Igniting Hope Ministries
Episodes
Improve It
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Managers tend to maintain, while leaders lead into better things. In this podcast, Steve Backlund releases motivation and strategies to take key areas...
The 4th Source of Healthy Fruitful Mind Renewal
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
"The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy" (Revelation 19:10). One of the main reasons we have been given a memory is to remember what the Lor...
What True Revelation Produces
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What comes to mind when you hear the word revelation? For many, it means something deep, something new, something we’ve never heard before, and...
Trying to Stop Something? Replace It Instead
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Many people are trying to stop negative behaviors. But here’s a powerful truth: The best way to stop a negative behavior is not just to remove i...
The Art of the Faster Comeback
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Resilience is the capacity to recover quickly, adapt, or "bounce back" from adversity, trauma, or significant stress. In this podcast, Steve Backlund ...
Increasing the Likelihood
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
"This is going to be my best day yet!" This does not guarantee it will happen, but the moment this is said, it increases the likelihood it will. In th...
Identity-Based Bible Reading
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We cannot consistently do what we don't believe we are. One reason many sincere Christians feel unworthy when they read the Bible is that they are rea...
Being a Prophetic Person
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We are called not only to prophesy, but to be a prophetic person - one who sees people, circumstances, and possibilities through Heaven’s lens. Inst...
Identifying Your Metrons
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Romans 12:3 says God has dealt to each one “a measure of faith.” The word “measure” comes from the Greek word metron, which is a measured sphe...
Lies Smart People Believe
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lies smart people believe usually don't make them rebellious; they make them passive. They don’t cause them to run from God; they cause them to exp...
I Am So Glad I Needed to Persevere
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a part two to last week's podcast, "I Am So Glad It Was Hard". In this message, Steve Backlund quotes from James 1:12 and shares how perseve...
I Am So Glad It was Hard
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I was talking recently with my wife, Wendy, reflecting on some high-profile leadership messes. These people rose quickly in influence, but their lack ...
Navigating Controversy With Hope and Strong Beliefs
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When controversy happens in our lives, our churches, or in our nation, we are very tempted to let our emotions direct our beliefs and responses, but t...
Navigating Controversy With Hope and Strong Beliefs
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When controversy happens in our lives, our churches, or in our nation, we are very tempted to let our emotions direct our beliefs and responses, but t...
Avoiding Pendulumic Swings
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The fruit of the Spirit of self-control is vital for so many areas, but it is especially needed for us to not over-react to perceived doctrinal erro...
Who Do We Say They Are?
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this message, Steve Backlund makes the case that the third most important question in life is "Who Do We Say the People in Our Life Are?"
A Different Twist on What Believe is Hard
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
"Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" (Matthew 12:34. Our beliefs come out through our words. It is fascinating to consider what we bel...
2026: You Are the Burning Bush
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Backlund shares prophetically what he is hearing for 2026.
3 Prophetic Truths For Us From the Christmas Story (full length sermon)
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a message Steve preached at Valley Church in Caldwell on December 14, 2025, right after Wendy and he moved there. Get ready to be inspired and...
Christmas Story Prophetic Words for You
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve continues a Christmas podcast tradition of sharing insights into what the birth of Jesus speaks about the circumstances we are facing in our own...
The Abundance Mindset
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This great message will build your expectation to experience abundance in nine key areas to accomplish God's highest purposes for your life.
The Power of Repetition
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It has been said that people, on average, heard the gospel 7.4 times before surrendering and believing in Jesus. In this podcast, Seve Backlund shares...
The Two Most Important Words in the World?
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Steve Backlund makes the case for "thank you" being the two most important words we can speak. Get ready to be inspired to take your ...
Stir It Up
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Apostle Paul told Timothy to "stir up the gift" that was in him (2 Timothy 1:6). It is not automatic that our gifts will mature and bear fruit. In...
Embracing Failure
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Those who succeed most seem to fail most. Winston Churchill said, "Success is moving from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." In this podca...
Healing From Grief With Hope
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cyndi Barber joins Steve Backlund on this important podcast. Cyndi shares her own experience with grief, and conveys the powerful truths and practices...
5 Biblical Ways to Celebrate Your Progress
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"The joy of the Lord is our strength" (Nehemiah 8:10). Our spiritual load-bearing capacity is in direct proportion to the level of joy in our lives. C...
See, I Told You So!
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Both those who believe they can, and those who believe they can't, are right. What we are experiencing today is largely the result of the beliefs and ...
Working Out Our Relational Beliefs
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have beliefs to "work out" and strengthen in five areas - beliefs about God, ourselves, other people, circumstances, and decisions we are making. I...
These People Are the Problem!
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast helps break off the lie that we are victims of the people in our lives. Steve Backlund shares an excerpt from his book, Let's Just Laugh...
Seven White Water Rafting Truths
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Backlund shares seven fun and transformational truths from his white water rafting experiences.
