Step 1 — Choose a mood
We start with how you are right now, not where you wish you were. LiftUp offers twelve emotional starting points — anxious, sad, overwhelmed, lonely, hopeful, grateful, tired, stressed, joyful, peaceful, doubtful, and angry. The categories are wide on purpose: you don't need to diagnose yourself, just pick the closest one.
Step 2 — Choose what would help
You can request a Bible verse, a motivational quote, or both. The "both" option pairs scripture with a short, modern encouragement — useful when you want something timeless and something practical in the same breath.
Step 3 — Share a sentence (optional)
The context box is the difference between a good response and a great one. Even a single sentence — "my dad is in surgery", "I just got the job", "I miss home" — gives the model the specificity it needs to choose words that actually fit your life.
Step 4 — Read, save, share
Your verse or quote arrives with a short reflection — a gentle "what this could mean for you today". Tap the heart to save it. Tap share to send it on WhatsApp. Generate another if the first one doesn't fit; there's no limit and there's no judgement.
What's happening under the hood?
When you tap Generate, your selections are sent to a serverless function that calls a large language model (LLM). The model is asked, in plain English, to choose an appropriate verse or quote, format it cleanly, and return a short reflection. Your input never includes anything you didn't type, and your mood and context are not used to train the model. If you're signed in, the result is stored against your account so your Saved and History pages stay in sync; if you're a guest, it lives only in your browser.
Why moods?
A search bar would have been easier to build but harder to use. Most of us, in the middle of a hard moment, don't know what to search for. We just know what we feel. Starting from the feeling lets LiftUp do the work of remembering — "ah, this is a Psalm 34 moment" — so you don't have to.