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Elijah Fed By Ravens (1 Kings 17)

Main Point: God provides for those who trust in Him.

Key Verse: The jar of flour wasn’t used up. The jug always had oil in it. That’s what the Lord had said would happen. He had spoken that message through Elijah. - I Kings 17:16

Materials: “The Lord Said It” gameboard (Leader, before you play the game with your group, you will need to cut out the game pieces from the bottom of the board so that each child in your group has one.) Dice

Personal Connection:

• Say: This story about how God provided a constant supply of food to Elijah in the middle of the drought is so amazing! God supplies all of our needs, and when He provides during difficult times, we can clearly see that it is God who is the Source of everything we need! Elijah could not provide for himself; he had to trust God. Leader, share about a time when you trusted God to provide for you or your family during a difficult time.

• Say: Let’s read 1 Kings 17:16 together. Read the verse together. When the Lord says He is going to do something, He always keeps His promises. We can trust God every single time! We show God our trust when we obey Him. Every time we obey Him, He freely pours out His blessings on us and provides for our needs!

Hands on Application:

• Lay out the game board and have each student write their name on their game piece.

• Say: We are going to play a game called “The Lord Said It.” Just like Elijah had to make a choice to obey God when he heard God tell him to do something, we have to make choices everyday to obey what God is telling us to do. This game will help us practice making those decisions. Play the game together.

Group Discussion:

• Say: You may be thinking to yourself, “But Elijah was a special prophet of God. God chose him to amazing miracles and I could never do those cool things.” Let’s take a look at James 5:17-18. Read the verses together.

• Ask: Did those verses tell us that Elijah had special powers? Did it say that only a few people in history would be able to do amazing things for God? NO! Elijah was a normal person just like us, but he did trust a powerful, amazing God! We can trust God, too, and get to know Him when we read His Word!

Conversation with God (Prayer):

Pray that your children will learn to actively trust God! Fill in the prayer journal and close in prayer.

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Elijah Fed by Ravens

|The Lord Said It . . . |The Lord Said It . . . |

|Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in |“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be|

|Christ, God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 |sons of your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:44-45 |

|Can You Do It? |Can You Do It? |

| | |

|Jaime’s sister broke his fish bowl accidentally while trying to get a book |Franco and David started making fun of Justin because he decided not to |

|off the shelf. After rescuing the fish, and cleaning up the huge mess, |join the baseball team this season. While baseball is his favorite sport, |

|Jaime was not feeling very happy with his sister, but he remembered the |Justin knew most of the games would be on Sunday mornings. Franco and David|

|command in Ephesians 4:32 |called him a Jesus Freak because Justin knew church was more important than|

| |playing on the team. |

|Jaime has a choice to make. Should he | |

|Yell at his sister for not paying attention to what she was doing while |Should Justin |

|grabbing the book? (Go backwards one space) |Go out of his way to be nice to Franco and David and pray for them? (Go |

|Remember that accidents happen and put the fish in a safer place so no one |forward three spaces) |

|else in the family accidentally hits it again? (Go forward two spaces) |Tell them they’re jerks and should go to church to learn some manners? (Go |

| |backwards three spaces) |

|The Lord Said It . . . |The Lord Said It . . . |

|For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also |Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat |

|forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their sins, neither will your|or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not |

|Father forgive your sins. Matthew 5:14-15 |life more than food, and the body more than clothing? But if God so clothes|

|Can You Do It? |the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into |

|Vanessa is so ticked off at her sister. This is the third time this week |the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Matthew |

|her sister borrowed clothes from her closet without asking. |6:25, 30 |

| |Can You Do It? |

|Should Vanessa |Ramira is worried. Her dad lost his job last week and already money is big |

|Lovingly remind her sister again to ask before borrowing her clothes? |family concern. |

|Especially when she remembers that two weeks ago she had to borrow her | |

|sister’s shoes for a special event. (Go forward two spaces) |Should Ramira |

|Storm into her sister’s room and tell her to never come near her closet |Lie awake at night wondering what her family is going to do if they can’t |

|again? (Go backward three spaces) |get enough food to eat or have money to buy new clothes? (Go backward one |

| |space) |

| |Ask God to take care of her family and trust that He will make sure they |

| |have enough to eat and clothes to wear? (Go forward four spaces) |

|The Lord Said It . . . |The Lord Said It . . . |

|Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name |If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all |

|of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to |without reproach, and it will be given him. James 1:5 |

|observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to|Can You Do It? |

|the end of the age. Matthew 28:19-20 |Whew! Tyler is looking at all the things he needs to do this week and it is|

| |a very long list! He’s got three tests to study for, soccer practice, he |

|Can You Do It? |needs to spend time with God, his aunt is coming in to town, and he needs |

|Juan is really nervous. His good friend Brandon just asked him why he prays|to clean his room! |

|before he eats his lunch. Juan wants to tell him about Jesus, but he’s so | |

|nervous that he’ll be made fun of or won’t have the right words to tell |Should Tyler |

|Brandon about how much he loves Jesus. |Ask God to help him prioritize his activities and make a schedule so |

| |everything gets done at the right time? (Go forward two spaces) |

|Should Juan |Relax and hope for the best? No one could get everything on that list done |

|Just ignore the question and change the subject? (Go back two spaces) |and maybe his aunt won’t mind sleeping in a messy room. (Go backward three |

|Ask Jesus to help him tell Brandon the truth about God? (Go forward three |spaces) |

|spaces) | |

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