Object Lesson - Chopsticks Christian Living

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We just celebrated Chinese New

Year here in Asia, which gave me
the idea of games using
chopsticks. Chopsticks always
come in pairs and work together
to pick up items. It reminds me of
the Helper, the Holy spirit, who
always works along side us to
accomplish God's purpose in our
lives and the world.
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Games Using Chopsticks

NOTE: For these games you will
need Chinese chopsticks (kebab
sticks or even a couple of pencils
could be used if you have a hard
time finding chopsticks). You could
also try your local Chinese takeout
to grab some chopsticks. As
awards you can use martial arts
designations like Blackbelt in
Chopsticks. (Yellow Belt, Orange
Belt, Green Belt, Brown Belt, Black
Belt)
Chopsticks & ping pong ball relay

give every team member a pair of
chopsticks and line them up in a
row. With one hand behind their
backs, team members must pass a
ping pong ball down the line. The
first team to pass the ball to the
end of the line wins.
On the Hook In this game,

contestants must hold a chopstick
in their mouth, attached to a piece
of string and an open paper clip.
The contestant has to fish 4 keys off
a stand (or stool) within 60
seconds. Alternatively, the Team to
get all four in the fastest time wins.
Chopstick Transfer For this game you

will need a pair of Chopsticks, a bowl
& Plate for each team. You will also
need some items to pick up with
chopsticks. Marshmallows or cotton
balls are easy, but you can also use
peanuts, uncooked rice grains, peas,
beans, jelly means, M&ms, ice cubes,
small candies, popcorn, peanuts, and
even marbles. Set a timer or
stopwatch for 1 Minute. See how
many Items can be transferred from
the Bowl to the plate in 1 Minute
using the chopsticks in one hand only.
Who ever can transfer the most in that
time Wins. Alternatively put different
items in the bowl with more difficult
items being with more points.
Chopstick Pickup Dash Played

like chopstick transfer, place the
bowl and plate about eight feet
apart. Some objects are easier to
carry than others. Each youths
bowl should contain the same
number of items. Using only their
chopsticks, the participants carry
the items from the bowl to the
plate. Each team member takes a
turn carrying an item before
handing the chopsticks off to the
next player.
Chopstick in the Hole You need at

least two youth to play this game. Give
each player a single chopstick. Tie a
string around the end of the chopstick.
For youth, tie the other end of the
string around the waist. Younger
children can play with the string tied to
their wrist. The object of this game is
to get the chopstick into a glass bottle
(or any other object with a small hole
at the top) without using hands. Have
the participants lean over the bottle
and try to lower the chopstick through
the hole. The first one to get it in wins.
This game works as a relay as well.
Choose teams. Time the rounds instead
of stopping when the first player
succeeds. The team with the most
chopsticks in the hole wins.
Chicken Wok Youth line up in two

teams with the first person from each
team standing
on a starting line. Give the first youth
in line two chopsticks. On the signal to
begin, the first student will pick up the
rubber chicken from inside a hula
hoop using only chopsticks. (They may
not use hands or stick the chopstick
inside the chicken). If you cant get
rubber chickens you can also use bean
bags, or a blown up rubber glove. They
will have to bring the chicken down to
their wok or stir fry pan, then give the
sticks to the next youth in line, who
then repeats the process. The process
continues until everyone has had a
turn. First team to have every person
go wins.
Chopstick M&m Sort For each

team, put a bag of m&ms in a
bowl. Team members must hold
one hand behind their backs and
use chopsticks to seperate the
colors into different bowls. The
team to correctly separate the
most M&ms in 1 minute wins.
Nut Job Arrange 8 iron nuts in a
row at the end of a table and
provide the contestant with a
chopstick. The contestant has to
string the nuts into the chopsticks
without using his hands. All 8 nuts
have to be on the chopstick at the
end of the minute.
Balance Pasta With Chopstick

