Leading The Way TV Video Podcast

In Eternal Benefits , Dr. Michael Youssef opens the six-part Empowered by Praise series with a deeply personal testimony, calling believers to examine the spiritual condition of their hearts through the lens of praise. Drawing from Matthew 12:34 and Psalm 22:3, Dr. Youssef declares that praise is not optional—it is essential fuel for victory, intimacy with Christ, and spiritual power. He outlines...

Is America repeating history’s most dangerous mistake? History has a warning for us—and it’s one the Church can no longer afford to ignore. In this powerful message delivered at Prestonwood Baptist Church, Dr. Michael Youssef issues an urgent, prophetic call to the American Church. Drawing from the cyclical patterns of the Book of Judges, the fall of Christian North Africa, and the Islamizat...

In this powerful message from Leading The Way’s AWAKE DC rally, Dr. Michael Youssef calls believers to spiritual awakening and readiness for the return of Jesus Christ. Drawing from Matthew 25 and the parable of the ten virgins, he challenges listeners to examine whether their faith is genuine or merely outward religion. While many profess Christ with their lips, true believers are distinguished b...

In this final message from Jude, Dr. Michael Youssef gives believers the tools needed to contend for the Faith without fear. In a day of scoffers, false teachers, and watered-down Biblical Truth, God’s people must be informed by the inerrant Word, insulated through prayer in the Holy Spirit, and involved in reaching the lost with mercy. Believers must repent of spiritual dryness, remain in the lov...

In this sobering message from Jude, Dr. Michael Youssef warns that apostates may look religious, but they are like hidden rocks, empty clouds, fruitless trees, raging waves, and wandering stars. They deny the authority of God’s inerrant Word, refuse repentance, and lead others away from the Lord Jesus Christ. But their defeat is certain. Christ, the divine Son of God, will return not as a helpless...

In this urgent message from Jude, Dr. Michael Youssef warns that the enemies of the Faith often hide inside the church, using Christian words while denying Biblical Truth. They reject God’s authority, lower His holy standards, and lead people away from repentance, the cross, and the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Jude exposes the way of Cain, the error of Balaam, and the rebellion of Korah as warnings...

In this sobering message from Jude, Dr. Michael Youssef warns that apathy toward false teaching is deadly. God’s Word is inerrant, His warnings are clear, and His judgment is certain. Jude points to unbelieving Israel, rebellious angels, and Sodom and Gomorrah as lasting warnings against distrust, pride, and moral perversion. Believers must repent of silence and indifference, refuse to redefine si...

In this urgent message from Jude, Dr. Michael Youssef declares that the Faith has been entrusted to believers once and for all, and it must not be changed, softened, or denied. The inerrant Word of God is not open for revision, and Jesus Christ is the only Savior and sovereign Lord. False teachers creep into the church by twisting grace into permission for sin and denying Christ’s authority. God’s...

In this opening message from Jude, Dr. Michael Youssef shows that contending for the Faith begins with knowing the holy privilege of belonging to Jesus Christ. Jude did not boast in being the half-brother of Jesus; he called himself His bondservant. That is the mark of true faith: humble surrender to the Lordship of Christ, not picking and choosing from the inerrant Word of God. In a day when many...

In this urgent message from Judges 4–5, Dr. Michael Youssef calls believers to reject half-hearted faith and embrace unwavering commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ. Through the bold example of Deborah, a “mother in Israel,” we see that God honors decisive obedience and exposes spiritual compromise. Barak’s hesitation reveals a deeper crisis of unbelief—one that mirrors today’s culture of indecisio...

In this final message, Dr. Michael Youssef points to Esther as a woman who saw the need and, by God’s strength, met the need. Scripture, the inerrant Word of God, shows that God placed Esther in the palace for His sovereign purpose: to intercede, obey, and risk everything for His people. Like Hannah and Jochebed, Esther teaches today’s believers to trust God when obedience is costly. Because Jesus...

In this urgent message, Dr. Michael Youssef points to Jochebed, the mother of Moses, as a model of bold faith in dark and dangerous days. Refusing Pharaoh’s evil decree, she trusted the living God, protected her son, and prepared him in the Truth of God’s Word. Her faith reminds believers that Scripture is inerrant, God is sovereign, and parents must intercede for the next generation. Like Jochebe...

In Part 2 of Ancient Women Speaking to Our Generation , Dr. Michael A. Youssef calls believers to the kind of surrender that refuses despair and bows fully before the Lord. Through Hannah’s tears, prayers, praise, and sacrifice, he shows that God honors those who trust His Word without compromise. Hannah did not demand from God; she came in humility, repentance, and wholehearted dependence. Her li...

