About Alisia Cooper - Who He Calls, He Equips!

And those he predestined he also called, and those whom he called, he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. Romans 8:30 (ESV)


This journey of the ministry began one Sunday after listening to a powerful message preached by my previous pastor. He told us, we were all created for a purpose and we should ask the Lord what our purpose is. This was exciting news for me as a new convert in the body of Christ, because I never knew what my purpose was and never once thought I had a gift or where I even fit.
I asked the Lord that night in prayer, “what is my purpose?”and went to sleep. In essence - I was  half asleep and half awake, then suddenly I was in an open vision and had an encounter with the Lord, and he  told me I was a speaker. I remembered giving God all the reasons why I was incapable of speaking.Oh yes! I tried my hardest to convince or change God’s mind about this. Listen! You have to understand, speaking was the weakest part of who I was and I could not understand how it was going to happen. I have failed miserably every time I had to speak in a tiny classroom or even at any of my jobs that would require me to do public speaking, even if it’s an audience of five people, it would still be a chaotic experience. After the Lord told me this, he later opened a door for me to teach bible studies at a rehabilitation center for women called The Ruth House with no experience or no qualifications. But qualified by God and with the help of the Holy Spirit, I taught that class for  three and a half years, all glory to God. Hallelujah! 
I am currently a Sunday school teacher at my church - The Pentecostal of Apopka Florida -
Today my understanding is - “God doesn’t call the equipped, he equips the called.”