For each team, you will need 7-8
Mezze Penne uncooked pasta
pieces and a pair of chopsticks. As
the time starts, the participants
have to grab the chopstick and
place it into their mouth. Once
the chopstick is placed in their
mouth, the participants are not
allowed to use their hands. They
have to keep them behind their
backs. The participants must pick
up the pennes one by one using
the chopstick in their mouth.
The participants should be careful

while picking up the pennes so
that the pennes already on the
chopstick do not fall off. If they fall
on the ground they can not be
picked up, but if they fall on the
table they can pick them up again.
Penne can touch a participants
lips, but they should not enter
their mouth. The participant who
is able to hold the maximum
penne pasta on his/her chopstick
in one minute wins.
Chocolate and chopsticks Place

a chocolate block in the center of
the table. The candy should stay
in its wrapper and, to make the
game last longer, you could wrap
the chocolate block in layers of
gift-wrapping paper as well. Each
person sitting around the table
takes a turn at rolling the dice.
The 1st person who rolls a six gets
to start eating the chocolate block
but only with one hand behind
his or her back and using only a
pair of chopsticks.
While they are getting ready to

eat the chocolate block, the group
keeps taking turns rolling the dice.
If someone rolls a six, then the
person who rolled the six before
him relinquishes his right to the
chocolate block, and the 2nd
person must try to eat the
chocolate before someone else
rolls six. The game is over when
the block of chocolate is finished.
This can also be played with
packages of M&ms.
Pick-up Sticks with wooden

chopsticks Split a class into small
groups. One youth on each team
starts the game by dropping a handful
of chopsticks on a table or floor. The
chopsticks will end up in a pile. Each
participant on the team must remove
a chopstick from the pile without
touching or moving any of the other
sticks. If a youth fails, he or she loses
their turn. The student(s) with the
most chopsticks at the end of the
game is the winner. To add an
interesting twist, Roll a slip of paper
with a scripture verse around some of
them. A piece of tape or glue will help
hold the paper in place.
Tallest Tower Have students

work in teams to construct towers
out of wooden chopsticks. You
can add rubber bands or only
permit participants to use the
plastic or paper wrapper that
pairs of chopsticks usually come
with to tie their towers together.
The team that builds the tallest
tower in a designated amount of
time wins.
Jelly Feast Most jelly eaten with
chopsticks in one minute wins.
Lemon Roll You will need a

pair of chopsticks, One lemon
and a timer. The objective is to
get the lemon from you to the
next person on your team, and
eventually all the way to the end
of the line. participants may only
use the chopsticks to manipulate
the lemon.
Jolly Javelin Use individual
chopsticks as a javelin. The
youth who tosses it the furthest
wins.
Pass the Object Arrange the

youth in a circle and give them
each a pair of chopsticks. Choose
an object such as a marshmallow,
a peanut, a walnut, a gummy bear
or a marble. Give the item to one
youth to start the game. The
youth should pass the item
around the circle using their
chopsticks. If someone drops the
item, he is out. Move the circle in
and continue the game until there
is only one player left standing.
Chop Stack In one minute or

less, use a standard pair of
chopsticks to grab and stack four
tubes of lip balm, creating a
vertical tower. Place the chopsticks
on the table, as well as the four
tubes of lip balm. The lip balms
should be resting horizontally (on
their sides) rather than standing
up. The contestant starts off by
standing in front of the table,
facing the laid-out supplies. Start
the timer. The player can now pick
up the chopsticks and arrange
them in one hand, using them in
the traditional manner.
Then, he or she picks up the tubes of

lip balm, one at a time, and stacks
them. The tubes must stand straight
up (with the lid facing upwards), and
the completed tower of four lip balm
tubes must be free-standing. The
tower of tubes must remain
standing, without any support, for
three seconds to qualify. Complete
this task in one minute or less and
you win the game. As a team
competition you can do the fastest
time or the team member who gets
the most in one minute.
Chopsticks On A Jar You will need

one wide-mouthed container, such
as a peanut butter jar and several
pairs of chopsticks. The groups goal
is to have all of the chopsticks
successfully balanced on top of the
jar simultaneously. Each youth
takes a turn placing one of the
chopsticks on the mouth of the
container. The youth attempts to
place his/her chopsticks without
spilling any of the previously placed
chopsticks. At the end of one
minute, the team with the most
chopsticks balanced on the jar
wins.
Jacks Divide the youth into

groups of three. Give each group
a rubber ball or tennis ball and
ten chopsticks. Each youth in the
group will have a turn. The first
youth in the group will take the
bundle of 10 chopsticks and
spread them on the ground.
Sitting down in front of the group
of sticks, throw the ball up (not
too high). Quickly pick up one
chopstick and then catch the ball,
allowing the ball to bounce just
once. Continue the game until all
the sticks are retrieved one at a
time.
If the person cannot pick up the

