Kids Sunday School Lesson – God speaks to Elijah

Here are some discussion and lesson ideas for a kids Sunday school lesson about the story of God speaking to Elijah.  Your six to eight year olds enjoy dressing up to play the parts and it helps to encourage some thoughtful discussions about their belief in God.

Children’s Sunday School Lesson: God speaks to Elijah

Sunday School Lesson Bible Story: 
Tell the story of Elijah in a language that this age can understand.  Be sure that it is a simplified version.  There are several picture versions in children’s Bibles that are appropriate or you may what to use a paraphrased version such as this:
A long, long time ago, a man named Elijah lived.  He was a good man who spent a lot of time listening to God and learning about who God was from when he was young.  In the land near where he lived there was a king who didn’t like it when people of his kingdom would listen to prophets like Elijah talk about loving and following God.  Ahab, the king, wanted the people of his kingdom to bow down to Baal and other false gods.  In fact, Ahab would try to get rid of people like Elijah.  People like Elijah were called prophets of God because they spoke God’s words.  Elijah knew that Ahab was not right.  The king had a servant who was in charge of his palace named Obadiah.  He was afraid to let the king know that he believed in God, yet, he always tried to help the people of God.  Elijah knew this and asked Obadiah to get King Ahab so he could talk to him.  One day, Elijah told Ahab to call all the people up to the mountain named Mount Carmel so he could talk to them.  Elijah told the people that they were forgetting the Lord’s commands and following wrong thinking.  He asked the people how long they would stay stubborn and not listen.  He reminded them that the Lord is God and they should follow.

(1 Kings 18: 21 is the focus verse)  “Elijah went before the people and said, “˜How long will you waver between two opinions?  If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.’ “

*It would help the students follow the story if you created a flannel board and made figures out of felt to act out the story as you tell it.

Sunday School Lesson Discussion #1:  believing in God
What did you learn from this story?  Is it important to let others know that you believe in God?  How could we?

Sunday School Lesson Activity:
Bring in clothes from home and have the children dress-up and re-tell the story by acting it out.

Sunday School Lesson Discussion #2:
How does God talk to us?  Does he want us to listen to him through the Bible?  What does He tell us?

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