Igniting Hope Ministries

What is the New Covenant answer to overcoming sinful behaviors? It is becoming skilled in the word of righteousness. In this message, Steve Backlund unlocks one of the most important truths in the Bible.

God's laws are not rules to be obeyed out of a fear of punishment mindset, but they are spiritual principles to be accessed for increase in our lives. In this podcast, Steve Backlund shares life-changing insights contained in his book, Divine Strategies for Increase.

"Exercise yourself toward godliness. For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come" (1 Timothy 4:7-8). Steve unpacks this verse and releases life-launching revelation from it.

“But when the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them” (Judges 3:15). God's answer to the needs of the world is a person He empowers to go higher in influence than they thought they go. This message will help you access this and become His answer to the needs around you and in the world.

"I wish things would be the way they used to be." Joshua had to let go of the past and so will we. This message will inspire you and help equip you to be able to do so.

Just because we are not fully convinced about God's promises now, it does not mean we are doing something wrong. Join Steve Backlund as he shares how God empowers us to strengthen our beliefs toward the goal of being convinced of our identity, His promises, and our assignments and callings.

Good parents tell their kids every day that they love them. Our Heavenly Father Is a good parent, and He is continually telling us this. If we are not hearing this, we will need to upgrade how we hear from God. This message will help you do so.

God did not give us the imagination to be the devil’s playhouse but to be the womb of faith. Negative worry is imagining your future as if God does not show up. Positive worry is imaging your future as if God fully shows up. In this fun and enlightening message, Steve Backlund shares how to worry with God about your future

God partners with what we give Him to work with. As we release love, prayers, faith, declarations, and other actions, we become catalytic for kingdom advancement. This message will inspire you to be more intentional to influence how much God will do in and around you.

"The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man" (Genesis 38:2). It is enlightening and inspiring to understand when this was said about Joseph. Steve Backlund shares a powerful word on inner success which leads to others seeing that the Lord is with us.