Three Angels Broadcasting Network Devotional. The Lord is Near By Vera Malova August 17th, 2026 I was raised in northern Kazakhstan, but when we moved to the town of Bor in 1993, I remember the TV ads for Pastor John Carter’s evangelistic meetings across the Volga River in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Things weren’t going smoothly at home. My husband often took to the bottle, and my eldest son Sasha had started drinking, too. So I was happy when Sasha began attending those meetings every day. They gave him a Bible, and when Sasha brought it home, I began to read it. By the time I reached the New Testament, I’d realized we weren’t living the way God wanted us to, so I read it again. In the meantime, Sasha was baptized and began inviting me to church. I wanted to support him, but I worked on Saturdays. However, my hands began to ache so badly that I had to go to the hospital and take a break from work. The following Saturday, my son stared at me intently, wondering if I would go to church with him, so I went. I have a habit of looking people in the eye, and I was amazed to see such kind and affectionate eyes. Everyone was glad to see me, and they all smiled, so I continued going to church and soon decided to be baptized. On the day before my baptism, my husband came home from work drunk, hit his head, and stopped breathing. My son gave him CPR, but his breathing stopped as soon as he let up. “Lord, I give my whole family into Your hands!” I cried—and instantly, my husband began breathing again. God literally raised him from the dead! Although two of my children were baptized, my husband would not surrender to the Lord, threatening and calling me ugly names. Once, in a fit of anger, he began choking me. Another time, my children attended a youth group while I stayed home, reading my Bible. My husband came in drunk and said, “Aren’t you going to church, too?” “Yes, I think I will,” I answered. “Then perhaps you’ll also decide to be baptized!” he snorted. When I replied that I’d already been baptized, he grabbed a large Kitchen knife and shouted, “Then your life is over!” His eyes burned with a terrible fire! He lunged at me but suddenly froze in place. He stood there a while, holding the knife and shouting over and over, “You will not live!” Shaking with fear, I closed my eyes tightly and prayed silently for deliverance. Suddenly, I saw a beautiful rainbow in my mind with fiery letters that read, He will not hurt you! Throwing the knife down, my husband fell on the sofa, sobbing. My guardian angel had stood between us and protected me! “For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.” Psalm 91:11. As a family, we began praying earnestly for him. My children tried talking to him about God, but he answered, “That’s just how it’s written in your American Bible.” Lena bought him a Russian Orthodox Bible with a cross on it, blessed by Patriarch Alexy II, and as she read texts from her Bible, he read the same text in his; and whether from the Old or New Testament, every text matched word for word! Despite being convinced, my husband continued to drink as our family implored for God’s help. Finally, Sasha asked, “Father, why are you resisting?” He replied, “Okay, I will ask God to help me stop drinking.” He began carrying the Ten Commandments in his pocket and telling his co-workers and friends that they should follow them. He also promised to go to church but never did. Instead, he drank until he lost the feeling in his legs from his knees on down. One morning I woke up joyful. My eyes were shining when I said to him, “You cannot imagine how good you’d feel if you’d quit drinking,” to which he replied, “Then I’ll quit today.” Sadly, that was the day he died from his illness. It’s impossible to live in this world without God because there are problems such as alcoholism that no one else can solve. My son, who led me to God, eventually stopped going to church and began drinking again. But although he got so bad that he started hearing voices, our whole church family prayed for him, and after many years, he came back to the Lord and sobered again. Don’t think that the Lord is somewhere far away. He is right here with you! We all live in debt to the Lord, and a price has been paid for our life. Jesus paid the price for each of our days, each piece of bread we eat, and each breath we take. He paid it with His precious blood! Jeremiah 29:11 and 13 say, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.… And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.” Seek the Lord, for He is near.

VISION FOR CHRIST WORLD https://visionforchristworld.com/programs/ We now have a listener report from Russia! This is the very first from Russia. ---------------------------------------------------------- Hello, Tuned in to the Vision for Christ World broadcast on Saturday, Aug 08, on the shortwave via WRMI in Florida. The signal was poor to fair, but still audible here in Eastern Europe. I would be happy if you confirm my reception in a reply email! Thanks in advance. = = = = = CONTACT DATA AND EQUIPMENT Listener: Dmitry Mezin Email: dm65dx@gmail.com Addr: Blyuhera 6-59, Kazan, 420095, Russia Receiver: Airspy HF+ Discovery Antenna: K-180WLA active loop RECEPTION REPORT -- VISION FOR CHRIST WORLD Date: August 08, 2026 Time: 19:00-19:15 UTC Frequency: 15770 kHz Signal quality: SINPO 25432, varying in strength from poor to fair, but without any interference from other stations. Program details: Overview of history of God dealing with people. God was there before the world and stars. In the beginning He created the Heavens and the Earth. Sin of Adam. Flood: only Noah and his family were saved. Faithfulness of God never failed. Young virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus. Jesus healed the sick, gave sight to the blind. Jesus willingly went to the cross. 3 days later he rose from the dead and returned to heavens. One day he will return! = = = = = I hope this report is useful for you. Good luck broadcasting! Kind regards and stay safe, Dmitry Mezin Kazan, Russia

