

Igniting Hope Ministries
Steve Backlund
Equipping individuals with hope, joy, and divine strategies for success.
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Aug 15, 2025 • 30min
Four Habits of History Makers
Explore the transformative habits that can propel you into greatness. Discover how joy, prayer, and intentional thinking can shape your destiny. Delve into the connection between cultivating hope and fostering gratitude. Learn to tackle personal needs and embrace the power of positive beliefs. Understand how aligning your beliefs with your actions can lead to spiritual growth, even in challenging times. Embrace your potential for miraculous experiences and ignite your journey towards a fulfilling purpose!

Aug 8, 2025 • 28min
Should We Really Get People's Hopes Up?
Steve Backlund highlights the transformative power of hope, inspired by Jesus' ministry. The discussion emphasizes uplifting others, especially in tough times, and the importance of self-proclamation in achieving freedom. Listeners are equipped with practical tips to cultivate joy through gratitude and a positive mindset. The podcast also encourages seizing new opportunities, focusing on personal transformation, and the impact of influential connections. It's a motivational guide to spreading hope and overcoming challenges.

Aug 1, 2025 • 31min
5 Disappointments We All Get to Overcome
All of us are tempted to be disappointed with God, ourselves, leaders, people we are leading, and life in general. In this message, Steve Backlund shares inspiring insights to empower us to overcome disappointment and move forward in our lives like never before.

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Jul 25, 2025 • 25min
The 8 Pillars of Success Part 2
Discover transformative leadership principles that can elevate your life. Learn how speaking life can shape outcomes and the power of faith-filled decisions. Embrace a culture of gladness to enhance relationships and foster joy. Find out how empowerment plays a vital role in building strong individuals. Explore hope as an unstoppable force that can transform your perspective and mental health, encouraging positivity and resilience in the face of challenges.

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Jul 18, 2025 • 31min
The 8 Pillars of Success Part 1
Delve into the power of self-leadership and how inspiring oneself can set the tone for success. Explore the importance of transformational beliefs and intentionality in overcoming life's challenges. Discover the significance of healthy relationships in personal growth and leadership. The transformative role of hope takes center stage, illustrated by a powerful biblical metaphor. Joy emerges as a vital source of strength, especially during trials, encouraging listeners to embrace gratitude and faith for resilience.

Jul 11, 2025 • 29min
Five Excuses of the Victim Mindset
The victim mindset is a stronghold we all get to defeat. It wants us to believe we are at a disadvantage because of factors like our finances, family situation, physical appearance, our health, other people's perceptions of us, our past, our education, our vocation, or something else. This limiting belief is almost always a bigger problem than what we feel a victim of. In this podcast, Steve Backlund exposes lies behind this belief system and gives strategies for victory over it.

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Jul 4, 2025 • 13min
Ten Keys for Public Speakers
Discover ten empowering strategies to enhance your public speaking skills. From building emotional connections to overcoming fear, the insights are transformative. The discussion emphasizes the importance of authenticity and understanding your audience. Grounded in relatable principles, this conversation serves to boost confidence and effectiveness in all kinds of communication.

Jun 27, 2025 • 22min
What Are We Concluding?
Our conclusions about a circumstance are always more important than the circumstance itself. In this podcast, Steve Backlund explores the story of the twelve spies in Numbers 13 and how it speaks to our lives today.

Jun 20, 2025 • 28min
Five Ways to Activate the Prophetic
"Desire spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy" (1 Corinthians 14:1). This podcast will help you understand the nature of New Testament prophetic ministry and how to grow in it so that others can become what they never thought they could be.

Jun 13, 2025 • 29min
Was It An Identity Crisis?
Steve Backlund shares about a time when he thought he had his identity rooted in the right things, but it really wasn't. What he discovered in this seemingly negative time for him will help you avoid a crisis of identity in your future.


