Casting Crowns - Stained Glass Masquerade Lyrics

Wow...Awesome...I have not ever heard this...Wow💯⚓🔯💜

Shared this important message again on my FB and the main page under a post of a church that has opened it's doors to the homeless so they have a warm, safe place to sleep. Oh what that would have meant to me during the rougher times in my life when I too was homeless. God bless this church and all those taking refuge in Gods house.

blessings is this the message thank you

https://youtu.be/qyenjT_5SKo

This is one thing I absolutely love Casting Crowns for... their songs tackle with real problems which people deal with every day which no one else seems to be addressing... truths that people want to hide away... and they do this all with the hope that these problems can be healed through Jesus... they are just a miracle, praise the Lord for Casting Crowns <3

They challenge the idea of a perfect person they acknowledge that even with our savior by our side we still fall

Am I the only one who's traded the alter for a stage...
Stop and think about that for a moment...
Crowns, how powerful... Lord take me off this stage I've traded the alter for...

LOVED THEESE SONGS AND VIE3OS SO MUCH

I always wonder at Church if others have the thoughts that I have when my thoughts tell me I am alone. My mind tells me I am too different and I don't belong that I did too many things in my past and that it shows in my face and eyes. But everyone seems to accept me thank you Jesus for that and Lord help me with my distorted thoughts help me help you so that I can bring others to you. Thank you for showing me that we are all different but yet still the same amen

Satan is behind those destructive thinking. All of it lies. Almost everyone will be experiencing similar things. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Dwell on what the word says. I am not alone, God is with me. I AM a part of the body of Christ. I belong to Him and them. I am not too different. We are all exactly the same, unique. Etc. Shalom.

I'm neither religious, nor a Christian... but this band really hits me deep and I can relate to every word. ❤

This is my best casting crown song ever!

The performance is convincing.....
We know every line by heart...
Only when noone is watching...
Can we really fall apart...

amen and amen...
God bless

I 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍casting crowns especially this song I dedicated this song to my dad

That’s how I felt in church.I haven’t set foot in one in over a decade.I don’t feel like I’ll ever belong there.

So true for me I love my Lord Jesus but at the same time I don't feel comfortable in church cause everyone judges me I am an empath so I feel everybody's emotions in the church the way I'm talked to and treated I just don't feel I belong in church.

Height of heights aloft... imaginations of an ego, haberdashery ovulating hell’s alone...so sweet... stained soft...

Sadly, the church's biggest downfall, says it all .. Beautiful!

Churches are turning into concert halls........churches need to go back to what they are supposed to be there for. To learn, worship and prayer and praise God.
Nehemiah 8:1-12

Where are the rules that govern? Is it polytheism for the few and Monogamy for the many?

so many times you walk in a church with fake people painting fake smiles. one day I got tired. I was going to end it. when a tiny voice said "I'm not done with you yet" so trading a fake smile for a real one follow wherever he may lead. even if it doesn't make sense. because it never does at the beginning

This is why I believe on my own without a church. People hurt people.

I won't hide from it, I had a very bad experience in a Baptist Church that caused me into demonic interests and atheism, eventually into paganism, now looking back and hearing this band, my faith in God is stronger than ever

I need Christ in my life again... feels so distant at this point :/

amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
why does no one hear me!???????????

BEAUTIFUL...No truer lyrics.
Thank you, Shabbat Shalom🌹

Casting Crowns seems to be the only Christian band that actually calls out the hypocrisy found in church and among other Christians.

I just watched ‘The Violin Lesson’ episode from the television show ‘Touched by an Angel’ and it reminded me of this song. If you’ve seen it, you’ll know why.

Need some prayers please.

I am a freshmen in College and the songs that this group sings REALLY, truly, and altogether encourage me to keep going on through all my classes. I am an engineering major and English is not my favorite subject, never has been; therefore, this song describes me whenever I am in English. Just smile and say I like it even when I know in my heart what I just said in false and I'm just trying to convince myself and everyone else its true. Even though I don't enjoy English I know that one day all those lessons will come in handy. I know that God has a plan for me and I wish that I knew how everything will play out but I also know that the latter will never happen until after I am on my knees in his throne room. Give God the glory!

