Entering into a New Season Ps Hephzibah Chong
15 Jan
The year of 2013 marked two significant events in my family.
The first one took place in November 2013. I witnessed my youngest son graduated with a Bachelor degree in Information Technology. When I saw my youngest son walked up to the stage to receive his scroll, I could not help to hold back my tears of gratitude to God for His goodness. Truly, without His divine guidance, my husband and I would not have been able to provide for our four children’s tertiary education. It all happened back in 2003, a year in which my husband and I made a major life decision to move our family from Alor Setar to Nilai to enable the both of us to secure better paid jobs in order to support our children for better education. Before we moved to Nilai, we were then pastoring a church in Alor Setar. After much prayer and seeking God, we felt that God released us from the pastoral roles that we had held for nearly 20 years. With that, we handed the care of the church to its denominational headquarter. Subsequently, God opened the way for us to teach in a private university in Nilai.
Upon our arrival in Nilai, we attended Fountain of life Assembly (FOLA), a church that carries a vision for revival and is pastored by Rev. Dr. Joseph Tai. We have had a wonderful 10-years serving God and flowing in the River of God in FOLA. Our time in FOLA is truly a sabbatical that has refreshed us enormously having pastored a church in Alor Setar for about 20 years. At FOLA, we served in worship team, fetching people to and from church, as well as cleaning the church building. Just as we were getting comfortable with our ministries at FOLA, God spoke to me about positioning myself to enter into a new season. This has to tie back to the first significant event in 2013 – my youngest son graduation. I felt that God has used the completion of my youngest son study to speak prophetically that the old season was coming to an end for us. I had to move on.
Then God spoke again through the second significant family event in 2013 that took place in the month of December, that is, the wedding of my eldest son. God was saying to me that as my eldest son has started a new family, a new season would begin for me. But, what is this new season?
About two years ago, I came to know about Pastor Paul Ang and Pastor Esther, the founders of CKRM, as they came to FOLA to minister on several occasions. I have witnessed how they minister powerfully in signs and wonders and with a very strong fire impartation. I also saw the strong manifestation of the Holy Spirit and that many lives have been touched and transformed through their power ministry. Seeing all the manifestations, and some of which are rather strange, I must admit that I was rather skeptical initially. Over time, however, I became curious and this curiosity has turned into a hunger that has caused such a pursuit for more of their impartations. Through the impartation of spiritual gifts, fire anointing, my spiritual life has taken a greater height and my love for God has grown. Gradually, I have also realized that the desire to minister the way they do has grown. I believe that I need to be in the fire place to catch more of the fire and to grow more in the fire anointing. I have recognized that CKRM is the fire place for me.
Bearing this desire in my heart and believing that The Lord would speak to my husband if this move is in His will for the two of us, I then shared with my husband what the Lord has been speaking to me. I have been tremendously comforted, encouraged and inspired by the Holy Spirit that He has been speaking to my husband along the same line (he will share his account of conviction in a separate article). I have also requested some of my close friends to pray for us for the direction that we are about to take. I am pleased to receive their encouragement and prayer support on this journey that we are about to embark.
So after much prayer to seek God for His direction, my husband and I are convinced that it is the will of God and His timing for us to return to our original calling to serve Him in pastoral roles. God, in His manifold wisdom and divine plan, has called us to serve Him in CKRM Petaling Jaya. We are honored to be given the opportunity to be ordained as the pastors for CKRM Petaling Jaya, and to be a part of the CKRM ministry. We have informed Rev. Dr. Joseph Tai about our desire to pursue our call and we have received his blessing to release us from our roles at FOLA in order to answer the calling that God has placed in our lives.
Here I am, stepping into our new season in January 2014. Blessed be the Lord our God!
Pastor’s Footnote – Ps Hephzibah holds a Master of Applied Statistics, Bachelor of Science (education) with hons, Diploma in Ministry, 18 years of pastoral experience in Latter Rain Church of Malaysia. Currently teaching Mathematics in Inti International University, Nilai.
