Kandi Rose thought she had it made as the owner of a highly profitable business in the “adult entertainment” arena.
Well, it was profitable financially, but it left her spiritually destitute, often wondering “is this all there really is?” even at the height of her monetary success.
Not to mention having an erratic lifestyle and severe anger from childhood trauma which provided an overtly hostile environment at home.
Something had to give, and Kandi was out of options. At the urging of her mother who had been praying for her for several years, Kandi finally surrendered to God and became a witness to His grace for all who would listen (and probably a few who wouldn’t ;).
It wasn’t easy, and Kandi certainly didn’t get everything right the first time, but she has persevered by the grace of God to be a shining light for others to seek to do more for God.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
-Kandi’s childhood, and beginning the business of prostitution and stripping…05:00
-Spiritual blindness convinced Kandi that grotesque behavior was good…14:23
-Stretched to the absolute limit, Kandi surrenders her life to Jesus…18:42
-First steps after becoming a believer in Jesus…24:30
-Sharing the gospel through principled entrepreneurship…29:15
-Witnessing to an addict, and seeing fruit after many years of apparent failure…33:12
-Beginning Recovery Today TV…37:34
-What prevents believers from being “all in” in their work for the Lord…41:05
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Kandi Rose was a former stripper & prostitute who once owned a strip-o-gram business, Kandi Rose Productions with male & female dancers in the Chicago area. She advertised her commercial on TV, radio, billboard, and newspapers. She had multiple addictions until her mother led her to the Lord. 33 yrs. later now she produces and hosts a weekly television show called, Recovery Today w/Kandi Rose & Friends, that broadcast across the U.S. on several networks in millions of homes. Kandi along with her 2 co-hosts start the show by teaching from the two 12 step recovery workbooks Kandi wrote, then they feature addiction free testimonies.
Evangelist Kandi Rose travels statewide filming and preaching in churches and recovery homes interviewing people that are addiction free by Christ. She puts these TV shows on podcast, Spotify, stitcher, google podcast & radio public and Anchor. Those TV shows are also converted to audio and are aired on radio. She has authored 6 books that are all on Amazon. She says, All glory to God! With God, all things are possible to reach the lost and hurting! She ministers weekly in jail and 2 recovery homes as well. She is a member of Christian Women in Media Assoc. and has been holding meetings in Hot Springs Arkansas for almost 8 years.