I used to love this band. I used to love this song. As I read these comments, I can only think of how people agree with them. Then I look at my life, and all I can think, is that it's bullshit.

i wish i could just die and be with Jesus because i HATE life

this guy 168 an alternative is to be with Jesus now and enjoy Life with Him, before Heaven. He has so much in store for you in this life, even if it doesn't make any sense right now. YOU CAN BE HAPPY HERE AND NOW WITH JESUS! I'm Praying for you🙏

I used to struggle with depression and suicidal thoughts and cutting but I don't any more I still have a struggle with sexual sins but thats getting better also I look back and see how far I've come but look forward and see how much I still have to go it's a long journey back to God but it's worth while keep pressing on no matter what fire you're going through

God bless you

What a great post. I shall hold you in my prayers.

I don't know your age, but for me, age set me free as did God from sexual thoughts and sins. A blessing of old age for some...but as a nurse I confess that many even in old age are still obsessed with sexual thoughts. I have no feelings for that since being car jacked, kidnapped, and raped until I was almost dead. That on top of the abuse I suffered during my early life makes sex unappealing to me completely. I wish I could be a better wife to my husband, but he understands...his is the picture, I'm a lady. I unfortunately still cut, it is sometimes the only way I can stop all the thoughts and stay safe. I do get suicidal at times. I want to go home very badly and pray to God to let me come home. But He has his own plans for me. I can't imagine what they are, as I am home bound and disabled now. Once a nurse, now I live in a small room secluded from people except those on social media. I will pray for your continued faith and journey on the narrow path we that are saved walk.

Being Christian and struggling with depression :/

Holly Walker praying for you sister

Holly Walker me as well always I will pray for you

Praying for you

Praying for you sister, if you'd like to talk about anything your family in Christ is here for you :) Have a good week <3

I love this song.

Listened to this first in 2010 when I was going through a high level of depression. Relistening to it now and realizing how far I've come thanks to God's grace.

Awesome Chris! I'm depressed now...hope to lift out of it!

I was honestly thinking the same thing about myself.

I want to kill myself

@the lego guy 168 you shouldn't feel like that i went through a really strong depression this past june a girl i thought loved me changed on me and made me look like the bad guy when in reality i loved her deeply. Depression is hard but its not impossible to get past keep your head up and thank god every day you wake up bc there is some people that dont want help you are a child of god pray for a better out come and your pain will be lifted

I asked Jesus,"How much do You love me? Do you even?" He replied and said "Yes, and this much." As He spread His arms on that cross, and nailed to it... He died for me. And He said, "I would do it all over again if I had to... Just for you."

AMEN to that!!!! God bless you. That was very touching personally for me.

“...from one scarred hand to the other” https://youtu.be/V_J34QyY0Pk

Amen...he has "set me free" and forgiven and forgotten my sins "as far as the east is from the west..."

great songs

I love this song it is my life❤❤❤❤❤❤

I love it with all my heart

I love that song.😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉

we fail every day to do the then we know we should do so yes we live in a stain glass masquerade

I love that Casting Crowns always touches on the difficult stuff. In the last men's group at my church, I broke the "stained glass masquerade" and revealed that I have PTSD, and the person next to me opened up and revealed that he struggled with suicidal feelings before coming to God. It's so important to share your struggles with the church, that's what it's there for.

James 5:16 says, "Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." Yes, one reason for confession is for obvious forgiveness and remission of sins from God, but in this verse's context, we're commanded to confess and "open up" to each other specifically for us to heal and encourage each other. Yes, we can individually pray for ourselves for victory and healing, but I think the Father's heart is for us as a community to be a part of that healing and conquering process, to involve as many believers as He can in His work.

Oh that's a beautiful testimony! I would love to have a church family like yours to attend with. Our church is gone to Heaven now...my dad was a pastor and it is all gone now to the other side of the veil. The other church we loved ended too. I am now disabled and home bound d/t chronic physical and mental health issues. I would not be comfortable going to a church now. But I do have lovely Christian friends that are very supportive and we pray for each other. I will pray for you too now. I have DID and PTSD, am an old retired nurse with much physically wrong and deal with severe chronic pain. I would appreciate prayers if you like to pray for others. It helps me get out of myself. Glad you have this in your life!

We should avoid judging others. Prejudice and being judgemental is a carcinogenic issue that we as sons and daughters of the Lord should avoid. We should help and love each other instead.

Nidia Maldonado amen!!! I have always disliked prejudice it breaks my heart to watch it even before I started to go to church

this song bring out what most people have gone through one time in their growth in faith thanks

I'm still going through depression but I'm afraid to say anything cause people like to judge you before they get to see the real you...

