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Birds Bring Breakfast

Elijah and the Ravens

Day 83of 180
Week 17of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how God provided for Elijah through ravens

2

Recognize God's creative ways of caring for His people

3

Develop trust that God always provides

📖 Scripture Connection

1 Kings 17:5-6

“So he went and did according to Yahweh's word; for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is before the Jordan. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.”

— 1 Kings 17:5-6 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's unexpected and miraculous provision

📦 Materials Needed

  • Black construction paper
  • Bread pieces
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
  • Bird picture printouts
  • Colored pencils
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

BibleMouse friends, today we're learning how God used ravens to feed His prophet Elijah!

💭 Review Question: Can you remember what happened to Elijah in yesterday's lesson?
2Teaching (8 min)

In our BibleMouse Bible lesson, we'll discover how God can use anything—even birds—to take care of His children!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Elijah was hiding from King Ahab
  • God told him to stay by a special brook
  • Ravens brought him food every morning and evening
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Have you ever seen birds doing something surprising?
  • How do you think Elijah felt when birds brought him food?
3Activity: Elijah's Raven Breakfast Collage (10 min)
craft

Create a picture showing how God used ravens to feed Elijah

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take black construction paper
  2. Cut out bird shapes
  3. Glue bread pieces to represent the ravens' food
  4. Draw Elijah near the brook
  5. Add details with colored pencils
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parents help cut shapes

Challenge: Add written description of the story

4Closing (3 min)

Review how God provides in amazing ways

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did the ravens bring Elijah?
  • How does God take care of His people?
🙏 Prayer:

Thank God for always providing, even in surprising ways

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn what happened when the brook dried up

💎 Memory Verse

1 Kings 18:39

“When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, 'The LORD—he is God! The LORD—he is God!'”

— 1 Kings 18:39 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Raven Relay: Children take turns flying like ravens and repeating the memory verse

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson emphasizes God's creative provision and faithfulness

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage children's curiosity about God's miracles
  • Help children see God's care in everyday life
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find it hard to understand supernatural provision

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's excitement about God's unexpected ways of helping

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Bird watching activity in backyard
  • Read additional stories of God's provision from BibleMouse Resource Guide

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