--- title: Christina Marullo Found Her Strength by Letting Go of Control description: A mother of eight and co-founder of Only God, Christina Marullo shares how trusting in something greater became her most powerful act of faith. author: Dr Marina Nani (Editor-in-Chief) date: 2026-02-18T20:09:11.000Z updated: 2026-06-29T08:43:13.462Z canonical: https://richwoman.co/article/christina-marullo-found-her-strength-by-letting-go-of-control image: https://cdn.nanimediahouse.com/1771339780580_IMG_5345.jpeg categories: Self-Development content_type: Profile region: Global publication: Rich Books about: - type: Person name: Christina Marullo description: "Christina Marullo is a mother of eight, author, speaker and co-founder of Only God, a faith-based movement she runs alongside her husband Anthony. Rooted in vulnerability and testimony, their work centres on sharing the love of Jesus through honest, lived experience. Through her writing, Christina explores the transformative power of surrendering to God's design, challenging cultural narratives and inviting women to rediscover the strength, authority and freedom found in obedience to Christ. Her latest book, The Beauty of Submission: In a Generation That Rejects It , is published by Trilogy Christian Publishing on 3 March 2026. Find out more are https://christinamarullo.com/" url: https://christinamarullo.com/ --- ## *The Beauty of Submission: In a Generation That Rejects It* In *The Beauty of Submission: In a Generation That Rejects It*, Christina Marullo invites women to rethink what surrender really means. Drawing from Scripture, personal testimony and years of spiritual refinement, she explores how yielding to God’s divine order is not a sign of weakness but a path to clarity, authority and inner freedom. For women who feel torn between cultural expectations of independence and a deeper longing for spiritual grounding, this book offers a bold, faith-rooted perspective on what true strength looks like. ### Book: The Beauty of Submission: In a Generation That Rejects It By Christina Marullo In The Beauty of Submission: In a Generation That Rejects It , Christina Marullo invites women to rethink what surrender really means. Drawing from Scripture, personal testimony and years of spiritual refinement, she explores how yielding to God's divine order is not a sign of weakness but a path to clarity, authority and inner freedom. For women who feel torn between cultural expectations of independence and a deeper longing for spiritual grounding, this book offers a bold, faith-rooted perspective on what true strength looks like. [Amazon](https://amzn.to/4rPyuW8) For most of her life, Christina Marullo believed that being strong meant being in charge. Independence, control, self-sufficiency (these were the qualities she measured herself against). Then something shifted. Through her deepening walk with Christ, she began to see strength differently. Not as holding on tighter, but as opening her hands. ## A faith journey that rewrote the rules It started with a single verse. Ephesians 5:21 (‘Submit yourselves one to another in the fear of God’) challenged everything Christina thought she knew about power. ‘Submission is not oppression,’ she says. ‘It is mutual honour. It is the posture that allows love, leadership and purpose to function the way God designed.’ That shift did not happen overnight. Christina describes a process of confronting her own pride, of learning to release the need to control outcomes and trusting instead in something larger than herself. What she found on the other side was not weakness. It was clarity, discipline and a voice that had been refined rather than silenced. ## Mother of eight, author, co-founder Christina’s life is as full as her message is focused. She is a mother of eight, an author, a speaker and a woman whose faith shapes everything she does. Alongside her husband Anthony, she co-founded Only God (a faith-based movement rooted in vulnerability and testimony). Their work draws from Revelation 12:11 and centres on sharing the love of Jesus through honest, lived experience. It is the kind of work that does not separate faith from daily life. For Christina, the two have always been inseparable. Writing, speaking, raising her children (all of it flows from the same source). ## *The Beauty of Submission* arrives 3 March Her latest book, [*The Beauty of Submission: In a Generation That Rejects It*](https://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Submission-Christina-Marullo/dp/B0G4FM1FKP), is published by Trilogy Christian Publishing (a subsidiary of Trinity Broadcasting Network) on 3 March 2026. It has already reached number one in Amazon’s Faith category and number one New Release in the Women’s category. The book is deeply personal. Christina explores what it means to surrender ego, fear and the need to dominate outcomes (and to choose obedience, humility and faith instead). Drawing from [Scripture, lived experience and spiritual revelation](https://richbooksmagazine.com/article/spiritual-books-using-biblical-wisdom-and-modern-metaphors-resonate-with-readers-seeking-prac), she challenges cultural narratives that equate independence with power and invites women to discover the authority found in walking with God. ‘A woman anchored in Christ does not lose her voice through submission,’ Christina writes. ‘She refines it. She becomes discerning, disciplined and divinely directed.’ ## A message for women seeking depth and purpose Christina’s prayer for Rich Woman readers is simple but striking. She hopes they will see submission not as limitation but as liberation (the freedom that comes from trusting God’s covering, timing and wisdom above our own understanding). In a culture that often frames strength as self-sufficiency, hers is a quieter, more grounded kind of power. It is the kind that comes from [knowing who you are](https://richbooksmagazine.com/article/finding-happiness-in-quiet-strength-real-family-and-the-small-miracles-of-everyday-faith) and choosing, with full conviction, to trust something greater. [*The Beauty of Submission*](https://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Submission-Christina-Marullo/dp/B0G4FM1FKP) is available for pre-order now. ## In case you were wondering… **Q: What does the Bible say about female submission?** The verse most often cited is Ephesians 5:22 (‘Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord’), but it does not exist in isolation. Paul’s instruction to husbands follows immediately: ‘Love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.’ The passage is about mutual sacrifice, not one-sided obedience. For many women of faith, understanding that context changes the entire conversation. **Q: What does the Bible say about women’s strength?** Philippians 4:13 (‘I can do all things through him who strengthens me’) is one of the most quoted verses on strength, and it applies to every believer regardless of gender. Proverbs 31 paints a picture of a woman who is industrious, wise and deeply respected. Scripture does not frame feminine strength as something separate or lesser. It roots it in the same source as every other kind of strength (faith, perseverance and trust in God’s purpose). **Q: Which women in the Bible showed remarkable faith?** Ruth left everything she knew to follow her mother-in-law Naomi into an unfamiliar land, trusting God with her future. Hannah prayed so fervently for a child that she was mistaken for being drunk, and when her prayer was answered she gave her son back to God’s service. Esther risked her life to save her people. These are women whose faith was not passive or decorative. It was costly, courageous and deeply personal. **About Christina Marullo** Christina Marullo is a mother of eight, author, speaker and co-founder of Only God, a faith-based movement she runs alongside her husband Anthony. Rooted in vulnerability and testimony, their work centres on sharing the love of Jesus through honest, lived experience. Through her writing, Christina explores the transformative power of surrendering to God's design, challenging cultural narratives and inviting women to rediscover the strength, authority and freedom found in obedience to Christ. Her latest book, The Beauty of Submission: In a Generation That Rejects It , is published by Trilogy Christian Publishing on 3 March 2026. Find out more are https://christinamarullo.com/ [Website](https://christinamarullo.com/)