Armed and Dangerous: From Wounded to Warrior

By Vanessa Mininger

We are all fighting battles in one way or another—either physical, mental, or spiritual. We’ve all been wounded in those battles, and we’ve wounded others in the process. We can choose to let those wounds define who we are, or we can choose to clothe ourselves with the armor of God, stand, and fight!

Armed and Dangerous: From Wounded to Warrior can help you face the physical, mental, and spiritual battles that we face every day, inspiring you to turn to God’s Word for his victorious wisdom. Author Vanessa Mininger invites you to show off your battle scars and prepare for the assaults of the world—greed, lust, gluttony, laziness, wrath, envy, and pride. But by putting on the armor of God, we can be a light in the darkness of the world, even learning how to save others from these harms.

We are all dangerous to the world through either our wounds or through our battle to be a light in an ever darkening world. It’s time to go from wounded to warrior!

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Apr 23, 2019
• ISBN: 9781973660699

Vanessa Mininger

Vanessa Mininger was born and raised in a small town in Kansas. The daughter of a farmer and a nurse, she learned the value of hard work through their example. Despite her promise to “never marry a farmer,” she did just that at the age of nineteen. Twenty years later, she’s still married to that farmer, and together they have three daughters, whom they raise on their small family farm in central California.

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ISBN: 978-1-9736-6068-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-9736-6069-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019904812

WestBow Press rev. date: 04/23/2019

Contents

Introduction

Lust

Gluttony

Greed

Laziness

Wrath

Envy

Pride

The Armor of God

Truth

Righteousness

Gospel of Peace

Faith

Salvation

Spirit

From Wounded to Warrior

For my dad, who

never got to read this in its published form, but never doubted that I would one day see it through to completion. Thank you for encouraging me to live my best life no matter the challenges. I miss you. Love, your Messy Nessie

Introduction

Recently a local man defaced a World War II Memorial and the outrage was widespread and justified- or so we all thought. The comment feeds from news stations across our state were full of people who called for swift justice for this depraved individual. Some went as far as to call for his death. I’m ashamed to admit that I had some of the same thoughts. Of course I never thought that the individual should be killed, but I certainly felt they needed to answer for their crimes. A