Who is Mike and Cindy Hyde?
 

Mike and Cindy Hyde began their relationship in the midst of tragedy.  They had casually met when they both lived in small towns in north East Texas.  Cindy Mixon was a Certified Paramedic living in Mineola with her daughter, Nikki, and her aunt Barbara.  Michael Hyde, and his wife Joni, were pastoring Enchanted Lakes Church in Alba, TX.  No one could have known the tragic events or the destinies they all had at that time.

Cindy had been separated from her husband for 9 years, had to become independent, self-reliant, and in the process became a workaholic, working 80-100 hours every week for three years with no vacation. Burn out was what they called her symptoms. At the beginning of that fourth year, she injured her spine while saving a life.  Her life changed dramatically.  She moved to Nacogdoches, TX and began life anew, totally dedicating herself to God, with no intention of every entering into another relationship with a man as long as she lived.  She was determined to serve God, declaring the Lord as her Husband.  The Lord knew the true desire of her heart was to have her family, her marriage but it was not to be.   

Mike had been married to Joni for 13 years.  Joni had a singing group called Golden Harmony and they traveled almost every weekend singing in different places. He worked for Brown and Root in Ft. Worth and injured his back on the job in 92.  On the way home from a singing Joni, his step daughter Courtney, and another woman were hit head on by a drunken driver with no headlights, playing 'chicken' on the highway in Emory, TX.  The collision instantly killed Joni and Courtney leaving Mike, who was driving, and the other woman gravely injured on July 17, 1993.  Michael was left with two young boys to raise alone. Clinton M. Hyde, 7, and Clark D. Hyde, 6.  Michael suffered many physical problems from the wreck, and was hospitalized for many weeks while he recovered from broken bones, blood clots and other injuries.  His physical recovery was much faster than his emotional recovery was.  He was devastated. 

One day a mutual friend of theirs, Patty Hays, felt compelled to get Michael out of town at least for the day.  He needed a break and a breather from all the pressure.  Joni's family had gone off the deep end, threatening to kill him, take his home, his children from him. It was a mess. He was so stressed out from it all. She drove him to Cindy's house in Nacogdoches.  Little did they know what was about to happen to them.   Patty could not have realized all their lives would be forever changed by the events she set in motion.

When they got to Cindy's house, she opened the door to greet them and when she laid eyes on Michael, hobbling up the walkway with his leg in a cast, her spirit was quickened, she said it felt like something hit her in the pit of her stomach so hard she almost fell out the back door. She said in that instant the Holy Spirit told her she would marry him and spend the rest of her life with him.  Michael said the connection was instant with him as well.  He says he didn't know anything about love at first sight, but he knew this bond between them was not of the flesh, but a God thing.  Oh can you imagine the turmoil they were going through that day?  Complete strangers, not knowing what the other was thinking or going through? 

Can you imagine how you would feel if the Lord did you the same way?

Their relationship was slowly built on friendship and prayer.  Studying their Bibles together, praying, playing with their children, bonding and allowing the Lord to have His will in their lives kept them busy until they married on June 18, 1994.  Their relationship has always been based on the WORD of God, as all relationships need to be. When you enter into a covenant of marriage it is for better or for worse.  Through thick and thin, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health.  The sicker, poorer and worse isn't always easy to handle.  God never promised us an easy problem free life.  He did promise us He would not put on us more than we could handle, and that we could do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens us.

Michael & Cindy have sinned many times in their past, and have been forgiven of much.  They wish they could say they never sinned again after Jesus forgave them, but that would not be the truth.  They agree with what St. Paul said 'we do that which we don't want to do and don't do that which we do want to do.'  It's not easy to crucify the flesh is it?  We want to do what feels good, to serve our appetites instead of our God. Even in our relationships.  We are all a work in progress.

This does not mean that we can continue sinning, then asking God to forgive us time and again, for the same thing, never making the effort to stop the sin.  Will you crucify our Lord Jesus over and again?  God forbid.  The fact is - you can overcome sin, temptation, lust and every other work of the flesh and the enemy through the blood of the Lamb, the word of your testimony and not loving your life unto death. [Rev. 12:11]  

The Word of God is Truth.  We know that when we ask for forgiveness God is faithful to forgive us, then He forgets it, and wipes the slate clean.  Everything we've done against Him is under the blood and He remembers it no more.  We have no past as far as God is concerned.  We only have a future and when He looks upon us He sees His wonderful Son in us.  God loves each of us, God loves you.  He has a plan for your life as well.  So if you are using the excuse that you have been married before to not walk in your calling, think hard.  There is forgiveness for anything and everything you have done, including divorce.  I get so frustrated with churches that can forgive a murderer or a violent robber, a child molester and allow them to minister but forbid a divorced person the same rights, even if the divorce was against their will or not their fault. Praise God for those churches who walk in truth in this matter.  Many good men and women of God are rendered powerless, not by the devil, but by the church.

