BIBLICAL BASIS: Elijah and the Prophets of Baal

FOCUS TEXT: 1 Kings 18:25-39

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: 1 Kings 18:1-46; James 5:13-18

DEVOTIONAL READING: 1 John 3:19-24

KEY VERSE: If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you (Matthew 17:20).

CENTRAL TRUTH: Faith in God's power can accomplish great things.

OBJECTIVE: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to identify qualities a person must possess in order to have power through prayer.

LESSON OUTLINE:
I. The Test (1 Kings 18:25-29)
II. The Challenge (1 Kings 18:30-35)
III. The Prayer (1 Kings 18:36, 37)
IV. The Answer (1 Kings 18:38, 39)