5 April | Kids

Fire From Heaven On Elijah’s Altar

«The Lord, He is God.» 1 Kings 18:39

God told the prophet Elijah to invite all 400 prophets of the god Baal to a sacrifice on Mount Carmel. They should ask their god to send fire on the altar.

They accepted the invitation and spent hours and hours asking Baal to answer them, but nothing happened! They danced and danced, and even cut off their bodies so that Baal would answer, but still nothing happened.

Elijah also built his altar. He asked them to pour a lot of water on it and around it. Then he prayed asking God to send fire showing that He was the true God. Suddenly, fire came from the sky and burned everything on the altar, even the stones that were used to build it. The people knelt and worshiped God, saying: “The Lord is God!”

Let’s practice!

Talk with your mom or dad about the kinds of gods people worship.