+Rosalie Hale
dont worry you are perfect the way u are

Thanks if only I could get past it

+Rosalie Hale
you can i believe in you!!

+Harely Quinn Hang on, you'll make it through!!! There are Christian counselors out there who can help you. :) I'm going through my own struggles with depression and anxiety, and I know how difficult it can be in church when no one understands.

*loves you (sorry for my bad spelling, I'm really tired)

This song has made such an impact on my life in the past six months... I break down almost every time I hear it because every lyric has some meaning for me... Showing people our true selves is so hard... We often think that we always have to have it together... But as I'm learning, 'Its ok to not be ok'... To anyone out there who is struggling, I want you to know that you are not alone and that you can find comfort in God's love and grace... He cares for you... I know what it is to be broken and I know what it is to feel like there is no hope but there is always hope and there is always someone who lobes you... 1 Peter 5:7

I joined a small group just recently a couple of weeks ago, and this was me and how I felt this weekend at Break Away (a Christian college ministry and all of the college students from around Texas joined- there were 1,500 students that attended and everyone was singing praise songs like the song "Good Good Father" and everyone was truly worshipping Him and I asked for His forgiveness multiple times, but I realized that even though I love Him and I believe in Him, I just didn't truly trust in Him and my heart was feeling cold and bitter again so I soaked in the words that were sung and prayed to God. Needless to say, my small group leader still hasn't given up on me after all this time when she easily could have. I've told her all of the trials and stresses that I've been dealing with and going through and she even sat with me when I went to a health counseling center for the first time ever and she hasn't left my side. Jesus Christ's love is in her and it shows! I'm so thankful for her, she hasn't given up on me nor has God (3 in 1) even when I gave up on myself. I trust Him now completely (while I still have to admit I will still have troubles and I have to remind myself daily to continue to trust in Him) and it is amazing. Romans 5:1-5 "Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us." Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight."

Terrie Newman I go to church with my dad's family who I live with and I was always very quiet I'm slowly starting to come out of my shell but there are still times I feel this way I don't know who to talk to and I'm still scared to trust in God my mom was and still is a drug addict and alcoholic my sister is happier with my aunt I never really had people to trust growing up and I don't know what to do and I love going to church to worship God and Jesus but I'm still scared

Beautifully written gift for us all. Thank you Terrie.

<3 "Stained Glass Masquerade"

What's the point of bringing souls to god in the church if all your going to do is ignore there cries for help like the rest of the world does?

the lawfull they will ignore you, yep they will but Jesus Christ wont.

I feel this way about my pastor he smiles with his painted grin but when it comes the time to help he doesn't lift a finger

Someone I knew needed money for groceries and they thought they were going to go shopping with the money so they didn't help my starving friends

@the lawfull this song is not about blaming people, its about repenting as a christian as an individual ot trying to impress people and realizing that we don't have to pretend, God is there to help us , first and for most bring us closer to Him and heal us within~

the lawfull I'm so sorry to hear your story, u know Christians aren't perfect eighter. But i'll pray for you. I hope some day your heart will be reached by God.

I love this song.So many people go to church out of habit or to look a certain way instead of going to church to give God thanks and praise for all the blessings that we receive.    I am so blessed that I have found a church that truly praises God with all the love and thanks that we owe our God.If I could say just one thing to someone who is having a rough time it would be(surrender to God he loves you and he feels your pain, let him in, let him break down the walls that you 've put up to hide your pain,Jesus has already paid for your sin!                       He is waiting for you arms open!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is my favorite song

Very powerful song. Evey words is just touching and true❤❤

If only they saw the pain . Behind my painted grin . Theyd know why I never speak . While I always fake sleep. Maybe in the end. Theyll see past the veil

Carolyn Barton I can't really say anything else, but i will pray for you!

I am a happy plastic person . I walk around like everything is okay.

I want to break down but I cant

Love this song! It's so true and very deep.. no other Christian group I've heard has ever sung about this truth. We really need to stop playing church..

"Rose Colored Stained Glass Windows" by Petra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahcvBSbdces

I feel sad to say it but this is how I've been feeling in my church like I have to play a part and put on a smile when its just I wanna break down.

