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On The Visiting Table, Ken and Julie Norton share real stories, thoughtful questions, and practical biblical insight for people who want to...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pull up a chair for honest conversations about faith, relationships, and the moments that change everything.<br /><br />On The Visiting Table, Ken and Julie Norton share real stories, thoughtful questions, and practical biblical insight for people who want to know God more personally.<br /><br />Some conversations begin with doubt. Others begin with loss, fear, marriage, family, or a moment when God showed up in an unexpected way. Wherever you are in your faith, there’s a place for you at the table.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Religion &amp; Spirituality"><itunes:category text="Christianity"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"><itunes:category text="Relationships"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Education"><itunes:category text="Self-Improvement"/></itunes:category><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><podcast:guid>d55908a8-263f-5258-9e3a-11eb2fec9c04</podcast:guid><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>What God Really Thinks of You</title><link>https://www.vop.com/thevisitingtable</link><description><![CDATA[What do you see when you look at yourself—a masterpiece or a mess still waiting to be fixed? God does not wait until His work is finished to call you valuable.<br /><br />Ken and Julie explore what Scripture says about your identity, your worth, and the patient work God is doing in you. Through the picture of an unfinished painting and a field growing through different stages, they show why being unfinished does not make you a failure.<br /><br />They also share the moving story of a scarred young woman who asked, “Does God love me?” Hear how the answer in 1 John transformed her understanding of who she was.<br /><br />The conversation then turns outward. If we believe God sees every person as valuable, how should that change our words, our mercy, our patience, and the way we treat unfinished people?<br /><br /><b>Chapters:</b><br />00:00 What Does God Think of You?<br />01:59 Trust the Process: The Unfinished Painting<br />06:41 You Are God’s Masterpiece<br />10:35 Wonderfully Made at Every Stage<br />12:31 Growth Happens in Stages<br />17:37 Seeing Yourself Through God’s Eyes<br />19:57 Written on the Palms of His Hands<br />21:50 Finding Who You Are in Christ<br />24:54 Replacing Other Voices with God’s Truth<br />29:09 The Woman Who Asked, “Does God Love Me?”<br />31:13 Hearing God’s Answer<br />34:16 A Face Transformed by Love<br />36:31 See Others the Way God Sees You<br />38:05 No One Is Finished Yet<br />41:02 How God Calls Us to Treat One Another<br />44:00 Are Your Words Like Honey?<br />46:24 Love Mercy and Walk Humbly<br />48:42 A Prayer to See Through God’s Eyes<br />50:20 Be the Change<br /><br />===========<br /> <br />Pull up a chair!<br /><br />*The Visiting Table* is a place for honest conversations about faith, relationships, and discovering the God who meets us right where we are. *The Visiting Table* is a production of the Voice of Prophecy, a Seventh-day Adventist media ministry.<br /><br />🌐 Watch Full Episodes of The Visiting Table:  <br />https://www.vop.com/thevisitingtable<br /><br />📖 Receive free Bible studies and resources from Voice of Prophecy:  <br />https://www.vop.com/biblestudies<br /><br />💛 Support the Voice of Prophecy and help share Christ-centered media worldwide:  <br />https://www.vop.com/give<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74904633</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:00:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74904633/tvtl_2026_06_podcast.mp3" length="124819200" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1ff0sjpzi8hnybue13e6x/TVTL-2026-06-Subtitles-en_us-YouTube.vtt?rlkey=jos4srei543t4ctp9rdcup8lp&amp;amp;dl=1" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Voice of Prophecy</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What do you see when you look at yourself—a masterpiece or a mess still waiting to be fixed? God does not wait until His work is finished to call you valuable.

