If there's anyone, at least that I know in history, if there's anyone in the whole world

who would have the right to be worried and anxious, be down in the dumps, would have been

this pregnant teenage young woman.

Think about this. Her life is on the line. Her honor has been called to question and her future is in doubt.

Oh, but her response to her circumstances shows us why God has chosen her from all the young women in Israel at the time,

to be the mother of the Messiah.

Welcome to leading the way with Dr. Michael Youssef,

founding pastor of the Church of the Apostles in Atlanta,

and respected Bible teacher around the world. Today, as we're obviously in the heart of the Church of the Apostles in Atlanta, and respected Bible teacher around the world.

Today, as we're obviously in the heart of the Christmas season, Dr. Youssef felt it important

for you to have a deeper understanding of who Mary, the mother of Jesus the Messiah, is.

So he's offering a close-up look at Mary's prayer, the prayer she prayed when she heard

the news of the divine birth, and how she would participate in that miracle. This is a prayer

that's often referred to as the Magnificat. Listen now, you'll appreciate even more the

sounds and images of this Christmas season. Here now is Dr. Michael

Yousaf to begin. Everything I'm going to tell you today from the Word of God runs to the extreme

opposite of everything that is taught in secular education and in the secular media.

What do you say, what's new about this? Well, you'll see in a minute. Today, particularly

our young people, they treat celebrities with awe. They treat them as gods and goddesses,

and they call them idols. The secular media celebrates their blatant immorality,

arrogance, and narcissism. Here's the lesson that we must teach the next generation by

modeling it for them. We need to emphasize that celebrities are here today and gone tomorrow. But those who

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