Pastor Mike : THE FINAL COUNTDOWN : A Ministry of CHRIST-LIVES MINISTRIES

Pastor Mike : THE FINAL COUNTDOWN : A Ministry of CHRIST-LIVES MINISTRIES

by Mike Letterman
Christianity
Season 13

The Isaiah Project: Christmas Yet to Come (In September)

Isaiah 9:6-7 CHRISTMAS YET TO COME 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Intro: Ill. Some years ago, as gifts were being exchanged, a certain family member told Mikey that his gift, a bag of gourmet candy corn had been ordered but had not arrived. As soon as it got here, it would be given to him. That bag of candy corn has never appeared, and I don’t think it ever will. In 1981 the Canadian government instituted a new system of postal delivery. It was supposed to be more streamlined, efficient and quicker. Yet, when Christmas came and went last year, the Canadian post offices were filled with Christmas packages that had yet to be delivered. Hopefully, they eventually found their way to their intended destination. Now, we all know that Christmas is far more than giving and receiving. Now what are we doing talking about Christmas at summer’s end? Because for Christians every day is bout Christmas! Even though we allow ourselves to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of Christmas, we all understand something of the true meaning of Christmas. • We know that Jesus was God in human flesh. • We know that when Jesus was born in Bethlehem, God stepped out of eternity and entered time. • We know that Jesus was a great teacher, healer, and miracle worker. • We know that Jesus came to the earth to die for our sins on the cross. • We know that He rose again from the dead and ascended back to heaven to make intercession for His people, and to prepare a place for us there. • We know that all of this, and more, is the true meaning of Christmas. • We know that the real gift of Christmas is Christ Himself, John 3:16.
S13 · E3
Sep 5, 2026
22:56

The Isaiah Project - The Dark Times Cometh

In Isaiah 6:1-8 Verse 1 mentions the death of King Uzziah. He was the tenth king of Judah and he was a very godly man. He was highly influenced by the prophet Zechariah and, unlike many of the other kings, he never totally departed from the worship of the true God. Under his influence, the southern kingdom attained power, wealth and success unlike any it had enjoyed since the days of Solomon. Made heady by his success as king and by his blessings from the Lord, Uzziah made the mistake of offering incense in the Temple, 2 Chron. 26. He was stricken with leprosy by the Lord for his disobedience to the Lord. He died in that leprous condition! Disobedience to the Lord is a serious thing! Well, evidently, Isaiah is disturbed by the death of the great king. After all, he had reigned for 52 years. His death signaled the end of a time of great prosperity and consistency. For Isaiah and the entire nation, it ushered in a time of uncertainty, change and doubt. Yet, for Isaiah, this is to be a time of rediscovery. Apparently Isaiah had his attention focused on Uzziah, but now that Uzziah is dead, his attention is redirected back to the Lord. What must have been a down time in the prophet’s life became an uptime. That which had help his attention was removed and Isaiah had a fresh encounter with God. What happened to Isaiah in this event spotlights for us what we need during the down times in our own lives. We all have down times in life! Those down times can grow us, or they can ruin us, which depends upon what has our attention.
S13 · E2
Sep 5, 2026
21:37

Cleansing - Gods Way!

Intro: Weclome to our new series on the Book of Isaiah! This is a wonderful book of the Bible filled with amazing glimpses of Gods work and prophecy! The prophet Isaiah ministered during a turbulent time in Israel’s history. The nation had abandoned the way of the Lord and was living in open sin and idolatry. The verses leading up to our text chronicle a scene of rebellion and sin. Isaiah 1:18 King James Version 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Ø v. 2 – The people were in open rebellion against the Lord Ø v. 3 – They refused to acknowledge God and, spiritually, they were dumber than the farm animals around them. Ø v. 4 – They had forsaken the Lord and had provoked Him to anger. Ø v. 5 – They had refused to respond to the Lord’s attempts at chastisement. Ø v. 5-6 - They were sick spiritually and they desperately needed help. Ø v. 7-8 – Violence filled the whole land. Ø v. 9-10 – In many ways, they had become as vile as ancient Sodom and Gomorrah. Ø v. 11-15 – Their religious services were an abomination to the Lord. Ø v. 9 – The only thing that held the nation together was a small remnant of faithful Jews. It sounds as though these events could have been lifted straight from the headlines of today’s newspapers. We are in as bad a spiritual shape as was ancient Israel. In the midst of this sad commentary, we see an amazing scene acted out. These people had been blessed by the Lord in many wonderful ways. Israel should have been seeking God and they should have been looking for ways to mend their relationship with Him. Instead of that, we see the Lord seeking His people and inviting them to make things right with Him. This fact underscores a truth we encounter throughout the pages of the Bible.
S13 · E1
Aug 21, 2026
28:33
Season 12