WE CAN STAND IN THE GAP! Child of God, There is a mandate upon the Church: we are called to occupy until the Master returns. And part of that occupation is taking spiritual territory through the power of intercession. Through prayer, we stand in the gap for nations. Through prayer we can take over territories, mountains and valleys, cities and villages, lands and forests, oceans and seas. Through prayer we can cry out for the sovereignty of God to be established wherever men and women are found. Wherever man is found, Jesus must reign as Lord and King. God's word declares: “Pray... Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.” How does His kingdom advance? When saints bend their knees and cry out to God under the power of the Holy Spirit, we invite divine intervention into families, churches, communities and nations. Revival can only be ignited when men pray. This is the time to pray for governments and lawmakers, decision-makers and leaders. This is the season to pray for troubled regions, warring nations and places where darkness seems to have taken hold. You can become God's watchman over your family, church, nation, and land. “I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land...” — Ezekiel 22:30 God is still looking for men and women who will stand in the gap. He is looking for intercessors who will pray for India, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, the United States, Ukraine, Russia, North Korea, and the nations of the world. He is looking for a people who will pray until revival breaks out, God's glory is revealed, and His will is established in the earth. This is what it means to occupy until He comes. If you have a passion to see God's sovereignty established over your family, church, nations and territories, I invite you to join us this Tuesday for a powerful 30–40 minutes of Spirit-led intercession. We will pray. We will stand in the gap. We will cry out for the nations. We will believe God for intervention. We will contend for revival. And we believe God will answer. Revival will spring forth. Jesus will be glorified. GOD’S MIGHTY WARRING ARMY (GMWA) Taking the Nations Through Intercession 🕘 Every Tuesday | 9:00 PM (WAT) Click the link and join us. https://chat.whatsapp.com/BpvKqbGMGybBliOWT8Nc7Z?s=cl&p=a&ilr=4 God bless you, in Jesus name. Amen.

WE CAN STAND IN THE GAP! Child of God, There is a mandate upon the Church: we are called to occupy until the Master returns. And part of that occupation is taking spiritual territory through the power of intercession. Through prayer, we stand in the gap for nations. Through prayer we can take over territories, mountains and valleys, cities and villages, lands and forests, oceans and seas. Through prayer we can cry out for the sovereignty of God to be established wherever men and women are found. Wherever man is found, Jesus must reign as Lord and King. God's word declares: “Pray... Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.” How does His kingdom advance? When saints bend their knees and cry out to God under the power of the Holy Spirit, we invite divine intervention into families, churches, communities and nations. Revival can only be ignited when men pray. This is the time to pray for governments and lawmakers, decision-makers and leaders. This is the season to pray for troubled regions, warring nations and places where darkness seems to have taken hold. You can become God's watchman over your family, church, nation, and land. “I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land...” — Ezekiel 22:30 God is still looking for men and women who will stand in the gap. He is looking for intercessors who will pray for India, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, the United States, Ukraine, Russia, North Korea, and the nations of the world. He is looking for a people who will pray until revival breaks out, God's glory is revealed, and His will is established in the earth. This is what it means to occupy until He comes. If you have a passion to see God's sovereignty established over your family, church, nations and territories, I invite you to join us this Tuesday for a powerful 30–40 minutes of Spirit-led intercession. We will pray. We will stand in the gap. We will cry out for the nations. We will believe God for intervention. We will contend for revival. And we believe God will answer. Revival will spring forth. Jesus will be glorified. GOD’S MIGHTY WARRING ARMY (GMWA) Taking the Nations Through Intercession 🕘 Every Tuesday | 9:00 PM (WAT) Click the link and join us. https://chat.whatsapp.com/BpvKqbGMGybBliOWT8Nc7Z?s=cl&p=a&ilr=4 God bless you, in Jesus name. Amen.

