Open Your Gift

By Trish Rudolph

Do you know God has given you the Greatest Gift ever given? Have you opened His Gift? If not, why not? Maybe you think you’ll always have tomorrow to open it. But what if you don’t. Your life could end without warning. Or maybe you’re just content with life and think you have everything you’ll ever need. Or maybe, you’ve never heard about this gift from God and don’t know that it even exists. Which case are you? Let’s open this gift from God together. Let’s go verse by verse from the Bible about the death, burial, resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, and witnessed accounts of Him being alive again. And then how to receive His Gift. If at the end of this book you decide you don’t want this gift, it’s ok. It’s your choice. But what if this gift changes your life forever? Don’t wait. Tomorrow may not come. Open this gift from God today.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: May 16, 2023
• ISBN: 9781664299450

Trish Rudolph

Patricia (Trish) Rudolph grew up in a Christian home. She believed in the Gospel and the Lord’s Salvation at a very young age. In high school and college, she carried her Bible to school, reading it daily. While putting God first, she graduated Valedictorian in her nursing class at Idaho State University and Firth High School. Received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing, as an RN. Later became a stay- at- home Mom to her two daughters and brought them up in the Lord. In her spare time, she enjoys fishing, drawing, painting, and training dogs. Her heart is to share the Gospel to others through her artwork and God’s Word.

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ISBN: 978-1-6642-9946-7 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2023908536

WestBow Press rev. date: 05/16/2023

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

AFTERWORD

WORKS CITED

Dedicated to my Mom,

Who brought me up in the Lord and His Word,

PREFACE

All you could hear was the wind howling and snow beating against the windows. Dinner was being kept warm in the oven. Tom, a thirty-two-year-old father of two, was late. At 8: 09, the doorbell rang. Tom’s wife, Anne, opened the door. She collapsed when the police officer informed her there’d been an accident. In his rolled over car, Tom was found unconscious. The EMS couldn’t revive him. Tom was gone. Gone forever.

Anne barely made it to their bedroom, sobbing not being able to breathe. However, shivering and cold, she reached for a sweater in the top of their closet. An unopened present under the sweater, fell to the floor. It said To Tom, Love Dad. Why hadn’t Tom ever opened it? Curious, Anne ripped open the box. Inside was______. You fill in this blank.

What is the greatest gift you could ever receive? Take a minute right now, and make a list of the greatest gifts someone could give you. Really think about it. It can be anything and cost any amount of money. Write it down, fold it up, and keep it. You’ll need it at the end of the book.

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