Step 3 of Agape Prayer Practice

STEP 3 expands the prayer practice to include one more person. You  choose to pray for a person who is a dearly beloved friend. You should choose a person you deeply wish for the well-being and happiness of that person.

While praying for this person, you should focus on experiencing the emotion of sharing in agape with that person. Feel the power of agape flowing into her or his heart. Imagine that person being drawn close to and opening up to both the personal Presence and vastness of eternity. Pray for this person to find personal well-being and deep sense of peace.

Follow the prayer process from Step 2 with this person. Practice praying for agape until you can genuinely feel the ‘soft, warm,’ comforting feeling of agape for this person. Imagine what you think would make this person happy, then hold that image in your heart as you pray.

As you practice this for many days, try to feel your relationship with this person growing and deepening. If this person is geographically near enough that you can be with them, then let this prayer practice lead to action -- to the power of agape actually flowing to this person when you are with them. Over the course of several months, you should sense a strengthening of your relationship.

But if you are not geographically near this person, don’t let that be a problem, because God’s agape is not limited by space or time. The important point for you is to pray for this person to receive God’s agape, no matter where this person is. In your time of prayer, picture a very specific way that agape is helping in this person's life.