If you feel you have a call on your life to serve God as a minister in any capacity and you are unable to do it in your church, then we advise you to seek God's place and His will for you with much prayer.  Many churches would do well to do as Jesus does, and forget the past.  We believe that St. Paul gave wonderful advice when he said, 'forgetting those things of the past'.  If we are to 'renew our minds and have 'the mind of Christ' then this is something that is absolutely necessarily.

Since Michael and Cindy had both been married before, they were defiled in many 'religious organizations' but not in the eyes of God!  They were chosen and ordained by God to be shepherds, not by man, but by God.  God chose them just like He chose you!

They had a choice to make, . . . the LORD asked them one day, "Which do you want; man's position or mine?"  They chose God's!  And within a few weeks of their decision, the confirmation for them to start The Remnant Church came from one of God's prophets, Pastor John Alaniz, Harbors Cove Fellowship in Caldwell, TX on Easter 1998 and The Remnant was birthed.  It was given in several prophecies time and again and birthed in their hearts many years before the Lord actually brought it about.  The Remnant Ministry was also established as an online presence at that time.  God has greatly blessed their ministry as they seek to serve Him with all their heart, mind, soul and strength.  Signs and wonders do follow them, miracles and healing, prophecies, words of wisdom, knowledge and much edification for the body of Christ as they minister the love of God to all those in need.  Those who have been forgiven much give much.  God uses the foolish things to confound the wise, and this case is not different.  They minister as Aquilla & Pricilla do as they work together bringing the gift of salvation, healing, deliverance, and hope to a lost and dying world.

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A Personal Note from Mike & Cindy...
 

Michael and I are both 43 years old this year.  We have not always served the Lord during our lives, but because of the things we have experienced, the failures we've had, the victories we've won, we are filled with compassion, with God's love, and with a burning desire to see you become more like Jesus too.  If God can save, heal, deliver, clean us up and set us free, He can and He will do it for you and your family too.

Michael and I have been married 8 years now.  We have a wonderful relationship because God is the Lord in our hearts, our marriage, our home and our careers.  We submit to Him and to one another as the Word instructs us to.  We try so very hard to always be fruitful but occasionally our flesh does get the upper hand. Not often, but we find the more we pray, the more we study God's Word, the more we commune with Him and with one another in this are, the less  our fleshly desires flare up.  

We have 4 wonderful children between the two of us.  Children are such a blessing. It has not always been easy for us, the kids are not perfect, neither are we, but we have a normal family.  There is no Step people in our family.  We are all brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers in God's kingdom and we believe that if more families would adopt that attitude the world would be a much better place to live in.  To see some family photos click here. Some of the photo's are older but it's still us. We'll update them soon.

Mike's testimony is extremely tragic and deeply moving.  He has gone through many heartaches and abuses in his life.  He has a heart and a compassion that I have rarely seen in anyone.  I think about the times when I first married him and would complain about him not making decisions, (he was very submissive, I was very aggressive). I would complain about him being so quiet.  As I was reading the book of Proverbs one day, shortly after we were married, the Lord spoke to me and said, "This is your husband.  Don't you see what a man of God he is?  Submissive, just like he is supposed to be.  Not easily angered.  Slow to speak. . . ." and on and on the LORD went about all that Mike was and I wasn't.  This was a real eye opener for me as you can imagine.  I gained a newfound appreciation for him that day and began to praise God for his gentle spirit because it was just what I needed in my life, I just didn't realize it until then. 

My testimony is sad, shocking and strong. I was a confused young woman and I finally found the love I so desperately sought in the arms of Jesus, the only Man that would never leave nor forsake me.  I am a modern day "woman at the well".  I tried to find fulfillment in the new age movement, the psychic realms and even in the native Indian beliefs and in shamanism.  They all fell very short of what I was looking for and needing in my life before I dedicated my life to the Lord.

We pray that you were blessed by reading about us.  Our lives are open books.  We are living epistles, walking oracles for God, and we pray that the rest of our lives speak volumes about the amazing grace, the great compassion, the unwarranted favor and mercy of the Lord our God, who so freely gives us all good things.

"The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace."

God loves you and so do we,

Pastors Mike & Cindy Hyde
Revised 7/4/2002