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I AM SUPER EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT MY BRAND NEW BOOK! AUTOMATIC BLESSINGS: DISCOVERING THE LIFE GOD CALLED YOU TO LIVE Julia and Cody discuss the new book and how it came to be, as well as the story behind the book. 
You can pre-order now, and the book releases on October 6th!Automatic Blessings BookP.O. Box 120162 San Antonio, Texas 78212What if the blessings of God were never random to begin with? That question sits at the heart of a powerful message that challenges the way we think about God's provision in our lives. So many of us have felt the sting of wondering why some people seem to receive blessing after blessing while we feel stuck, doing everything right and still waiting. This message tackles that frustration head-on by pointing us to something hiding in plain sight throughout Scripture: hundreds of if-then statements woven through both the Old and New Testaments. These are not coincidences. They are triggers, a spiritual system God has already set in motion. The Bible makes clear in passages like Hebrews 11 that God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him, and that His plans for us are rooted in good and not harm, as we see in Jeremiah 29. When we begin to understand that God operates through a consistent, trustworthy system rather than random favor, it transforms how we read Scripture and how we live our faith. We stop begging and start aligning. We stop striving and start walking in what has already been prepared for us. This is not a message about getting rich or bypassing hardship. It is about understanding the faithful nature of a God who watches over His Word to perform it in our lives.

Christian Hip Hop minister and rapper 1K Phew sits down with Cody for a special interview. He shares a special word for those who are watching behind bars. We also share a documentary, some prank videos with Lecrae, and music videos.  We pray that this encourages you and lets you know that Worthy People is committed to providing content and messages that speak to you and show you the power of God.

What if the music we listen to is doing more than setting a mood? What if it is actually shaping the battlefield of our minds? This conversation cuts straight to the heart of a struggle that so many of us know but rarely talk about openly. We explore how the things we allow into our ears and our hearts can either anchor us to old patterns of destruction or lift us toward genuine freedom. Drawing on the story of Naaman from 2 Kings 5, where a man nearly walked away from his healing because God did not move the way he expected, we are reminded that surrender and humility are not signs of weakness. They are the very doorway to transformation. The message is clear: we cannot fight a spiritual battle with natural weapons. When we are honest enough to admit we do not have all the answers, and humble enough to follow even the suggestions we do not fully understand yet, we open ourselves to the kind of change that no program, no person, and no amount of willpower can produce on its own. This is an invitation to examine what we are feeding our minds daily and ask ourselves whether those things are pulling us toward life or quietly pulling us back toward the places we are trying to leave behind.

What does it look like when God opens a door that no human hand can shut? This conversation takes us deep into that question through the lens of radical transformation, community, and the kind of love that refuses to give up on broken people. We hear the raw story of a man who hit absolute bottom, living in a suburban outside a travel trailer, consumed by addiction, and silently begging God to let him die. What happened next was not a slow fade into recovery. It was a collision with the living Christ that changed everything. The spiritual lesson here is one we cannot afford to miss: surrender is not weakness. It is the doorway to the most powerful life imaginable. The image of a man making a desperate deal with a God he was not even sure was real, and then walking in radical obedience anyway, mirrors the biblical truth found in James chapter 4 that when we draw near to God, He draws near to us. We also wrestle with what it means to be a river rather than a pond. Living water, as described in the Gospel of John chapter 7, is meant to flow outward. When men and women who have encountered Christ in the most desperate places begin pouring that out into their communities, something extraordinary happens. Revival does not always start in a cathedral. Sometimes it starts in a maximum security prison on lockdown.

What happens when we are so broken, so lost, and so overwhelmed by darkness that we cannot find our way back to ourselves? This conversation digs into that very place, the bottom, where fear, paranoia, and spiritual warfare collide, and reveals how one name became the anchor that held everything together. We explore the raw, unfiltered reality of spiritual battle and what it truly means to call on the name of Jesus, not as a religious formality, but as a desperate, life-saving cry. The central truth drawn from the promise found in Romans 10:13, that all who call on the name of the Lord will be saved, is not treated as a distant theological concept here. It becomes personal, immediate, and alive. We are reminded that calling on that name is not a sign of weakness but the most powerful act of faith we can perform. If we have ever felt like the darkness was louder than God, this message is for us.