The Charlie Kirk Effect
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Steve Backlund prophetically shares five things we can expect to increase in our lives because of the life and death of Charlie Kirk....
Enlarge the Place of Your Tent
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Backlund prophetically speaks from Isaiah 54 and John 5 in this podcast. This message will inspire you to move forward into your dreams, plus it...
Balance, Elbow, Eyes, Follow Through
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Steve Backlund as he gives you insights from his basketball coaching and applies them to life and leadership. He specifically speaks about follow...
Asking God for a Sign of His Favor
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Show me a sign of your favor” (Psalm 86:17 ESV). God gave many of our favorite Bible characters "signs" that confirmed they were headed in the righ...
Who is Attracted to You?
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Empowering leaders are more focused on building big people than building a big organization. If we are "small" in our attitudes (i.e., jealous, selfis...
5 Prophetic Revelations to Get You Unstuck
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Backlund shares some wisdom that is "a word in season" for many who listen.
Four Habits of History Makers
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We each have unlimited potential in God. In this podcast, Steve Backlund shares these four habits from Philippians 4 that will propel your life in...
Should We Really Get People's Hopes Up?
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this message, Steve Backlund uses Jesus as the example for getting people's hopes up. In Luke 4, He proclaimed that His ministry would be one of re...
5 Disappointments We All Get to Overcome
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 sha...
The 8 Pillars of Success Part 2
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Backlund shares four more of the leadership principles that have greatly impacted his life and the lives of many others. This week's pillars are...
The 8 Pillars of Success Part 1
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Then you will make your way prosperous and be of good success" (Joshua 1:8). In this podcast, Steve Backlund shares four of his life pillars that hav...
Five Excuses of the Victim Mindset
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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, fami...
Ten Keys for Public Speakers
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Backlund brings his unique perspective on speaking that will help you be more confident and effective. This message does not just help public sp...
What Are We Concluding?
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our conclusions about a circumstance are always more important than the circumstance itself. In this podcast, Steve Backlund explores the story of the...
Five Ways to Activate the Prophetic
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Desire spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy" (1 Corinthians 14:1). This podcast will help you understand the nature of New Testament pro...
Was It An Identity Crisis?
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 se...
Culture of Gladness
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Steve as he explores the significance of joy in the kingdom of God and its transformative power for personal and relational growth.
Give God Something to Work With
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
People of hope give God a LOT to work with because they believe the future will be better than the present, and they have the power to help make it so...
Achieving vs. Improving
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Success is not a goal to be attained; it is a state of being. If we need something outward to validate us as a success, then we are not a success. Ach...
Don't Receive It
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Receive not an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses" (1 Timothy 5:19). We can hear something but not "receive" it (not rene...
Transformation Catches Up to Our Beliefs
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Discover the transformative power of beliefs and how they shape your experiences, emotional well-being, and future success through faith, mind renewal...
Let Go of These Five Things Now
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In India, monkeys are trapped because they will not let go of a banana that is too large to get through a hole. In the same way, we are trapped becaus...
Tell Them and Yourself This
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Unique means "the only one existing". We are all unique. Yes, there are similarities in us, but there will never again be someone just like you or the...
The Two Big Questions
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whether we are seeking to overcome a problem or desiring to enter into a dream, there are two crucial questions to ask yourself to increase the likeli...
You Already Have It
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elisha asked the widow in 2 Kings 4:2, "What do you have?" It is a profound question that has a positive answer for each of us. In this podcast, St...
Should We Be Pessimistic About the Future?
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Backlund shares that for his whole life, the news media have given seemingly great reasons for why he should be pessimistic about the future (an...
Being a Good Loser
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast gives keys for how to think and respond when we seem to be losing in life. A sore loser is a person who becomes upset or angry when he...
Glistening Hope
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Backlund shares an incredible insight on hope. It changed his life and will change yours.
The Road to Lacking Nothing Part 2
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Backlund goes deeper into last week's podcast content. He shares how there is a test of our beliefs in each trial we face. Every trial has messa...
God's Open Book Tests
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its ...
Muted or Sent
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zechariah was muted for nine months because God could not trust him to speak around what He was doing. This message explores what it means to be the e...
I Radically Encourage Others Daily
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Encouragement is one of the most important spiritual gifts we can operate in. Steve Backlund has dedicated his life to encouraging others. In this pod...
Overcoming a Losing Culture
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are all empowered by God to break off losing cultures (defeatist mindsets) from our families, churches, cities, business, schools, and more. In thi...
Faith Begins Where God's Will is Known
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us" (1 John 5:14). "My people are destroyed f...
Faithfulness is More Than Obedience
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The spiritual law of faithfulness tells us that if we are faithful now, we will have more in our future. In this podcast, Steve Backlund unlocks a dee...
Magnify the Lord, Not This
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Psalm 34:3 says, “Oh magnify the Lord with me. Let us exalt His name together.” It doesn’t say, “Oh magnify the problem with me.” In this fu...
