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1 Kings 18 · Preschool

The Lord Is God

Name Date

Color the fire coming down on the altar. God answered Elijah's prayer.

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”

1 Kings 18:39 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: God sent fire to show He is the true God. We can worship Him.

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1 Kings 18 · Kindergarten

Fire from God

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

FIRE
ALTAR
RAIN
GOD
When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”

1 Kings 18:39 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

FIRE
ALTAR
RAIN
CLOUD

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw fire falling from heaven.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for showing You are God. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Where did Elijah meet the prophets of Baal?
  • What came down from heaven?

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1 Kings 18 · Grade 1

The Lord Is God

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

FIRE
ALTAR
WATER
RAIN
When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”

1 Kings 18:39 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Elijah fixed the altar.
They poured water on it.
Elijah prayed.
Fire came down from God.
Then God sent rain.

The Lord Is God

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

The sky grew black with clouds and wind

And I will send rain on the earth

Then Yahweh’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering

How long will you waver between the two sides

Draw fire falling from heaven.

Memory Verse

When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”

1 Kings 18:39 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for showing You are God. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did the people say?
  • How can you worship the true God?
  • How can you tell God He is great?

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1 Kings 18 · Grade 2

God Sends Fire

Name Date

Read the Story

There had been no rain for three years. Elijah met King Ahab. He told Ahab to bring the prophets of Baal to Mount Carmel.

Each side made an offering. The prophets of Baal called to Baal all day. No one answered. Then Elijah fixed God's altar. He had them pour water on it three times. Elijah prayed. Fire came down from God! It burned up everything, even the water.

The people fell on their faces. They said the Lord is God! Elijah prayed for rain. A small cloud came up. Then the sky grew dark, and a big rain came.

Memory Verse

When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”

1 Kings 18:39 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. How long had there been no rain?

    No oneThree yearsThe Lord is God!

  2. Where did they meet?

    Mount CarmelThe Lord is God!Fire

  3. Who answered the prophets of Baal?

    Three yearsNo oneMount Carmel

  4. What came down from God?

    The Lord is God!No oneFire

  5. What did the people say?

    The Lord is God!FireNo one

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

PCCCLOUDIFRAAHFDPBLIALRAPUVWWRITMFERAFEENAEVLTGSMKBRLIEAELIJAHYRBYMRCMAOEMSSWMBSL
  • ELIJAH
  • CARMEL
  • ALTAR
  • WATER
  • CLOUD
  • BAAL
  • FIRE
  • RAIN

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for showing You are God. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did Elijah pour on the altar?
  • How can you keep praying?

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1 Kings 18 · Grade 3

Who Is the True God?

Name Date

Read the Story

In the third year, God told Elijah to go to Ahab. On the way, Elijah met Obadiah, a man who feared God. Obadiah had hidden a hundred of God's prophets in caves. Elijah told Ahab to gather Israel and the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel.

Elijah asked the people how long they would waver. If the Lord is God, follow Him. The prophets of Baal called on Baal from morning until noon. Elijah teased them. Maybe Baal was asleep! But no one answered. Then Elijah built an altar with twelve stones. He had water poured on it three times.

Elijah prayed that the people would know the Lord is God. Fire fell and burned up the offering, the wood, the stones, and the water. The people fell down and said the Lord is God! Then Elijah prayed, and his servant looked seven times. His servant saw a small cloud. Soon there was a great rain.

Memory Verse

When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”

1 Kings 18:39 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What did Obadiah do for God's prophets?

  2. What did Elijah ask the people?

  3. How many stones were in Elijah's altar?

  4. What did the fire burn up?

  5. How many times did Elijah's servant look toward the sea?

The Lord Is God

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for showing You are God. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did Elijah pray for after the fire?
  • How can you choose God every day?

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1 Kings 18 · Grade 4

Fire from Heaven

Name Date

Read and Think

In the third year of drought, God sent Elijah to Ahab. Obadiah ran Ahab's house. He feared the Lord and had hidden a hundred prophets from Jezebel. Ahab called Elijah the troubler of Israel. Elijah answered that Ahab was the troubler, because he had forsaken God's commandments and followed the Baals.

On Mount Carmel, Elijah asked the people how long they would waver between two opinions. Four hundred fifty prophets of Baal called on Baal all day. There was no voice and no answer. Elijah repaired the Lord's broken altar with twelve stones, one for each tribe. He dug a trench. He had the offering soaked with water three times.

At the evening offering, Elijah prayed. He asked that the people would know the Lord is God. He asked God to turn their hearts back. The fire of the Lord fell. It burned the offering, wood, stones, dust, and water. The people fell on their faces and cried that the Lord is God. The false prophets were judged according to the Law. Elijah prayed on the mountaintop, and after his servant looked seven times, a small cloud rose and a great rain came.

Show What You Know

  1. Whom did Ahab call the troubler of Israel?

  2. How many prophets of Baal were there?

  3. What did the twelve stones stand for?

  4. What did Elijah ask God to do to the people's hearts?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

ElijahCarmelwaterGodBaal
  1. In the third year of drought, God sent to Ahab.
  2. On Mount , Elijah asked the people how long they would waver between two opinions.
  3. Four hundred fifty prophets of called on Baal all day.
  4. He had the offering soaked with three times.
  5. He asked that the people would know the Lord is .

Think About It

  1. Elijah asked the people how long they would waver. Where might you be tempted to waver between God and something else?

  2. Elijah kept praying for rain until it came. What are you praying for with patience?

Memory Verse

When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”

1 Kings 18:39 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for showing You are God. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who hid God's prophets in caves?
  • How many times did Elijah's servant look for a cloud?

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1 Kings 18 · Grade 5

The Lord, He Is God

Name Date

Read and Think

After three years, God sent Elijah to show himself to Ahab. Obadiah, a God-fearing official, had protected a hundred prophets from Jezebel's persecution. When Ahab accused Elijah of troubling Israel, Elijah turned the charge around: Ahab had troubled Israel by forsaking the commandments and following the Baals.

On Carmel, Elijah confronted the people's divided loyalty. How long would they limp between two opinions? The contest was simple: the God who answers by fire, He is God. Baal's four hundred fifty prophets cried, danced, and cut themselves, but there was no voice. Elijah mocked their god as perhaps busy, traveling, or asleep. Then he rebuilt the Lord's altar with twelve stones, recalling God's covenant with all twelve tribes, and drenched it with water.

Elijah's prayer was short and focused on God's glory: that the people would know Yahweh is God and that He had turned their hearts back. Fire fell and consumed everything, even the water. The people confessed, Yahweh, He is God. The false prophets were judged according to the Law. Elijah prayed, and his servant looked seven times, until a cloud like a man's hand rose from the sea. In the New Testament, James says Elijah was a man like us who prayed earnestly, and the sky gave rain (James 5:17-18).

Show What You Know

  1. What charge did Elijah turn back on Ahab?

  2. What was the test on Carmel?

  3. What was Elijah's prayer focused on?

  4. What does James say in the New Testament about Elijah?

Crossword

51243

Across

  1. They leaped about the ____ which was made.
  2. ____ went up to the top of Carmel.

Down

  1. And gathered the prophets together to Mount ____.
  2. Then Yahweh’s ____ fell and consumed the burnt offering.
  3. And four hundred fifty of the prophets of ____.

Think About It

  1. James says Elijah was a person just like us. How does that encourage you to pray boldly?

  2. Elijah's prayer asked that people would know God. How can your prayers focus more on God's glory?

Memory Verse

When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”

1 Kings 18:39 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for showing You are God. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did the twelve stones remind the people of?
  • What does James 5 teach about prayer?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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