God Cares for Elijah, Part 2

God Cares for Elijah Part 2 by Jennifer Tolbert

This lesson is focused on helping the children understand that God provides for his people as he did for the prophet Elijah through the widow at Zarephath. 

Key Concepts: 
1. Share what you have with others. 
2. God always provides for our needs. 
​3. Friends should always be willing to help each other. 

Memory Verse

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" which means "God with us." Isaiah 7:14

Songs

Old Testament Books
Trust and Obey
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
My God is So Big
Give Me Oil in My Lamp

Story

Begin Class with Songs, Games, Table Activity, or Sharing Time
 
Open Class in Prayer

Introducing the Story Ideas
1. Ask the children how they would feel to give their last cookie away to someone else.
2. Ask the children how they would feel if their glass of milk never became empty even though they were drinking it.
 
READ 1 Kings 17:6-16 or tell the story of Elijah and the widow. 
EMPHASIZE that:

• God can use you to bless and provide for someone else. 
• God promises to meet our needs. 
• We should have a heart for sharing.

Visual Aid Resources

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Review Questions

1. Who did God tell Elijah would provide his food after the brook dried up?
2. Why did the widow not want to make food for Elijah?
3. How did God provide for the widow so they could all eat?
4. Do you think God will provide for you if you share what you have with others?

God is...

Connect the story back to God and his character. Explain how this fits into God's overall story. 

Activity Ideas

Measuring Practice
Let the children practice measuring flour. 

Making Muffins or Bread
Let the children make or package muffins and/or bread to share with others. 

Hangman
Let the children play hangman as a review using words from the story. 

Read Aloud
Read the children a story about sharing. 

Hide & Seek
Play a game where the kids can take turns hiding a picture or a "Elijah" doll around the room and the other kids have to try to find him. 

Resources

Trueway Kids

Ministry To Children

Mission Bible Class