Strong Girls: Develop Unstoppable Character, Confidence, CourageSample

Courage - taking action in the face of fear

The simplest and most powerful definition of courage is this: Taking action in the face of fear. Courage is the ability to exercise your confidence and character. Courage is putting those two things into action in specific situations you face. Courage isn’t the absence of fear. It’s taking action even though you are afraid.

Courage is when you stand up in the face of adversity or challenge and do the right thing, regardless of potential negative consequences. Courage is when you’re willing to stand alone. Courage is when you do the right thing for the right reasons.

There is often a cost that comes with living a life of courage. But the rewards are worth it.

There are many things that keep you from living courageously:

• fear of failure or looking foolish
• fear of standing out and being rejected
• fear of being judged or misunderstood

The Bible has daily encouragement to be courageous and conquer your fears. Fear is the obstacle to an amazing life. To have an amazing life, the road leads straight through fear.

Here are the top 3 actions to be become courageous:

1. Take Risks. Be willing to step out in faith when you feel compelled to do so. Courage means that you take action, even though you are afraid. God will step in and give you the words and strength that you need.
2. Go against the flow. Peer pressure is a very intense deal. The pressure to do what everybody else is doing, or wearing, or saying can cause enough fear to make you compromise and conform. Strong Girls are called to obey God and go against the flow.
3. Take a Stand! There are three components of taking a stand: (1) stand up for what you believe, what’s true, and what’s right, (2) stand against what’s evil, wrong, and unfair, and (3) stand with those who are the least, last, and left out.

Courage is the culmination of your character and confidence in God. It takes time to develop it, but it leads to a life of mission and meaning. These three core components are forged over time. When you put your beliefs and values into action, all three grow and get stronger.

Strong Girls develop incredible core strength that makes them unstoppable in life.

*This plan contains devotional content from Strong Girls: Developing Girls With Unstoppable Character, Confidence, and Courage by Jimmy Page and Grace Page.