Elijah at Mount Carmel 6 © 2019 Lifeway

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How canyou show God’s love toothers? In what waysdoesyour familyworshipGod? Do you believe theLord God? istheonetrue Why? • • • • •

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Crossword Challenge Use the clues to fill in the puzzle. Find the verses in your Bible to check your work. DOWN ACROSS 1. place where Elijah went 2. what God sent from the sky to escape from Jezebel (1 Kings 18:38) (1 Kings 19:8) 5. what Elijah poured on the 3. prophet of God (1 Kings 18:22) altar (1 Kings 18:33) 4. false god (1 Kings 18:26) 6. evil king of Israel (1 Kings 18:20) 7. place where Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:20) 8. queen of Israel (1 Kings 19:1)