Most of us are busy “straightening pictures”—focusing on small things—while the most important mission is right in front of us. In Acts 1:4–8, Jesus calls His followers to move beyond comfort and carry not just good news, but saving news to a world in need. Discover how the Holy Spirit empowers you to reach people like you, people different from you, and even places beyond you. It’s time to stop majoring on the minor and start living on mission.

What do dead men produce? Rumors.

What do resurrected men produce? Revival.

In this powerful message from Matthew 28:9–15, we explore the overlooked story of the guards at the empty tomb—men who witnessed the resurrection, yet chose to bury the truth. Their story forces us to confront a sobering reality: it’s possible to believe something happened without ever being changed by it.

Through the contrast between rumor and revival, this sermon challenges us to examine our own lives through three critical questions:

How did it start? How’s it going? How will it end?

In Zechariah 9, God pulls back the curtain on the real issue behind every broken situation. We say we have marriage problems, church problems, and family problems—but Scripture reveals something deeper: we have a king problem.

Verses 1–8 walk us through the smoke of fallen kingdoms—places of power, wealth, and control that ultimately collapse. But in verses 9–10, everything changes. A different kind of King arrives—not to take, but to save. Not coming for us, but coming to us.

This message confronts the thrones we’ve allowed to rule our lives and calls us to stop managing the damage and start surrendering control. Because when the right King takes His place, everything else begins to change.