chopstick or misses the ball,
his/her turn is ended. If the
person successfully picks up the
ten sticks he/she goes on to the
next step. The next step is picking
up chopsticks by twos. Then
picking up chopsticks by threes,
then by fours, fives, sixes,
sevens, eights nines, and all ten.
After all these steps have been
completed, the player will hold all
ten chopsticks in one hand and
tap them on the ground three
times while the ball bounces
once. The first player to complete
all these steps wins the game!
Crossed or uncrossed Take a

couple of chopsticks.. sit in a
circle and explain to the Youth
that they have to figure out the
secret to this game. Key a few
youth in before you start. Pass
the chopsticks to your right
asking, Are they crossed or
uncrossed? The key to this game
has nothing to do with the
chopsticks being passed.
The answer depends on the legs

of the person doing the passing, if
the legs, ankles, feet of the passer
are crossed, the answer is
Crossed, if they are uncrossed,
the answer is uncrossed. Again,
as the game goes on, make the
crossing of the legs more obvious.
These games are fun when you
exaggerate the motion or
positioning of the objects they are
trying to figure out because the
key has nothing to do with the
object.
TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL

MAKE IT SPIRITUAL
Lessons from Chopsticks
Chopsticks Only Work in Pairs
Since chopsticks must be used in
pairs, in Chinese culture, it stands
for close cooperation.
Patience It takes patience and
care. Sometimes instead of rushing
we need to wait on God and His
timing.
Only pick up one thing at a time
We often try to do too much at
once, but sometimes we need to
fully focus on only one task at a
time and seek Gods direction for
what he wants us to focus on at the
time.
Dont hold on too tight

Sometimes God chooses a
delicate and gentle touch, a
quiet whisper, to accomplish
mighty things.
No matter how careful you are,
sometimes youll drop
something. God chooses to use
us even though he knows we
will fail him. But he is always
merciful and redemptive and
will pick us back up and use in
might ways for His glory.
After Jesus announced to His disciples

that He would be leaving them soon, He
encouraged them: And I will ask the
Father, and He will give you another
Counselor to be with you forever the
Spirit of Truth (John 14:16=17). The
Greek word translated Comforter or
Counselor or advocate (as found in
John 14:16, 26; 15:26; and 16:7) is
parakletos. It is made up of the
preposition para, beside, and the
adjective kle-tos, called. It means to
come alongside to help, one called to
the side of another, with the secondary
idea of counseling or supporting him or
her. A paraklete is someone who can do
something for you that you cannot by
yourself.
MAKE IT PRACTICAL
In John 14, how does Jesus say
the Holy Spirit will help the
disciples?
What does it mean that the Holy
Spirit is our Paraklete? Our
Helper?
What are the benefits of having
the Holy Spirit as a helper
alongside us?
What roles does the Holy Spirit
have in our lives and in the
world? What does he help us
with?
MAKE IT PERSONAL
What choices do you have
to make this week that
you need the Holy Spirits
help with?
What thing do you need to
do this week that you
need the Holy Spirits help
with?
SCRIPTURES RELATED TO THE ROLES

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Conviction John 16:8 And when
he comes, he will convict the world
of its sin, and of Gods righteousness,
and of the coming judgment.
Baptism Matthew 3:11 I baptize
you with water for repentance. But
after me comes one who is more
powerful than I, whose sandals I am
not worthy to carry. He will baptize
you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Mark 1:8 I baptize you with water,
but he will baptize you with the Holy
Spirit.
Regeneration Titus 3:5 he saved

us, not because of righteous things
we had done, but because of his
mercy. He saved us through the
washing of rebirth and renewal by
the Holy Spirit, John 3:5-8 Jesus
answered, Very truly I tell you, no
one can enter the kingdom of God
unless they are born of water and
the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh,
but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You
should not be surprised at my saying,
You must be born again. The wind
blows wherever it pleases. You hear
its sound, but you cannot tell where
it comes from or where it is going. So
it is with everyone born of the
Spirit.
Indwelling John 14:17 the Spirit

