Using the app
Take Action
Bible reading, challenges, pulse check, and prayer — you and your group on one page.
Open Take Action. There is no Solo / Group switch. Your week is on the card. Your group is in the Group section under it.
The page opens with Put The Standard into practice. The header has a calendar (Reading history) and an info control (The Standard).
Weeks run Sunday through Saturday. Use the week arrows or swipe to look back. You cannot go earlier than the week you started the app. Past weeks are view-only.
The group’s meeting day (set when the group is created) is when you gather. It is shown on Group Info. Take Action still follows the Sunday week.
If you are not in a group, Don’t go it alone is the first card. Create a Group starts one. Guests create an account first. Until you join, each card shows a Group preview instead of real members.
Bible reading
Mark each day you read. You cannot mark future days. Tap a completed day again to undo.
Streaks on Home use these days. In a group, the Group section lists the other men’s reading for the week.
Challenges
Solo challenge — one personal goal for the week (for example, pray with your wife three times). Add, edit, or remove it. Check it off when you finish. Remove clears that week’s solo challenge and cannot be undone. Your group can see the goal on Home → At a Glance.
Group challenge — one shared goal under the same card. Anyone in the group can add, edit, or remove it. Each man checks off his own. You can see who has finished.
Pulse check
The pulse check opens expanded each week. Tap the chevron to collapse it. It stays collapsed for that week until you open it again.
Rate the week on seven marks, Weak to Strong:
- Living by the Word
- Walking by the Spirit
- Fighting Against Sin
- Serving Others
- Loving with Honor
- Sharing the Gospel
- Building for Eternity
You can change scores until the week locks (when the next Sunday begins). A countdown shows how much time is left.
Your group sees your average, on this card and on At a Glance. They do not see each mark. See The Standard.
Prayer requests
Hold each other up. Add a request for the week. You can edit or delete your own.
In a group, you also see the other men’s requests. Touch and hold someone else’s request and choose Mark as prayed for. You cannot mark your own. Undo mark as prayed for removes it. Small photos show who has prayed.
Without a group, you can still keep your own requests. The Group preview is not a real list yet.
Related: History · The Standard · Discuss · Groups