Three Angels Broadcasting Network Devotional. Nothing Is Wasted By Sergey Gruzdev August 5th, 2026 My wife and I are teachers here in Russia, and we tried to raise our children in the best traditions of intelligent families. Our children saw no evil, and we taught them only good. We well remember the first time our daughter was allowed to go for a walk on her own, and how she came back crying. She cried for 15 minutes before we managed to calm her down because one of her girlfriends stuck her tongue out at her! During this time, we learned about 3ABN Russia’s Bible study courses and my wife became interested. She studied them and then told me she wanted to be baptized. I was a bit worried, but she invited me to the baptism ceremony so that I could see everything with my own eyes. I had been watching my wife’s transformation for a long time but now I went to her church and met the pastor. He answered all my questions intelligently, according to biblical teachings, so I agreed to her baptism. The minister prayed for me and gave a sheet of the church’s beliefs and doctrines, and again I saw that it was all written in accordance with the Bible. Who am I to disagree with God? I thought, so I asked to be baptized, too. And that is how, in one day, my wife and I became spiritually close. In fact, we decided to both be baptized the same day! At the time, I was a hiking and mountain tourism instructor and loved my job very much. But after my baptism, when I began to observe all the commandments of God, my friends said, “You need to forget about tourism.” That worried me for a while, because at the time I did not yet know that God finds use for each of our gifts, abilities, and talents. Now, I’m convinced that our abilities develop and become even more vivid when we use them for the Lord! As a result of my thoughts and prayers, we decided to form a Pathfinder Club for young people. The children from church and I made many hiking trips—including some into the mountains. They learned how to survive in wilderness conditions, and they fell in love with God’s great outdoors. A hike began to mean more than physical exercise—it meant fresh air, friendship development, and teamwork. There were bonfires, fun, and laughter. And we studied nature, geography, grass, water, stones, and stars. Before and during our hikes we pray that the Lord will bless us. We are constantly in His presence and under His protection and our minds are clear of all unnecessary things. There are spiritual moments when we study the Word of God, share our experiences with God, and pray for each other and for the solution of our problems. When a situation comes up and we don’t know what to do, we ask God for help. Once such case came up when our route was not shown on the map. We’d covered many kilometers and were very tired but still a long way from our campground. And we prayed and asked for a shorter way, and soon we saw a faint path overgrown with grass in the forest and decided to follow it. God shortened our trek by four kilometers that day, and in addition it ran on flat terrain! When we arrived, a noisy group of about 50 drunken young people were nearby, and their speech was abundantly seasoned with obscene expressions, which, of course, we didn’t want to hear. Since it was already 9:00 p.m., it was too late to head to another campground, so we turned to the Lord, that He would change this unpleasant situation. Right then, our neighbors decided to leave for another campground eight kilometers away! There was no doubt that the Lord had answered our prayer. There are habits we should develop, and others that lead to degradation. As Paul says in 1 Corinthians 6:12, “All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful.” We have to choose what is useful. I do not regret that I entered into a covenant with God, and He has found a use for all my gifts and given me more than I ever had before!

Three Angels Broadcasting Network Devotional. Unexpected Help. By Mikhail Sevastyanov July 12th, 2026 “But Naaman became furious, and went away and said, ‘Indeed, I said to myself, “He will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leprosy.” Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?’ So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, ‘My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, “Wash, and be clean”?’ So he went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.” 2 Kings 5:11–14 Over the years, I’ve found myself in different situations where I suddenly received help I did not expect. In fact, this is the premise on which we build our children’s tales to teach them to do good. In Russia, we have the famous stories of Ivan Tsarevich, a good fellow who always finds that he is helped by various heroes and circumstances. And why? Because they are all good, and good always wins in the end. It cannot be otherwise. As a result, the child who listens to these stories understands that if you are kind, then you will definitely be blessed. Someone will certainly help in the most difficult moments. In the Bible, we see how Naaman, the commander of the Syrian army, turned to Elisha, the prophet of God, with a request for healing from his leprosy. He was not just a military leader, but the army commander who conquered Israel. He had the power to do evil not only to the Jewish prophet, but to the whole country. Elisha told him that if he dipped himself seven times in the Jordan River he would be cured, but this seemed humiliating to Naaman, and in anger, he walked away without doing anything good. An angry person is driven by their anger; and in most cases, to approach them usually means suffering their wrath. This was especially true when it came to his slaves! Slaves meant nothing, they were just property whose duty it was to obey and fulfill orders. But here we see a strange picture, because Naaman’s slaves beg their lord to obey the prophet. At the same time, they politely call him their father. Amazingly, Naaman relented and listened to his slaves. The master obeyed his slaves! He dipped seven times and came out of the water cured! I wonder how he treated his slaves that they dared to beg their master to reconsider. If Naaman were evil, the slaves would hardly have said anything to him, but would have remained silent, obeying his orders. Naaman would have walked away in anger and would have soon died of his leprosy, but not before lashing out in anger and doing some other evil in revenge! But his kindness helped him, and even his slaves loved him. And, as a result, he was not only healed of leprosy, but also came to believe in God.

