Personal and shared prayer

Keep prayers private or share them with others.

Save personal prayers, add updates, and share them only with people you choose.

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Personal prayer

Keep all your prayers in one place.

Save a prayer from a devotional or create one yourself. Add notes, reminders, and updates over time.

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Private by default.

A personal prayer is not shared until you deliberately choose someone.

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Track prayers over time.

Add reminders, notes, and updates to each prayer.

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Get help writing a prayer.

Type or speak about what is happening, and Guided Prayer will help you create an editable draft.

Inside Glean

Choose how you want to pray and share.

Keep a prayer private, get help writing it, share it with a few people, or post it to a Prayer Group.

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01 · Personal Prayer

Save private prayers and updates.

Keep prayers in your personal library. Add notes, reminders, Scripture, and updates.

Private by default. Nothing is shared unless you deliberately choose someone.

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02 · Guided Prayer

Get help writing your prayer.

Type or speak about what is happening. Glean may ask up to two questions, then creates an editable prayer draft.

You review and edit every draft before saving or sharing it.

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03 · Group Prayer

Share one prayer with up to five other people.

Everyone who accepts can see the prayer, participants, messages, updates, and Scripture.

A Group Prayer contains one shared prayer. It is different from a Prayer Group.

Prayer Groups

A shared place for your Bible study’s prayer requests.

A Prayer Group includes group messaging, Scripture, and multiple prayer requests. Members can use it during meetings and throughout the week.

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Multiple prayer requests

Keep group prayer requests and updates together.

Members can add prayer requests without creating another group.

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Messages and updates

Keep conversations with the group.

Messages and updates remain available so members can follow what changes throughout the week.

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Private invitations

Join by invitation.

People can join through a private link, QR code, or direct invitation. Prayer Groups are not publicly searchable.

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The difference matters

Group Prayers and Prayer Groups serve different purposes.

Use a Group Prayer for one shared prayer. Use a Prayer Group for ongoing conversation and multiple requests.

Group Prayer

One prayer shared by 2–6 participants. The prayer, messages, updates, and Scripture stay together.

Prayer Group

An ongoing group with messages, Scripture, and multiple prayer requests.

Private sharing

You control what you share.

Glean does not use public profiles, feeds, follower counts, or prayer streaks.

Choose who receives it

Nothing is shared until you select people and confirm.

End-to-end encrypted

Group Prayer and Prayer Group content is encrypted on members’ devices.

No public metrics

No follower counts, prayer streaks, public feeds, or popularity rankings.

Start with a private prayer

Keep prayers private or share them when you choose.

You can use Glean Prayer without sharing anything.