Igniting Hope Ministries

Igniting Hope Ministries


Latest Episodes

Live While You Are Waiting
May 17, 2024

Faith people with hope live while they are waiting for their desires to be fulfilled. Faith peoplewithout hope are waiting for something to change before they live. In this riveting message, Steve Ba

Daisy's Fear Issues
May 10, 2024

Steve Backlund shares a valuable insight for healthy relationships, restorative leadership, and greater discipleship of people. He uses his dog Daisy's struggle to trust people as the foundation for t

He Is Our Example
May 03, 2024

Abram, who became Abraham, an Old Covenant character is held up to us as the example of how to live in the New Covenant. He pulled a New Covenant experience into the Old Covenant. Unfortunately, many

Build and Increase Anyway
April 26, 2024

"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says theLord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope" (Jeremiah 29:11). This famous verse is part of a greater word for

The Blessing of Closed Doors
April 19, 2024

We all love open doors (to be chosen or to enter into a seemingly great opportunity) but closed doors can create disappointment and a victim mindset unless we see things from a higher perspective. Joi

The Word Works
April 12, 2024

"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 Bib

Winning the Thinking Battle in the Morning & Evening
April 05, 2024

Steve Backlund gives part two of last week's podcast, "Goliath's Morning and Evening Taunts", Lies often sound more real in themorning and evening. Joshua was instructed by the Lord (Joshua 1:8) to h

Goliath's Morning & Evening Taunts
March 29, 2024

"And the Philistine (Goliath) drew near and presented himself forty days, morning and evening" (1 Samuel17:16). Liesfueling our self-talk tend to sound more real in the mornings and evenings. In th

Don't Just Try to Fix Things
March 22, 2024

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 thing

Words To Ignite Your Faith
March 15, 2024

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 goi