This encouraging, hope-filled, biblically based, and prophetic message by Steve Backlund will help put a spiritual bullseye on you for great favor in the days ahead. 

This encouraging, hope-filled, biblically based, and prophetic message by Steve Backlund will help put a spiritual bullseye on you for great favor in the days ahead.

Unexpected Favor Is Looking For You

Happiness comes from what happens to us, while joy comes from what we know. In this message, Steve Backlund shares why he believes joy is 1/3 of the kingdom as stated in Romans 14:17. Get ready to receive a radical personal growth and kingdom advancing key in this message.

Happiness comes from what happens to us, while joy comes from what we know. In this message, Steve Backlund shares why he believes joy is 1/3 of the kingdom as stated in Romans 14:17. Get ready to receive a radical personal growth and kingdom advancing key in this message.

Why am I not radically joyful now? (Archive Episode)

Join Steve Backlund on this podcast where he discusses one of the most important questions we can ask ourselves.

Join Steve Backlund on this podcast where he discusses one of the most important questions we can ask ourselves.

What do you need to believe to have hope? (Archive Episode)

Do not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time (in due season) we will reap a harvest if we do not give up" (Galatians 6:9). This is one of the most inspiring verses in the Bible. Join Steve Backlund as he dives deep into the power of this verse. 

Do not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time (in due season) we will reap a harvest if we do not give up" (Galatians 6:9). This is one of the most inspiring verses in the Bible. Join Steve Backlund as he dives deep into the power of this verse.

Do Not Grow Weary

Repentance means to change the way you think. It is a lifestyle, not an event. Abraham was "strengthened in faith (in his thinking), giving glory to God". (Romans 4:20). The main belief he was to strengthen was that he was a father of a multitude. In this life-launching podcast, Steve Backlund shares keys for identifying the beliefs we are to strengthen and then how we can do so and become an Abraham to our generation. 

Repentance means to change the way you think. It is a lifestyle, not an event. Abraham was "strengthened in faith (in his thinking), giving glory to God". (Romans 4:20). The main belief he was to strengthen was that he was a father of a multitude. In this life-launching podcast, Steve Backlund shares keys for identifying the beliefs we are to strengthen and then how we can do so and become an Abraham to our generation.

What Beliefs Are We to Strengthen?

To be trapped means you are prevented from escaping from a place. In this podcast, Steve Backlund takes truths from his book Fully Convinced: The Art of Decision-Making to help us in areas where we feel trapped by a job, family dynamics, debt, or something else. Get ready to be encouraged and inspired by what he shares. 

To be trapped means you are prevented from escaping from a place. In this podcast, Steve Backlund takes truths from his book Fully Convinced: The Art of Decision-Making to help us in areas where we feel trapped by a job, family dynamics, debt, or something else. Get ready to be encouraged and inspired by what he shares.

”I Feel Trapped”

“Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know” (Jeremiah 33:3).  As we trust God for wisdom, we will hear divinely inspired strategies for the needs and dreams in our lives. In this uplifting message, Steve Backlund will stir you to ask big and believe big for strategies no other person has heard before.

“Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know” (Jeremiah 33:3).  As we trust God for wisdom, we will hear divinely inspired strategies for the needs and dreams in our lives. In this uplifting message, Steve Backlund will stir you to ask big and believe big for strategies no other person has heard before.

Unlocking Innovative Strategies

A lack of hope makes our faith unhealthy. Hope is the safety net if what we believe in faith does not happen. Join Steve Backlund in this revelatory podcast that will help you be a faith AND hope person. 

A lack of hope makes our faith unhealthy. Hope is the safety net if what we believe in faith does not happen. Join Steve Backlund in this revelatory podcast that will help you be a faith AND hope person.

Adding Hope to Our Faith

There are few "normal" weeks where it is easy to accomplish goals. Most weeks have some level of unexpected happenings and emotional challenges. Successful people learn how to move forward in non-normal weeks and find keys to overcoming procrastination. Join Steve Backlund in this powerful podcast as he shares his own insights and practices to motivate himself to do great things. 

There are few "normal" weeks where it is easy to accomplish goals. Most weeks have some level of unexpected happenings and emotional challenges. Successful people learn how to move forward in non-normal weeks and find keys to overcoming procrastination. Join Steve Backlund in this powerful podcast as he shares his own insights and practices to motivate himself to do great things.

How to Motivate Yourself to Do Great Things

Hebrews 4 is one of the most important chapters in the Bible for personal victory, mental health, and increased positive influence. It emphasizes spiritual rest (which is a sense of peace and trust in our soul - our mind, will, and emotions). We are told to "strive" to enter this rest.  In this podcast, Steve Backlund will help convince you of the importance of spiritual rest and the keys for how to experience it.

Hebrews 4 is one of the most important chapters in the Bible for personal victory, mental health, and increased positive influence. It emphasizes spiritual rest (which is a sense of peace and trust in our soul - our mind, will, and emotions). We are told to "strive" to enter this rest.  In this podcast, Steve Backlund will help convince you of the importance of spiritual rest and the keys for how to experience it.

Striving To Enter His Rest

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

I always feel encouraged after listening to Steve. His positivity is always rooted in scripture!

