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Closer than Breath

How a Near-Death Experience Reset Rejection to Limitless, Unconditional Love

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Closer than Breath

By: Maria Coetzee, Louise Coetzee
Narrated by: Louise Coetzee
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Summary

When a woman’s near-death experience results in her meeting Jesus, it contradicts her beliefs about God, the afterlife, and life on Earth. The encounter changes her forever and brings with it an unexpected surprise.

"This must be it then. This is how I die." Maria tries to outrun the tree hurtling towards her, but the rough terrain makes it impossible to escape. On 24 November 2017, Maria dies in a horrific accident while working with her husband on their farm in Queensland, Australia.

A devout Christian all her life, 58-year old Maria expects to meet Jesus as she dies, but her ongoing encounters with him do not match anything she has read or heard. Over the following few weeks, Maria defies every medical prediction as the near-death experience forever change her, her family, friends, and those who hear the story.

In this moving and inspirational testimony, Maria shares how God’s love and joy overwhelmed her, healed her past and brought new freedom in her relationship with him and others.

If you would like to understand more of the afterlife, spiritual dimensions, what is available to you right now and how it impacts your life on Earth, this book is for you.

©2021 Louise Coetzee (P)2021 PublishDrive Christian Living Christianity Near-Death Experience Parapsychology
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I absolutely loved this book. A beautiful account of a special life lived; full of miracles. It contains some incredible lessons too. You will be forever changed for reading this.

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Thank you for sharing your story. Wish I could convey the happiness that it brings to know Jesus. I can so closely relate to the love of Jesus (as much as I can, being in this broken world) and how mind blowing His pressence is in our everyday life.

Reality of Jesus, my Saviour

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As I read, then decided to listen, my heart was wide open attentive to each word that was spoken. In the special way it was written and narrated it felt like it gave my heart permission to cry and grieve as I listened and paused to deal with my own grief. It is a reminder that we are beyond our body and mind, and that we are all Love at the core, and this should remain Holy in every living breath that we take. God bless the Coetzee’s for sharing their story and prayers for us all, to remind us where home truly is and the courage of Marie through Jesus Christ to help other beings with this remarkable story of Joy and Love.

Heart Wide Open

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