Ken and Julie explore what Scripture says about your identity, your worth, and the patient...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What do you see when you look at yourself—a masterpiece or a mess still waiting to be fixed? God does not wait until His work is finished to call you valuable.<br /><br />Ken and Julie explore what Scripture says about your identity, your worth, and the patient work God is doing in you. Through the picture of an unfinished painting and a field growing through different stages, they show why being unfinished does not make you a failure.<br /><br />They also share the moving story of a scarred young woman who asked, “Does God love me?” Hear how the answer in 1 John transformed her understanding of who she was.<br /><br />The conversation then turns outward. If we believe God sees every person as valuable, how should that change our words, our mercy, our patience, and the way we treat unfinished people?<br /><br /><b>Chapters:</b><br />00:00 What Does God Think of You?<br />01:59 Trust the Process: The Unfinished Painting<br />06:41 You Are God’s Masterpiece<br />10:35 Wonderfully Made at Every Stage<br />12:31 Growth Happens in Stages<br />17:37 Seeing Yourself Through God’s Eyes<br />19:57 Written on the Palms of His Hands<br />21:50 Finding Who You Are in Christ<br />24:54 Replacing Other Voices with God’s Truth<br />29:09 The Woman Who Asked, “Does God Love Me?”<br />31:13 Hearing God’s Answer<br />34:16 A Face Transformed by Love<br />36:31 See Others the Way God Sees You<br />38:05 No One Is Finished Yet<br />41:02 How God Calls Us to Treat One Another<br />44:00 Are Your Words Like Honey?<br />46:24 Love Mercy and Walk Humbly<br />48:42 A Prayer to See Through God’s Eyes<br />50:20 Be the Change<br /><br />===========<br /> <br />Pull up a chair!<br /><br />*The Visiting Table* is a place for honest conversations about faith, relationships, and discovering the God who meets us right where we are. *The Visiting Table* is a production of the Voice of Prophecy, a Seventh-day Adventist media ministry.<br /><br />🌐 Watch Full Episodes of The Visiting Table:  <br />https://www.vop.com/thevisitingtable<br /><br />📖 Receive free Bible studies and resources from Voice of Prophecy:  <br />https://www.vop.com/biblestudies<br /><br />💛 Support the Voice of Prophecy and help share Christ-centered media worldwide:  <br />https://www.vop.com/give<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3121</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>biblicalselfworth,christianencouragement,christianidentity,christiankindness,christianliving,ephesians2,godlovesyou,godsmasterpiece,graceandmercy,howgodseesyou,identityinchrist,isaiah49,loveoneanother,psalm139,seventhdayadventist,spiritualgrowth,thevisitingtable,trusttheprocess,voiceofprophecy,wordslikehoney</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/526c1d5bc7033b40c299ba34a5acd1a2.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>How to Know When God Is Speaking</title><link>https://www.vop.com/thevisitingtable</link><description><![CDATA[God may be speaking—but how do you know it’s really Him?<br /><br />Ken and Julie use an unexpected comparison from metal detecting to explore how we learn to recognize God’s voice. Every detector has a language. Some signals lead to treasure. Others lead to trash that sounds almost exactly the same. Our spiritual lives can feel just as uncertain.<br /><br />Ken shares the childhood discovery that brought Singapore’s bomb squad to his neighborhood and the Guam beach search that recovered a stranger’s lost wedding ring. Then Ken and Julie turn to the healing of the man born blind in John 9. He had never seen Jesus. At first, all he knew was the sound of His voice—and he chose to follow it.<br /><br />How do we tell God’s voice from our own desires, fear, skepticism, or deception? This conversation offers four practical safeguards: be willing to listen, spend time in God’s Word, expect Him to speak, and respond when He does.<br /><br /><b>Chapters:</b><br /><br /><br />00:40 Hearing God’s Voice<br />01:43 A Bucket-List Conversation<br />03:13 Metal Detecting at the Beach<br />04:16 Learning a Detector’s Language<br />08:11 Trash or Treasure?