Igniting Hope Ministries

"The word of God is living and powerful" (Hebrews 4;12). In this message, Steve Backlund shares how we can live powered by God's word, rather than by human strength. Get ready to see some familiar Bible verses in a new way that will help you increase your faith in what God is saying rather than what you need to do. 

 

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 "And the Philistine (Goliath) drew near and presented himself forty days, morning and evening" (1 Samuel 17:16). Lies fueling our self-talk tend to sound more real in the mornings and evenings. In this message, Steve Backlund will inspire and equip you to execute a good plan to make mornings and evenings your most powerful truth times of the day

If we are only trying to fix what's wrong in our lives and not strengthen what is right, we will have difficulty advancing. In this message, Steve Backlund shares insights in how to focus on the things that will truly make a difference. 

In this thermostatic message, Steve Backlund puts on his coaching hat and speaks life into the listener. If we are going to experience something higher, we must believe something higher. If we are going to believe something higher, we must hear something higher than what we are feeling and experiencing. This podcast will cause you to hear necessary truths that will dismantle self-limiting beliefs in your life.     

In 1 Kings 19, Elijah was in a physical cave and in a spiritual cave. When we are in a spiritual cave, what we think is true is not true, even though it feels really true. In this message, Steve Backlund uses Elijah's experience to help us get out of or stay out of spiritual caves.   

In Joshua chapter one, God repeatedly encouraged Joshua, the new leader of the Israelites, that he could be strong and courageous In essence, He was saying, "You can do it!". In this podcast, Steve Backlund puts on his coaching hat and inspires you, like Joshua, that you can do it too. 

Self-limiting beliefs are not just to be resisted but are to be replaced with specific truths that will demolish these limitations. In this podcast, Steve Backlund shares the life-changing belief, "There is always a solution."

Our feelings of shame, regret, disappointment, unworthiness, insecurity, discouragement, bitterness, offense, victimhood, and frustration are almost always a bigger issue than what seems to be causing them. In this podcast, Steve Backlund will inspire you to see the moment these emotions manifest in us as an exciting opportunity to pull down a stronghold in our lives. 

Thankfulness and a hunger for positive change create a catalytic combination. In this podcast, Steve Backlund shares the importance of each and how to combine them effectively for inner victory and maximum impact.   

"The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not lack" (Psalm 23:1). David had an abundance mindset that inspires us to think higher about the resources that will flow to us and through us. In this message, Steve Backlund shares some root reasons for a poverty mindset, and he gives wisdom for how to break out of it.     

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 We all have leaders over us. They could be pastors, managers, teachers, parents, ministry leaders, or someone else. The relationship we have with them is something to be stewarded well. They will influence us, and we have the privilege of them becoming better and more successful because of us. In this podcast, Steve Backlund shares five ways we can positively influence the leaders in our lives.

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The biblical definition of hope is the joyful expectation of good coming. Excitement for the future encapsulates this definition. Excitement is a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness. In this podcast, Steve Backlund gives practical insight into what true hope really is. This is a great message as we start 2024. 

In this podcast, Steve Backlund shares what he is prophetically sensing for 2024. This is a year where we will tempted to feel powerless concerning the great needs that are around us, but we already have what is needed to make the difference. Get ready to be excited about what your seeming little can do when it. is put into the hands of a supernatural God.    

The Christmas story in the Bible is full of insights into how God accomplishes His purposes on earth. In this podcast, Steve Backlund takes six aspects of Jesus Christ's birth and uses them as prophetic insights into how God will work in our own lives in the days ahead. 

Good questions will help us to hear from God in a greater way. In this podcast, Steve Backlund gives you five questions to help you get greater spiritual insight and to prepare for a great 2024.   

Revelation and impartation are two divine graces bringing increased victory and greater influence. In this podcast, Steve Backlund gives important insights to help value and access them both