Who do you trust?
Your mom loves you but sometimes she is at Your grandparents think you work when you need are wonderful but sometime her, they do not feel like a play day they promised to have.
Police want to help you, but sometimes they are not where you need them. You must call 911 for help
Friends sometimes don’t keep secrets. Dad’s want to be there for you, but sometimes they Teachers have to work. sometimes make mistakes.
These people are usually always trustworthy, But they can make mistakes. Today we Are going to study about someone who Is ALWAYS TRUSTWORTHY and never make mistakes Noah trusted in God. God saved his family
David trusted in God. He killed a Giant.
Ruth trusted in God. She went to a new land, And became the great-grandmother to David A shepherd boy who becomes King.
A young Jewish slave girl trusted in God enough to send her master to a far land to get healed Teaching note: There are some 46 slides in this whole story. I suggest watching all of them on the sight given. Under characters pick Elijah and find the title. Click on slides.
Ahab (a mean king) also made the Asherah (idol). So King Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him. 1 Kings 16:33
Elijah Predicts Drought ] Now Elijah the prophet said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall certainly be neither dew nor rain during these years, except by my word.” 1 Kings 17:1 Because of the sins of the people and their king, for three years no rain fell in the land of Israel. The grass disappeared from the hills. The cattle grew lean. Nothing grew in the field and people had less and less to eat.
As King Ahab saw the land and cattle wasting away, he called for Elijah but no one could find him. Then God told Elijah to go see the king. The king cried angrily, ‘Are you the one who has been troubling Israel?’
Elijah answered, ‘I am not troubling Israel. You are! You have disobeyed the commandments of the Lord You have worshiped the false god Baal.
The King listened as Elijah told him to gather all the people of Israel and all the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel. Ahab agreed.
From every corner of the kingdom people came to Mount Carmel wondering what was going to happen. Elijah wanted to let the people see that the Lord God had great power. God could be trusted.
‘How long will you waver between two opinions?’ Elijah asked. ‘If the Lord is God follow Him. If Baal is god then follow him.’
The people listened but would not reply Elijah proclaimed, ‘I am a lone prophet of the Lord but Baal has 450 prophets.
‘Let them prepare a sacrifice and I will do the same. We will not light the fire. They will call on Baal and I will call on the Lord and one who answers with fire, let Him be God.
The people agreed to the contest. They trusted in their god Baal. Elijah stood by as the prophets of Baal prepared their sacrifice and called on their god from morning until noon.
The prophets leaped and danced. ‘Oh Baal, hear us!’ But there was no answer from Baal.
At noon Elijah mocked the prophets. ‘Cry louder. Maybe Baal is talking or away on a journey. Maybe he’s asleep and needs to be woken.’ The prophets of Baal cried louder than ever, leaping around in a wild frenzy begging their god to answer. They even cut themselves with knives that Baal might take pity on them.
The people watched but Baal did not answer. Elijah then called the people near him as he prepared his sacrifice.
First Elijah took twelve stones and rebuilt a broken altar of the Lord where this nation had worshiped the true God long ago. He put the wood in place and laid the sacrifice on the altar.
Next he made a trench all around the altar of the Lord and made a strange request.
He told the people to fill 4 large jars with water. Not one time, not two times but three times water from the four pots were poured on the altar. 4+4+4=12 pots of water were pored on the altar. … and throw it all over the sacrifice until it was soaked and the trench was filled to the brim. Elijah knew the power of God was trustworthy. God would light the sacrifice.
The people watched as Elijah came to the altar and prayed, ‘Lord God of Israel, let it be known today that You are God and I am your servant who has done all these things at your command.
‘Hear me O Lord, so that these people will know you are the Lord God and turn back to you.’ Elijah knew God was to be trusted. He did not doubt the power of the one true God. Suddenly the fire of the Lord fell.
The altar, the sacrifice, the water, even the dust of the ground was burned up by the fire.
