The Igniting Hope Blog

Who Are You Talking To? By Steve Backlund Jesus said, “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” (Matthew 12:34). Our words reveal what is happening inside us. They don't just reveal what we believe about God or ourselves; they also reveal what we believe about the people we are talking to. I recently taught a message called Who Do You Say They Are? In it, I proposed three incredibly important questions: 1) Who do we say Jesus is? 2) Who do we say we are? 3) Who do

Believing the Best in Your Spouse Guest Blog by Pieter & Melinda Lagaay We are honored to have Melinda and Pieter Lagaay share on the topic of marriage. They bring authentic wisdom, contagious hope, and a testimony of God's restoring power that will strengthen and inspire you. Wendy and I highly recommend their ministry. When Pieter and I began the process of restoring our marriage, I discovered that the real battle was not in his choices anymore — it was in my beliefs. I had

Working Out Our Relational Beliefs By Steve Backlund Every area of our life that does not glisten with hope means we are believing a lie, and that is a stronghold of the devil in our lives. I remember reading this from Francis Frangipane over thirty years ago. It changed my life. Romans 15:13 confirms that statement. “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing. . . “ Believing truth leads to hope (and to “all joy and peace”). We have beliefs in four