<br />09:40 Why the Search Is Worth It<br />13:47 The Find That Called the Bomb Squad<br />22:41 Can Hearing God Feel This Real?<br />25:58 The Blind Man Who Heard Jesus<br />30:12 “Do You Want to Be His Disciple Too?”<br />32:06 Recognizing Jesus by His Voice<br />33:46 Who Is Really Blind?<br />35:22 My Sheep Know My Voice<br />37:23 Jesus at the Door<br />39:10 When Other Voices Drown Him Out<br />42:20 How Sheep Know Their Shepherd<br />46:02 Four Ways to Hear God<br />46:13 Be Willing to Listen<br />50:12 Spend Time in His Word<br />52:46 Expect God to Speak<br />54:35 Respond When He Speaks<br />58:18 The Search for a Lost Wedding Ring<br />64:19 A Prayer to Hear God Clearly<br /><br />===========<br /> <br />Pull up a chair!<br /><br />*The Visiting Table* is a place for honest conversations about faith, relationships, and discovering the God who meets us right where we are. *The Visiting Table* is a production of the Voice of Prophecy, a Seventh-day Adventist media ministry.<br /><br />🌐 Watch Full Episodes of The Visiting Table:  <br />https://www.vop.com/thevisitingtable<br /><br />📖 Receive free Bible studies and resources from Voice of Prophecy:  <br />https://www.vop.com/biblestudies<br /><br />💛 Support the Voice of Prophecy and help share Christ-centered media worldwide:  <br />https://www.vop.com/give<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74729809</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 22:00:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74729809/tvtl_01_05_youtube_v02.mp3" length="64070160" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/3baef3e0-49ea-44f4-8b02-2d3618866011/3baef3e0-49ea-44f4-8b02-2d3618866011.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/3baef3e0-49ea-44f4-8b02-2d3618866011/3baef3e0-49ea-44f4-8b02-2d3618866011.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/3baef3e0-49ea-44f4-8b02-2d3618866011/3baef3e0-49ea-44f4-8b02-2d3618866011.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Voice of Prophecy</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>God may be speaking—but how do you know it’s really Him?

Ken and Julie use an unexpected comparison from metal detecting to explore how we learn to recognize God’s voice. Every detector has a language. Some signals lead to treasure. Others lead to...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[God may be speaking—but how do you know it’s really Him?<br /><br />Ken and Julie use an unexpected comparison from metal detecting to explore how we learn to recognize God’s voice. Every detector has a language. Some signals lead to treasure. Others lead to trash that sounds almost exactly the same. Our spiritual lives can feel just as uncertain.<br /><br />Ken shares the childhood discovery that brought Singapore’s bomb squad to his neighborhood and the Guam beach search that recovered a stranger’s lost wedding ring. Then Ken and Julie turn to the healing of the man born blind in John 9. He had never seen Jesus. At first, all he knew was the sound of His voice—and he chose to follow it.<br /><br />How do we tell God’s voice from our own desires, fear, skepticism, or deception? This conversation offers four practical safeguards: be willing to listen, spend time in God’s Word, expect Him to speak, and respond when He does.<br /><br /><b>Chapters:</b><br /><br /><br />00:40 Hearing God’s Voice<br />01:43 A Bucket-List Conversation<br />03:13 Metal Detecting at the Beach<br />04:16 Learning a Detector’s Language<br />08:11 Trash or Treasure?<br />09:40 Why the Search Is Worth It<br />13:47 The Find That Called the Bomb Squad<br />22:41 Can Hearing God Feel This Real?<br />25:58 The Blind Man Who Heard Jesus<br />30:12 “Do You Want to Be His Disciple Too?”<br />32:06 Recognizing Jesus by His Voice<br />33:46 Who Is Really Blind?<br />35:22 My Sheep Know My Voice<br />37:23 Jesus at the Door<br />39:10 When Other Voices Drown Him Out<br />42:20 How Sheep Know Their Shepherd<br />46:02 Four Ways to Hear God<br />46:13 Be Willing to Listen<br />50:12 Spend Time in His Word<br />52:46 Expect God to Speak<br />54:35 Respond When He Speaks<br />58:18 The Search for a Lost Wedding Ring<br />64:19 A Prayer to Hear God Clearly<br /><br />===========<br /> <br />Pull up a chair!