Mood App

Mood App

Bible: 1 Peter 3:8-12

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All of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be
compassionate and humble (V.8).

Apparently someone once developed an app to change the wallpaper colour of your phone or tablet based on how you’re feeling. The idea was that your phone could ‘read’ your face (whether you were smiling or frowning, the angle of your eyebrows, the creases on your forehead, etc.) and then reflect your mood with different colours. I’m not sure how good the actual app ended up being!

The point is that our mood shows. And it can affect people around us—our family, friends, youth group, classmates and even our teachers. Our life has an effect on people, whether for good or bad, and whether we want it to or not. Each person is responsible for how they react to us, of course. But we also have to step up to the fact that our moods and behaviours affect others. So we need to be careful how. Peter encouraged us to “be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult” (1 PETER 3:8-9). Living like this is hard when we’re in a mood or feel fed up. So we have to rely on the Holy Spirit to keep us caring and thoughtful towards others—even when we can’t be bothered. We can have a positive effect on everyone we meet—even if all we do is smile or listen. Let’s give our world some bright colours today!

WHEN WE’RE ENJOYING OUR WALK WITH GOD,

IT’LL SHOW IN OUR FACES

Youth Edition – Our Daily Bread Ministries