15 Jan
The year of 2013 marked two significant events in my family.
The first one took place in November 2013. I witnessed my youngest son graduated with a Bachelor degree in Information Technology. When I saw my youngest son walked up to the stage to receive his scroll, I could not help to hold back my tears of gratitude to God for His goodness. Truly, without His divine guidance, my husband and I would not have been able to provide for our four children’s tertiary education. It all happened back in 2003, a year in which my husband and I made a major life decision to move our family from Alor Setar to Nilai to enable the both of us to secure better paid jobs in order to support our children for better education. Before we moved to Nilai, we were then pastoring a church in Alor Setar. After much prayer and seeking God, we felt that God released us from the pastoral roles that we had held for nearly 20 years. With that, we handed the care of the church to its denominational headquarter. Subsequently, God opened the way for us to teach in a private university in Nilai.
Upon our arrival in Nilai, we attended Fountain of life Assembly (FOLA), a church that carries a vision for revival and is pastored by Rev. Dr. Joseph Tai. We have had a wonderful 10-years serving God and flowing in the River of God in FOLA. Our time in FOLA is truly a sabbatical that has refreshed us enormously having pastored a church in Alor Setar for about 20 years. At FOLA, we served in worship team, fetching people to and from church, as well as cleaning the church building. Just as we were getting comfortable with our ministries at FOLA, God spoke to me about positioning myself to enter into a new season. This has to tie back to the first significant event in 2013 – my youngest son graduation. I felt that God has used the completion of my youngest son study to speak prophetically that the old season was coming to an end for us. I had to move on.
Then God spoke again through the second significant family event in 2013 that took place in the month of December, that is, the wedding of my eldest son. God was saying to me that as my eldest son has started a new family, a new season would begin for me. But, what is this new season?
About two years ago, I came to know about Pastor Paul Ang and Pastor Esther, the founders of CKRM, as they came to FOLA to minister on several occasions. I have witnessed how they minister powerfully in signs and wonders and with a very strong fire impartation. I also saw the strong manifestation of the Holy Spirit and that many lives have been touched and transformed through their power ministry. Seeing all the manifestations, and some of which are rather strange, I must admit that I was rather skeptical initially. Over time, however, I became curious and this curiosity has turned into a hunger that has caused such a pursuit for more of their impartations. Through the impartation of spiritual gifts, fire anointing, my spiritual life has taken a greater height and my love for God has grown. Gradually, I have also realized that the desire to minister the way they do has grown. I believe that I need to be in the fire place to catch more of the fire and to grow more in the fire anointing. I have recognized that CKRM is the fire place for me.
Bearing this desire in my heart and believing that The Lord would speak to my husband if this move is in His will for the two of us, I then shared with my husband what the Lord has been speaking to me. I have been tremendously comforted, encouraged and inspired by the Holy Spirit that He has been speaking to my husband along the same line (he will share his account of conviction in a separate article). I have also requested some of my close friends to pray for us for the direction that we are about to take. I am pleased to receive their encouragement and prayer support on this journey that we are about to embark.
So after much prayer to seek God for His direction, my husband and I are convinced that it is the will of God and His timing for us to return to our original calling to serve Him in pastoral roles. God, in His manifold wisdom and divine plan, has called us to serve Him in CKRM Petaling Jaya. We are honored to be given the opportunity to be ordained as the pastors for CKRM Petaling Jaya, and to be a part of the CKRM ministry. We have informed Rev. Dr. Joseph Tai about our desire to pursue our call and we have received his blessing to release us from our roles at FOLA in order to answer the calling that God has placed in our lives.
Here I am, stepping into our new season in January 2014. Blessed be the Lord our God!
Pastor’s Footnote – Ps Hephzibah holds a Master of Applied Statistics, Bachelor of Science (education) with hons, Diploma in Ministry, 18 years of pastoral experience in Latter Rain Church of Malaysia. Currently teaching Mathematics in Inti International University, Nilai.
