How to set Anchors

What an anchor is

An anchor is your own focal point for this season - any goal Jesus has your attention on right now, from seeding a business to going deeper with Him. Each anchor maps to one of the three pillars: Faith (Devotion, Formation, Mission), Stewardship (Health, Wealth, Influence), or Legacy (Family, Core6, Community). The sub-domain is optional - your Coach helps break the anchor into daily Faithful Actions. Examples: daily prayer time, seeding a business, presence with family, a workout habit, reading plans, leading well at work.

Good anchors are concrete. “Morning prayer” is better than “be more spiritual.” “Read one Psalm before coffee” is better than “read the Bible more.” “Call my dad on Tuesday” is better than “connect with family.” “2 bands, 1 rule” is better than “exercise more.” Specificity is what turns an intention into a practice.

Creating an anchor

From the Dashboard or the Anchors tab, tap the plus button. You will see a short form:

• Title.The name of the practice. Keep it short and active. “Pray for the team,” not “Prayer time regarding team members.”
• Pillar. Which of the nine pillars this practice belongs to. One anchor, one pillar.
• Time of day. Morning, midday, or evening. This determines when the notification fires and where the anchor appears in your daily view.
• Recurrence. How often the anchor repeats. Daily, weekdays only, weekends only, or specific days. You can also mark an anchor as one-time for a specific date.
• Notes (optional). A line or two of context. A Scripture, a why, a reminder of what this practice is for.

Tap Save. The anchor now appears in your daily view and will fire a notification at the scheduled time if you have notifications enabled.

Pillar mapping

Every anchor maps to one pillar. This is what feeds the Faithful Wheel of Life. When you complete an anchor, that pillar lights up for the day. Over a week, the Wheel shows you where God walked with you across every arena of your life.

You do not need to chase balance every day. The Wheel is a sight line over time, not a daily scorecard. A week where Devotion is bright and Wealth is dim is not a failure. It is information. Maybe this is a season of drawing close before a season of building.

If you activate Drift Detection (paid tiers), the app will gently invite you back to pillars that have gone quiet for too long. The framing is invitation, not accusation.

Recurrence options

Anchors can repeat on any schedule:

• Daily. Every day, including weekends. Good for prayer, brief Scripture, and Anchored Reset sessions.
• Weekdays only. Monday through Friday. Good for work-related anchors like a pre-meeting breath prayer or a midday debrief journal.
• Weekends only. Saturday and Sunday. Good for longer practices, family anchors, or Sabbath rhythms.
• Specific days.Choose any combination of days. Good for anchors like “Call mom on Sundays” or “Fasting prayer on Wednesdays.”
• One-time. A single date. Good for a pre-conversation prayer, a retreat day, or a specific commitment.

Ideas for each part of the day

If you are not sure where to start, here are anchors that fit naturally into the three parts of the day.

Morning anchors

Morning anchors set the posture for the day before the noise starts. They belong to Devotion, Formation, or Core.

• Read one Psalm and sit quietly for two minutes (Devotion)
• Write three things you are grateful to God for (Devotion)
• Review the day ahead and offer it to God in prayer (Devotion)
• One minute of diaphragmatic breathing before opening your phone (Health)
• Speak one true thing about who you are in Christ (Core)

Midday anchors

Midday anchors interrupt the drift before it becomes a full day of running on fumes.

• A two-minute Anchored Reset before the hardest meeting of the day (Health)
• Pray for one specific person in your life (Devotion or Community)
• Step outside and notice one thing God made (Formation)
• Check in with a family member (Family)

Evening anchors

Evening anchors close the loop. They are the place to review the day, release what was not yours to carry, and hand the night to God.

• A brief examen: where did I sense God today? Where did I miss Him? (Formation)
• Journal one thing that happened and what you want to say to God about it (Devotion)
• Pray with your spouse or children (Family)
• A longer Anchored Reset session before sleep (Health)

Bible reading anchors

If you have an active Bible reading plan, you can create an anchor with the type set to Bible Reading. When you do, your Today screen automatically shows the day's passage from your plan inside that anchor card -- no manual entry needed. Tap “Mark read” to advance the plan and close out the anchor for the day. Tap “Open” to jump directly to that passage in the Bible Workbench.

If you do not have an active plan yet, the anchor card shows a prompt to pick one at /bible/plans. Once you enroll, the passage appears automatically the next morning.

A Bible reading anchor is still an anchor -- it maps to a pillar (Devotion is the natural fit), fires at your chosen time, and contributes to your Faithful Wheel just like any other practice. The only difference is that the content is driven by your reading plan rather than a title you type.

Editing and pausing anchors

To edit an anchor, long-press it in the daily view or tap the three-dot menu and choose Edit. You can change any field without losing completion history.

To pause an anchor temporarily (travel, illness, a season of simplifying), tap Edit and toggle Paused. The anchor stays in your list but will not fire notifications or appear in your daily view until you un-pause it.

To delete an anchor permanently, tap Edit and scroll to Delete Anchor at the bottom. Completion history for that anchor is retained in your Faithful Wheel data.

Completing an anchor

When you do the practice, tap the anchor and mark it complete. That is the whole interaction. The timestamp is recorded, the pillar is credited, and the day moves forward.

If you are on a paid tier, completing anchors also feeds Smart Recall. When you ask the AI “What have I been doing for my family pillar?” it can draw on your anchor completion history alongside your prayer and journal logs.