What do you do when everything seems to fall apart at once? A leaking roof, a car accident, a sick parent, and the loss of a beloved companion — all within the same week. Life has a way of stacking hardships on top of each other, and the weight of it all can push us toward bitterness, depression, and a spirit of criticism that quietly poisons everything we see. This episode takes an honest, unfiltered look at what it means to keep going when the storms refuse to let up. The central truth we explore is this: gratitude is not just a nice feeling — it is a spiritual weapon. When we choose to look for what we still have instead of fixating on what we have lost, something shifts inside us. Healing begins. Perspective returns. And the grip of bitterness starts to loosen. Drawing from Paul's letter to the Ephesians, we are reminded that the peace of God is not a reward for easy circumstances — it is a gift available to us in the middle of the hardest ones. If you are going through something right now that feels too heavy to carry, this message is for you.

What does it mean to truly be still? In a world that rewards hustle and constant motion, the ancient call to stillness can feel almost countercultural. Yet that is exactly where this conversation leads us. Drawing from Exodus 34:6, we are reminded that the God we are invited to know is not a distant, demanding force but a compassionate, gracious, and patient God who abounds in love. The profound truth here is that stillness is not passivity. It is an act of trust. When we stop running on the wheel, when we stop trying to pull every string and force every door open, we create space for God to move. And when God moves, things come together in ways our frantic efforts never could have produced. For anyone who has ever felt forgotten, overlooked, or stuck in a season that seems to have no end, this message speaks directly to that place. There is a God who is very much alive, very much aware of where we are, and very much in love with us right now, not after we get it together, but right now.

This powerful testimony reveals the transformative journey from a life defined by prison walls to one anchored in Christ's redemptive love. We witness a raw and honest account of someone who spent nearly two decades incarcerated, believing their gang identity was who they truly were. The turning point came through a Kairos prison ministry weekend, where the presence of God broke through years of hardened living. What makes this story particularly compelling is the emphasis on staying plugged in—connected to a church body, accountability partners, and daily time with God. Like a refrigerator that keeps food fresh only when connected to power, our spiritual lives remain vibrant only when we maintain that vital connection to our Source. The metaphor reminds us that we can have all the right intentions and even good spiritual experiences, but without staying plugged into God's presence through His Word, prayer, and community, everything in our lives begins to spoil. This testimony challenges us to examine our own spiritual connections and asks the critical question: Are we truly plugged in, or are we running on fading power from a past encounter?

A Champion Rodeo cowboy and special forces soldier is crushed by war and personal loss and must draw on faith and the "cowboy way" to reclaim his will to live and the love of his life.

*40X Felon* is not a redemption story you *expect*—it’s one you *survive*.
From K2-soaked prison cells and knife-filled yards to trafficking drugs inside institutions and stacking felonies faster than most people stack regrets, Corey Gordon’s life reads like a warning label. Seventeen adult felonies by 17. Flooding prisons with narcotics. First-degree escape charges. Prosecutors pushing for 30 years. A mind addicted, a body deteriorating, and a soul running hard from God.
But then—alone in solitary confinement, shaking, desperate, and out of distractions—everything changed.
In a cell where death had already whispered his name, Corey encountered a living God who asked a single question that shattered his resistance: “How long will you run from Me?” What followed wasn’t jailhouse religion—it was total surrender. Chains broke. Addiction lost its grip. And a man the system had written off began to be rebuilt from the inside out.
*40X Felon* is raw, unsettling, and brutally honest—but it doesn’t end in darkness. It ends with hope forged in fire: a transformed heart, a restored family, a pastor called out of prison, and proof that no sentence is stronger than grace.
If you think you’ve gone too far…
If your past feels louder than your future…
If prison, addiction, or failure feels final…
This episode of the *Worthy People Godcast* will challenge everything you believe about redemption—and remind you that God still meets people in the lowest places.
Don’t miss the God thing for some good thing.