A talk on charity and love
Before you start
This page is a template, not a talk. It's here to get your brain going. It's totally normal to feel nervous.
The best advice I can give you is to be you. What could you bring into this talk that's yours? Your view, your happiness, the joy the gospel has brought into your life. Pray about that. Think about it for a day.
The Gospel Library app has a ton of good material, so use it. Plenty of AI tools will happily write this talk for you too. Use them to brainstorm if it helps... but don't let them write it. You write the talk.
A prompt for ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or whatever you use
I'm giving a 10-minute talk on charity and love in church. Don't write the talk for me. Ask me five questions, one at a time, to help me find a story from my own life that fits. Then suggest a simple outline built from my answers, with blanks where my own words go.
Who is it for
How long
A 10-minute talk on charity and love
About 1,300 words when you read it aloud. Built from conference talks mainly about charity and love.
Stories you could open with
Scriptures talks are built on
Moroni 7:47 the main scripture in 25 talks
Matthew 22:36-40 the main scripture in 25 talks
John 13:34 the main scripture in 22 talks
John 14:15 the main scripture in 8 talks
Teach from prophets, apostles, and leaders
David A. Bednar, 2026
Seek the gift of charity so that enduring to the end becomes becoming like Christ
Russell M. Nelson, 2025
Fill your life with charity and virtue so your confidence in God's presence grows.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf, 2025
Love one another so that all may know we are Christ's disciples.
Something that happened to you goes here, about 2 minutes.
Your testimony. What you know about charity and love, in your own words.
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Your talk
Your talk so far
A 10-minute talk on charity and love A nurse who despised an abusive patient felt God's love for him as he lay dying. (Dallin H. Oaks, 2026) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2026/04/49oaks?lang=eng Moroni 7:47 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/moro/7?lang=eng&id=p47#p47 Seek the gift of charity so that enduring to the end becomes becoming like Christ (David A. Bednar, All Who Have Endured Valiantly, 2026) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2026/04/16bednar?lang=eng Something that happened to you goes here, about 2 minutes. ______________________ Your testimony. What you know about charity and love, in your own words. ______________________
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Gérald Caussé, 2026
Caussé teaches that God loves all and each, and asks disciples to love everyone and every individual.
David A. Bednar, 2026
Enduring to the end means being possessed of charity and becoming a new creature in Christ.
Steven C. Barlow, 2025
Barlow teaches how to show love for God in ways He recognizes.
J. Anette Dennis, 2025
Dennis urges members to cheer each other on without judging, since only the Lord knows each burden.
Russell M. Nelson, 2025
Nelson teaches that charity and virtue let us approach God with confidence now.
Questions people ask
- How long should a talk on charity and love be?
- As long as you were asked to fill. Sacrament meeting talks usually run five to fifteen minutes and youth talks are often shorter, so ask whoever gave you the assignment.
- How do I start a talk on charity and love?
- With a story. Pick one from this page or from your own life, then read the scripture that fits it. The outline on this page puts them in order.
- Can I use AI to write a talk on charity and love?
- Use it to brainstorm, not to write. The prompt on this page has AI ask you questions, so the talk ends up in your words.
- Is this an official Church site?
- No. It’s a family project. Every story and talk links to the real one on churchofjesuschrist.org, so read it there before you use it.