My goal as a writer is to encourage women to draw closer to Christ through looking at scripture and understanding that scripture is all we need in order to be equipped. The Holy Spirit will minister to all who have put their faith in the Lord, Jesus, in His death and resurrection. Please see: Why Did A Loving God Kill His Son? (Does God Hate?) & The Gospel Challenge (30 Question Quiz); Are You Ready To Defend Your Faith?
I used to be able to tell people I was “saved” at age four. But I no longer believe I can. I don’t actually know when it happened. I know before I grew in the understanding of the Gospel, the basic understanding I had, God completely used in my life. I realized the need to truly turn to Christ and that HE alone defeated sin, not us. He helped me break away from sin and truly repent.
And then the Holy Spirit directed me in God’s word. The Lord tore holes in the false doctrines I had placed my hope in and thought were safe and okay. As I explain in the posts below, I very much was into Christian mysticism for a large portion of my life. Trying to “hear” God in silence and symbols. I used my emotions, dreams, and other symbols as affirmations from God, but when it felt “quiet” and there was nothing going on, I doubted.
I know now how LOUD God is clearly speaking is His word. He is NOT quiet. He is NOT a still, small voice. No. The King of kings is roaring! He is thunderous in His commands and promises. Just read His word and you’ll see.
During this time, God gave me a sister in Christ who challenged some of my views, as well. I struggled realizing I very much had a legalistic mindset, as I came from a background of focusing on sanctification and holiness. If we do not understand the Gospel properly, then we will misunderstand everything else.
We weren’t at a church, my husband and I. But from 2017-2021, God used that time to minister through His word to us. I learned to give my husband to God and trust God and His timing. I discovered pastors online (not saying this is a substitute for church) but these pastors spoke the truth, challenged, and tore apart what I thought to be true. I found sound women ministering to other women. See: Godly Men & Women I Recommend To Listen To
The Lord helped me finally understand the Gospel in-depth. I realized the importance of not treating the Bible like a magic-8 ball. Read in order. Read and understand the context. Repeat.
My husband and I are now looking for a home church, and we might have found one. Please pray for us.
When I first started this blog in 2016, I misunderstood a lot of things and I was under certain deception. The blog is currently being edited, over half of my posts are now private. Either, they had wrong theology, or really weak messages that were fluffy and inspirational poster-like.
I hope what I have found in the word of God can be encouraging to you.
I want Inside Cup to encourage readers to learn about what happens on the inside of us, that carries real, outward, fruit. Whether good or bad. I want to dive into what we believe to be true and hold it up to scripture. I want to cover topics many Christians think are okay, things I used to think were okay, and show why it isn’t because of the truth of scripture. I want women to learn the importance of proper Bible study and learn to judge teachers, not on how they make us feel, but on what the Bible says. I want women to be equipped with the Gospel and discerning to know what is true and what is mostly true.
Testimony of how I realized I did not fully understand the Gospel as well as I thought:
– I Am So Sorry! | Why I Am Privating A Lot Of Old Posts
–Thank You All For The Encouragement & Prayers (I Want To Clarify Why I Publicly Recanted)
– The Beginning of Inside Cup | My Blog Journey
– 2,500 + Followers | Milestone
– My Testimony | Legalism, Christian Mysticism, & Seeing My Husband Come To Christ (the BIG testimony, make sure you have a beverage and snack for this one.)
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BLOGGING QUESTION FOR ME? – if you want to contact me because you have a question on how to do something related to blogging, I highly recommend you check out my page on my second blog. I have compiled all of the blogger 101 posts I’ve made on one page. This covers settings, pictures, hyperlinks, comments, where to find things, etc. 🙂
If you ask me a blogging question, more than likely I’m going to redirect you to a post on this page. ❤ I hope that helps. You can do it! 🙂
Blogger 101- Understanding Your Blog And How To Blog
I will not disciple anyone (I appreciate the compliment, but I am not the right person). I have a lot to learn myself and internet connections do not allow proper discipleship. You need a church to help with proper counsel.
Is there a way to email you?
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Yes, my email is at the bottom of this post. 🙂
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Hello please I wanted to ask, is it necessary to add references to your articles, considering is a blog especially if you took some points from another author??
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Whenever you are using specific points from another source, that you did not come up with, always cite.
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Hi, it’s been a long time since I’ve been here. Anyway, how are you? Hope you are doing well. I’m currently under the process of revamping my blog and I plan (hopefully) to talk about why I’ve not been able to be around as much. Just need a little support. It’ll be great if you can remember me in your prayers. Life’s a struggle and somehow it has managed to slow me down. Trying to get back on the horse. Hope it’s not much to ask. 🙂
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❤ I absolutely will!!! I'll add you to the community prayer request if that's ok 🙂 you've been on my heart.
