"God gave me this chronic illness to teach me patience and dependence on Him."
How it sounds in your head: You're sick because God is refining you. He needs to break your self-reliance. If you were healed, you'd forget Him. This sickness keeps you humble and prayerful.
"How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him."
-- Acts 10:38Religion teaches God authors sickness for character development, contradicting John 10:10 where thief comes to steal/kill/destroy.
You've prayed for months with no change, so maybe God wants it this way. Church friends say 'God's ways are higher' when healing doesn't come, making you accept sickness as His mysterious will.
Woman bent over 18 YEARS, couldn't straighten up. Jesus didn't say 'your suffering glorifies Me' - He called her condition BONDAGE by Satan and released her IMMEDIATELY on the Sabbath.
I REFUSE the lie that my Father authors sickness to teach me. IT IS WRITTEN: Acts 10:38 - Jesus healed ALL oppressed by the devil because God was WITH Him. My sickness is oppression, not education. IT IS WRITTEN: Luke 13:16 - I am a daughter of Abraham whom Satan has BOUND, and Jesus says I OUGHT to be loosed. I am BLESSED with the barak of Abraham through Christ (Galatians 3:14) - the blessing includes HEALTH, not disease. I receive healing NOW as my covenant inheritance, not because I've learned enough, but because Jesus already paid for it. My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and sickness has NO PLACE in Father's house.
Father is running toward you with healing in His wings (Malachi 4:2), not withholding it for spiritual boot camp. Jesus took stripes so your healing is FINISHED (Isaiah 53:5) - He's not waiting for you to deserve it.