<br /><br />*The Visiting Table* is a place for honest conversations about faith, relationships, and discovering the God who meets us right where we are. *The Visiting Table* is a production of the Voice of Prophecy, a Seventh-day Adventist media ministry.<br /><br />🌐 Watch Full Episodes of The Visiting Table:  <br />https://www.vop.com/thevisitingtable<br /><br />📖 Receive free Bible studies and resources from Voice of Prophecy:  <br />https://www.vop.com/biblestudies<br /><br />💛 Support the Voice of Prophecy and help share Christ-centered media worldwide:  <br />https://www.vop.com/give<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>4004</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>biblestudy,blindmanhealed,christianliving,christianpodcast,faith,followingjesus,godsvoice,godsword,goodshepherd,hearinggod,john10,john9,knowinggod,prayer,recognizinggodsvoice,seventhdayadventist,speaklord,spiritualdiscernment,thevisitingtable,voiceofprophecy</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/526c1d5bc7033b40c299ba34a5acd1a2.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>What Are You Really Worshiping?</title><link>https://www.vop.com/thevisitingtable</link><description><![CDATA[<b>What are you really worshiping—even without realizing it?</b><br /><br />In this episode of <i>The Visiting Table</i>, Ken and Julie explore Paul’s encounter with the altar to the “unknown God” in Acts 17 and what it reveals about the things people seek for meaning, peace, identity, and fulfillment.<br /><br />They look at the way Paul connected with people before asking them to believe: spending time with them, learning what they valued, understanding their culture, and showing them how their deepest desires pointed toward the God who created them.<br /><br />Ken and Julie also share stories from Thailand, Guam, and the United States about learning to connect faith with the real questions people are asking.Then the conversation becomes personal. Where do our time, money, conversations, and affections point? What are we depending on for identity, value, happiness, or peace? Even good things can quietly become substitutes for a real relationship with Christ.<br /><br /><b>Chapters:</b><br />00:00 Hidden Idols and Two Masters<br />00:49 The Hole in Our Heart<br />01:27 A Fresh Look at Acts 17<br />02:55 Paul and the Unknown God<br />06:08 What the Altar Revealed<br />09:49 How Paul Connected With People<br />13:19 Learning What People Value<br />17:26 Relationship Before the Message<br />19:02 “Where Is Thailand in the Statue?”<br />20:57 Why Reaching People Takes Time<br />21:54 A Young Man Finds a New Identity<br />27:49 Paul’s Method of Connection<br />31:05 In the World, Not of It<br />33:33 What About Our Own Hearts?<br />33:56 What Are We Really Serving?<br />35:18 Where Do Your Affections Go?<br />36:31 When Good Things Become Altars<br />38:07 Paul’s Message Turns to Jesus<br />39:03 Was Paul’s Sermon a Failure?<br />40:28 Delight Yourself in the Lord<br /><br /><br /><br />===========<br /> <br />Pull up a chair!<br /><br />*The Visiting Table* is a place for honest conversations about faith, relationships, and discovering the God who meets us right where we are. *The Visiting Table* is a production of the Voice of Prophecy, a Seventh-day Adventist media ministry.<br /><br />🌐 Watch Full Episodes of The Visiting Table:  <br />https://www.vop.com/thevisitingtable<br /><br />📖 Receive free Bible studies and resources from Voice of Prophecy:  <br />https://www.vop.com/biblestudies<br /><br />💛 Support the Voice of Prophecy and help share Christ-centered media worldwide:  <br />https://www.vop.com/give<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74490044</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 23:19:09 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74490044/tvtl_01_04_podcast.mp3" length="99117120" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/27s1cm4c1swtf7sfcvvoy/TVTL-01-04-en_us.srt?rlkey=y1hz7juy33b7dqeecqknrms8n&amp;amp;dl=0" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Voice of Prophecy</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What are you really worshiping—even without realizing it?

