Series Description — “Helpless Not Hopeless”

When life feels like it’s falling apart, hope can seem out of reach. In Helpless Not Hopeless, Phil Strong explores what it really means to hold faith in the middle of struggle. Each episode brings together Scripture, honest reflection, and real-life stories that prove God’s presence is nearest when life feels hardest. You’ll be reminded that even when you feel powerless, you’re never without purpose — and never beyond His reach.

EPISODE 6 — The Unfinished Bridge

Key Verse: “Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion…” — Philippians 1:6

Today we talk about the awkward place of being in the middle, where you feel the Lord has led you along the bridge, only to discover it's not finished!

How do you have faith when nothing is finished and everything looks half-built.

There's a new book, friends. Read it here: Limbo Land

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Series Description — “Helpless Not Hopeless”

When life feels like it’s falling apart, hope can seem out of reach. In Helpless Not Hopeless, Phil Strong explores what it really means to hold faith in the middle of struggle. Each episode brings together Scripture, honest reflection, and real-life stories that prove God’s presence is nearest when life feels hardest. You’ll be reminded that even when you feel powerless, you’re never without purpose — and never beyond His reach.

EPISODE 5 — The Thin Place

Key Verse: “Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” — James 4:8

Limbo seasons often feel barren, but they’re actually where God’s presence is most concentrated. This episode explores the “thin place” — that holy tension where your weakness meets His nearness.

Phil mentions Jacob at the beginning and the end of this episode. Here's the book he wrote about Jacob as a "holy-clinger." Hold Fast

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Series Description — “Helpless Not Hopeless”

When life feels like it’s falling apart, hope can seem out of reach. In Helpless Not Hopeless, Phil Strong explores what it really means to hold faith in the middle of struggle. Each episode brings together Scripture, honest reflection, and real-life stories that prove God’s presence is nearest when life feels hardest. You’ll be reminded that even when you feel powerless, you’re never without purpose — and never beyond His reach.

EPISODE 4 — Hope Has A Sound

Key Verse: Psalm 147:1-3— “Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant,[a] and a song of praise is fitting. The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”

There's some scripture in this episode and some practical examples of how you can shift your internal world and transform your external world.

Phil mentions how David strengthened himself in the Lord. It's the scripture that led him to write this book: Stay Strong

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Series Description — “Helpless Not Hopeless”

When life feels like it’s falling apart, hope can seem out of reach. In Helpless Not Hopeless, Phil Strong explores what it really means to hold faith in the middle of struggle. Each episode brings together Scripture, honest reflection, and real-life stories that prove God’s presence is nearest when life feels hardest. You’ll be reminded that even when you feel powerless, you’re never without purpose — and never beyond His reach.

EPISODE 3 — Holding On Even When

Key Verse: Psalm 37:123-24— “The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand.”

Walking with God through uncertainty. This episode explores the tension between faith and confusion — what it means to keep trusting when life doesn’t line up with what we thought God promised.

Phil mentions this book: Hold Fast.

Find Phil's podcast and all his books at https://philstrong.com

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Series Description — “Helpless Not Hopeless”

When life feels like it’s falling apart, hope can seem out of reach. In Helpless Not Hopeless, Phil Strong explores what it really means to hold faith in the middle of struggle. Each episode brings together Scripture, honest reflection, and real-life stories that prove God’s presence is nearest when life feels hardest. You’ll be reminded that even when you feel powerless, you’re never without purpose — and never beyond His reach.

EPISODE 2 — The Strength of Surrender

Key Verse: 2 Corinthians 12:9 — “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.”

We live in a world that celebrates strength, but heaven celebrates surrender. In this message, Phil shares how laying down the need to be strong is often the moment when God’s grace shows up most powerfully. Through Paul’s story of the “thorn” and Phil’s own moments of weakness, you’ll see that helplessness isn’t failure — it’s the soil where grace grows.

Check out Rhys Howell's story: Rhys Howells Intercessor

Grab a copy of Phil's book, Hold Fast

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Series Description — “Helpless Not Hopeless”

When life feels like it’s falling apart, hope can seem out of reach. In Helpless Not Hopeless, Phil Strong explores what it really means to hold faith in the middle of struggle. Each episode brings together Scripture, honest reflection, and real-life stories that prove God’s presence is nearest when life feels hardest. You’ll be reminded that even when you feel powerless, you’re never without purpose — and never beyond His reach.

EPISODE 1 — When Hope Feels Out of Reach

Key Verse: Psalm 34:18 — “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”

When everything falls apart, it’s easy to assume God has walked away. But what if hardship is actually proof of His nearness? In this episode, Phil opens up about seasons when he felt abandoned by God — and how hindsight revealed divine fingerprints all along the way. You’ll rediscover a truth that steadies the soul: even when you can’t feel Him, He’s closer than you think.

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Why do we as church leaders hide the wavering of our faith when you need to see us being real? And then, why do we preach against wavering faith from the pulpit?

This series is called Apologies of a Church Leader and Phil is very open and brutally honest in apologising for a range of things. Holding nothing back, he apologises for the way he (and other leaders) act in ways that is detrimental to the church.

This is not done in criticism or cynicism, but with the hope that together we can all work in partnership to make the local church stronger.

Please help others by sharing this podcast with friends.

You can access more content from Phil at https://philstrong.com: blogs, articles, book downloads, and all Phil's podcast episodes.

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Why do we as church leaders avoid confronting the demons who operate in our church? Please note, I'm not talking about people here, but unclean spirits that operate! (See Eph 6:12; For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.)

If we do not see or sense them, why not? And if we do, why do we not cast them down?

This series is called Apologies of a Church Leader and Phil is going to be brutally honest in apologising for a range of things. Holding nothing back, he will apologise for the way he (and other leaders) act in ways that is detrimental to the church.

This is not done in criticism or cynicism, but with the hope that together we can all work in partnership to make the local church stronger.

Please help others by sharing this podcast with friends.

Phil is promising a new book to help with this! Who the Heck is Veronica will launch very soo, so watch the website and FB to see that release,

You can access more content from Phil at https://philstrong.com: blogs, articles, book downloads, and all Phil's podcast episodes.

You can follow Phil here: https://www.facebook.com/phil.strong.author