00:00We were heartbroken to announce the passing of our sister Nicole Taylor. We honestly thought
00:04she'd be healed here on earth, but now she's healed in heaven. We have some notes here and
00:08as some of y'all know, she was diagnosed with breast cancer back in 2022, stage three. It was
00:14an aggressive type and her words when she first found out where God's going to use us for his
00:19glory. She fought it fearlessly and she said, we're not going to live in dread during all of
00:22this. And she even did CrossFit while she was doing her chemo treatments. And she responded
00:26well to treatments and she was declared evidence without disease. Then after that, she was
00:30told it turned into stage four. She tried not to live in fear, remained really hopeful, traveled.
00:36She tried to live life. She worked really hard. She tried to have fun. Around nine months later,
00:40she had a more serious diagnosis. And after she asked the doctors her prognosis, they said
00:45it was around three months. And if the treatments worked, they didn't know how long after that.
00:50I was there and she replied to the doctor. She said, everybody's going to face judgment
00:54judgment and I'm ready to. It's a video of her testimony in her early twenties on why
00:59she was ready to face judgment. Hey, my name is Nicole. I'm going to tell you my story of
01:02hope. I gave my life to Christ when I was around 15 years old. Before then, it was all about
01:07how good of a person that I thought I was. I was involved in church. I was in a youth
01:11group.
01:11I was in a Christian band even, but I never came to a point in my life where I really
01:15realized
01:15how wicked and evil I was without Christ. How much I needed God, how much he didn't need
01:19me at all. And one night at church, the Holy Spirit just began to convict my heart and
01:23just began to show me how lost I really was. The best way I described the way I felt was
01:28the Bible verses says, our righteousness is like filthy rags. God actually made me feel
01:33like filthy rags that night. And I'm so thankful that he did that. You know, a lot of us look
01:37at conviction as such a bad thing or a scary thing, but conviction is a blessing that the
01:41creator of the universe would speak to us, that he would show us how much we really need
01:46him. I'm so thankful that he did that. He actually sent his son to die on the cross for us
01:51and
01:52his son actually overcame all of our sin. So he has the right to show us how much we need
01:57him. When the invitation came, instead of playing the invitation with my sisters, I walked down
02:01the aisle for the invitation and just asked Jesus to save me. No special fancy prayer, just
02:06Jesus saved me. I committed my life to Jesus Christ. I repented of my sins and I said, you
02:11know, God, from now on, I want to be more like you every day, but I need your help.
02:16God's given me so much purpose and joy, and I'm so thankful that I committed my life to
02:20him. If you want to do the same, I want to encourage you to do so. Me and Natalie have
02:23a similar testimony. What we would say the Holy Spirit revealed to us our sin and need
02:28for God. Yeah, we all have the same fate as Nicole. Are you ready is the question. She
02:33lived around a year after that prognosis. And during the time of the more extreme diagnosis,
02:38we felt led to not live in fear and claim healing. And God encouraged us in so many ways.
02:44He was with us and Nicole, before her passing, she said she had so much peace and we were really
02:50thankful for that. We are still shocked and didn't think this would happen, but we know
02:54she's not suffering anymore and we have God's promise of ultimate healing.
