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ThyWord Inc.
Feb. 18, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 18, 2026 /Standard Newswire/ — Most Christians know the feeling. You leave church on Sunday feeling spiritually grounded, connected, alive. By Monday afternoon, the noise of daily life has already pushed that feeling aside. By Wednesday, the connection feels distant. By Friday, it is gone. Then Sunday comes again and the cycle repeats.
Ajith Joseph, Co-Founder and CEO of ThyWord Inc.
Ajith Joseph calls it the “6 days between Sundays” problem. And he believes he has built something to help.
ThyWord is a prayer companion app launching today, on Ash Wednesday, that listens when you pray out loud and responds with the Bible passage that speaks to what you are going through. It is not a chatbot. It is not a devotional. It is a simple, quiet companion for the moments when you want to talk to God but do not know where to start.
“My grandmother prayed every day of her life,” Joseph said. “She used to tell our family that at least one person should spend time in God’s presence every single day. That stayed with me across every move, every career change, every season of life. But I could never figure out how to live up to it. Not consistently. Not with four kids and a demanding career. ThyWord is my answer to that.”
The idea came to Joseph at 3 AM on a night he could not sleep. His wife Nisha, a nurse, and their four young children were asleep. He felt grateful for his life, but something was missing. For years, his spiritual life had been limited to one hour at church on Sundays. Then six days of silence.
“Most Christians experience this,” he said. “We feel connected at church, and then Monday comes and we are right back in the noise of everyday life.”
His co-founder Bijees had spent years building technology for churches through ChapelDesk, a platform that helps churches of any denomination build their online presence. When Joseph shared his vision, the two realized they had been on parallel paths toward the same calling.
Then they discovered something that stopped them both. A passage from Isaiah that Joseph had kept framed on his wall for years was the same verse Bijees had been carrying in his wallet. Neither had ever mentioned it to the other.
“That is not a coincidence,” Joseph said. “That is God telling you to pay attention.”
Then came the teacher. Bijees was at a parent conference when he met a teacher named Theresa who had just lost her mother. When he told her what ThyWord does, she said, “I wish I had this right now.”
“That was the moment,” Joseph said. “When someone who is hurting tells you they need what you are building, you do not walk away. You run toward it.”
ThyWord launches today on the App Store. It is free to download. Joseph and Bijees are partnering with churches across denominations to make it available to congregations during Lent and beyond.
“We are not trying to replace church,” Joseph said. “We are trying to fill the six days between Sundays. If ThyWord can help even one person feel closer to God on a Tuesday afternoon, we have done what we set out to do.”
About ThyWord Inc.
ThyWord Inc. is a Jacksonville based company building a voice first prayer companion app for Christians. Founded by Ajith Joseph and Bijees, two seasoned technology entrepreneurs and fathers who wanted to build something that helps people stay close to God every day. Headquartered at 245 Riverside Avenue, Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL 32202. Learn more at thywordapp.com.
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