Igniting Hope Ministries

Equipping individuals with hope, joy, and divine strategies for success.
Podcast Description
Equipping individuals with hope, joy, and divine strategies for success.
Episodes
Episodes



Sep 12, 2025
Balance, Elbow, Eyes, Follow Through
Sep 12, 2025
Sep 12, 2025
20 min
Join Steve Backlund as he gives you insights from his basketball coaching and applies them to life and leadership. He specifically speaks about following through on what we have committed to believe and do. This message will take you higher in life and influence.



Sep 5, 2025
Asking God for a Sign of His Favor
Sep 5, 2025
Sep 5, 2025
23 min
"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 right direction and that He was with them. In this podcast, Steve Backlund will inspire you to expect big signs of God's favor and guidance. He also gives some practical wisdom in healthily interpreting these signs. Get ready to be inspired and equipped as you listen.



Aug 29, 2025
Who is Attracted to You?
Aug 29, 2025
Aug 29, 2025
32 min
Empowering leaders are more focused on building big people than building a big organization. If we are "small" in our attitudes (i.e., jealous, selfish, insecure, competitive, etc.), we will struggle to build people and to have "big" people attracted to us. In this podcast, Steve Backlund compares Israel's first two kings (Saul and David) to defeat the self-limiting beliefs that restrict our influence.



Aug 22, 2025
5 Prophetic Revelations to Get You Unstuck
Aug 22, 2025
Aug 22, 2025
24 min
Steve Backlund shares some wisdom that is "a word in season" for many who listen.



Aug 15, 2025
Four Habits of History Makers
Aug 15, 2025
Aug 15, 2025
30 min
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 incredible ways.



Aug 8, 2025
Should We Really Get People's Hopes Up?
Aug 8, 2025
Aug 8, 2025
28 min
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 regularly proclaiming good news to the poor, freedom to captives, and that the current year would be the year of God's favor. This powerful podcast will inspire and equip you to be like Jesus in bringing hope to people.



Aug 1, 2025
5 Disappointments We All Get to Overcome
Aug 1, 2025
Aug 1, 2025
31 min
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.



Jul 25, 2025
The 8 Pillars of Success Part 2
Jul 25, 2025
Jul 25, 2025
25 min
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: Speaking Life, Faith-filled Decision Making, the Culture of Gladness, and Empowerment - Building Big People.





