Halloween Party Ideas - The Mask I Wear

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Halloween Party Ideas The Mask I Wear

This Halloween mask related study encourages youth to
take a look at the masks we wear everyday, not just on
Halloween and to expose what is underneath to God so
that he can transform us so that we reveal his glory!
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Read the Poem The mask I wear
Author unknown
Dont be fooled by me.

Dont be fooled by the face I wear
for I wear a mask. I wear a thousand masks
masks that Im afraid to take off
and none of them are me.
Pretending is an art thats second nature with me
But dont be fooled, dont be fooled.
I give you the impression that Im secure
That all is sunny and unruffled with me
within as well as without,
that confidence is my name
and coolness my game,
that the waters calm
and Im in command,
and that I need no one.
But dont believe me. Please!
My surface may be smooth but my surface is my mask,

My ever-varying and ever-concealing mask.
Beneath lies no smugness, no complacence.
Beneath dwells the real me in confusion, in fear, in aloneness.
But I hide this.
I dont want anybody to know it.
I panic at the thought of my weaknesses
and fear exposing them.
Thats why I frantically create my masks to hide behind.
Theyre nonchalant, sophisticated facades to help me pretend,
To shield me from the glance that knows.
But such a glance is precisely my salvation,
my only salvation,
and I know it.
That is, if its followed by acceptance,
and if its followed by love.
Its the only thing that can liberate me from myself
from my own self-built prison walls.
I dislike hiding, honestly
I dislike the superficial game Im playing,
the superficial phony game.
Id really like to be genuine and me.
But I need your help, your hand to hold
Even though my masks would tell you otherwise
That glance from you is the only thing that assures me
of what I cant assure myself,
that Im really worth something.
But I dont tell you this.
I dont dare.
Im afraid to.
Im afraid youll think less of me, that youll laugh
and your laugh would kill me.
Im afraid that deep-down Im nothing, that Im just no good
and you will see this and reject me.
So I play my game, my desperate, pretending game

With a facade of assurance without
And a trembling child within.
So begins the parade of masks,
The glittering but empty parade of masks,
and my life becomes a front.
I idly chatter to you in suave tones of surface talk.
I tell you everything thats nothing

and nothing of whats everything,
of whats crying within me.
So when Im going through my routine
do not be fooled by what Im saying
Please listen carefully and try to hear
what Im not saying
Hear what Id like to say
but what I cannot say.
It will not be easy for you,

long felt inadequacies make my defenses strong.
The nearer you approach me
the blinder I may strike back.
Despite what books say of men, I am irrational;
I fight against the very thing that I cry out for.
you wonder who I am

you shouldnt
for I am everyman
and everywoman
who wears a mask.
Dont be fooled by me.
At least not by the face I wear.
Take it to the Next Level
At Halloween, children often wear obvious masks. But
the truth is people of all ages are wearing masks every
day, not just on Halloween. What are some of the masks
that adults often wear? What are some of the masks that
youth wear?
Have you ever pretended to hide your true feelings? Why
did you hide your real feelings? How is hiding your
feelings like wearing a mask?
Have you ever pretended to be something that you

werent? To go along with the crowd? To gain
acceptance from other youth? Because you were
afraid someone might not like the true you? Because
you feared rejection if they saw the real you? What
are some other reasons youth might wear masks?
Taking off the Masks

Wearing a mask brings certain comforts, but it also may
hinder our personal growth. As long as we wear the mask
we dont have to deal with the underlying problem. But
when we are truly able to confront the truth about
ourselves we will find true freedom. We can find healing.
We can find an answer to the weaknesses that plague us.
Scripture
2 Corinthians 3:18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the
Lords glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever
increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Some key truths from this verse and the Life of Paul:
Paul did not need to hear kind words from his friends. His life
and ministry was already reflecting Gods glory.
Paul revealed his weaknesses. And in doing so, he also revealed the
reality and the power of Jesus. Paul was weak, but the Spirit of God
was constantly at work in him. Jesus is not revealed in a person by their
human perfection but rather by God transforming us into His image.
Pauls life was not one of see how good I am. On the contrary, his life
was see what God is doing in a sinner (Paul referred to himself as the
chief of sinners). We are all sinners with all the ugliness of sin, bent
and twisted out of shape, far from being the persons we want to be, or
that God intends us to be (Romans 3:23).
Our transformation comes from the Holy

Spirit. God is in the process of working His
transformation in us. We are being
transformed into His likeness with everincreasing glory (2 Corinthians 3:18).
The truth is, when we take of the masks and are honest with
ourselves and God he takes our fears, our weaknesses, our sinful
ugliness and transforms us to look like Him. When we fail to do so
we put on a mask and we no longer reflect the love, grace and joy of
Christ. One of the names that Jesus called the pharisees was that of
a hypocrite, or a whitewashed tombstone. The word comes from
the Greek word hypokrites and was a technical term for a stage
actor who usually wore a mask and acted a part.
Matthew 23:27 Woe to you, scribes and

Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like
whitewashed tombs which on the outside
appear beautiful, but inside they are full of
dead mens bones and all uncleanness.
Making It Personal
What are some of the masks you wear? Why? How would things
change if you were to take off this mask and let God deal with the
true fears and issues that lie underneath? What is a real way that
you can take off this mask? Is there someone you can talk in
honesty that can help keep you accountable? Say a prayer to God
to help you to deal with the underlying issue so that you can more
fully reveal his likeness and glory in your life!
Variation
Provide Halloween masks or carnival masks for the entire group of
youth. If possible, you can give youth some heavy paper (paper
plates work well) and rubber bands and ask them to create a
mask before the lesson. Later at the Making it personal stage of
the lesson, have youth add a symbol or some words to indicate
the mask that they want to remove so that God can work on that
area of their life.
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Halloween Party Ideas The Mask I Wear

Dont be fooled by me.

My surface may be smooth but my surface is my mask,

So I play my game, my desperate, pretending game

I tell you everything thats nothing

It will not be easy for you,

you wonder who I am

Have you ever pretended to be something that you

Taking off the Masks

Our transformation comes from the Holy

Matthew 23:27 Woe to you, scribes and

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