Olive Chapel Church New Carlisle IND

Olive Chapel Church New Carlisle IND A church in New Carlisle helping people grow through Christ-centered worship, biblical teaching, and genuine community.

Why work?Today at Olive Chapel, we considered a question deeper than, "Why do I need a paycheck?"What might God be doing...
09/06/2026

Why work?

Today at Olive Chapel, we considered a question deeper than, "Why do I need a paycheck?"

What might God be doing in me and through me as I work?

Work existed before sin entered the world. God created people to cultivate, steward, organize, create, and care for His creation. The fall did not create work; it made work difficult.

That means frustration, pressure, conflict, and exhaustion do not necessarily mean our work has no purpose. We perform good work in a broken world, and God can use it to:

Provide for us and through us.
Form our character.
Serve other people.
Display the character of Christ.
Enable us to live generously.
Work is a good gift, but it is a terrible god. Our careers cannot carry the weight of our identity or save us. Yet when our work is surrendered to Christ, even ordinary tasks can become places of purpose.

"Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people." - Colossians 3:23 (NLT)

In Christ, work is neither our curse nor our identity. It is one of the places where God provides through us, forms us, serves others, and displays His character.

09/06/2026

Sunday Morning Sermon - September 6, 2026

Tomorrow at Olive Chapel: Why Work?For many of us, work occupies a significant part of life. Some find their jobs fulfil...
09/05/2026

Tomorrow at Olive Chapel: Why Work?

For many of us, work occupies a significant part of life. Some find their jobs fulfilling. Others feel exhausted, frustrated, overlooked, or uncertain whether their work matters.

The Bible offers a perspective that reaches beyond both a paycheck and personal fulfillment. Work is part of God's good design, and He can use it to:

Provide for us and through us.
Form integrity, patience, and perseverance in us.
Serve the needs of others.
Make the character of Christ visible.
Teach us to work faithfully and rest trustfully.
Your job is not your identity, and your career is not your savior. But when surrendered to Christ, even ordinary tasks can become places of purpose.

Join us tomorrow for Why Work?

Sunday, September 6
8:30 AM or 10:30 AM Eastern

Come discover what God may be doing in you and through you as you work.

Look back. Look within. Look around. Look ahead.This week, we have reflected on four movements of Communion:Look back: R...
09/04/2026

Look back. Look within. Look around. Look ahead.

This week, we have reflected on four movements of Communion:

Look back: Remember Christ's completed and sufficient sacrifice.
Look within: Examine your life honestly and receive His cleansing grace.
Look around: Recognize that Christ has made His people one body and one family.
Look ahead: Anticipate His return and the coming feast in His Kingdom.
The Lord's Table helps us remember and proclaim the heart of the gospel:

Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.

Take a few quiet moments today:

Thank Jesus for the cross.
Confess what He brings to light.
Choose one step toward unity or reconciliation.
Renew your hope in His return.
At the Lord's Table, we remember Christ's sacrifice, examine our lives, receive His grace, recognize His body, and anticipate His return.

In every direction, see Jesus.

Your job is more than a paycheck.Over a working career, the typical American may spend roughly 75,000 to 90,000 hours at...
09/03/2026

Your job is more than a paycheck.

Over a working career, the typical American may spend roughly 75,000 to 90,000 hours at work - about one-quarter of their waking hours during those working years.

With that much of life invested in work, it is worth asking a deeper question:

What might God be doing in me and through me as I work?

This Sunday at Olive Chapel, we will explore a biblical perspective on our jobs, careers, and daily responsibilities. We will consider how God can use our work to provide for needs, shape our character, serve others, and make Christ visible.

Join us for Why Work?

Sunday, September 6
8:30 AM or 10:30 AM Eastern

Whether you enjoy your work, endure it, are searching for it, or have stepped away from paid employment, this message will help us consider how ordinary responsibilities can become places of divine purpose.

Look ahead: Anticipate Christ's return.Communion looks back to the cross, but it also looks forward to the feast of God'...
09/03/2026

Look ahead: Anticipate Christ's return.