The people fell on their faces and exclaimed, ‘The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!’ The whole nation worshipped the Lord as the only living God. They learned what Elijah knew, that God can always be trusted. Application Activity:
Players: 3 or more players
Materials needed: 1. balloons, bottle tops, checkers, peanuts unshelled, or anything else that can be blown with a straw 2. Straw for each player 3. Table which can be divided into two equal spaces. 4. Divide table by tape, cord, or material scrap. Anything will do that will allow free movement of balloons or what ever you decide to play with.
Object of game: Get all or as many as you can of the balloons out of your space and into the other team’s side of the table in 30 seconds. Side with least number of balloons wins.
Team A has one player (Of course will not win) Team B has more than one player
Object lesson: Elijah was one person, the priests of Baal were 450 men strong. One person by themself is not enough to win the battle or trials of life. But one who trusts in God and obeys God like Elijah did can always trust in the one true God who is always with us. The One we can always trust to help us. Song One True God Sent in by Tari Osborn (Sing to the tune of London Bridge)
There is only one true God, one true God, one true God. There is only one true God. There’s no other! People prayed and called to Baal, called to Baal, called to Baal. People prayed and called to Baal. He did nothing! Elijah prayed and asked for fire, asked for fire, asked for fire. Elijah prayed and asked for fire. God sent fire! There is only one true God, one true God, one true God. There is only one true God. There’s no other!
9 Truth or Consequence cards for Slides and Ladders Game.
Why was King Ahab the worse king of all Why did Elijah want all the people to go to The name of men who spoke for God. the kings of Israel who lived before him. Mt Carmel? (He wanted the people to see (Prophets) (He caused Israel to sin with idol worship) the power of God)
How long did the priest of Baal call upon Where did the fire for Elijah's sacrifice What would Baal do if he was the true their false god to sent fire for their come from? (from the God of heaven) god? (He would sent fire for the sacrifice) sacrifice? (from morning till afternoon)
What did Elijah make around the altar to How many jars of water were poured on God before he had the water poured on How many stones did Elijah take to rebuild the altar that Elijah made? (12 in all - 4 pots the altar? (dug a trench or ditch around the the altar to God? (12) were filled three times) altar to help hold all the water poured on the altar) Slides and Ladders (Bible Addition) Adapted from: Adapted Slides and Ladders Game (Bible Addition) suggested rules 1. Make the spinner from below or use a digital cube (Di) to determine the numbers of steps (boxes to advance) . 2. A player can only spin and advance if a review question from the lesson worksheets is answered correctly or near correctly with help. (Object to learn and have fun) 3. Make sure if a student misses a question, you spend some time reteaching that part of the lesson so if ……. 4. wrong answer was given -- the next time the player answers a question you repeat the same question. 5. If a 1 is thrown/spun then the player moves one square forward then the player can choose to answer a Truth or consequence card. 6. If the answer from the Truth or consequence card is false then the player takes one step backward. If a correct answer is given then the player can advance 2 more spaces. 7. If the card has a move printed on it then follow directions on the card.
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Coins, a checker, use anything you have as game pieces to move. Only then did Elijah begin to think about rain. He went up to the top of Mount Carmel and fell on the ground to pray. Then he told his servant to go and look out to sea for a rain cloud. The rains came.
Fill in the Blanks 1. King Ahab was killing ______of God, but Elijah trusted in God.
2. When God told Elijah to go talk to King______, Elijah did.
3. Elijah took God’s message to King Ahab that he was______God.
4. After the ______stopped and the people of Israel were without food, then Ahab searched for Elijah.
5. Elijah knew the of God______so he challenged the people to a contest.
6. Elijah ______in the power of the one and only God.
7. How ______is a God who can burn water and land?
8. The Israelites finally rediscovered the _____who they should worship.
Answers: God, prophets Ahab disobeying power rains powerful trusted 4 pots were filled 3 times for total of 12 pots of water pored on the altar
Truly Elijah trusted in the Lord. Pouring water on something before you want it to burn, just shows the trust in God that Elijah had. He had no doubt in God’s power to go way beyond what we can even think or do.
We can surely trust in our one and only True God.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart.
- PROVERBS 3:5