Igniting Hope Ministries

In this message, Steve Backlund shares seven reasons why healthy mindsets and habits regarding finances are the training ground for God releasing to us true spiritual riches like peace, influence, power, trust, favor, love, and more. 

Having a poverty spirit causes us to see life through the lens of lacking what is needed to live victoriously and with significant influence. In this podcast, Steve Backlund identifies seven signs of the poverty spirit and then shares three keys to overcoming this negative mindset. 

Transformation does not come from surrendering our hearts to God, but by surrendering our beliefs to Him. It is necessary to surrender our hearts, but we will be unable to be free emotionally or circumstantially if we are believing lies. Join Steve Backlund for this insightful and inspiring message.  Learn more about Steve and Wendy's ministry at ignitinghope.com.

Successful people know what to prioritize and not focus on. This message will help you break off the guilt, embarrassment, and inferiority created by things we are not even called to address at this time. 

Steve Backlund's definition of joy is this: It is the childlike wonder and excitement of working with God instead of working for God. In this message, Steve expounds on the various parts of this definition. Get ready to have your joy tank filled through this podcast. 

Many people at funerals regret that they had not said more loving and appreciative words to the one. who passed away. This podcast will motivate and empower you to say what you need to say now to the people in your life.

"Take every thought captive" (2 Corinthians 10:5). In this fun and powerful podcast, Steve Backlund shares the how and why of deleting the self-defeating lies that we are tempted to believe. 

"Steve, you do not need more money, you need a new idea." This is a good word to break out. of lack, but one idea can be the key to breakthrough concerning personal weaknesses, relational challenges, illnesses, and more. Join Steve Backlund as he inspires and equips you to become more creative in how you think and in what you do.

In 1 Peter 1, wives with unbelieving husbands are told to win the husband first to themselves and then to their words. This is a profound principle for those who want to increase their favor and be heard at a higher level. Join Steve Backlund in this powerful podcast that will help you to go to the next level of in relationships and influence.

We all need "You can do it!" voices speaking into our lives. In this impactful podcast, Steve Backlund uses Joshua 1 to speak a timely and encouraging word into your life.

In this podcast, Steve Backlund inspires and encourages us to stir up our hope for 2023. It will a major key to increasing our personal victory and influence. 

Our hopelessness about a problem is almost always a bigger problem than the problem. Join Steve Backlund as he helps us identify what to prioritize as we seek to overcome problems or enter into a higher level of God's purpose for our life. 

We all have "sticky situations" in our relationships. Whether it is in our family, at work, in our church, with friends, or with someone else, there are things we can do which will increase the likelihood of our having a positive influence on the relationship and situation. Steve Backlund shares six of these in this timely podcast that will help your influence go to another level. 

Do you ever feel like you don't belong in the role you're in or that you are not good enough for job? That's a common feeling, but false humility and hiding our gifts is actually a form of selfishness.

In 1 Samuel 16, Samuel was neutralized by disappointment. The Lord jolted him out of despondency with new hope for the future. In this message, Steve Backlund will inspire and equip you to overcome disappointment and to move forward in purpose in this incredible season of your life. 

In these challenging times, our beliefs are either going to be an anchor to our soul or they are going to create further problems for us. In this podcast, Steve Backlund shares important beliefs for us to have in this hour.

 "I am an atheist." Levi responds, "Oh, really, that is so exciting. God always shows up when I am around an atheist." Join Steve Backlund as he gives you a key to how to flip seemingly difficult moments into opportunities for God to demonstrate His love and power. 

Psalm 34:3 says, "Oh, magnify the Lord with me. Let us exalt His name together." We cannot make God larger, but we can see Him larger. The more we magnify Him, the smaller our challenges will seem. In this podcast, Steve Backlund shares seven things we magnify instead of the Lord (making God seem smaller and our problems seem greater than they really are). 

Our circumstances, feelings, past experiences, and words we hear are constantly trying to lie to us about our identity, relationship with God, and our potential. In this message, Steve Backlund will inspire you to not receive the negative messages these are trying to send us.     

Steve Backlund interviews his wife, Wendy, about her best-selling book, Victorious Emotions. Wendy shares why she wrote it and key truths in the book. This podcast has many gems of revelation in it that will bless your life. 

Faith without hope is unhealthy. In this podcast, Steve Backlund shares why and gives keys for increasing your hope and seeing your desires realized. Get ready to be inspired and empowered to abound in hope and to thrive while you are waiting for God's promises to manifest.

Often our frustrations, lack of purpose, emptiness, and emotional challenges result from an anemic spiritual diet. It is surprising what happens when we increase our intake of good spiritual food. Join Steve Backlund on this inspiring message which will give you simple, but profound keys for breakthrough. 

 In one of the churches we pastored, Wendy (my wife) and I started a group called Mediocre Anonymous. We did this because we noticed that most twelve-step programs tended to take people from crisis to average, and we wanted to establish a twelve-step program for people addicted to mediocrity to help take them from average to great. This podcast will share with you the tenets and twelve steps of Me...