When fame and fortune come calling, what is a person to do?
On a recent episode of the We Need to Talk Podcast with Ezekiel Azonwu, Christina and Stephon Chaney shared their testimonies of how God took them out of the pit and darkness and into the light. For Christina, that included some major demonic battles within the music industry.
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Raised in a Pentecostal church, Chaney always knew about God, but she drifted far from the foundation laid in her youth. Her career took center stage, and while she kept a belief in God tucked away in her heart, she lived as if He could wait. That all changed when the darkness she once danced around suddenly became terrifyingly real.
The first major supernatural encounter came during a private conversation with a top producer. He casually suggested that she could have it all—if she’d just sell her soul. “When he said that, it was like my ears opened,” Chaney recalls. “I heard it spiritually. I dropped to my knees. I was so convicted. I was like, God, this is real.”
From that moment, the spiritual warfare intensified. Chaney began experiencing paralyzing nightmares. “I had sleep paralysis all the time. Demonic dreams,” she said. “I had a lot of anxiety. There was always a tightness in my chest.” Despite trying to calm herself through all kinds of compromise, the attacks persisted.
This included when Chaney came face-to-face with a demonic presence in what she can only describe as astral projection.
“I’m like, ‘Oh no, I died in my sleep. Oh no, no, no, I’m going to hell. Oh no, no, no,'” Chaney says. “No, it’s too late. No, it’s too late.” I’m like, “No, no, God, forgive me, Lord Jesus.”
Now, as Chaney started to repent, she said that the enemy told her to “shut up.” This, she says he did so as if he was in a hurry. From here, Chaney not only knew that there was a real enemy after her soul, but she knew that the only way forward was with Christ.
It wasn’t an overnight transformation, but the veil had been lifted. Music—once her god—was now exposed as a vehicle that could either carry life or death. “Music is a weapon,” she said. “It’s spiritual. It opens you up.”
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This journey from darkness to deliverance reveals the unseen battle many face, often unknowingly, and the extraordinary power that comes when a person encounters the truth of Christ. Her supernatural experiences, once terrifying and confusing, became turning points that led her into a freedom she never thought possible.
Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