Somebody Touched Heaven For Me

Thank God for the privilege of prayer! To be able to go into God’s presence and seek His face and help for the needs of life is a blessing beyond value. To have that open door unto His throne of grace, Heb. 4:16; to be invited to enter there to call upon Him; and to have His promise that He will hear us and answer us when we call upon Him, Jer. 33:3; Matt. 7:7-11, is a wonderful thing! God forbid that praying should be an unusual sound in our lives! But, how much greater is the blessing to be able to enter God’s presence on behalf of another and pray for them? Oh the privilege of being able to intercede for others before the presence of the Lord! It is an honor to be able to go to God and lift up the needs, burdens and souls of other people. God forbid that praying for others should be an unusual sound in our lives. There is a great need this evening to touch Heaven for others. I realize that I am here this evening because someone touched heaven for me. The fact that you are here, saved, and headed to Heaven is a testimony to the reality that someone touched heaven for you. I want to take the Bible tonight and show you four places where people reached up by faith and touched Heaven for others. There are more places, but these will serve to illustrate the truth that there is a need to touch Heaven, and there is power in touching Heaven for others. I want to preach for a few minutes on this thought: Somebody Touched Heaven For Me.
S12 · E12
Aug 11, 2026
27:35

Unshakable Foundations of Honesty and Integrity

The Crisis of the Present Hour My beloved brethren, we gather here today in a world that is spinning in a whirlwind of compromise. If you look around our society today, you will find that truth has fallen in the streets. We live in an age of the "filter" and the "spin." People change their words to please their listeners. They wear masks to hide their true selves. The world tells us that a little lie is harmless if it keeps the peace, or that a hidden compromise is acceptable if it helps you get ahead in business. But God has not called His people to follow the shifting shadows of this world. He has called us to stand upon the rock of absolute truth. Defining the Terms Today, we are diving deep into two words that must define the life of every believer: Honesty and Integrity. Honesty is about what we say and do in the light. It means speaking the truth and refusing to deceive. Integrity is about who we are in the dark. It comes from the word "integer," meaning whole, undivided, or complete. A person of integrity is the same person on Sunday morning in the pew as they are on Monday afternoon in the workplace, or Friday night in the privacy of their own home. Their life is not split into boxes. They are whole. The Anchor Scripture Let us turn our hearts to the foundational text for this message. In the Book of Proverbs, chapter 11, verse 3, the Holy Ghost declares through King Solomon: "The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them." (Proverbs 11:3) Let us pray. Heavenly Father, open our eyes today that we may behold wondrous things out of Thy law. Convict our hearts where we have compromised. Cleanse our lips from guile. Build in us an unshakable wall of godly integrity that honors Thy Holy Name in our daily walk. In Jesus' name, Amen.
S12 · E11
Aug 11, 2026
22:57

Who Are We?

My name is Dr. Mike Letterman and I am an evangelist. I preach into 166 countries and a listening audience of 1.6-1.7M every Sunday morning. But that’s not me. That’s God. Pastor Mike is just not that good. I’m not the one people come to hear. They come to hear the Holy Spirit and that is what I am proud to be part of. Now my daddy had a sayin’ about a lot of things and one of these was about titles. Daddy had a sayin’ about a lot of things, like looking down a fence row and only seeing one fence post (unless you liked taking them out and doing them over). He used to have some sayin’s about not fallin through the outhouse seat. Other than my relationship with God he had two dreams for me. He wanted me to have dinner with the President of the United States and never forget what that black dirt felt like as it squashed between your toes from a freshly ploughed field. I’ve done both and I never forgot. One of Daddy’s sayin’s was about titles. He used to say titles on a man was like trying’ to put socks on a pig. Just doesn’t fit. So I’m just Mike or Pastor Mike, which I think is one of the most revered titles a man can strive for. As to the socks on a pig, there is truth to that as my cousin and I had to find out after we heard it. The pig won and mama skinned me alive for crawling in that hog pen full of mud and other less savory material with my good clothes on. Dad’s other sayin’ was that you just can’t put a grown man’s head on a boy’s shoulders. Daddy was right about a lot of things. Mama’s sayin’ was spare the rod and spoil the child. I’m just plain Mike. I just finished 28 lessons from the book of Ephesians and I’d like to cover a few things with you today. Intro: To understand the book of Ephesians, you must understand the concept of the church as the body of Christ. The revelation that the redeemed are the Lord’s body in this world is the essential key for understanding this great book. Ephesians 1:3-6 King James Version 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. As you know, God utilizes many metaphors to describe His people. He calls us a bride, a family, a household, a kingdom, a flock, a vine and branches, and a building. In Ephesians, Paul introduces the idea that the church is also a body. This descriptive term most completely describes what the church is all about. The word body brings to mind images of unity, diversity and mutual dependence. In our human body, every muscle, every bone, every nerve and every fiber is essential to a proper functioning of this body. The same is true in the body of Christ.
S12 · E10
Jul 23, 2026
25:02

