When we pray, we want to put in an Amazon order, and I want it here quick.

But Dr. Tony Evans says when we've requested the wrong response,

God takes the liberty of delivering an upgraded answer.

We pray for what we want, but God guarantees what He wills.

This is the alternative with Dr. Tony Evans,

author, speaker, senior pastor of Oaklef Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas,

and president of the Urban Alternative.

The Holy Spirit is given a number of names in Scripture.

Titles, Dr. Evans says,

are related to the benefits God passes from Him to us as believers.

Today, He continues His exploration of the Holy Spirit's role as our intercessor,

the one who speaks on our behalf to God.

Let's join Him as He digs into this study.

In Romans chapter 8, we discover another ministry of the Holy Spirit.

And this is the ministry of intercession.

He is by name and in a sassal,

someone who appeals to someone else on behalf of a situation or another person.

They are a go between, they're like a lawyer who represents a client

because there's trouble, there's difficulty.

Romans chapter 8 says that we have an intercessor when life causes us to grow.

He speaks beginning in verse 18 about suffering.

Suffering is the pain of negative circumstances hitting you and overwhelming you.

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