In this episode of The Visiting Table, Ken and Julie explore Paul’s encounter with the altar to the “unknown God” in Acts 17 and what it reveals about the things people seek for meaning,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<b>What are you really worshiping—even without realizing it?</b><br /><br />In this episode of <i>The Visiting Table</i>, Ken and Julie explore Paul’s encounter with the altar to the “unknown God” in Acts 17 and what it reveals about the things people seek for meaning, peace, identity, and fulfillment.<br /><br />They look at the way Paul connected with people before asking them to believe: spending time with them, learning what they valued, understanding their culture, and showing them how their deepest desires pointed toward the God who created them.<br /><br />Ken and Julie also share stories from Thailand, Guam, and the United States about learning to connect faith with the real questions people are asking.Then the conversation becomes personal. Where do our time, money, conversations, and affections point? What are we depending on for identity, value, happiness, or peace? Even good things can quietly become substitutes for a real relationship with Christ.<br /><br /><b>Chapters:</b><br />00:00 Hidden Idols and Two Masters<br />00:49 The Hole in Our Heart<br />01:27 A Fresh Look at Acts 17<br />02:55 Paul and the Unknown God<br />06:08 What the Altar Revealed<br />09:49 How Paul Connected With People<br />13:19 Learning What People Value<br />17:26 Relationship Before the Message<br />19:02 “Where Is Thailand in the Statue?”<br />20:57 Why Reaching People Takes Time<br />21:54 A Young Man Finds a New Identity<br />27:49 Paul’s Method of Connection<br />31:05 In the World, Not of It<br />33:33 What About Our Own Hearts?<br />33:56 What Are We Really Serving?<br />35:18 Where Do Your Affections Go?<br />36:31 When Good Things Become Altars<br />38:07 Paul’s Message Turns to Jesus<br />39:03 Was Paul’s Sermon a Failure?<br />40:28 Delight Yourself in the Lord<br /><br /><br /><br />===========<br /> <br />Pull up a chair!<br /><br />*The Visiting Table* is a place for honest conversations about faith, relationships, and discovering the God who meets us right where we are. *The Visiting Table* is a production of the Voice of Prophecy, a Seventh-day Adventist media ministry.<br /><br />🌐 Watch Full Episodes of The Visiting Table:  <br />https://www.vop.com/thevisitingtable<br /><br />📖 Receive free Bible studies and resources from Voice of Prophecy:  <br />https://www.vop.com/biblestudies<br /><br />💛 Support the Voice of Prophecy and help share Christ-centered media worldwide:  <br />https://www.vop.com/give<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2478</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>acts17,apostlepaul,areopagus,biblestudy,christianfulfillment,christianidentity,christianliving,faith,findinggod,findingpeace,hiddenidols,idolatry,idolsoftheheart,marshill,modernidols,puttinggodfirst,relationalevangelism,sharingjesus,unknowngod,whatareyouworshiping</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/526c1d5bc7033b40c299ba34a5acd1a2.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>How to Pray When God Says No—and Keep Trusting</title><link>https://www.vop.com/thevisitingtable</link><description><![CDATA[Have you ever prayed with faith and still heard “no”—or nothing at all? What do you do when the answer you hoped for never comes?<br /><br />In this episode of *The Visiting Table*, Ken and Julie explore answered prayer, unanswered prayer, and trusting God’s timing. Beginning with Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane, they uncover a simple four-part pattern: approach God as Father, believe He is able, make your request directly, and submit to His will.<br /><br />They also share personal stories about a long-awaited answer, a remarkable birthday prayer that led a friend to baptism, and the peace God provided at exactly the right time. Discover why prayer is not a blank check, how it changes us, and why Jesus invites us to keep asking, seeking, and knocking.<br /><br />Chapters:<br />00:00 A Conversation About Prayer  <br />00:53 An Answer That Took Years  <br />04:13 Why Prayer Can Be Hard to Understand  <br />06:09 How Abiding and Prayer Work Together  <br />08:42 The Prayer Jesus Prayed When God Said No  <br />14:18 Four Parts of Jesus’ Prayer  <br />17:56 Why Prayer Is a Daily Battle  <br />19:44 Is Prayer Really a Blank Check?  <br />21:29 The Birthday Prayer That Led to Baptism  <br />30:03 When God Says “Wait” or “No”  <br />31:48 Praying According to God’s Will  <br />33:33 Can Prayer Bring Peace in Anxiety?  <br />39:47 Keep Asking, Seeking, and Knocking  <br />43:41 Why You Should Never Stop Praying for Someone  <br />46:27 “Call to Me, and I Will Answer You”<br /><br /><br />===========<br /> <br />Pull up a chair!<br /><br />*The Visiting Table* is a place for honest conversations about faith, relationships, and discovering the God who meets us right where we are. *The Visiting Table* is a production of the Voice of Prophecy, a Seventh-day Adventist media ministry.<br /><br />🌐 Watch Full Episodes of The Visiting Table:  <br />https://www.vop.com/thevisitingtable<br /><br />📖 Receive free Bible studies and resources from Voice of Prophecy:  <br />https://www.vop.com/biblestudies<br /><br />💛 Support the Voice of Prophecy and help share Christ-centered media worldwide:  <br />https://www.vop.com/give<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74004079</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 23:00:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74004079/tvtl_01_03_podcast.mp3" length="119770560" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/525ea843-f928-479e-b088-2bf8f45d7ddb/525ea843-f928-479e-b088-2bf8f45d7ddb.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/525ea843-f928-479e-b088-2bf8f45d7ddb/525ea843-f928-479e-b088-2bf8f45d7ddb.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/525ea843-f928-479e-b088-2bf8f45d7ddb/525ea843-f928-479e-b088-2bf8f45d7ddb.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Voice of Prophecy</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Have you ever prayed with faith and still heard “no”—or nothing at all? What do you do when the answer you hoped for never comes?

In this episode of *The Visiting Table*, Ken and Julie explore answered prayer, unanswered prayer, and trusting God’s...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Have you ever prayed with faith and still heard “no”—or nothing at all? What do you do when the answer you hoped for never comes?<br /><br />In this episode of *The Visiting Table*, Ken and Julie explore answered prayer, unanswered prayer, and trusting God’s timing. Beginning with Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane, they uncover a simple four-part pattern: approach God as Father, believe He is able, make your request directly, and submit to His will.<br /><br />They also share personal stories about a long-awaited answer, a remarkable birthday prayer that led a friend to baptism, and the peace God provided at exactly the right time. Discover why prayer is not a blank check, how it changes us, and why Jesus invites us to keep asking, seeking, and knocking.<br /><br />Chapters:<br />00:00 A Conversation About Prayer  <br />00:53 An Answer That Took Years  <br />04:13 Why Prayer Can Be Hard to Understand  <br />06:09 How Abiding and Prayer Work Together  <br />08:42 The Prayer Jesus Prayed When God Said No  <br />14:18 Four Parts of Jesus’ Prayer  <br />17:56 Why Prayer Is a Daily Battle  <br />19:44 Is Prayer Really a Blank Check?  <br />21:29 The Birthday Prayer That Led to Baptism  <br />30:03 When God Says “Wait” or “No”  <br />31:48 Praying According to God’s Will  <br />33:33 Can Prayer Bring Peace in Anxiety?  <br />39:47 Keep Asking, Seeking, and Knocking  <br />43:41 Why You Should Never Stop Praying for Someone  <br />46:27 “Call to Me, and I Will Answer You”<br /><br /><br />===========<br /> <br />Pull up a chair!<br /><br />*The Visiting Table* is a place for honest conversations about faith, relationships, and discovering the God who meets us right where we are. *The Visiting Table* is a production of the Voice of Prophecy, a Seventh-day Adventist media ministry.<br /><br />🌐 Watch Full Episodes of The Visiting Table:  <br />https://www.vop.com/thevisitingtable<br /><br />📖 Receive free Bible studies and resources from Voice of Prophecy:  <br />https://www.vop.com/biblestudies<br /><br />💛 Support the Voice of Prophecy and help share Christ-centered media worldwide:  <br />https://www.vop.com/give<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2995</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>answeredprayer,askseekknock,biblestudy,christianencouragement,christianliving,christianprayer,godstiming,godswill,howtopray,jesusingethsemane,peaceandanxiety,persistentprayer,prayer,prayerandfaith,seventhdayadventist,thevisitingtable,trustinggod,unansweredprayer,voiceofprophecy,whengodsaysno</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/526c1d5bc7033b40c299ba34a5acd1a2.