Children's Sermon Lesson: Elijah's Earth, Wind, and Fire 1 Kings 19:1-15

Many people hope or even expect that God will speak clearly to them or show up in clear ways. Sometimes we might feel like God is absent or it's hard to believe in God. This message reminds children that God is always there for them and often comes to them in unexpected ways. The story of Elijah at Mount Horeb reminds us to remember that God doesn't always appear in earthquakes or fires. He speaks simple words.

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Use this children’s sermon lesson when teaching children the story of Elijah in the Bible. Download the teaching directions below, watch our children’s sermon video demonstration, and gather your object lessons supplies as you prepare to teach. This short message is perfect for kids church, Sunday School, or sharing the children’s ministry moment in your main worship service.

Lesson Objective We often expect or hope that God will speak clearly to us or show us his obvious ways. Sometimes we might feel like God is absent or it's hard to believe in God. This message reminds children that God is always there for them and often comes to them in unexpected ways. The story of Elijah at Mount Horeb reminds us to remember that God doesn't always appear in earthquakes or fires. He speaks simple words.

Bible Passage: 1 Kings 19:1-15

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Children’s Prayer Moment (to close the sermon for kids)
(Have kids repeat each line)
Dear God,
Thank you for coming to us
Even in unexpected ways
Help us to listen for your voice
And recognize when you call.
Thank you for your love
We love you, God!
In Jesus name, Amen!

Bible Verses/story to Reference: 1 Kings 19:1-15 God’s Gentle Whisper to Elijah
Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.” 3 Elijah was afraid[a] and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” 5 Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep.

All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” 6 He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again. 7 The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.” 8 So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. 9 There he went into a cave and spent the night. And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 10 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.” 11 The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”

Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.

Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 14 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”

15 The Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. -1 Kings 19:1-15