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Yes, please. Thank you for your support 😊
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🙂 ❤
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Hullo T.R.!
I found you through Steven Colborne’s and I absolutely love your blog! I just started following you, and I hope to get some of your encouragement in upcoming weeks! You have encouraging stuff to share, and I’m so glad I was able to find you. Happy Blogging!
In Christ,
Emily 🙂
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Wow, thank you so much, Emily! I hope you are encouraged as well 🙂 Happy blogging to you, too!!!
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You were Born in 1977, I was 8 years old. I was dreaming of the plan that God had for restoring His Kingdom on Earth. There was 9 of us or maybe 11, I am the One who remembers, Because Yahweh remembers. There was a little girl in my dreams as a child, we would meet in a playground the watchers would bring me there and the girl and we would would sit and talk and go on the merry-go-round, than I would awake and wonder who she was. Your story sounds so much like mine Sensitive to the thoughts and feelings of others to a fault sometimes. Misunderstood by the world at large. I know you because you are apart of me and His chosen and we are the Travelers.
Do you know Multnomah Falls? please look up the picture. Maybe or Maybe not.
Be Blessed in Our Kairos Now, In His Love. Gary
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I was not born in that year. I don’t know if your dream has any connection to my story or not. I believe I am a child of God and have no other connection to anyone else except through Jesus Christ. Anyone who has accepted salvation from Jesus and actively has a relationship with Him is part of His branches.
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Amen
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I am not looking for anything except His Kingdom within others as is in me.
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First of all, thank you for the invite to “Christian Bloggers To Check Out.” Secondly, I’ve read a few of your posts and I must say that you truly are a shining light for Christ! Therefore, I nominate you to receive my Light of the World Award. If you accept, follow this link.
http://lighthousedevotions.blog/light-of-the-world-award/
I pray God’s favor as you get ready to publish your book series. Keep shining!
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Oh, wow! That’s so kind of you! Thank you very
much!
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Really love that you’re a Christian author……. we need more of you guys out there!
I have a new blog and would love if you could come check it out. It’s @ https://asouthernbellewithstoriestotell.wordpress.com
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Thanks! I’m an unpublished author, but after writing three novels I feel prepared enough to write the first book to my book series. I’ll check out your blog.
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Hey, can I just say this awesome! I am very new to WordPress and blogging and this blog is so inspiring 💕 thank you for sharing all of this
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You are so welcome! 🙂 If you need any help with blogging, on my second blog, I have a Blogger 101 series.
You can find the page where I put all of the various posts together here. You don’t have to read anything 🙂 it’s just there in case you need help with something.
https://peekingfrombeneaththerock.wordpress.com/new-to-blogging-and-editing-your-blog/
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Thank you so much, I will check it out!
Really appreciate your help and looking forward to read in your blogger 101 series 😁
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You’re welcome 🙂 I hope it comes in handy for you!
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Girl I been missing you😘
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I commented on your post 🙂 check your spam folder. I have a post I posted a couple hours ago letting people know my comments have not been showing up and they have been going to spam. I have at least seven bloggers who have found my comments in spam. 🙂 If you need help finding the spam folder, check out this post https://nobledevotionblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/02/missing-comments-please-check-your-spam-folder/
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ok girl i was like where is my friend👀👀👀
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Yeah, I don’t know why my comments have been going to spam, and not just one or two people but a lot of people I comment on. 😦 I’ll have to get a hold of tech because not everyone I comment reads my blog so they won’t know, and not everyone checks their spam folder.
Yeah, I wasn’t missing 🙂 still here, just having a hard time getting comments through haha.
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well I found 3 of yours!!! Thats really weird
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Yeah, it happens sometimes when people comment, but not usually to almost every person you comment to. That’s why it’s good to check spam. I’ve made it a daily thing just for that reason. 🙂
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I really liked your post when you said, “In order to grow, we must share experiences. It is not fair to not witness and not bear testimony of Jesus Christ when we are called to do so”
Sometimes, sharing experiences can be through stories, blog posts, leadership, or anything that we can use that will give testimony to God and all that He has done in our lives.
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Exactly, one of the main reasons for me to write 🙂 amen!
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Hey I just wanted to say that you’re doing a great job with this blog. I write with a blog called DailyPS; we have over 70 Christian authors writing on our website – so I see a lot of them. Yours is one of the best. Great job with the consistency and impacting people for the name of Jesus!
If you’re ever looking for more places to share content check us out. http://www.DailyPS.com. No pressure, I really just wanted to send some encouragement!
Regards, Alex (https://dailyps.com)
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Wow, thank you so much for your encouragement!!! This means a lot to me. I’ll definitely keep this in mind. 🙂
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I do not know if you are writing me or T. R. Noble, but I thank you for your kind offer and must say no thank. It is enough to keep up with this blog the Lord has entrusted me with, and I must take responsibility for it.