I felt same way. So I left. But their song set me free is convicting me

@Savannah HutchinsThat is just what satan wants you to believe, you should talk to your pastor and his wife about what your struggles are, they are there to help you make good decisions and lead you closer to God through His grace-trust me no one they have all made mistakes and want to help- and the more you become the more you will realize that, just make sure you are open with people who will lead you closer to God, If you are a girl I would suggest a women if a boy then speak to a man~ If your afraid of talking at first, send them a text or write a letter, and then theyll respond and you feel more able to talk to them in person after. That is what this song is about, letting God break us, finding our comfort in Him and being more true with our church family and it will help you make stronger and wiser decidions, it will help you forgive yourself and others and help you come stronger putting away sin you may be strugling with~ Cause you will realize God loves you and so do those who truly live there lives with GOd, you have to make a step though and become open with them, trust me, its gets better and easier after :), GOd bless

this is so true amen

so much people heave this problem! 
good luck for the people who have this

Atheist but I love this song

+Yourangmyfriend? if you love this song then God has touched your heart please just listen to it ..he will show the way

If sometime in your
past you have accepted Jesus into your heart as Savior, then know you can not
lose your salvation.

 

Once Saved, Always
Saved!

 

Don't let the devil,
churches & what other people do or say about you, rule your life and steal
your joy.

 

You are a daughter
or son of the Most High God.

 

Occupy your
territory until the Prince of Peace & King of King returns.

 

And for those of you
who have not accepted Jesus into your heart, what are you waiting for…

HEAVEN exist and
that is our inheritance.

 

Even so, come
quickly, Lord Jesus

YAHWEH

 

Yah·weh

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noun

noun: Yahweh; noun:
Yahveh

1. a form of the
Hebrew name of God used in the Bible. The name came to be regarded by Jews (
circa 300 BC) as too sacred to be spoken, and the vowel sounds are uncertain.

if you love this song then you know there is a higher power out there

This is me!!!!!!

Yeah, so true, this song is just like me and many others... know that we're not alone though

Please pray for me. Been feeling like this a lot lately.

I'd love to share my story from the last few months with a friend, but i dont want to let them worry...

you can share it with Jesus he is always there to listen, I have been in a similar situation, when there was n one to tell I told it all to Jesus,now I feel peace and I trust GOD even better

Done already! He is the one you can always trust. Thank you for reminding! Oh, and the song is beautiful!

Should remind us the love of Christ is never hidden behind a mask.

Mark Caroll amen!!

Mark Caroll amen

this is my song 

Sometimes the biggest smiles hide the biggest pain.

Proverbs 14:13b "When happiness is gone, sorrow is always there." GNB

i have felt like a pearson that i just cover the weaknes inside just so that they will not think wrong of me i should not do that now i feel so fake ....sorry Lord

...cried... :& :( 

with a painted grin I play the part again... I feel like that so much of the time! To just about everyone I am so happy and positive, people ask me how. In the inside I just feel so ripped apart... I hoped that I wasn't the only one and I realize I'm not. This song just spoke to me... it made me feel like I wasn't alone. I love this song! It's so real.

I used to wear a mask that help a perfect smile no tears no fails and no problems. Now I don't

Awesome song

To think we are something when we are nothing is 2 only deceive ourselves!We welcome sinners because we are sinners, we love US not by what we know bout US but because he knows all of US! Jesus guided us to unite with the light, to learn truth, to seek y we are ALL called children of God, We put our belief, our judgement, ourselves in OUR equation period, who r we? Be still and let him b GOD! We cant control any man or anything in this world we ourselves did not create!we are not GOD know this

when we are weak he is so very strong.May he keep US broken enough here in our wings so we may feel what our brothers and sister feel!So we can pray with us instead of for us!May our light b the fire the spark we need in our eyes to see the love of God that is in and surrounds us all!We see his hand reaching out to us when we are weak!Only if we knew who we really are!we reach out to save ourselves from ourselves!we are the blind leading the blind!we give God our ears, eyes, and arms and faith!

God we remember the steal knife that proved over and over that only what we think and believe can destroy ourselves!We to demanded you to take our last breath and give it away to some one else that wanted it!We too remember when we finally had nothing not even a prayer or the words to make a prayer request, in that moment is when we felt the healing hand of God and our hearts guided US to truth where there we learned about our helper the holy spirit who fills us and works w us to live life w U!

