This Christmas Eve message expounds the five hallmarks of the Christmas spirit that Mary exhibits in her Magnificat, as recorded in Luke 1:46–55. “My soul exalts the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior” — her song begins not with her circumstances but with her God.
Mary's words move through humility, joy, reverence, remembrance of God's mercy, and confidence in the promises He made to Abraham and his offspring forever. What she models is a heart turned outward and upward, and this sermon holds that up as the disposition Christmas is meant to produce in the people of God.