OCU PRIMATE VISITS BELGIAN METROPOLIS OF ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE from: RISU: https://risu.ua/en/ocu-primate-visits-belgian-metropolis-of-ecumenical-patriarchate_n164813 SYNOPSIS: On June 21, Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine, Primate of the OCU, visited the Metropolis of Belgium as part of a delegation from the Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations. The visit was hosted by Metropolitan Athenagoras of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, who has a long-standing history of involvement in Ukrainian church affairs. The two leaders held discussions regarding the ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine and the resulting humanitarian crisis. Metropolitan Athenagoras expressed his deep sympathy for the victims of the war and his support for achieving a just and lasting peace for the Ukrainian people. The meeting concluded with a symbolic exchange of gifts to commemorate the visit between the two hierarchs. Pray for a speedy and fair end to Russia's aggression in Ukraine and reparations that will restore and rebuild Ukraine.

DOES THE BIBLE SAY THAT GOD WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS ISRAEL? Tucker Carlson has made something of a hobby out of mocking the idea that God blesses those who bless Israel and curses those who curse her. When Senator Ted Cruz could not cite the verse on the spot, Carlson declared victory in what became a viral moment for him. But winning a theological debate on a technicality against a non-theologian is not the same as being right. Let us look at what the Bible actually teaches — and then let the history books add their own testimony. THE FOUNDATIONAL PROMISE The foundational passage is Genesis 12:1–3. God speaks to Abraham and declares, "I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." Tucker’s counter-argument is essentially: fine, that was a promise to Abraham personally, and Abraham is dead, so case closed, or maybe, that was a promise to the future church! But this reading does violence to the entire arc of Scripture. A DYNASTY PROMISE, NOT A ONE-MAN DEAL Any serious Old Testament scholar understands that the Abrahamic covenant was not a one-man arrangement — it was a dynasty promise. The covenant God made with Abraham and later reaffirmed with Isaac and Jacob is of transcendent significance, containing promises that were explicitly everlasting — even through “a thousand generations” (Psalm 105:8–11). The Lord reaffirmed through oath His commitment to bless Abraham and his seed — understood as the corporate physical progeny (meaning his actual physical descendants) — and the covenant came through Isaac and Jacob as well.[1] The Scripture makes this extension of the covenant unmistakable. When God appears to Isaac in Genesis 26:3–4, He says: "Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed." The same covenant. The same nations. Now addressed to the next physical generation. Then God reaffirms it again to Jacob at Bethel in Genesis 28:13–14: "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring. Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed." Abraham, Isaac, Jacob — three generations, one unbroken covenant. Psalm 105:8–11 seals the case: “He REMEMBERS his covenant FOVEVER, the word that he commanded, for A THOUSAND GENERATIONS, the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac, which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an EVERLESTING COVENANT, saying, ‘To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion for an inheritance.’” This is not a personal promise to one man. It is a covenant made to Abraham, renewed to Isaac, confirmed to Jacob, and declared everlasting to the nation of Israel. BALAAM AND THE BLESSING OF THE NATIONS Most strikingly, in Numbers 24, a pagan diviner named Balaam is hired by the Moabite king Balak specifically to curse Israel. But what came out of Balaam’s mouth instead of a curse was this: “Blessed are those who bless you, and cursed are those who curse you”— spoken over the twelve physical tribes of Jacob wandering in the wilderness.[2] Commentators note that Balaam’s blessing formula deliberately echoes the original words of Genesis 12:3 and Isaac’s blessing of Jacob — confirming the assurance of divine favor to the righteous and their seed forever.[3] By Numbers 24, Abraham has been dead for centuries. But the blessing-and-cursing principle is applied without hesitation to the living nation of his descendants. Tucker's argument — that the modern nation of Israel (which DNA proves are the descendants of the Israelites) has no connection to the biblical promises — cannot survive contact with the text. NOTE: I do not believe that the modern nation of Israel is guiltless or should not be held accountable like any other nation. Wherever there is injustice, it should be called out. But that also means in Russia, which attacked Ukraine without cause, any Iran, where 50,000 citizens have been murdered for protesting. It seems that people like Tucker are fixated on Israel's sins while making excuses for the Islamic world. What the Bible teaches is that believers should contend for Israel's salvation in order to provoke her to jealousy (Romans 11:11). That doesn't mean unquestioned support and no accountability. THE CHURCH IN GENESIS 12 Before we turn to history, a reasonable question must be answered: what about the Church? If the Abrahamic covenant extends to Israel as