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Decide and He Will Provide By Steve Backlund One temptation we all face is the desire to have complete certainty in details before we move forward. We want to know how everything is going to work out. We want confirmation that the resources will be there. We want assurance we won't fail. Yet God often works differently than we expect. This is a word for many of you today: Decide, and He will provide. While wisdom tells us to pray, seek counsel, and count the cost, faith event

Improve It By Steve Backlund Most of us love new beginnings, but we often underestimate what comes next. Whether it is a new job, a home, a marriage, a ministry role, or a leadership responsibility, these feel like open doors, answered prayers, and fulfilled desires. And they are. But every new “possession” also carries something we don’t always consider at first: Responsibility. What we receive, we get to steward. Possessing Is Just the Beginning It is easy to focus on getti

Identifying Your Metrons By Steve Backlund We are tempted as believers to just know God’s promises, but not live in them. God didn’t give promises for occasional encouragement. He gave promises to abide in them (to occupy them). “If you abide in My word, you are my disciples indeed; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free” (John 8:31-32). Romans 12:3 says God has dealt to each one “a measure of faith.” The word “measure” comes from the Greek word metron,

The Abundance Mindset By Steve Backlund “I have come to give you life, and life more abundantly” (John 10:10). “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not lack” (Psalm 23:1) I remember when THIS hit me. I cannot do the Great Commission of Matthew 28:18-20 if I am in lack (the state of being without or not having enough of something). Jesus said, “Go into all the world and make disciples of nations.” This “going” requires an overflow of resources. As I commit myself to positively im