Warrior X

What does it take to lead from a healed heart? Jenilea Thomas — pediatric nurse practitioner, leadership coach, and internationally recognized critical care educator — returns for her fourth session with Candra to teach on developing yourself as a leader. She breaks down four core growth areas, shares the heart wound that quietly ran her leadership for decades, and gives five daily habits to start this week. If you've been building and still feel stuck, this is the conversation you needed. Connect with Jenilea at hellocandra.all4him@gmail.com to schedule a free strategy session.

 

What if you've been treating intimacy with God like a checklist… when He just wanted a friend? In this Warrior X Kingdom Podcast conversation, Candra sits down with Yolande Johnson, founder of Warriors Rise, for a tender, powerful word on dwelling in God's presence. Through the story of Mary and Martha and a striking vision of two worshipers, Yolande calls us back to nearness over performance: less perfection, more love. If you've felt weary or "not enough," this one is for you. 

Learn more at warriorsriseministry.com.

What does it look like when your faith holds even if God doesn't answer on your timeline? Pastor Fred Bruner brings fifty years of ministry experience and a message from Daniel 3 that will shift how you see every trial you're walking through. The fire didn't destroy Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. It burned the ropes. Your calling, your future, your identity in Christ — none of it is burning. The fourth man is already in the fire with you.

Are you a better leader at work than you are at home? In this episode of the Warrior X Kingdom Podcast, Pastor Candra sits down with Dr. Jenilee Thomas, neonatal specialist, Baylor professor, author, and coach for a rich conversation on leading your family well. From stewarding your children's hearts to modeling what you want them to carry, this episode is practical, prophetic, and deeply personal. Your greatest legacy is sitting at your kitchen table. Find Dr. Thomas at noboundaries4life.com.

Can you follow Jesus and stay offended at the same time? The honest answer is no. In this episode of the WarriorX Podcast, Pastor Candra sits down with her dear friend Pastor Joey Petty of Hope City Church in Roanoke, Virginia, for a conversation about offense, boundaries, and the freedom that only comes when we choose forgiveness. Joey brings the Word with clarity and grace, and this one will search your heart. 

 

Find more from Pastor Joey at Hope City Church on Facebook or Spotify.

The Holy Spirit is not a feeling. He is a Person — and that distinction changes everything about how you pursue Him.

Max Navarro has ministered prophetically for over 25 years across three continents, and the depth he carries comes from one place: genuine, daily relationship with the Holy Spirit. Not knowledge about Him. Relationship with Him. In this conversation with Pastor Candra, Max unpacks why so many believers are trying to operate in the gifts, grow in the Word, and walk in spiritual authority — but doing it from accumulated knowledge rather than surrendered spirit. And eventually, the tank runs dry.

He offers a picture of the Trinity worth carrying: God the Father as Creator, Jesus as Activator, the Holy Spirit as Revelator. Cut the Revelator out of your daily life and you are trying to understand Kingdom things through a natural lens. That doesn't work.

Max also prays over healings, speaks over prodigal children, and releases a word for anyone who feels eliminated: you weren't cut — you're being repositioned for an upgrade.

Stop pursuing the blessings. Pursue Jesus. What you've been looking for will start following you.

The enemy's most effective weapon against you is not temptation or persecution. It is identity confusion. And his strategy is simple: keep you meditating on your insufficiencies, your past wounds, your failures, and the labels others have spoken over you. Keep you looking at the old version of yourself so you never walk in the authority of who Christ says you are.

In this solo teaching, Pastor Candra delivers a word on identity she had to sit with herself before she could bring it. The core truth is this: identity is not achieved. It is received. The moment you accepted Jesus, the old was finished. Your identity was given, not earned — not waiting on healing, not contingent on how put-together your life looks. Done. Finished at the cross. And your calling is not to become more like Christ. It is to walk out the reality that Christ is already in you.

Pastor Candra walks through four common identity thieves — performance, comparison, past wounds, and the labels people have spoken over you — and challenges you to ask the Holy Spirit which one the enemy has used most against you. Because when you identify where the hook is, you can start to pull it out.

Stop visiting graves that Jesus has already emptied.

What does the kindness of God actually mean, and how is it different from His goodness?

In this episode, Pastor Candra sits down with Pastor and inner healing minister Daniel Veluswamy for a teaching on the character of God that will change how you read Scripture. From Rahab to Ruth to the crimson worm in Psalm 22, Daniel reveals how all of creation points to the kindness of the Father—a kindness that never leaves, no matter your circumstances.

Connect with Daniel and Bridgeway Church at bridgewaychurch.com.au.