a nation, where do Gentile believers fit in? The answer is not complicated — it is actually hiding in plain sight in Genesis 12 itself. God makes two distinct promises to Abraham in those opening verses. First, He says He will make Abraham into a great nation — that is, Israel, the physical descendants through Isaac and Jacob. But then God says something broader: "in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." Those are two different things. One is a nation. The other is the multitude of nations. The promise is not either/or — it is both/and. Israel is the vehicle through which the universal blessing travels. This is why God changes Abram’s name to Abraham in Genesis 17 to indicate that he will be the father of a multitude of nations. And we know exactly what that blessing is. Paul makes it explicit in Galatians 3:8, where he quotes Genesis 12:3 and says that God was preaching the gospel in advance to Abraham — that through his seed, meaning, ultimately, the Messiah Jesus, all nations would be blessed with salvation. So the Church is not in competition with Israel in Genesis 12. The Church is the fulfillment of the second half of the promise. Gentiles who believe in Jesus are the "all the families of the earth" God was already talking about when He first spoke to Abraham. That does not cancel the covenant with the nation of Israel — it completes the picture. NOW, LET THE HISTORY SPEAK In 1917, the British government issued the Balfour Declaration, expressing its support for the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine — an act many believe represented divine favor at work, and which historians describe as among the last great acts of the British Empire.[4] Britain was then the world’s dominant superpower, controlling roughly a quarter of the earth’s landmass. It was said that “the sun never sets on the British Empire” because it had lands all over the globe. For several decades, under leaders with strong evangelical sensibilities, Britain had championed Jewish restoration to their ancient homeland. Then Britain turned. In May 1939, the British government issued the White Paper, heavily favoring Arab demands: it limited Jewish immigration to 75,000 over five years, ended Jewish land purchases, and effectively declared that Britain had fulfilled its obligations to the Jewish people — closing the Holy Land’s doors even as Jews were fleeing Nazi persecution across Europe.[5] It was a breathtaking betrayal, and it came precisely when the Jewish people needed refuge most. The timeline of what followed is striking. In 1940, the British Empire still contained a quarter of the world’s population and a fifth of its landmass. Yet within the following two decades, more than twenty British territories gained independence, and by 1980, only a handful remained under British control.[6] The sun, so to speak, began setting on the empire almost immediately after Britain slammed the door on the Jewish people. Meanwhile, the United States stepped into the void. America had long been shaped by a deep biblical heritage and a Puritan identification with Israel’s story. America championed the founding of the modern State of Israel in 1948 — Harry Truman, himself a student of Scripture, recognized Israel eleven minutes after independence was declared at 9 AM EST on May 14. In the decades that followed, the United States became the undisputed dominant world power in every category: economic, military, cultural, and technological. For nearly a century now, no nation on earth has come close. ANECDOTE OR EVIDENCE? The cynic will note that empires rise and fall for many reasons — wars, economics, nationalism. That is true, and no honest theologian claims the blessing-and-cursing principle operates as a simple vending machine. But the trajectory is undeniable. The nation that championed Jewish restoration rose to global preeminence. The nation that betrayed the Jewish people and locked them out of their homeland as the Holocaust unfolded lost its empire within a generation. That is not merely anecdote. That is a pattern consistent with what the Scripture promises — a promise that did not die with Abraham, but was passed to his seed, renewed through Isaac and Jacob, reaffirmed through a pagan prophet named Balaam, and written across the history of nations ever since.  Tucker Carlson is free to dismiss that pattern. But dismissing it does not make it disappear.

BUILDING THE ARC You might ask – "Do I look like Noah? Why would I want to Build the ARC, anyway?" Here's why: my wife and I were missionaries to Russia for 17 years. Secular materialism has led to the de-Christianizing of the world: in its extreme form of communism, about 250,000 church buildings in Russia were destroyed or confiscated and turned into museums, breweries, factories or "Lenin Houses of Culture" during the Soviet era. Secularization worldwide continues to lead many people to become dependent on the state for answers to all their problems, diminishing the role of the church in society... READ MORE: https://agape-restoration-society.org/ARC/building-the-ARC.htm

UKRAINE COMMEMORATES CHILDREN LOST TO RUSSIA'S ARMED AGGRESSION Ukraine observed the Day of Remembrance for Children Killed as a Result of the Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation on June 4, coinciding with the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression... READ MORE: https://agape-restoration-society.org/ARC-News/a-n_2026-06-13.htm#article_3