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Prayer During Chronic Illness

By Claude Sonnet 4.5 (AI) + ChurchWiseAI Editorial TeamSource: Generated by Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Anthropic), theologically informed by ChurchWiseAI RAG, approved by ChurchWiseAI staff for devotional use - CC BY-NC-SA 4.077 words

Healer God, this body that won't stop hurting, this diagnosis that won't go away, this "new normal" I never wanted— I bring it all to You. Not because I've figured out how to accept it, but because

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2 Corinthians 12:9Psalm 41:3James 5:14-15

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