When we walk into a church were welcome by judgment, by beliefs, by dominations powered by our imaginations! We put Us in what we think the bible is to what all should think it is. We are not being still and letting U be God !We beat people w the BIBLE and expect then to like it w what we think we r doing, who r WE,we did NOT ask for OUR discipline we only walked asking for OUR acceptance, forgiveness, for the love and light we are!We walk in knowing were lost, knowing lifes outta our hands!Amen

I love this because it is a stable reminder of this to me. I feel like this a lot and know I feel free to be myself all the time :)

So many of us are worried about what yours may think of the we act like .But this song made me realize that the only one that we need to worry about is our God.And if he is happy with you then u are good

i am the same way. i fear of being judged by everyone i meet. i allow myself to freak out about retarded things like what others will think of me. i fell into 2 "quiet depressions" in 6th and 8th grade, and almost started cutting myself.
what we have to realize is that the the only One who is always right knows we are each worth dying for. as for going to church maybe try ellerslie.comm for powerful messages of the Gospel, made by the famous Eric Ludy.

I can relate so much

I sing for my church and the person in charge of choosing the songs and the last two times I have been schedualed to sing I sang the song "The altar and the door" and when he told me i was singing it I looked it up to see how it went and wow that song shook me up and then he schedualed me to sing this song, another one by them I never heard and here I am again broken hearted because of a song. God works so miraculously!!

This song touched me deeply, so unexpectedly. Thank God, I don't have any terrifying struggles right now but I know that almost every one of us does. And the lyrics made me think - what if I am a "happy plastic person" to others, what if my attitude doesn't let them open up and share their hurt? Why do we do it in the church, why do we pretend, why are we afraid of what others think? How can it be changed? Oh, it is so sad. Lord, please, change our hearts so that we don't judge one another.

...burdening them, the real troubles under the masquerade. I could just sense that we had all found a safe place to put our burdens down, abandon the fake smile, if only for a while. We were friends before, but so much closer after. We knew our weaknesses, our faults, our failures. And we found we weren't alone, weren't the only one feeling weak.
We still smiled for the others, but alone we could be true.

And sometimes, it just takes one to be real, for others to feel safe to, as well.

Heh. The masquerade... I don't try to fake it, I just stay silent. That is, until I meet someone else needing to shed it.

At camp this summer, we had wing chapel. The counselor shared her testimony, and then asked if anyone else wanted to. Two did, but, it seemed to me they were holding back. Like they were afraid to drop the mask completely. I then shared mine... and mines very dark. That opened the floodgate. Maybe being vulnerable inspires trust, but the others shared what was truly...

We have God on our side; why should we fear?

Romans 12:2 (The Message) Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. Unfortunately I'm not finding it that easy. Fear of letting people in creates a wall from the pain. And if people saw what was there; the doubt and fears that are in my heart would the love of Jesus be enough to make them stay? I just don't know... Smiles to hide our pain, well that line sounds far too familiar!!

i agree

Never Let go by Matt Redman

The 11 people who dislike this song are clearly in denile about how they are around other people.

hey sweetheart. I self harm as well you can get through this. although you may not be able to go to church just read the bible and listen to his music and worship on your own. you shouldn't be judged in a church. I also have depression and with the help of Jesus you can over come anything. good luck

This song is so absolutely true. Its something I think about sometimes, and also how I feel in church on many occasions.

Also, if He is with us, then who can be against us?

Feelingsforpotatoes, ill pray for u and just remember what Jesus did so that we could be more than conquerers! Pray to God that you can have a way to draw closer to him, He is always faithful to his promises and to those who seek after his heart. Ask and it will be given knock and the door will be opened seek and it will be found. I know sometimes God can feel so for away but Jesus showed us that He is not only close to us... he is in us. Live for Jesus and let the holy spirit guide u

i was the same way.its still so hard to not cut.but you can do it,god will give you strength :) stay strong

This is my life at church in a song. God you are almighty and powerful. I love you.

I feel horrible. Honestly, from the time I was about 3 I begged my parents to take me to church. But they aren't exactly deeply religious. They believe in God, and are Christians, but I have begged and begged for them to take me and they still say no due to THEIR preferences of worship. I am now 14 and I am diagnosed with severe clinical depression and I self harm. I feel like only God can help me put of this, and I want to worship Jesus as my savior. But I am afraid I will be judged. Help!!

@rebeccaparker, Same here! My parents took me to this little Christian bookstore called The Bookery and I picked this out. Loved it ever since. Always will

God takes all the pain away, amen? You can be open to people, but He loves it when you're open to Him

I love Casting Crowns I cant wait to see them live!