From epic stunts to young advocates fighting for human dignity, today’s online communities are bursting with videos of risk-takers. Is your girl empowered by these stories or halted in her tracks?

Courage is internal—it isn’t seen until a girl acts on it. So no one knows the agonizing process within a girl’s heart of weighing out the options and risks. If she is petrified of ending up as an epic fail, she might want to hide, never to make even the first move!

Instill courage into her heart by reminding your girl that she is called among the likes of Gideon, Moses, Esther, and Priscilla to shine God’s light on the world. He’s got her—she need only take the first step.

Judges 6-7, Exodus, Esther 1-4, Acts 18

Listen to the Raising Godly Girls Minute with Patti Garibay: