Igniting Hope Ministries Fasting More or Feasting More?
May 8, 2026
A lively call to swap spiritual starvation for a feast of hope, scripture, worship, testimonies and declarations. Practical tips and a 40-day experiment encourage megadoses of truth and joy. Stories and leadership practices show how hearing good news builds faith, laughter and lasting change.
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Fasting Without Feasting Leaves You Spiritually Starved
- Many believers are spiritually malnourished because they fast without feasting on truth and hope.
- Steve Backlund contrasts food fasts with a 'negativity fast plus positivity feast' that yielded no net gain when positive input was missing.
Reading Beat Pastor Discouragement
- As a young pastor Steve read that discouraged pastors don't read, so he embraced 'megadoses' of Scripture and teaching as an antidote to discouragement.
- That practice led him to prescribe Scripture, worship, and meditation to counselees who often recovered quickly.
Advance By Hearing Repeated Good News
- Increase hearing good news to advance spiritually: engage prophecy, testimonies, and consistent declarations to reframe identity and promises.
- Steve cites his Backlund Leadership Academy as nine months of repeated good news that changes leaders.