In this opening message, Dr. Michael Youssef calls believers to a life of urgent, persistent prayer by pointing to Hannah’s example in 1 Samuel. Her suffering did not lead to bitterness but to brokenness before God—and that brokenness became the pathway to divine blessing. Scripture reveals that God alone hears and answers, and He honors those who seek Him with repentant, surrendered hearts. Hanna...

In this Easter message, Dr. Michael Youssef reflects on Jesus’ question to Mary Magdalene at the empty tomb: “Why do you weep?” Her sorrow turned to joy when she encountered the risen Christ. Because Jesus rose from the dead, believers have hope beyond every circumstance and the power of His Holy Spirit working in their lives. The empty tomb assures us that Christ has conquered death and offers et...

In this Good Friday message, Dr. Michael Youssef reflects on Jesus’ final words from the cross: “It is finished” (tetelestai). With this declaration, Christ proclaimed that the work of redemption the Father sent Him to accomplish was fully completed—once and for all. The cross fulfilled God’s plan of salvation, and its power continues to transform lives across every nation and generation. Because...

In this deeply compelling message from Leading The Way’s AWAKE Boston Rally, Dr. Michael A. Youssef examines Jesus’ teaching on the end times in Matthew 24-25. As the world reflects the conditions Jesus described—deception, moral decline, and global turmoil—believers are called to wake up, stand firm in Truth, and proclaim the Gospel. The return of Christ will bring joy for those who trust i...

In this final and urgent message, Dr. Michael Youssef calls the Church to raise its prophetic voice with boldness and clarity. As the government increasingly oversteps its bounds, believers must remember: God is above Caesar. Drawing from Daniel and his friends in Babylon, Dr. Youssef urges Christians to refuse compromise, even in small matters, and to stand firm against ungodly laws and cultural...

In this urgent message, Dr. Michael Youssef confronts the danger of losing an eternal focus while living in the city of man. Drawing from Hebrews 13:14, he warns that false teaching, worldly pressure, and a distorted view of heaven have blinded many—even within the Church. Scripture is clear: only faith in Jesus Christ secures eternal life, and universalism is a deadly lie. As culture grows darker...

In this timely television special, Dr. Michael A. Youssef sits down with special co-host Erick Erickson to discuss his book An Unholy Alliance, examining the growing coalition between radical Islam and secular Progressivism. Dr. Youssef explains how these diametrically opposed ideologies are aligning around a shared hostility to Biblical Truth and Western civilization, tracing the movement’s influ...

In this urgent message, Dr. Michael Youssef calls believers to lift their eyes from the darkness of the city of man and fix them firmly on the eternal City of God. Drawing from Abraham’s faith in Hebrews 11, Dr. Youssef shows that true faith waits, obeys, and trusts God’s promises—even when fulfillment seems distant. Earthly Jerusalem, chosen by grace, was only a temporary sign pointing to the New...

In this sobering message, Dr. Michael Youssef exposes the rise of Babylon—the city of man built in open defiance of God. From Nimrod’s rebellion in Genesis to today’s culture of self-worship, Scripture reveals a clear pattern: when God is rejected, fear, confusion, and judgment follow. Babylon is marked by the removal of God, the theft of His glory, and the exaltation of self—conditions that prepa...

In this powerful second message of the series, Dr. Michael Youssef draws a clear line between two cities—God’s eternal Kingdom and the restless rebellion of the city of man. Tracing the division from Genesis through Cain and Enoch, Dr. Youssef warns of a culture driven by anxiety, discontentment, and open defiance of God’s design. Just as Cain rejected God’s way and built a godless city, so today’...

In this urgent opening message, Dr. Michael Youssef asks the haunting question gripping many faithful hearts today: “How shall we live now?” As culture crumbles and godlessness rises, Dr. Youssef anchors believers in the unwavering Truth of God’s Word. Drawing from Scripture and the historical insights of Augustine’s City of God, he exposes the parallels between our age and the fall of Rome and Is...

In this climactic message, Dr. Michael Youssef calls every believer to the sacred duty of persistent intercession for the next generation. Teaching from John 4, he shows that God honors faith rooted in the inerrant Word of God and confidence in the promises of Jesus Christ, God in human flesh. Dr. Youssef urges believers to move from crisis faith to confident, contagious faith that trusts Christ w...