Keep At It
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is Steve Backund's 450th podcast. He talks about the beliefs and practices that have caused him to persistently and consistently release these. I...
This Will Take You to Your Goal
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Backlund shares a key ingredient to fulfilling our most important desires.
What Will You Choose to Believe in 2025?
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The question as we prepare for a new year is not, "What should I do this year?", but it is, "What should I believe this year? What do I need to renew ...
Strengthening Forward-Moving Systems in 2025
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this message, Steve Backlund shares how systems (ways of doing things) are the key to following through on what is important in our lives. He speak...
Having a MERRY Christmas
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Merry means to "be full of fun and laughter; lively and cheerful". In this podcast, Steve Backlund uses each of the eight letters of Christmas to give...
Jesus' Birth Prophecies This to You
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The biblical narrative about Jesus' birth tells us much about the ways of God, and it prophesies to us how our life purposes will be fulfilled. This m...
The Four P's in a Powerless Pod
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Procrastination, passivity, perfectionism, and poverty mindsets create a powerless and ineffective life. In this podcast, Steve Backlund shares insigh...
A New Reformation
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over 500 years ago, Martin Luther saw things in Scripture that weren't seen before and changed the church and the world. In this podcast, Steve Backlu...
Repent To, Not From
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if a pastor said this to his church, “Everyone who has been believing lies about God, others, your circumstances, or about yourself, run to the...
I'm Supposed to be Here
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of our most powerful beliefs is to believe we are supposed to be where we are. In this podcast, Steve Backlund gives you a powerful tool for inner...
Having Done All I Know to Do, I Stand
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Steve Backlund for this insightful message on Ephesians 6 that will help you stand in faith during challenging times.
I Choose It Again
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Backlund explores the power of attaching faith to our commitments, responsibilities, and callings. This message gives a great key for increased ...
Soul Prosperity
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our response to something is almost always more important than the something. Our response will either cause us to go higher or take another lap in th...
"I Get To" Vs "I Have To" Revisited
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Backlund shares again this powerful message that was released in 2021. He explains how the words we use reflect our beliefs and how we can use o...
Count It All Joy
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James 1:2 is an extraordinary scripture verse. It says "Count it all joy when you fall into various trials." In this podcast, Steve Backlund gives pro...
Prophetically Praying Through the Bible
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Steve Backlund mentors listeners in how they can use the testimonies in the Bible to prophetically release life over themselves, othe...
5 Ways to Radically Grow
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This message will give you great wisdom and inspiration to grow personally and in your influence.
Victorious Emotions
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Backlund interviews his wife Wendy about best selling book, Victorious Emotions. You will be inspired and equipped with truths and habits to gr...
Shot Out of a Cannon
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Backlund shares about a dog he had many years ago named Snoopy. When he heard the sound of his leash moving, it was like he was shot out of a ca...
You Are a Modern Day Andrew
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew brought his brother, Simon Peter, to Jesus (John 1:40-42). He is one of a number of biblical characters who were instrumental in connecting key...
7 Reasons to be Encouraged Right Now
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most important skills and habits to develop is the ability to encourage ourselves so we can fulfill our purpose and be a greater strength t...
Hearing God's Voice
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this powerful podcast, Steve Backlund interviews Dr. Andy and Jenny Fitzgerald on hearing God's voice. This message is simple, profound, empowering...
Blowing the Lid Off of Your Mind Renewal
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This powerful message gives powerful insights into what mind renewal is and how to do it effectively. It also will release grace over you to be more i...
Worry With God
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Negative worry is imagining your future if God does not show up. Positive worry is imagining your future if God fully shows up. In this fun and inspir...
Perfectionism Hinders Joy and Healthy Relationships
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Psychology Today describes perfectionism as “a trait that makes life an endless report card on accomplishments or looks. A fast and enduring track t...
5 Life-Launching Truths
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Backlund shares five more of his favorite quotes. He releases some zingers about hope, efficiency vs. effectiveness, healthy relationships, how ...
Six of My Greatest Quotes
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Steve Backlund as he unpacks some of his favorite, power-packed one-liners. This will be a "now word" podcast for many who listen.
Taking the High Road
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men” (Romans 12:18). Taking the high road means maintaining integrity and hono...
Is Joy Really 1/3 of the Kingdom?
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit" (Romans 14:17). In this podcast, Steve Bac...
Reigning in Life
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Igniting Hope's Associate Director Connie Jones joins Steve Backlund to discuss the power of Romans 5:17 - "How much more those who receive abundance ...
Do Something Radical
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Radical means extreme or very different from the usual or traditional. In this podcast, Steve Backlund challenges the listener to break out of ruts an...
Do You Not Remember?
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Remembering testimonies of God's past faithfulness in our lives is an important component of renewing our minds. In this podcast, Steve Backlund share...
Focusing on Our Top 20%
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Pareto principle says that 80% of our outcomes come from 20% of our causes. In this message, Steve Backlund helps us identify the most important 2...