of truth. The world cannot accept
him, because it neither sees him nor
knows him. But you know him, for he
lives with you and will be in you. I
Corinthians 3:16 Dont you know
that you yourselves are Gods temple
and that Gods Spirit dwells in your
midst? (See also 6:19)
Sealing Ephesians 4:30 And do
not grieve the Holy Spirit of God,
with whom you were sealed for the
day of redemption. II Corinthians
1:22 set his seal of ownership on
us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as
a deposit, guaranteeing what is to
come.
Filling Ephesians 5:18 Do not get

drunk on wine, which leads to
debauchery. Instead, be filled with
the Spirit,
Guiding Galatians 5:25 Since we
live by the Spirit, let us keep in step
with the Spirit. Galatians 5:16 So
I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will
not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Romans 8:14 For those who are
led by the Spirit of God are the
children of God.
Development of Christian fruit

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of
the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
forbearance, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness and selfcontrol. Against such things there is
no law.
Gives us spiritual gifts I Corinthians
12, Romans 12:3-8, and 1 Peter 4:1011 reveal the names of many gifts
Gods Spirit provides to believers.
Each believer has at least one (1
Corinthians 12:7), and each person is
specifically gifted for the acts of
service God has prepared for him or
her (Ephesians 2:10).
Teaching Jesus promised that when

the Spirit came he would lead
believers into truth. The Spirit
illuminates the mind of the believer
to the revelation of Gods will
through his Word. John 14:26
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in my
name, will teach you all things and
will remind you of everything I have
said to you. John 16:13 But when
he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will
guide you into all the truth. He will
not speak on his own; he will speak
only what he hears, and he will tell
you what is yet to come.
2 Tim 3:16-17 All Scripture is given

by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in
righteousness, that the man of God
may be complete, thoroughly
equipped for every good work. 1
John 2:27 As for you, the anointing
you received from him remains in
you, and you do not need anyone to
teach you. But as his anointing
teaches you about all things and as
that anointing is real, not counterfeit
just as it has taught you, remain in
him.
Empowers us for all aspects of the

Christian Life and transformation
Ephesians 3:14-19 For this reason I
kneel before the Father, from whom
every family in heaven and on earth
derives its name. I pray that out of his
glorious riches he may strengthen you
with power through his Spirit in your
inner being, so that Christ may dwell
in your hearts through faith. And I
pray that you, being rooted and
established in love, may have power,
together with all the Lords holy
people, to grasp how wide and long
and high and deep is the love of
Christ, and to know this love that
surpasses knowledge that you may
be filled to the measure of all the
fullness of God.
Assists in evangelism Acts 1:8

But you will receive power when
the Holy Spirit comes on you; and
you will be my witnesses in
Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
Samaria, and to the ends of the
earth. Acts 4:31 After they
prayed, the place where they were
meeting was shaken. And they were
all filled with the Holy Spirit and
spoke the word of God boldly.
Prayer Romans 8:26 In the same
way the Spirit also helps our
weakness; for we do not know how
to pray as we should, but the Spirit
Himself intercedes for us with
groaning too deep for words
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We just celebrated Chinese New

Games Using Chopsticks

Chopsticks & ping pong ball relay

On the Hook In this game,

Chopstick Transfer For this game you

Chopstick Pickup Dash Played

Chopstick in the Hole You need at

Chicken Wok Youth line up in two

Chopstick M&m Sort For each

Balance Pasta With Chopstick

The participants should be careful

Chocolate and chopsticks Place

While they are getting ready to

Pick-up Sticks with wooden

Tallest Tower Have students

Lemon Roll You will need a

Pass the Object Arrange the

Chop Stack In one minute or

Then, he or she picks up the tubes of

Chopsticks On A Jar You will need

Jacks Divide the youth into

If the person cannot pick up the

Crossed or uncrossed Take a

The answer depends on the legs

TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Dont hold on too tight

After Jesus announced to His disciples

SCRIPTURES RELATED TO THE ROLES

Regeneration Titus 3:5 he saved

Indwelling John 14:17 the Spirit

Filling Ephesians 5:18 Do not get

Development of Christian fruit

Teaching Jesus promised that when

2 Tim 3:16-17 All Scripture is given

Empowers us for all aspects of the

Assists in evangelism Acts 1:8

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