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  • 8/10/2019 Halloween Ideas - The Mask I Wear

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    HalloweenIdeas - The

    Mask I Wear

    This Halloween mask relatedstudy encourages youth totake a look at the masks wewear everyday, not just on

    Halloween and to exposewhat is underneath to God so

    that he can transform us sothat 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 Imsecure

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    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.

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    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 mymasks 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.

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    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 andme.

    But I need your help, your hand to

    hold

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    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 Imnothing, that Im just no good

    and you will see this and reject me.

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    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 ofsurface talk.

    I tell you everything thats nothing

    and nothing of whats everything,

    of whats crying within me.

    So when Im going through my routinedo 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.

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    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 cryout 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.

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    Take it to the Next Level

    At Halloween, children oftenwear 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 adultsoften 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?

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    Have you ever pretended tobe something that you

    werent? To go along with

    the crowd? To gain

    acceptance from other

    youth? Because you wereafraid 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?

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    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.

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    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 lifeand ministry was already

    reflecting Gods glory.

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    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).

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    Our transformation comes

    from the Holy Spirit. God is

    in the process of working

    His transformation in us.

    We are being transformedinto His likeness with ever-

    increasing glory (2

    Corinthians 3:18).

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    The truth is, when we take of the

    masks and are honest with

    ourselves and God he takes ourfears, 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 ofChrist. 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.

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    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.

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    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 thatyou 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 sothat you can more fully reveal his

    likeness and glory in your life!

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    Variation

    Provide Halloween masks orcarnival 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 amask 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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