Communion looks back to the cross, but it also looks forward to the feast of God's coming Kingdom. Jesus told His disciples:

"I will not drink w**e again until the day I drink it new with you in my Father's Kingdom." - Matthew 26:29 (NLT)

At the Lord's Table, we remember:

Christ has died.
Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.
Death will not have the final word.
God's people will sit at His Table in His Kingdom.
Communion is a meal of remembrance, but it is also a meal of hope. Every celebration points toward the coming feast when faith becomes sight and we enter fully into God's presence.

Jesus, keep me faithful and hopeful as I wait for Your return.

Look around: Recognize Christ's body.Communion is personal, but it is never private. Paul reminded the Corinthian believ...
09/02/2026

Look around: Recognize Christ's body.

Communion is personal, but it is never private. Paul reminded the Corinthian believers that their treatment of one another mattered at the Lord's Table.

"Though we are many, we all eat from one loaf of bread, showing that we are one body." - 1 Corinthians 10:17 (NLT)

Christ did not merely reconcile us to God. He made us one family.

Look around today and ask:

Am I contributing to unity or division?
Am I treating another believer with contempt?
Is there someone I need to forgive or approach?
Am I overlooking the needs of someone in Christ's family?
Am I willing to receive as family those whom Christ has received?
We cannot honor Christ at the Table while disregarding His body around the Table.

Jesus, make us one. Teach me to honor, forgive, serve, and receive the people You call family.

Look within: Examine your present life.Scripture tells us:"You should examine yourself before eating the bread and drink...
09/01/2026

Look within: Examine your present life.

Scripture tells us:

"You should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup." - 1 Corinthians 11:28 (NLT)

Self-examination is not an invitation to vague condemnation or an attempt to make ourselves worthy. It is an honest response to grace.

Ask the Holy Spirit:

Is there a sin I am excusing rather than confessing?
Is there an area in which I am resisting Christ's authority?
Am I harboring bitterness or refusing reconciliation?
Am I living in a way that contradicts the gospel I proclaim?
Am I trying to hide what Jesus already sees?
Communion does not call perfect people to the Table. It calls repentant people to receive grace honestly.

"If we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins." - 1 John 1:9 (NLT)

Jesus, search my heart. Give me courage to confess what You reveal and faith to receive Your forgiveness.

Look back: Remember Christ's sacrifice.When Jesus gave His disciples the bread and cup, He said:"Do this in remembrance ...
08/31/2026

Look back: Remember Christ's sacrifice.

When Jesus gave His disciples the bread and cup, He said:

"Do this in remembrance of me." - 1 Corinthians 11:24 (NLT)

Communion directs us to a completed event. Christ's sacrifice does not need to be repeated, improved, or supplemented.

The bread reminds us that His body was given for us. The cup reminds us that His blood established the new covenant and secured our forgiveness.

At the Table, we do not celebrate what we have done for Christ. We remember what Christ has done for us.

Take a quiet moment today and look back to the cross. Thank Jesus for giving Himself for you, and rest in the sufficiency of His finished work.

Jesus, thank You for Your body given and Your blood poured out for me. Help me live today with gratitude for what You have done.

The Lord's Table is not a reward for people who have achieved spiritual perfection. It is a gift for disciples who know ...
08/30/2026

The Lord's Table is not a reward for people who have achieved spiritual perfection. It is a gift for disciples who know they need Christ.

Today at Olive Chapel, we reflected on the purpose of Communion. The bread and cup direct our attention away from our achievements and toward the saving work of Jesus.

At His Table:

We come remembering, because His sacrifice is sufficient.
We come examining, because His grace makes honesty possible.
We come together, because His cross has made us one body.
We come hoping, because the crucified Savior is risen and will return.
Communion calls us to receive the bread and cup with reverence, gratitude, repentance, unity, and hope.

"For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord's death until he comes again." - 1 Corinthians 11:26 (NLT)

Look back. Look within. Look around. Look ahead - and in every direction, see Jesus.

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