Positive thinking with a Biblical back bone!

What a powerful message, it’s exactly what I needed to hear today.

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Psalm 1 and Joshua 1:8 reveal tremendous promises for those who meditate on the things of God. Biblical meditation will propel us into fruitfulness, obedience, abundance, success, and more. In this message, Steve Backlund shares five keys to activate powerfully this important spiritual discipline.

150- 5 Keys to Activate Powerful Biblical Meditation

The greatest questions of the Bible are not looking for information but for revelation. In this message, Steve Backlund shares five of the most penetrating and liberating questions in Scripture.

154-  5 Powerful Questions God Asks Us

This may be one of Steve’s most important podcasts. He shares the key core values and beliefs that has created strong leaders from his influence. He gives you a power-packed declaration for each of these. As you declare them, you will increase your hope and then your influence. This message contains truths that will change your life.

117 | Life-Launching Declarations

We have the power to change the channel on a radio to listen to what we want to listen to. In the spirit realm, both God and the devil have “channels” we can tune into. In this fun and inspiring message, Steve Backlund share practical and powerful concepts to help us change and keep listening to God’s truth in our self talk.

142- 5 Ways to Change the Channel in Your Self Talk

Just as we celebrate a toddler’s first steps, we are to celebrate our improvements in life. It is a process to grow into our gifts and into greater manifest victory. In this message, Steve Backlund gives you solid biblical support for the necessity of celebrating your progress and improvements.

146- 5 Bible Verses to Propel us to Celebrate Progress, Not Perfection

As we prepare for a new year, it is important to remember God’s purposes are primarily moved forward by good beliefs, not good behavior. The greater question of the hour is not, “Lord, what should I do?” but it is “Lord, what should I believe?” This message will help answer that question, which will dramatically increase the likelihood of God’s promises manifesting in your life in 2019.

137- 5 Things to Believe in 2019

Great influencers understand the power of asking good questions to others and themselves. It is a key strategy for those who seek first to understand before they seek to be understood. Asking good questions to ourselves helps us to focus on what is really important. In this message, Steve Backlund shares five questions to help pull out the gold that is on the inside of you.

144- 5 Questions to Ask Yourself

Jesus said, “My yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:30). God has designed us for things to get easier – whether it is riding a bike or doing conflict resolution. In this message, Steve Backlund gives your five keys for the things you are pulling and carrying in life to get easier and feel light

149- 5 Ways to Make Things Easier

Romans 12:2 says, “Be transformed by the renewing of the mind.” Our current mind renewal creates our future experience. The key to biblical mind renewal is choosing to think and speak at a higher level than what we’re experiencing. In this teaching, Steve Backlund shares powerful, practical steps on how to renew your mind with biblical truth, to change your life.

101 | 5 Steps to Radical Mind Renewal

All of us have leaders in our lives. As we do all we can to make them successful, we will increase the likelihood of our own success. In this message, Steve Backlund gives practical wisdom and the right motives to influence the great leaders in your life.

145-  5 Ways to Influence Your Leaders

One of the names for the devil is “accuser of the brethren” (Revelation 12:10). One of his goals is for us to constantly feel like a failure. When we embrace this mindset, we are hindered greatly from our connection with God and our assignments in life. This message will disempower the voices of accusation and give you strategies for radical forward movement in your life.

119- 5 Things to Do When Feeling Like a Failure

Perfectionism is a trait that causes us to not be joyful with ourselves or with others unless an unreachable standard is met. It causes to create a negative focus in our lives by making the avoidance of appearing like a failure a main goal of our lives. In this message, Steve Backlund will help free you of its effects by sharing five practical ideas for defeating this enemy of our souls.

134- 5 Keys to Defeat the Crippling Effects of Perfectionism

My (Steve’s) definition of joy is this: The childlike wonder and excitement of working with God instead of working for God. This message goes deep into that definition and give great insight into how to increase this kind of joy in your life.

122- Walking in Childlike Joy

People tend to not mind you moving their dirt as long as they know you are looking for gold in them. As parents, leaders, and influencers, we are not called to be “dirt removers” in relationships, but we are commissioned to unlock people’s destinies by being able to see the gold in the dirt of people’s lives.

159- Looking for Gold, Not Dirt, In Relationships

Those who succeed most also seem to fail most. Just like a toddler learning to walk, they see failure as the normal process of learning to walk at higher levels of living. This message will inspire you and equip you with the mindsets to embrace these failing moments with joy and purpose.

158- Why Successful People Like to Fail

Healthy relationships don’t happen automatically, but they result from being intentional in how we treat people and think about them. In this message, Steve Backlund draws from his own life experiences, and his years of pastoring and leading people, to give you five of his favorite core values for being relationally blessed.

115 | 5 Ingredients of Strong Relationships

Paul the Apostle said, “I have fought the good fight.” We are in a battle between spiritual forces of good and evil. It is foolish and detrimental to ignore this. Even so, many of the explanations concerning this spiritual warfare have overemphasized the devil and underemphasized our beliefs. In this teaching Steve Backlund shares what he believes is the most effective, most biblical, and most life producing spiritual warfare in the world.

108 | The Most Effective Spiritual Warfare

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