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>How to Abide in Christ—and Why Trying Harder Isn’t Enough</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-abide-in-christ-and-why-trying-harder-isn-t-enough--73398245</link><description><![CDATA[Why do you feel stuck in the same old habits? You love God, go to church, and try to change—so what’s the problem?<br /><br />In this episode of The Visiting Table, Ken and Julie explore Jesus’ teaching in John 15 about abiding in Christ. Discover why lasting spiritual growth comes from staying connected to Jesus through His Word and prayer, rather than relying on personal effort alone.<br /><br />They also discuss spiritual pruning, the transforming power of Scripture, full joy in Christ, and a timeless insight from Steps to Christ.<br /><br />===========<br /> <br />Pull up a chair!<br /><br />*The Visiting Table* is a place for honest conversations about faith, relationships, and discovering the God who meets us right where we are. *The Visiting Table* is a production of the Voice of Prophecy, a Seventh-day Adventist media ministry.<br /><br />🌐 Watch Full Episodes of The Visiting Table:  <br />https://www.vop.com/thevisitingtable<br /><br />📖 Receive free Bible studies and resources from Voice of Prophecy:  <br />https://www.vop.com/biblestudies<br /><br />💛 Support the Voice of Prophecy and help share Christ-centered media worldwide:  <br />https://www.vop.com/give<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73398245</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 23:05:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73398245/tvtl_01_01_podcast_v03.mp3" length="44196624" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9585da80-c01b-4eb3-996a-89254d26b2a4/9585da80-c01b-4eb3-996a-89254d26b2a4.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9585da80-c01b-4eb3-996a-89254d26b2a4/9585da80-c01b-4eb3-996a-89254d26b2a4.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9585da80-c01b-4eb3-996a-89254d26b2a4/9585da80-c01b-4eb3-996a-89254d26b2a4.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Voice of Prophecy</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why do you feel stuck in the same old habits? You love God, go to church, and try to change—so what’s the problem?

In this episode of The Visiting Table, Ken and Julie explore Jesus’ teaching in John 15 about abiding in Christ. Discover why lasting...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why do you feel stuck in the same old habits? You love God, go to church, and try to change—so what’s the problem?<br /><br />In this episode of The Visiting Table, Ken and Julie explore Jesus’ teaching in John 15 about abiding in Christ. Discover why lasting spiritual growth comes from staying connected to Jesus through His Word and prayer, rather than relying on personal effort alone.<br /><br />They also discuss spiritual pruning, the transforming power of Scripture, full joy in Christ, and a timeless insight from Steps to Christ.<br /><br />===========<br /> <br />Pull up a chair!<br /><br />*The Visiting Table* is a place for honest conversations about faith, relationships, and discovering the God who meets us right where we are. *The Visiting Table* is a production of the Voice of Prophecy, a Seventh-day Adventist media ministry.<br /><br />🌐 Watch Full Episodes of The Visiting Table:  <br />https://www.vop.com/thevisitingtable<br /><br />📖 Receive free Bible studies and resources from Voice of Prophecy:  <br />https://www.vop.com/biblestudies<br /><br />💛 Support the Voice of Prophecy and help share Christ-centered media worldwide:  <br />https://www.vop.com/give<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2762</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/526c1d5bc7033b40c299ba34a5acd1a2.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>When God Showed Up: How We Met Christ—and Each Other</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-god-showed-up-how-we-met-christ-and-each-other--73272932</link><description><![CDATA[A death threat in Thailand forces Ken to face what he truly believes, while Julie discovers that life without God has left her empty. Their separate turning points begin a journey that leads them to Christ—and eventually to each other.<br /><br /><b>Show Notes</b><br />Ken and Julie Norton begin <i>The Visiting Table</i> by sharing how they met Christ—and each other.