Please that I am praying for you and each of your writers, as well as the blog!
In Love with Christ, MissGail John 14:27 KJV
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“If you hear Him calling, answer quickly.” I like that.
Praying for you and your ministry. God loves you!
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Thank you 🙂
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G’day, I just came across your blog, enjoyed your intro and gonna go read a post now. Look forward to learning more.
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Thank you 🙂 on the main page in the menu, I have a page that covers all topics I’ve wrote about if you are looking fir something in particular.
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Not sure yet, I saw a comment you wrote on someone else’s blog, liked the way you communicate and that’s the reason why I checked your blog out. Def looking forward to more.
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That’s very kind of you. Thank you 🙂
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Thank you for sharing
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Jesus used parables to represent Himself and God. The parables weren’t always for nonbelievers. This is also the direction I have with my series. There is a lot of hidden symbolism.
Also, my God and Jesus character are not named God and Jesus because, as we both stated, there is only True God and Christ. Should the characters not exist in the story, there’s no point. I want these two characters to stand out, and have it be understood what true faith is. True faith takes a real relationship with Christ. God does answer us in different ways, if we seek Him. Sometimes people need various means to be reached out to, and I believe the way I am going about this is okay. I’ve had multiple Christians read my test runs, and all have been accepting of the work.
I appreciate the concern, and I’ve been using the Bible as well for direction the story will go.
As for the representation, I’m not saying how I depict the characters is exactly how God is like, and there will be no such idea enforced. God is so much more than what a simple story can give. When I say representation, I mean a reader can look at the story, and be like, “Oh, so this is the God character, and this is the Jesus character.” But these characters do not represent the being and strong Spirit of both Christ and God.
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Your novels sound interesting, would you be willing/able to give a brief synopsis? I’m a writer myself and a big reader, but I mostly read non-fiction. However, perhaps Christian fiction is something it would be cool to explore 🙂
Peace and blessings, Steven 🙏🏻
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At this time, no because I’m into the early stages of writing the first book. The novels were all prequels different characters to help me get to know their back-story and how I wanted them to sound written down. So everything that happened in the novels with individual characters will be gradually woven into the series when they meet each other. What I can say is I want my book series to be able to draw the reader a better picture of faith. I want my characters to have a tie to my God and Jesus characters. These things you don’t really see for Christian fiction, let alone Christian fantasy. I want to be able to tell a story based on something God gave me when I was four years old, an imaginary world I created. I wanted to expand the story and its characters and have it be something I could give back to God as a crown. It’s my hope what once gave me comfort long ago, could provide comfort and advice to someone else. 🙂
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T.R., after reading and praying and thinking about Christian fan tasy for many years, one thing stands out clearly, that we should never design characters that represent God and His Son. We will be presenting “another jesus.” I hope and pray that you will understand! You will only misrepresent Him. It doesn’t matter what Lewis seems to have done.
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I totally understand what you mean, but my character are, as you said, representations. I’m not saying this IS Jesus or this IS God. Rather, these characters represent who He is. My goal is that people consider to going to the real source and having a true relationship with Him. There is only one True God and one True Christ.
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And I want to add again, thank you for your concerns. These are things I need to make sure about when I go forward. As scripture says, we need to be able to have an answer.
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T.R., I understand. We disagree but can pray for eachother, okay?
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Most definitely 🙂
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T.R., like you I’ve written Christian fantasy and enjoyed this kind of writing so much. May the Lord Jesus Christ lead you in every area of your life!
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Thank you! 🙂
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Of course, T.R.!
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Another believer! Glad to have found your blog, T.R. I like this kind of blog as it reminds me of God’s love and faithfulness.
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Thank you so much! 🙂 I post pretty daily, so feel free to look around, and thank you for following my blog!!
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‘God has given me the pen as my Aaron.’
That’s such a lovely thought. I had never seen it that way. It’ so inspiring. Thank you for writing. Thank you for responding to God’s call. Let your word go forth and produce life wherever it travels.
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Thank you so much for your encouragement.
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Thank you so much : )
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Am glad i finally found what i have been looking for a long time. It’s more like an answered prayers. Keep it up. It’s more like we share something in Common. WRITING. I love to write. Am also working on several Christian literature yet to be publish… Keep the Fire burning….
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That is such a blessing to hear! If you enjoy Christian poetry or illustration, I also have some posts with those of my work. I believe we need more Christian Fantasy which is what I am working on : ) . You keep the flame burning as well.
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Great post T.R. and it is so nice discovering you and your site. It is going to be great fun following along with you and seeing the world through your eyes and words.
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Thank you very much : )
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Hey!
I just recently found your blog and I absolutely love it. It is very encouraging and you are definitely a light in this world. Keep inspiring others. XD
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Thank you so much! Your words are encouraging to me ❤ it means a lot to me.
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