Elijah (Discussion Questions) - Kids Korner

Read I Kings 17–II Kings 2

What was happening in the land?
Why were they having a drought?
Where did God tell Elijah to go? (I Kings 17:3)
Who was going to feed Elijah? (I Kings 17:4)
How many times of day were the ravens going to feed him?
When the brook, Cherith, dried up, where did Elijah go?
Why did the woman go ahead and fix a cake for Elijah when she only had enough food for her son and herself?
Would you have given your last bit of food to a stranger?
What did this widow discover about her generosity?
What happened to the widow's son? (he died)
What did Elijah do to help the widow? (he raised her son from the dead)
Why is Elijah's raising the dead child significant?`
What do you learn from these stories about God's love for us?
How has God supplied your needs?
Why is Obadiah afraid? (I Kings 18:7-16)
Why is Elijah challenging the Baal prophets?
What is the challenge? (I Kings 18:22-24)
How many Baal prophets were there?
What did they do?
How successful were they in getting Baal to answer by fire?
What did Elijah do after the Baal prophets failed to get an answer?
Why do you think Elijah used so much water on his offering?
After God answered by fire, what did the people do? (I Kings 18:39)
Why did the people keep vacillating between God and idols?
What possible comfort could they derive from a statue or piece of gold?
Do people worship idols today? What kinds?
After the fire contest, what did Elijah do to the prophets of Baal?
How did Jezebel react to this news?
What did she promise to do to Elijah?
How did Elijah react? (I Kings 19:4)
Why did Elijah want to give up? Hadn't God given him sufficient proof of His existence by answering with fire?
What is the "still small voice?"
Why wasn't God in the wind? Earthquake? Fire?
Do you listen for the still small voice?
Why would God whisper instead of shout?
What did Elijah do to the river Jordan?
Why is this significant?
Can you remember any other times in Bible history when someone parted a body of water?

Red Sea
Jordan (when the Children of Israel go into Canaan)
Others?

What does Elisha ask Elijah for? (A double portion of his spirit)
What does that mean?
Under what conditions will Elisha receive a double portion?
What does this experience tell us about the importance of watchfulness?
Did Elisha receive a double portion?
How did Elisha "test" whether or not he had the ability to be a prophet like Elijah? (He used Elijah's cloak and parted the Jordan river.)
Do you ever test God?