both love and fear.

08/08/2026

Do you really worship God? Is your worship pleasing to God or just to you? What if our our idea of "great worship" is really offensive to God? 2SA 6 illustrates that God is both holy and loving. Man-made ideas of what God would like that do not seek His will or obey His commands can end in disaster rather than worship. If we don't both love and fear God, we cannot worship or know Him.

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35 Wawecus Hill Rd
Norwich, CT
06360

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 11:45am
Tuesday 8:30am - 11:45am
Wednesday 8:30am - 11:45am
Thursday 8:30am - 11:45am
Friday 8:30am - 11:45am
Saturday 8:30am - 11:45am
Sunday 8:30am - 11:45am

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+18608898882

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