<br />As a university freshman, Julie decided she no longer needed God directing her life. But after following her own path, she found herself alone in her dorm room admitting, “God, I’m empty.”<br /><br />At nearly the same time, Ken was serving as a student missionary in Thailand. After men from a local village warned that someone would be killed if the group sang and preached again, Ken faced the possibility of death—and the truth that he knew about God without truly knowing Him. What happened next changed the direction of his life.<br /><br />Their two stories eventually converge in friendship, Bible study, marriage and a shared desire to help others know God personally through His Word.<br /><br /><b>Scriptures:</b> <br /><ul><li>Psalm 16:11</li><li>John 15:1–8</li><li>Ephesians 3:20</li></ul><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><br /><br />===========<br /> <br />Pull up a chair!<br /><br />*The Visiting Table* is a place for honest conversations about faith, relationships, and discovering the God who meets us right where we are. *The Visiting Table* is a production of the Voice of Prophecy, a Seventh-day Adventist media ministry.<br /><br />🌐 Watch Full Episodes of The Visiting Table:  <br />https://www.vop.com/thevisitingtable<br /><br />📖 Receive free Bible studies and resources from Voice of Prophecy:  <br />https://www.vop.com/biblestudies<br /><br />💛 Support the Voice of Prophecy and help share Christ-centered media worldwide:  <br />https://www.vop.com/give<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73272932</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:18:45 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73272932/tvtl_01_01_podcast_v01.mp3" length="41603935" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Voice of Prophecy</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>A death threat in Thailand forces Ken to face what he truly believes, while Julie discovers that life without God has left her empty. Their separate turning points begin a journey that leads them to Christ—and eventually to each other.

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Ken...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[A death threat in Thailand forces Ken to face what he truly believes, while Julie discovers that life without God has left her empty. Their separate turning points begin a journey that leads them to Christ—and eventually to each other.<br /><br /><b>Show Notes</b><br />Ken and Julie Norton begin <i>The Visiting Table</i> by sharing how they met Christ—and each other.<br />As a university freshman, Julie decided she no longer needed God directing her life. But after following her own path, she found herself alone in her dorm room admitting, “God, I’m empty.”<br /><br />At nearly the same time, Ken was serving as a student missionary in Thailand. After men from a local village warned that someone would be killed if the group sang and preached again, Ken faced the possibility of death—and the truth that he knew about God without truly knowing Him. What happened next changed the direction of his life.<br /><br />Their two stories eventually converge in friendship, Bible study, marriage and a shared desire to help others know God personally through His Word.<br /><br /><b>Scriptures:</b> <br /><ul><li>Psalm 16:11</li><li>John 15:1–8</li><li>Ephesians 3:20</li></ul><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><br /><br />===========<br /> <br />Pull up a chair!<br /><br />*The Visiting Table* is a place for honest conversations about faith, relationships, and discovering the God who meets us right where we are. *The Visiting Table* is a production of the Voice of Prophecy, a Seventh-day Adventist media ministry.<br /><br />🌐 Watch Full Episodes of The Visiting Table:  <br />https://www.vop.com/thevisitingtable<br /><br />📖 Receive free Bible studies and resources from Voice of Prophecy:  <br />https://www.vop.com/biblestudies<br /><br />💛 Support the Voice of Prophecy and help share Christ-centered media worldwide:  <br />https://www.vop.com/give<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2601</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>bible,christian,faith,god,god’s,marriage,missionary,presence,prophecy,spiritual,spiritualgrowth,study,testimony,voiceofprophecy</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/526c1d5bc7033b40c299ba34a5acd1a2.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
