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Mike  "Griz" Lidner 

 

I grew up on a farm where my father worked from sun up to sun down. My biological mother left when I was 14, shortly after that I believe god entered my life . My father was dating a women with 3 kids and her oldest son was experimenting with satanic ritual in the bedroom next to mine, something told me to take My Bible with me and go into his room. The book opened on its own and flew though the air, That experience changed allot of things in both our lives. Although letting the lord into my life that night was a beginning, but being a teenage boy it didn’t take me long to get into drugs and alcohol even though I had the extra responsibility of raising my bother and sister. Being with friends and getting into trouble along with a few brushes with the law drove me further from the lord as well. A few years later I found out I was going to be a father I quit doing the drugs, but alcohol still had a strong hold on me. I got married at a young age which was a big mistake as I look back and I lost everything including a relationship with my oldest child.  2 years later I married again and had two boys, that marriage lasted 9 years during that time we went to church but that ended and so did the marriage. I spent the next few years searching for myself still not listening to the one thing I was needing in my life which the lord .Then as if he said enough, he planted Deb in my life. She was heaven sent she helped to heal my heart and trust in marriage once again and showed me that there can be trust in a relationship.  She was like a Shepard leading me back to the lord. We have been moved in ways I could never put into words.  We have once again Jesus in our lives and I do believe the lord has put us together to do his work together. So now I can say I’m married and have a full understanding of the lords meaning of marriage two becoming one. I can say I truly understand that with Jesus all things are possible if you keep him first in your life. I will also say it is the hardest thing to remember, with all the every day tugging and pulling of the world.

 

 Deb  "Sweet" Lidner
 
 My parents divorced when I was very young and my mother had to work two jobs to support us. I have 8 siblings, 5 sisters and 3 brothers. My older sisters took care of us allot so my mother could work. When I was 15 I moved in with a boyfriend which didn’t last long so I moved in with my sister Judy and met my first husband.   I moved in with him and had my daughter Ashley at the age of 20, then I had my son Brandon at the age of 23. When Brandon was 6 months old we got married.  It wound up being a really bad marriage, to the point I was having panic attacks and was unable to go out of my house for many years afterwards.  I started to chat on the internet and meet new friends that way because my friends at the time did not understand why I was unable to leave my house. I would sit on the internet and chat and get drunk until it got to the point that I would not even leave my bedroom I would only leave to get food and more to drink. I would have to have my mom do all my shopping for me and if I did go out I would only trust my mother to take me. She is the best mom anyone could ever have, she is not only my mother but my best friend to. I met my husband Mike in a chat room and we chatted for about two years until one day I let my dog Tasha outside and she did not come back to the door and I could not find her in the yard and since I was still unable to leave my yard to go find her so I told Mike and he said he would come down and help me so I let him. I believe that the lord brought us together because Mike and his two boys Nick and Joe moved in with me and we have been together ever since We have been married for 5 years now and he is the best thing that has ever happed to me. My life has changed so much because of him.  We started going to church in April of 2009 at the Overcomers Ministry, up to that point I had never been able to understand the Bible, things have now changed so much. I know and feel that I have been saved for the first time in my life.  Now Mike and I are going to adopt a few children. I believe The Lord has blessed Mike and I with this. We have all our paperwork in and now we have our interviews coming up. We will be put on a waiting list and hope that we will not have to wait long to adopt.