As a Christian business owner, church leader or marketplace king, the last thing the devil wants is for you to succeed, particularly if you understand the call and purpose of God's destiny in you. If God has called you and anointed you to acquire wealth you can be a conduit of blessing to your local church and the kingdom of God, when normal people go to work, 'kings' go to war. Market related kings often encounter the most difficult hindrances and attacks, all designed to stop them from prospering and gaining ground or to slow them down and frustrate them. Challenges are designed to...

Caring for my dying father, and then my dying mother, taught me that death has certain patterns built into it-and that death is not what I thought it was. Just as a woman laboring to birth a soul into this world goes through predictable stages, so too does a body laboring to birth a soul into the next. While the stages of birth or death have predictable patterns, there is never a predictable story. You may linger in one stage of labor, almost slip past another, plateau for an indeterminate amount of time, and finally deliver a soul. As a hospice nurse, I have witnessed every combination of...

Christina Stokesbury is a wife, mother, successful business owner, and faithful follower of Jesus Christ. She has experienced the depths of brokenness and the beautiful art of God's healing power. Refuse to Stay Broken: A True Story of God's Redeeming Grace was written for those who have experienced brokenness in life. From the Author: It is so easy to find ourselves in a whirlwind of hurt, anger, un-forgiveness, frustration, or guilt, but no matter the fault, we have redemption through God's grace. One thing I have seen during my own journey is that no matter the offense, God is greater. He...