Gods Answers for Mans Excuses

Ex. 3:1-12 GOD’S ANSWERS FOR MAN’S EXCUSES 3 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. 7 And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. 11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. Intro: Imagine for just a moment that you are God. You are the Creator of the Universe and you possess all power within yourself. All right, your people are being held as slaves and the time has come to deliver them. Who would you choose to do this great work? Perhaps you would send a great military leader? What about sending a skilled politician? Maybe you would send some great orator; a man who could give heart-stirring speeches that would grip the hearts of men. If you had the population of the world at your disposal, would you have sent Moses? Probably not! After all, he was 80 years old. He was a fugitive from justice, wanted for murder in Egypt, the very place you wanted to send him! Yes, he was well educated, but that was over 40 years ago. Yes, he had been well connected in the political circles of the day, but that too had been a long time ago. Yet, when it came time for God to send a deliverer to Israel, this is exactly the person He chose for the job. To us humans, it doesn’t make much sense, but to God it was all part of a great plan.
S12 · E9
Jul 20, 2026
22:46

A Firm Family Foundation

Psalm 127:1, Genesis 2:18-25 A FIRM FAMILY FOUNDATION Intro: There may be some people listening to these sermons and you wonder if there is anything here for you. You may think that since your children are grown and gone that these messages do not touch your life. If you are single or living alone, you may believe that sermons about the home and family have nothing to say to you. No matter where you are in life you still have family. The things we are going to discuss today will apply to everyone here, whether you have children or not, or whether you are married or not. We are going to our time today in Genesis 2 and talk about building A Firm Family Foundation. We are going to talk about what our families need to be strong in the Lord.
S12 · E8
Jul 19, 2026
31:44

The Achievements of a Successful Father

Genesis 6:1-13 THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL FATHER Intro: If you were to make a list of great Bible fathers, you might include men like Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. You might include Solomon, who wrote many of the Proverbs for his sons. You might include Joseph, the husband of Mary, who raised Jesus as his own Son and provided him with a godly home. There would surely be many others who would make the list of the great dads of the Bible. However, most of us would not include the man who is the object of the text before us today: a man by the name of Noah. 6 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. When they think of Noah, people always remember his work on the ark. They see that as his greatest achievement. Many would question his successfulness as a dad because of some of the failures that occurred later in his life. People remember when Noah got drunk, Gen. 9:20-21. They also remember the business with his grandson Canaan and Canaan’s father Ham, Gen. 9:22-27. But, think about this, Noah’s great success as a father was in the fact that he saw every member of his family saved. What greater accomplishment in life could there possibly be?
S12 · E7
Jul 18, 2026
23:29

The Footsteps of Faith

Abraham: Following In The Footsteps Of Faith Sermon #1 Genesis 11:27-12:3 27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. 12 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Series Intro: few men, outside of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself have has such an impact on the history of the world as did the man introduced to us in this passage of scripture. This man is revered by over one-half the world's population. In our day, Abraham is held in high esteem by Jews, Muslims and Christians. In ancient times the Jews considered Abraham to be almost worthy of their worship. In the Bible, Abraham is presented to us as a great example of a man who lived his life by faith, Heb. 11:8-19. James 2:23 records the fact that Abraham was called the "Friend of God." This man's life was a special life and a great portion of the first book of the Bible is devoted to it. Tonight, we are going to begin a study of the life of this man named Abraham. Now, some may ask, "Why take the time to study a man who lived 4,100 years ago?" My answer to you is that, first, the Bible takes the time to speak about him, so we should take the time to study him. The second is that the life of Abraham teaches us much about the matter of walking with God by faith. That, after all, is the goal of the Lord for all His children. God is calling every one of His children to live a life of faith. This man teaches us how.
S12 · E6
Jul 17, 2026
29:01
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