Igniting Hope Ministries Stir It Up
Nov 21, 2025
Discover how to unlock your潜力 and stir up your gifts with practical insights from Steve Backlund. He emphasizes overcoming defeatist mindsets and the importance of surrounding yourself with visionary relationships. Using fire imagery, he illustrates how distractions can dampen your spiritual passion. Celebrate small victories, embrace imagination, and transform fear into growth. Learn to lead by igniting your own gifts and stirring joy through thanksgiving. It's all about believing higher and activating your divine potential!
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Fan Your Gift Into Flame
- Paul tells Timothy to "stir up the gift" meaning to fan into flame latent gifting inside us.
- Steve Backlund compares spiritual gifts to coals that need fanning to blaze rather than smolder.
Burn Pile Illustration
- Steve Backlund describes burning brush on his property and how wet wood can smother a fire.
- He uses this to illustrate how negative inputs (wet wood) can dampen our spiritual flame unless the fire is strong.
Fear Blocks Increase
- Potential can remain unrealized if we don't stir our gifts up and act beyond fear.
- Fear blocks increase; God gives power, love, and a sound mind to overcome it.